Palacios makes a profound reflection on the lack of mourning for loss, both physical and emotional. As if a theatrical stage, he generates scenes where elements of everyday use have been abandoned and left to themselves. Through large-scale paintings, architectural spaces are recreated, like a warehouse’s deterioration over the years through lack of use, with broken chairs and tables. Machines with no more purpose, utensil remains turned into trash.

Born in Madrid in 1973, Juan Miguel Palacios begins to paint at the early age of 6 years. After a long journey with many Art Professors and Fine Art Schools, at age 12 he joined the studio of the renowned Spanish painter Amadeo Roca Gisbert (disciple of Joaquin Sorolla) for six years. Along those years, he was educated and formed in a strict academic training until he joined the Faculty of Fine Arts in Madrid in 1991. When he had completed his college degree, in 1997 he founded the Laocoonte Art School of Madrid. During this period, he will combine mentoring and teaching with the development of his artist career with exhibitions in different cities of Spain and countries of Europe. Works as a muralist, theater scenographer, and film posters painter will string along with him during these years. Currently, he resides in NY since 2013.

Courtesy of Ivy Brown Gallery