Josep M. Codina made his first solo exhibition in Mataró in 1985. Trained in the academic field, first at the Pau Gargallo School of Applied Arts in Badalona and then at the Faculty of Fine Arts in Barcelona, he began his artistic career under the mastery of other local artists. However, he quickly detached himself from these initial influences to delve into the creation of his own pictorial language, characterized by an exploration towards abstraction.

Codina’s work is defined by a constant search for the balance between form and color, with an abstraction that transcends simple representation to become a space for dialogue with the viewer. His compositions seek expressive force, exploring texture and matter to generate suggestive atmospheres. The use of light and the pictorial gesture endows his creations with great intensity, making each piece become a territory open to multiple interpretations.

Throughout his career, he has combined pictorial work with design and teaching, and has received several awards and recognitions. His work has been exhibited in numerous exhibitions, both in private galleries and in public institutions, and is part of private and public collections such as the Carmen and Lluís Bassat Foundation, the Vila Casas Foundation, the Museum of Contemporary Art of Tarragona or the Witness Collection of the La Caixa Foundation, among others.

Some outstanding exhibitions and recognitions
Dolors Junyent Art Gallery. By invitation. Barcelona. 2024.
Orage. The Arenas. Art Center of the Museum of Mataró. 2024.
Abstractions. Bassat Collection. Works from the 21st century. Nau Gaudí, Mataró. 2024.
Tinglado 1. Tarragona. 2023.
Fondation du Forum of Assilah. Morocco. 2022.
Back Light. Pontarte Gallery. Maastricht. 2019.
Bassat Collection. Cervantes. Kraków, Poland. 2021.
Artists from Mataró Bassat Collection. Cervantes. New York. 2019.
Art Gallery. Barcelona. 2018.
Awarded the Torres Garcia Prize. Mataró. 2005.
First prize, Guastavino Painting Contest. Vilassar de Mar. 2001.
Second prize, 1st prize of pictorial research of Salou. 2000.
Second Mention to the National Painting Award Juan R. Masoliver. Montcada i Reixac. 1997.
First prize in the Competition Graphique pour l’EURO. Brusel.les. 1996

Josep M. Codina

For more information about the artist Josep M. Codina, visit at Galeria Espai Cavallers