About Me
Hello! I’m
Sintora,
citizen of the World of Art.
I am
Andalusian,
from the south of Spain.
About Sintora
Sintora’s artistic efforts revolve around a surreal world, where he skilfully poses questions that invite reflection on life, death, the transformation of our innermost essence and the human existential journey in general. His main objective is to stimulate the reflection of viewers on their life evolution and embrace their individuality.
CURRICULUM
EXHIBITIONS
- NIÑO: EL ECO SORDO - MAY 2026 - At Manuel Barbadillo Room, Aplama - SOLO EXHIBITION -MÁLAGA(SPAIN) 2026
- PRESENCIAS 60 - MÁLAGA, AT THE HEART OF ART - DECEMBER, 18 2025 TO FEBRUARY, 27 2026 - Exhibition Space Pacífico 54 of diputación de malaga- Organized by Diputación de Málaga & Aplama - GROUP EXHIBITION - MÁLAGA(SPAIN) 2025-2026
- PRESENCIAS 59 - ANIMALIA - JULY, 3 TO SEPTEMBER, 3 2025 - At AYUNTAMIENTO DE PIZARRA - Organized by Delegación de Cultura Y Diputación de Málaga & Aplama - GROUP EXHIBITION - MÁLAGA(SPAIN) 2025
- COLLAGE PEGANDO FUERTE 2025 JANUARY & FEBRUARY 2025 - At Manuel Barbadillo Room, Aplama - Organized by Aplama with the collaboration of Fundación Unicaja, Diputación provincial de Málaga, Fundación Málaga, ProMálaga y Centro de ediciones Diputación de Málaga - GROUP EXHIBITION - MÁLAGA(SPAIN) 2025
- PRESENCIAS 58 - LUZ DE NOVIEMBRE - FROM NOVEMBER 2024 TO JANUARY 2025 - Exhibition Space Pacífico 54 - Organized by Delegación de Cultura, Diputación de Málaga & Aplama - GROUP EXHIBITION - MÁLAGA(SPAIN) 2024-2025
- NOCHE EN BLANCO MÁLAGA 2024 - Organized by Department of Culture and Historical Heritage of Málaga, Junta de Andalucía, Diputación de Málaga & Universidad de Málaga, in collaboration with multiple entities and public and private cultural managers - MÁLAGA(SPAIN) -2024
- III Biennial of Contemporary Drawing "The Traces of Drawing" - At Manuel Barbadillo Room, Aplama - December 2023 TO JANUARY 2024, MÁLAGA(SPAIN) - 2023-24
- SOMNIA SUNT SOMNIA - HORNO Online Art Gallery - GROUP EXHIBITION - 2022
- DE PECCATIS ET MORTE - HORNO Online Art Gallery - GROUP EXHIBITION - 2021
- RECONSTRUCTION - AS HUMMO (Alter Ego) - HORNO Online Art Gallery - SOLO EXHIBITION - 2021
- TALK TO ME - as VIKTOR VAN DER LAK (alter-ego) - HORNO Online Art Gallery - SOLO EXHIBITION - 2021
- MEMENTO MORI - HORNO Online Art Gallery - SOLO EXHIBITION - 2021
AWARDS
- Finalist in III Biennial of Contemporary Drawing "The Traces of Drawing" - Inauguration on December 18, MÁLAGA - SPAIN - 2023
- Finalist in the contest "CALZARTE 2023" organized by José María Amat Amer Footwear Museum, in collaboration with the Elda Photographic Association - ALICANTE- SPAIN - 2023 - The official opening date has not yet been announced.
- Best Photographic Story by EFTI - Centro Internacional de Fotografía y Cine - Madrid - 2006
FAIRS
- ART & BREAKFAST /4 - WITH ART CUESTION GALLERY - MÁLAGA, ESPAÑA - 2018
Born in 1973 in Málaga, Andalucía, Spain.
Actually he lives and works in Málaga City.
ACADEMIC ACHIVEMENTS
& STUDIES
- Photography in EFTI - Centro Internacional de Fotografía y Cine OF Madrid. SPAIN - 2006
- Graduated from Escuela de Arte San Telmo of MÁLAGA in Fashion Design. SPAIN -1998
- Graduated from Escuela de Arte San Telmo of MÁLAGA in Graphic Design. SPAIN - 1996
- Art classes at Casa de la Cultura Gerald Brenan of Churriana - Málaga -SPAIN. 1990 - 1992
BIOGRAPHY
BORN & TRAINED IN MÁLAGA, THE CITY WHERE HE LIVES AND WORKS.
Sintora develops a multidisciplinary artistic practice marked by experimentation, introspection, and the creation of an imagery with surrealist resonances. His background in Graphic Design and Fashion Design at the San Telmo School of Art in Málaga is complemented by studies in Photography at EFTI, International Center of Photography and Film in Madrid.
His work addresses essential questions of the human experience, such as life, death, identity, inner transformation, and the fluid nature of consciousness. Far from offering closed answers, his creations propose a space for reflection in which viewers are invited to recognize themselves, question their assumptions, and contemplate their own evolution.
Although his early interests were tied to fashion design, his career progressively shifted toward a more intimate and personal expression. Since then, he has worked across disciplines such as painting, photography, video, and sculpture, selecting the most fitting medium in each instance to give shape to his concerns.
One of the most singular features of his creative process is the construction of characters and alter egos. Through them, Sintora explores different identities and perspectives, challenging the notion of a stable self and proposing a plural vision of the contemporary individual.
His body of work is distinguished by the coherence of a personal language situated between the poetic and the unsettling, the visible and the hidden, matter and transformation. Rather than representing the external world, Sintora constructs mental territories from which to interrogate the human condition.
Marian Herrero Uña
PhD in Art History from the University of Salamanca.
Voice of the Podcast " POR LA SENDA DEL ARTE"
En español:
NACIDO Y FORMADO EN MÁLAGA, CIUDAD EN LA QUE VIVE Y TRABAJA.
Sintora desarrolla una práctica artística multidisciplinar marcada por la experimentación, la introspección y la construcción de un imaginario de resonancias surrealistas. Su formación en Diseño Gráfico y Diseño de Moda en la Escuela de Arte San Telmo de Málaga se completa con estudios de Fotografía en EFTI, Centro Internacional de Fotografía y Cine de Madrid.
Su obra aborda cuestiones esenciales de la experiencia humana, como la vida, la muerte, la identidad, la transformación interior y el carácter cambiante de la conciencia. Lejos de ofrecer respuestas cerradas, sus creaciones proponen un espacio de reflexión en el que el espectador es invitado a reconocerse, cuestionarse y contemplar su propia evolución.
Aunque sus primeros intereses estuvieron vinculados al diseño de moda, su trayectoria se orientó progresivamente hacia una expresión más íntima y personal. Desde entonces, trabaja con disciplinas como la pintura, la fotografía, el vídeo y la escultura, eligiendo en cada caso el medio más adecuado para dar forma a sus inquietudes.
Uno de los rasgos más singulares de su proceso creativo es la construcción de personajes y alter egos. A través de ellos, Sintora explora distintas identidades y perspectivas, cuestionando la idea de un yo estable y proponiendo una visión plural del individuo contemporáneo.
Su producción se distingue por la coherencia de un lenguaje propio, situado entre lo poético y lo inquietante, lo visible y lo oculto, la materia y la transformación. Más que representar el mundo exterior, Sintora construye territorios mentales desde los que interroga la condición humana.
Marian Herrero Uña.
Doctora en Historia del Arte por la Universidad de Salamanca.
ARTIST STATEMENT
When I think about my birth as Sintora, I realize that it was in a moment of deep darkness, a moment of inner searching to reach my root, but not as something negative but quite the opposite, as a restructuring of my own being, as a rebirth; for the light to exist there must be darkness, for Sintora to be born it was necessary to reach the deepest, the most extreme: darkness-light, death-rebirth.
My personal life and my work I do not conceive them without a permanent contact with art in any of its manifestations, art comes to move me in a very deep and intense way. When I look at a work of art and it excites me it is as if I vibrates with the same energy that emanates from that artistic piece and my body recognized it. Therefore I have an insatiable need to create.
I would like to say that I work from a total creative freedom because I believe that if it were not so an artist would not create art and so making my work contribute to feed who identifies with it. It is an incentive to get when a viewer observes my work to take him even for a moment to think about life, its evolution and its vital process as a person.
I have many sources from which I draw inspiration, but obviously I have certain preferences for surrealist artists and Flemish painting, artists like Van Der Weyden, Bosch, Rene Magritte, Dali and many other great masters like Velazquez, el Greco, Botticelli, Caravaggio and Rubens. I also find inspiring works in fashion, music, literature, cinema, asian culture...
I remember that from a very young age surrealism attracted me, I imagine that my mind in my childhood as that of all children was prepared to connect with those imaginary and dream worlds.
"I dream of a world full of art, because art unites, removes boundaries, and makes us universal."
Sintora.
En español:
Cuando pienso en mi nacimiento como Sintora, me doy cuenta de que fue en un momento de profunda oscuridad, pero no como algo negativo sino mas bien todo lo contrario, como una reestructuración de mi propio ser, como un renacer; para que la luz exista tiene que haber oscuridad, para que Sintora naciera hacía falta llegar a lo mas profundo, a lo mas extremo: oscuridad-luz, muerte-nacimiento.
Mi vida personal no la concibo sin un permanente contacto con el arte en cualquiera de sus manifestaciones, al arte me llega a conmover de una forma muy profunda e intensa. Cuando observo una obra de arte y me emociona es como si vibrara con la misma energía que emana de esa pieza artística y mi cuerpo la reconociera. Por todo ello tengo una necesidad insaciable de crear.
Me gustaría decir que trabajo desde una total libertad creativa ya que si no fuera así un artista no crearía arte y haciendo así que mi obra contribuya a alimentar a quien se identifique con ella. Es un aliciente conseguir que cuando un espectador observa mi obra le lleve aunque sea por un momento a pensar sobre la vida, su evolución y su proceso vital como persona.
Tengo multitud de fuentes de las que extraigo inspiración, pero evidentemente tengo ciertas preferencias por los artistas surrealistas y la pintura flamenca, artistas como Van Der Weyden, el Bosco, René Magritte, Dalí y otros muchos grandes maestros como Velazquez, el Greco, Botticelli, Caravaggio y Rubens. También encuentro obras inspiradoras en la moda, la música, la literatura, el cine, la cultura asiática...
Recuerdo que desde muy pequeño el surrealismo me atrajo, imagino que mi mente en mi infancia, como la de todos los niños, estaba preparada para conectar con esos mundos imaginarios y de ensueño.
"Sueño con un mundo lleno de arte, porque el arte une, elimina fronteras y nos hace universales."
Sintora.
Navigating through a path of creative light is the only way I’ve ever known to live.
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"When we look at the Universe and see the beauty of the stars, stars thousands of light-years away, it is a mystery that escapes our understanding, it is the same mystery of the beauty of a work of art an inch away from you."
Sintora
"I usually think of a world full of art, because art unites, removes borders and makes us universal."
Sintora
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