Pancho Porto - stormy days

Small-format bronze sculpture, limited edition by Spanish sculptor Pancho Porto.

Pancho Porto (Santiago de Compostela, 1988) began his training in the specialty of artistic cabinetmaking at the Antonio Failde center in Ourense. In this school he had his first contact with disciplines such as carving, drawing, or modeling, and, most importantly, with working in the workshop.

Later he enrolled at the Mestre Mateo School of Arts and Trades in Santiago de Compostela, where he studied what would later become his main discipline: sculpture. It is at this school that he began working with materials that would be fundamental in his work, such as steel or clay. Parallel to this, Porto continues his personal study and investigates other materials such as bronze or resins and their multiple uses and finishes.

After this initial training phase, he decides to set up his studio on the banks of the Sarela River, very close to the place where he was born. It is here that he begins his particular theoretical and practical research into the relationship between the materials used in each work and the message they convey. This leads him to seek new proposals for communicating and narrating his story. Since then, this has been the usual tone of his works, giving complexity and depth to his entire body of work, with themes that touch both social spheres and his personal experiences.

Exhibitions:

Collective exhibitions Kaleidoscope (2012-2013)

- Auditorio Cangas do Morrazo.
- Casa da Cultura de Porto do Son
- Liceo de Noia
- Auditorio Lalín

Solo exhibitions 2017

- Exposición No solo historias, Santiago de Compostela (Galería Campus Stellae)

Public works

Pies fin del camino, Plaza da Quintana, Santiago de Compostela.