Pancho Porto - stormy days

Small-format bronze sculpture, limited edition by the 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 workshop work.

Later he enrolled in the Mestre Mateo School of Arts and Crafts in Santiago de Compostela, where he studied what would in the future be his main discipline: sculpture. It is in this school where he already works with materials that will be fundamental in his work, such as steel or clay. Parallel, Porto continues his personal training and researches 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 investigation of the relationship between the materials used in each work and the message they convey. This leads him to seek new proposals when it comes to communicating and narrating his story. Since then, this has been the habitual tone of his works, thereby adding complexity and background to his entire body of work, with themes that touch both the social sphere and his personal experiences.

Exhibitions:

Group exhibitions Kaleidoscope (2012-2013)

- Auditorio Cangas do Morrazo.

- Casa da Cultura de Porto do Son

- Liceo de Noia

- Auditorio Lalín

Individual exhibitions 2017

- Not Only Stories Exhibition, Santiago de Compostela (Campus Stellae Gallery)

Public works

Feet at the End of the Path, Plaza da Quintana, Santiago de Compostela.