Miroslav Spadrna (pintorcheco) - La memoria de un universo sumergido

The Memory of a Submerged Universe Miroslav Spadrna \Pintorcheco\
Acrylic on canvas · Ø 100 cm · 2026
Contemporary abstract art

In *The Memory of a Submerged Universe*, Miroslav Spadrna creates a circular composition of great visual impact\. Indigo and turquoise tones evoke a hidden world, while fragments of color, yellow glimmers, and bursts of red suggest the remains of a lost civilization\.

The material, worked with a palette knife, adds depth and archaeological texture\. The central white light introduces a point of tension and hope, cutting through the darkness like an energy in transformation\.

The circular format reinforces the idea of a continuous cycle between memory, destruction, and rebirth\. An abstract work that does not seek to explain the mystery, but invites the viewer to contemplate it\.

**The artist’s reflection**

«Perhaps the universe forgets nothing\. Everything that ever existed remains somewhere, waiting for the light to find it again»\.
• Origin: Born on July 28, 1968, in the Czech Republic, in the city of České Budějovice.
• Early career: Even before receiving formal training in fine arts, he was already actively painting and selling his works. At 21, he was known in Germany, the Netherlands, and other European countries. By the age of 25, he had sold more than 1,000 works around the world. 
• Artistic evolution: At 40, he turned away from commercial painting and immersed himself in a more authentic and profound artistic expression. He left his home and former life to work on the street, drawing close to experiencing poverty, loneliness, and passion. At 43, he began a new stylistic and creative phase. 
• Artistic philosophy: For him, art is a space of absolute freedom—where he connects with the essence of things and the deepest feelings. Where the only time that matters is the time of the brush; creating or recreating life on canvas, paper, or in sculpture is a sublime act for him. 

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Achievements, recognition, and exhibitions
• Awards:
• 2023: European Artist Award in Milan, Italy. 
• 2021: Named Art and Painting Coordinator of the Czech Republic. 
• Exhibitions:
• Participated in a group exhibition in Berja (Andalusia, Spain) in 2023. 
• Residencies:
• Artist residency in Garachico (Canary Islands, Spain) in 1997. 
• Representation and reviews:
• Since 2025, he has been represented by 1819 Art Gallery in Madrid, Spain. 
• His work has received critical reviews, including one by Antonio Sánchez, director and curator of 1819 Gallery, who described the collection as a “pictorial symphony of light, nature, and essence,” highlighting a technique that fuses the abstract and the figurative, with intense use of color and deeply material texture. 

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Artistic style

His work is characterized by an approach that lies between the abstract and the figurative, in which:
• Thick, angular brushstrokes predominate, applied using mixed-media techniques (impasto) that create a striking three-dimensional effect. 
• The color palette features blues, greens, and earth tones, often contrasted with vivid reds and oranges, evoking serenity and passion at the same time. 
• Texture is a key expressive element: layers of paint are energetically superimposed, creating an immersive, sensory atmosphere. 
• The composition is built on an asymmetrical harmony, challenging conventions and creating visual tension that invites continued exploration of the canvas. 
• In several works, the human figure emerges, fused with the natural surroundings, as if it were part of the landscape itself, revealing a profound symbiotic connection with nature. 

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General interpretation
• An artist in constant transformation: He has traveled a path from commercial success to a more authentic and visceral form of expression, which even led him to live and create in extreme environments.
• Sensory richness: His works seek to engage all the viewer’s senses—light, color, texture, and emotion—in an almost tactile experience.
• Spirituality and nature: The fusion of humanity with the natural environment, together with an expressive and emotionally charged technique, points to a profound search for spiritual connection.
Miroslav Špadrna | Pintorcheco

Contemporary artist — Czech Republic / Spain

Miroslav Špadrna, known artistically as Pintorcheco, is a contemporary artist and painter of Czech origin, born in 1968 and based in Spain. His artistic practice unfolds at the intersection of abstraction and figuration, developing a visual language defined by chromatic intensity, materiality, movement, and a profound spiritual dimension.

His painting is characterized by a gestural, material, and textured approach. Using a palette knife, impasto, and mixed-media techniques on canvas, Špadrna builds surfaces with great physical and visual density. Layers of paint, reliefs, and traces of gesture make the material an essential part of each work’s meaning.

Color occupies a central place in his visual language. Deep blues, greens, and earth tones engage in dialogue with highly intense yellows, magentas, and oranges. In series such as Indigo Portals, blue ceases to function merely as a color and becomes a symbolic space: depth, silence, energy, and passage toward an inner reality.

His work explores universal themes such as inner light, transformation, memory, silence, and freedom. Forms seem to emerge and disappear within the pictorial surface, creating spaces that may recall landscapes, architecture, figures, or imaginary territories without ever being fully defined.

This ambiguity is one of the fundamental elements of his approach: the viewer is not presented with a closed image, but with a space open to interpretation and emotional experience.

Throughout his career, Špadrna has established a growing international presence. The recognition associated with his career includes distinctions received in Milan (2023) and Florence (2025), as well as his appointment as Art and Painting Coordinator in the Czech Republic in 2021.

His work has also gained international exposure through platforms and specialized contemporary art markets, forming part of a career that connects his Central European origins with his current creative period in Spain.

Rather than depicting a visible reality, Miroslav Špadrna seeks to construct emotional spaces. In his paintings, material, light, and color act as gateways to inner states where the recognizable and the unknown remain in constant tension.

Miroslav Špadrna — Pintorcheco
Material · Light · Transformation · Freedom