The artist Joanne Leonie Milne wins the 9th Torres García-Ciutat de Mataró 2022 Biennial Painting Prize

During the inauguration ceremony - held on June 10, 2022 at the Ateneu, Cultural Center of the Iluro Foundation - the verdict of the Jury was read with the proclamation of the winner and the five winners of the 9th Prize Torres García-City of Mataró Painting Biennial 2022.

In this call, 335 works have been submitted to the competition. The Jury has selected the forty finalists that make up the exhibition, the winning work and five award-winning works

• The winner is Joanne Leonie Milne, born in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1966 and living in Els Plans de Sió, Lleida for the work Walking in labyrinthine loops , (Acrylic s / canvas in wood, 157x122 cm).

The five winners are (in alphabetical order):

• Gonzalo Elvira: Plaza Huincul, Neuquén, Argentina, 1971 and resident in Barcelona, ​​for the work Los sueños de proyección (Oil on canvas 130 x 130cm)
• Alicia Marsans: Barcelona, ​​1971 and resident in Sant Jordi Desvalls, Girona, for the work La conferencia de los pájaros (Mixed s / table, 121x124 cm)
• Eduard Resbier: Barcelona 1968, resident in Barcelona for the work , Atelier - Cendra 10 (Oil s / lli , 162x114 cm)
• Luis A. Romero: Caracas, 1971, Venezuela and resident in Barcelona, ​​for the work, Temporalidad , (Mixed, acrylic s / canvas , 160x130cm)
• Gonzalo Sicre: Cádiz, 1967 and resident in Cartagena, Murcia for the work ¿Quién quiere un rey? (Oil on canvas, 162x130cm)

Alicia Marsans

The inauguration ceremony was presided over by the Mayor of Mataró, Ilm. Sr. David Bote - who presented the award to the winner - and was attended by the Director of the Territorial Services of Culture of Barcelona, ​​Mr. Andreu Felip, and the Consul General of Uruguay in Barcelona, ​​Hble. Sr. Pedro Valenzuela.

Gonzalo Elvira

The Jury of this 9th Torres García-Ciutat de Mataró Biennial Painting Prize has been formed by Mr. Juan Manuel Bonet, Mrs. Gloria Bosch, Sr. Emmanuel Guigon, Sr. Julio Vaquero, Mrs. Eva Vázquez, and Mr. Antoni Luis,

Eduard Resbier

The exhibition of the 40 finalist works can be seen in the Ateneu-Cultural Center of the Iluro Foundation (La Riera 92, Mataró - Barcelona) from June 10 to August 28, 2022.

Gonzalo Sicre Luis Romero