Torre Vella hosts the Perico Pastor exhibition from July 21 to August 31. A vital chronicle.
Pastor was born in La Seu d'Urgell in 1953. He studied in Barcelona, emigrated to New York in 1976, and stayed there for about twelve years. He published his illustrations in Harper's, The Village Voice, and especially in The New York Times, which allowed him to paint unhurriedly.
In 1980 he exhibited for the first time, at the Cornelia Street Café, in New York, and in 1983 for the first time in a gallery: Estampa in Madrid. Since then he has combined illustration and painting, with exhibitions in Barcelona, Madrid, Granada, Hong Kong, Paris, Tokyo, Sag Harbor, Miami... Since 1989 he has lived in Barcelona, fully dedicated to painting, illustration Press illustration (El Pais, Internacional Herald Tribune, La vanguardia...) or editorial (Amigos, el Pequeño cuento, La Bíblia...) and various projects.