(Linares-1951)

Fernando Machado, plastic artist, professor of Fine Arts and Design of the Higher School of Design of Valencia and professor Tenure of Painting at the Faculty of Fine Arts of Altea of ​​the Miguel Hernandez University; works since the seventies under a rigorous, intimate and reconstructive technique, which breaks with the modern epistemic order. His work has been exhibited in numerous galleries and art spaces, among them: The College of Architects of Valencia and Murcia, the Palace of the Provincial Deputation of Málaga, the State Public Library in Zamora, the Finnish museums of Jyväskylä, Gallen-Kallelan, Turku, Lappeenranta, Kuusankoski or Kajaani, the Center for Contemporary Culture of the University of Granada, the City Museum in Valencia, the Municipal Cultural Center of the Provincial Deputation of Castellon, the IVAM of Valencia, among others.

He has also exhibited in different international competitions and fairs such as: at the Malaga Provincial Council Palace, at the Caixa de Pensiones Foundation in Valencia, as well as the Pontevedra and Oviedo Biennials, the Barcelona Contemporary Art Biennial, or at the International ARCO fair in Madrid. In addition, it has works in different institutions, among which the following stand out: The Provincial Museum of Jaén, The Collection of the Provincial Council of Malaga, The Banco Exterior de España Collection, The Fundación Caixa de Pensions Collection or the AC Collection in Barcelona, ​​and The Collection of the Provincial Council of Valencia.