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Kiku
Poch
Kiku
Poch was born in Barcelona on September 18th, 1963
as the son of two painters; Poch Romeu, a landscape
artist of international fame, and still life artist,
Josefina Ripoll.
With
two artists for parents, Kiku Poch grew up surrounded
by art. His own interest in fine art was manifested
at a very early age, when he would draw with colored
pencils, wax and crayons. At age 16, Kiku’s father
(who before becoming a painter was a publicist), taught
him the trade of graphic artist and instilled in him
the knowledge of drawing, perspective, color, airbrush,
watercolor, etc.
Later on, Kiku formed part of a team of artists at
a prestigious advertising agency in Barcelona, where
for a period of eight years, he worked as a graphic
designer. Thanks to his creativity and skilled technique,
his work was highly regarded in the advertising sector.
In
1993, when the agency where Kiku worked closed due
to a general crisis of the times, K. Poch began painting
with oils, which are according to him, the most "noble"
medium of painting. Until this time, Kiku had never
dared to work with oils, but now he had the time needed
to experiment, and experiment he did.
Kiku
sold the third painting that he ever did and thus
began his career, and with much thanks to Barcelona
art dealer J. Balari who believed in Kiku from the
beginning.
Kiku considers himself to be a self-taught painter,
although surely having been raised in a family of
painters had its influence, as a young Kiku unconsciously
began his art education as he watched his father paint.
In
the paintings of Kiku Poch, an admirer of the Catalán
landscape artists from the beginning of the century
as well as the great impressionists, one can appreciate
a purity to his technique. For him, all of the elements
of a picture: drawing, composition, texture, color,
and light are equally important.
Currently
Kiku alternates his work between Mallorca, Menorca
and the Costa Brava, but always remains near his great
passion, the sea.
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