Artist Statement :

For Jordi Pedrola the universal language of art expresses itself through the

strength of his Mediterranean roots. According to art critic Amalia Martinez, “To

confront Jordi Pedrola’s works, is to confront and experience color.” Jordi makes

his own paint, combining pigments with linseed oil, egg and wax in pre-

Renaissance fashion, laying his colors on a highly personal surface- often on fine

wood pieces taken from his father’s cabinetry workshop.

Jordi Pedrola was born in Barcelona, Spain. He was schooled at the

University of Barcelona and later at the Winchester School of Art in the South of

England. But it was the rich Romanesque Murals on display at the Art Museum of

Catalonia, as well as the medieval art of Venice & Padua, that laid the path for

his work today. Since his first encounter with these Italian cities, the human face

has been the great subject of Pedrola’s paintings: flat, contemporary faces with

deep eyes, deep entrances to the soul. The face merely provides an excuse for

surface, where contrasting colors fight and shape balances the tension.

Jordi Pedrola’s work has been shown at exhibitions and in galleries in

Spain, London & Italy as well in Palm Beach & Miami, Santa Barbara in California

and New York and Chicago, and his work is collected by patrons from both sides

of the Atlantic (from Cyprus to Colombia).

Reviews:

“When I paint, I try to capture the soul”.

                 -“El Llaç” magazine, Barcelona, Spain.

“Chicago artist Jordi Pedrola, who is known for his use of colors.”

                 -Theresa Gutierrez, ABC 7 NEWS, Chicago, USA.

“Jordi Pedrola represents a link to the oldest sources of Mediterranean Art....Perhaps the time

has come when all of us, like Jordi,must reaffirm emphatically that art’s basic function is to

promote sensual and aesthetic pleasure”.

                 -Amalia Martinez-Muñoz, art historian & critic, Valencia, Spain.

“Architectural composition and bold colors breathe new life into an ages-old subject.”

                 -“Shelter Interiors” magazine, Chicago, USA.

“Mostly visages, enigmatic and surrounded by a chromatic uniqueness, typical of the art of this

artist, born in Spain, citizen of the world with strong ties to Italy.”

                  -“L’ Arena”, newspaper, Verona, Italy.

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