Oscar Martín de Burgos: Bio

Oscar Martín De Burgos is a Spanish sculptor and mystic who through his practice, seeks to unify past, present and future expressions of spirituality. Taking as a starting point prehistoric symbolic manifestations, he delves with psychic empathy into the cultures of our ancestors. Using different materials; namely bronze, brass, aluminum, polymers and ceramic, Burgos engages the viewer in an accessible memory that escapes from the correlative line of time and human history.

De Burgos studied Sculpture and Environmental Design at School of Art and Design as well as Urban, Environmental and Landscape Design in Alicante (Spain).

Along his professional career De Burgos has received different grants and awards in Spain and France in recognition of his work. His pieces of art are in public and private collections all over the world and he has also been commissioned by institutions and private companies for large scale public art works. These include the: Cid Campeador at A-1 highway, Ministry of Public Works, Spain Government, Neolito at HUBU (University Hospital of Burgos). Seed, a high relief mural at San Francisco Monastry from x. XIII, Cáritas Foundation of Spain.

In additon, De Burgos is the author of many representative sculptures as corporative art for international business groups and public institutions, such as: Grupo Antolín Ciudad de Burgos Awards, FAE de Oro Business Awards, and the official 3D image of the XVII Congress of the International Union of Prehistoric and Protohistoric Sciences.