Es Nàutic inaugurates 'On the beach', the painting exhibition by Carlos Genicio

This Friday marks the inauguration and a talk with the painter. The exhibition will remain for two months at the CNSA, until May 25th.

This Friday, March 21, at 8 p.m., the painting exhibition 'On the beach', featuring works by the Asturian artist Carlos Genicio, who has resided on the island since 1975, will be inaugurated in the social hall of the Club Nàutic Sant Antoni. During the event, Genicio himself will introduce his work during a brief colloquium with journalist Xescu Prats, followed by a serving of Spanish wine. The exhibition, which presents various scenes of the harbor and the beaches of the Portmany bay in an impressionist style, will be displayed in this same space for two months, until May 25th.

Carlos Genicio (Oviedo, 1952) began his art studies at the age of 14, alongside his high school education, at the School of Arts and Crafts. In those early days, he already won several awards in painting competitions, and at 16, he held his first solo exhibition at the Benedett gallery, becoming the youngest artist in Asturias to present his work in a commercial gallery. At 18, he started collaborating with the weekly magazine Asturias Semanal, creating a full-page comic strip titled 'Burradas de Genicio', which was immediately successful. A year later, after another exhibition in the same hall, the Macarrón gallery in Madrid offered him a chance to exhibit his work there. His name and one of his paintings also appeared in the 'Book of Oviedo', which featured the notable personalities of the city. He was 19 years old. During that time, he also joined the Andean folklore group Mate, winning the first prize in the San Mateo music contest.

After completing military service, he toured the French Riviera performing duets with one of his group mates, later moving to Mallorca for a season. During that period, he began making portraits and, taking advantage of the proximity and the presence of some friends, decided to visit Ibiza before returning to Asturias. When he arrived on the island, however, he fell in love with the light, the atmosphere he discovered in the port right after disembarking, and a German girl, deciding to stay for a season. It was the year 1975.

To make a living, he created and began marketing miniature ceramic Payesas, which quickly became a success. After some back-and-forths to Asturias and a few months living the Parisian bohemia among artists, he settled permanently on the island at the end of the 70s, since then dedicating himself to his art and enjoying a bohemian life. He has spent decades drawing portraits first in tourist establishments like the Pinet Playa hotel and later in the painters' square in front of the Hotel Portmany, receiving multiple commissions from private collectors.

In the 80s, he began collaborating with the Es Paradís Terrenal nightclub, creating posters, organizing theme parties, performing decorations, and setting up an art gallery inside the nightclub. He also joined the Adlib fashion movement, creating hand-printed clothing with great success and later opening two boutiques. He was the author of the frescoes inspired by the Sistine Chapel that adorned the Il Vaticano restaurant and set up his own art gallery in Sant Antoni. Already in this century, he has inaugurated various individual pictorial exhibitions in spaces like the lighthouse of ses Coves Blanques, sa Punta des Molí, or the Club Diario de Ibiza, also participating in multiple group exhibitions. He has two children, África and Carlos, and four grandchildren. He is also a renowned fisherman, six times champion of "roquer" in Ibiza and Formentera.