Teo San Jose

In 2012 the first edition of the book “Seeds for Peace” was published. The Art Healing Technique that allows you to pass from fear to curiosity. From violence to peace.

From then on his work has been recognized in the United Kingdom. First he was chosen as a member of the Royal British Society of Sculptors in London and later, this prestigious institution, awarded him with the prize Sculpture Forecour, he is the first Spaniard to receive it. From then on his works was exhibited all through United Kingdom In the year 2009 he was selected by the Spanish Embassy in London to represent Spain at the International Biennial of Architecture of London

Our artist's life went through a change in the year 2006 when he was selected to take part in the Summer Exhibition of the Royal Academy in London where his works were shown side by side to Antoni Tapies. His sculpture Fire Bird had such an effect that the exhibition jury chose it as one of the event's most significant pieces and a special documentary was made of this exhibit by BBC London.

Two major events in the artist's life took place in the year 2000. An exhibition in Denia, Alicante (Spain) of work done there, where he has been living for the last ten years. In this exhibition the M.Y.S. series, Movement and Solidity, made completely in steel where color appears for the first time, together with the series Woman and Tensions made in carved wood and bronze or with tree branches and natural strings.

From his very beginning (1987–1990) San José set off with the sole idea of working with light and shadows and also with textures. This idea lead him work exclusively with the yellowish clay of Castilla (center Spain) for years and to undertake high relief murals following a hyperrealist technique of great impact. The clay is baked at 1,832 °F (1,000 °C) in a gas oven with the carbonation technique.