Magí Puig was born in the Catalonian village of Palou, Lleida in 1966. Completing his artistic training at the Sant-Jordi University of Fine Arts in 1989, he later pursued advanced studies at the Winchester School of Art in the UK. He currently lives and works in Tàrrega, Spain.
From a young age, Puig has been passionate about drawing. Fueled by an urgent necessity to channel and interpret the world around him, painting eventually provided the ideal outlet for his creative impulses. Recurring themes in the work of Puig include scenes of daily life within a local and international context. The study of the human figure and the interplay of light also form important considerations, evidenced in the plein-air scenes of beaches, markets, and those depicting the intimacy of familial life.
The painter defines himself as an alchemist that distills the essence of a complex reality in order to offer his own essence: a perfume that goes beyond the mere appearance of color and searches for the soul of objects.
Magí Puig
Born in Palou, Lleida, in 1966.
Graduated Sant Jordi Fine Arts School, Barcelona, in 1989
Studied at Winchester School of Fine Arts, United Kingdom.
Lives and works in Tàrrega, Spain.
Solo Exhibitions
2022 Galerie de l’Ancien Courrier, Montpelier
2021 Galerie Ariel Jakob, Paris
Sala Parés, Barcelona
2020 Messum’s Gallery, London
Galerie de l’Ancien Courrier, Montpelier
Galerie Catherine et Frédéric Portal, Saint Jean de Luz
2019 Sala Parés, Barcelona
2019 Galerie Ariel Jakob, Paris
2018 Sala Parés, Barcelone
2017 Galerie de l’Ancien Courrier, Montpelier
Galerie Catherine et Frédéric Portal, Saint Jean de Luz
2016 Messum’s Gallery, London
Galerie Ariel Sibony, Paris
Sala Clucart, Tàrrega
Sala Parés, Barcelona
2015 Galerie de l’Ancien Courrier, Montpellier
Galerie Catherine et Frédéric Portal, Saint Jean de Luz
2014 Ariel Sibony Gallery, Paris
L’Urgell – Tarrega Museum, Tarrega
Sala Parés, Barcelona
2013 Ariel Sibony Gallery, Paris
2012 Ariel Sibony Gallery, Paris
Galerie de l’Ancien Courrier, Montpellier
Bel-Air Fine Art, Geneva
Sala Parés, Barcelona
2011 Ariel Sibony Gallery, Paris
2010 Ariel Sibony Gallery, Paris
Sala Parés, Barcelona
2009 Ariel Sibony Gallery, Paris
Mark Hachem Gallery, New York
2008 Sala Parés, Barcelona
Ariel Sibony Gallery, Paris
2007 Ariel Sibony Gallery, Paris
2006 Ariel Sibony Gallery, Paris
Sala Parés, Barcelona
2005-06 Galerie de l’Ancien Courrier, Montpellier
2005 Ariel Sibony Gallery, Paris
Stricoff Fine Art, New York
2004-05 Eduard Camps Museum, Guissona
2004 Ariel Sibony Gallery, Paris
2003 Galerie de l’Ancien Courrier, Montpellier
Ariel Sibony Gallery, Paris
Sala Parés, Barcelona
2002 Sibman Gallery, Paris
2001 Sibman Gallery, Paris
Galerie de l’Ancien Courrier, Montpellier
2000 Sibman Gallery, Paris
Galerie de l’Ancien Courrier, Montpellier
1999 Galerie de l’Ancien Courrier, Montpellier
Sibman Gallery, Paris
Vint-i-dos Gallery, Igualada
1998 Artnau Gallery, Girona
Manel Mayoral Gallery, Barcelona
Palace Lacoste, Pézenas
1997 Galerie de l’Ancien Courrier, Montpellier
1996 Alfama Gallery, Madrid
Galerie de l’Ancien Courrier, Montpellier
1995 Galerie de l’Ancien Courrier, Montpellier
Vint-i-dos Gallery, Igualada
1994 Manel Mayoral Gallery
Alfama Gallery, Madrid
Galerie de l’Ancien Courrier, Montpellier
Art i Traça Gallery, Olot
1993 Can Norat Gallery, Girona
Vint-i-dos Gallery, Igualada
1992 Alfama Gallery, Madrid
Altarriba Art Gallery, Sitges
Art i Traça Gallery,Olot
1991 Can Norat Gallery, Girona
Centre d’Art Contemporain Altarriba Art, Vic
1990 Altarriba Art Gallery, Sitges
Art i Traça Gallery, Olot
1989 Art i Traça Gallery, Olot
1988 Bertran Diagona Gallery, Barcelona
Awards
2021 Prize Culturalia, artist’s prize, Tarrega
1996 XVII, Valldepeñas National Plastic Arts Exhibition
1995 2nd Prize “XIV Mostra d’Arts Plàstiques per a joves”, Barcelona
2nd Prize «VII Biennal de pintura jove», Anquin’s Gallery, Reus
1994 XV Valldepeñas National Plastic Arts Exhibitions
1993 1st Prize “Concurs de pintura del Pallars”, Tírvia
1992 1st Prize “XXXIII Award for young painting”, Sala Parés, Barcelona
2nd Prize Ademar Champagnat foundation, Urquijo Bank, Vigo
“XI Show of arts for young”, Barcelona
3rd Price «VIII Competition of painting Villa de Guadarrama»
Honorable Mention, Competition of painting Manuel López Villaseñor, Ciudad Real
1991 VIII, Alcobendas National Plastic Arts Exhibitions
1990 1st Prize Fine Arts Cercle, VI edition, Lleida
1st Prize Competition of painting, Plans de Sió, Lleida
