Jaime Valtierra

Jaime Valtierra (b. Spain, 1979) is a contemporary painter based in London, UK.

Valtierra’s work reflects our times taking on subjects rooted in daily experience. He makes use of the grotesque and the body as vehicle to unearth concealed attitudes in contemporary society, creating charged images that fluctuate between the personal and the collective imaginary. His paintings and drawings are intuitive expressions which combine mundane subject and a range of cultural influences, from ideas connected to themes within the tradition of the Carnivalesque and European painting, to his interest in children’s drawings and stories.