Born in 1945 in Santa Cruz de la Palma (Canary Islands/Spain), José García y Más studied at the Escuela de Bellas Artes in Santa Cruz de Tenerife before moving to Berlin in 1970 where he took a degree in Engineering. Since 1980, he has pursued an independent career as an artist. He is a member of the Künstlerbund Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Professional Artists’ Association (BBK). Since 2003 he and his wife live on the Isle of Usedom (Baltic Sea). Themes and Techniques Although global policy plays a very important part, García y Más is not a political painter in any narrow sense, his paintings focus on the problematic social issues of the day, on society, environments, cultural and literary themes: the point is made by means of alienation, irony & wit, often in a macabre, sardonic & even corny-joke manner. The scenario of his canvases is determined by an intensive & radiant use of colour, restricted to few essential figures, with a poster-like intensity. Running parallel there are pen-and-ink and water-colour drawings whose subject matter is closely related to the oil-paintings on canvas. Techniques: Oil on canvas, pen-and-ink & water colour drawings. Exhibitions: Berlin, Copenhagen (Denmark), Graz (Austria), Anklam, Greifswald and Rostock, Munich, Rozelle/Ayr (Scotland), Isle of Usedom (Baltic Sea). Public collections: DIN Deutsches Institut für Normung eV (German Institute for Standardization), Berlin Deutsches Historisches Museum (German Historical Museum), Berlin Museum of the MacLaurin Trust, Rozelle/Ayr (Scotland) Haus der Geschichte der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (House of the History of the Federal Republic of Germany), Bonn Town Hall of Wolgast