BIO//
Andrés Sánchez, known as Piro (Plasencia, Spain, 1994), is a visual and expressionist artist whose work emerges from vital
impulse and gesture, in a constant exploration of energy and emotion through color and form.
His practice unfolds in two distinct yet complementary processes. One is irrational in nature, guided by improvisation and
intuition — a spontaneous and visceral flow of energy. The other is more meditative and conscious, where the work is revisited, balanced, and reconstructed through reflection. In this dialogue between instinct and thought, Piro transforms experiences and emotions into pieces that inhabit space with force and sensory depth.
He holds a degree in Design from the Complutense University of Madrid. Piro began his artistic journey in the streets under the pseudonym Misterpiro, a formative stage that shaped his visual language and creative approach. Over time, he brought this energy into the studio, where freedom, experimentation, and expressionism unfold across various formats and surfaces from canvas to large-scale installations continuously expanding the boundaries of his artistic practice.
ARTIST STATEMENT//
How do you begin the first notes of a score? How do you face the unease of the blank page? How do you still the tremor of your hand before the first stroke on the canvas?
Confidence, experience, learning—and impulse: that spark that arises naturally within us and expands through everything we do.
From restlessness and practice toward a continuous search, forms dissolve and expand across the score and the canvas. Shapes emerge progressively, guided by impulse and by memory—everything that nourishes the artist: emotions and desires that permeate the entire body of work.
Piro’s work unfolds from deep subjectivity, shaped by lived experiences in which distance, people, and moments generate a spectrum of intangible sensations and memories.
An immaterial inspiration becomes external through his signature abstract expressionism, evolving through material, color, and form across his practice.
While expressionism is often defined as a break from structure, in Piro’s work this departure becomes pure freedom of creation—a freedom charged with vital emotion in its highest form, where music, humor, and play are indispensable elements of the process.
“In my work, I always seek to explore creative connections with everything I live with daily. I love to experiment, combine, and go beyond imposed limits. I believe art should be present in everything—it’s essential to living life to the fullest.”
The final piece stands as witness to the creative impulse: a progressive expressionism in which sensations and feelings surface gradually, transformed into gesture and material language—a symbolic act of creation that carries us through a wide range of emotions.
“Music has always been a driving force in my work; without it, I wouldn’t be able to create. It’s something I live with every day, a vital impulse in my life and practice.”
Divided between the emotional and the physical, the process begins with raw, conductive improvisation. Materials and techniques merge on the surface through apparent chance, always in synergy with the intuition and rhythm that guide each gesture.
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WORKS AND BIG FORMATS//
Piro’s large-format pieces mark an expansion of his practice—a significant evolution that unfolds both in interior settings and in public space. Intimate compositions are translated to a monumental scale.
In this exercise of “self-copying,” he reframes his usual approach. What begins as a purely abstract, gestural composition—rooted in immediate intuition and emotion—becomes, when enlarged, a figurative presence on a grand scale.
As the work grows, hidden layers that lay veiled in the smaller version are revealed. Yet it never abandons its abstract essence; rather, the enlargement heightens the tension between the figurative and the abstract, between spontaneity and intention.
This body of work is a continuous exploration of how transformation and scale recalibrate perception. It seeks a point of encounter with the viewer where personal interpretation completes and redefines what is presented—an invitation to uncover new meanings.
