Saülo Mercader
Spanish artist
Saülo Mercader is a Spanish painter, sculptor and essayist. He was born on September 13, 1944, in San Vicente del Raspeig (Alicante, Spain). He has lived in Paris since 1975.
He has created art in a variety of different mediums, such as ceramics, high-warp tapestries, engravings, drawings, terracotta and lithographies.
His works are not linked with current trends in visual arts, but are inspired by the events that take place in society and in his life.
Biography
Saülo Mercader started modelling and drawing when he was six years old. He learnt the different techniques of modelling in the « Fallas » workshops in Alicante. He was an apprentice in the sculptor Serrano's workshops, which allowed him to learn the different steps in the making of bronze sculptures, from moulding to different processes of casting.
In 1964 he arrived in Bilbao (the Basque country where his professional career started. He made himself known through a series of collective and individual exhibitions.
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