Jose Antonio Legorburu

Zarautz, Gipuzkoa 1952

He studied Technical Architecture in Burgos, later specializing in design and interior architecture. His artistic career began with notable recognition in 1967, when he was awarded the First Guipuzcoan Prize for Oil Painting. In the following years, he received multiple awards in open-air painting competitions held in various towns throughout the Basque Country, solidifying his reputation in the regional art scene.

In 1980, he held his first solo exhibition in Zarautz, participated in the 4th Contemporary Painting Biennial of Barcelona, and concluded the year with a personal exhibition at the cultural hall in Palencia. Three years later, in 1983, his work was exhibited at the San Telmo Museum in Donostia and at the Onuna Art Center in La Laguna (Tenerife). He was also selected by the Basque Government's Department of Culture to be part of the traveling exhibition Ertibil in its 1983 and 1984 editions.

Since then, he has combined his creative work with teaching In 2008, he was responsible for the permanent installation Coloquio de tubos ("Tube Dialogue"), consisting of five painted iron tubes with collages incorporating phrases by the writer Anjel Lertxundi, located on Kiabelinsoro Street in Zarautz.

Legorburu’s art is deeply rooted in the Nature that flows through his daily life in a small town in Gipuzkoa. His works—exotic, lush, and Edenic landscapes—emerge from this environment and express a range of sensory and musical emotions, whispering soft and subtle winds and fragrances to the viewer.