Javier Ruiz (Jaén, 1989) began studying Graphic Design in Jaén in 2007. In 2013 he studied Illustration in Madrid and in 2014 he attended a painting and colour theory workshop in Los Angeles (USA).
Winner of several awards such as La Rural contest (2010) or the Bienal de Pintura deportiva de Burgos (2015) Deportiva de Burgos (2015), the artist has also received honourable mention in the Real Ateneo de Sevilla contest (2013) as well as in the MOD portrait contest (2014) and has been selected in FIGURATIVAS ́11 (2011) or Emilio Ollero Contest (2011).
Since 2015 he has had several solo exhibitions such as Identities at the Fundación Antonio Gala de Córdoba (2015), Torso, círculo, rama, at the Sala Juan Francisco Casas in La Carolina (2018). Francisco Casas in La Carolina (2018) , Hasta donde sé, at the Galería Víctor Lope in Barcelona ( 2021) WAX AND WANE ( 2021) and VISTA AEREA DE LA LIBERTAD HUMANA (2022) at The Curators Room in Amsterdam.