• Ortas. Obra de arte titulada: Las golfistas Es una obra de arte que representa una escena de golf. En ella cuatro mujeres practican golf en un campo de golf

    Las golfistas 39x55 in, Watercolor. Javier Ortas

    Art exhibition in Madrid. Opening: February 19, 2026

  • Colored night in some village by Ortas

    Migratory Birds. Javier Ortas

    39,3x55 in, Watercolor

  • Artwork titled “Girls Playing at Recess” by painter Javier Ortas. In this piece, three girls are playing jump rope: two swing the rope while one jumps. It’s set in a playground, with three more girls playing in the background. Trees are present, and the painting features vivid colors. Created in Javier Ortas’s style, it emphasizes line-based composition.

    Girls Playing at Recess Javier Ortas

    27.5 x 39 in, Watercolor.

THE ART 100% IMAGINED

Currently: new solo exhibition in Madrid

Galería de Arte Herraiz

From February 19 to March 23, 2026

C/ Don Ramón de la Cruz, 27, Madrid. Tel.: (+34)915763131

Also in the group exhibition of the 61st Reina Sofía Prize for Painting and Sculpture, Madrid.

En Casa de Vacas del Parque del Retiro, Madrid.

From February 26 to March 29, 2026


The personal style of artist.

The artist Javier Ortas creates his paintings using only his imagination, without any model. He works alone in front of the blank paper, without external references, just with his own artistic impulse and inspiration; inventing and creating scenes, characters and elements from his inner world. The result are art pieces with a unique style, defined, genuine and different. Exclusive and diverse artworks that discover the singularity of his talent.

Prestigious art galleries:

  • Galería de Arte Herráiz, Madrid.
  • Galería d'art Mar, Barcelona.
  • Galería de Arte Xerión, A Coruña. Galicia..
  • Galería Espacio 36, Zamora.
  • Ugallery, San Francisco. Estados Unidos.
Ortas
41 solo exhibitions
and around 100 group exhibitions

Interview on the television show Dos que sí... Uno que no, de Castilla y León. CyLTV 2024

"It’s my passion, my calling, the meaning of my life: painting. I’ve done many things in life, like everyone, but I found in painting what allows me most to give to others and to myself."

12 years with Galería Herraiz Madrid.

6 solo exhibitions in Madrid. 2014, 2017, 2019, 2022, 2024, 2026.
Exposición en septiembre de 2019

Galería Herráiz. Solo Exhibition. September 2019

Exposición de arte en Madrid. Febrero de 2026. Semana del Arte

Galería Herráiz. Current Solo Exhibition. 2026

Nine times in the prestigious Reina Sofía Prize for Painting and Sculpture (AEPE). Editions 51, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 60, 61.

20 selections/finalist placements by the Spanish Association of Painters and Sculptors in its two main competitions.
Visita de S.M. la Reina Doña Sofía a la exposición.

Visit by H.M. Queen Sofía to the exhibition in 2018

Visita de S.M. la Reina Doña Sofía a la exposición.

Queen Sofía in 2021, alongside "Sobre la tela de una araña...".

Visita de S.M. la Reina Doña Sofía a la exposición.

At the 60th Reina Sofía Prize – 2025 Exhibition – "Tres jinetes, tre caballos."

Visita de S.M. la Reina Doña Sofía a la exposición.

Queen Sofía in 2020, alongside “Picasso at Work”.

Catalonia – Barcelona 2019–2026. 8 years with Grup D’art Escolà.

Solo exhibitions at Mar Gallery in Barcelona, Terraferma Gallery in Lleida, and Arimany Gallery in Tarragona.
Grupo de chicas en el baile

Galería de arte Mar. Barcelona 2024

Caballos en el bosque

Galería Arimany. Tarragona.

Obra de Javier Ortas en la Galería Terraferma de Lleida

Galería Terraferma, Lleida.

Solo exhibition. León.

Sala de Arte Bernesga

Obra en acuarela, the kites

Sala Bernesga, León.

Solo exhibition. Galicia.

3 Solo exhibitions.

Dos patos

Xerión and Visol galeries.

Solo exhibition in France.

The exclusive Art Gallery Le Manoir de Villedoin, located in Velles, France, in the picturesque region of Centre Val-de-Loire
Taking a coffee

Solo exhibition. France.

Exhibition "Cerámica de Autor", Vigo, Galicia.

Headquarters Afundación Vigo by Obra Social ABANCA some of the ceramic pieces that I painted in Galicia are exhibited.

Organized by Fundación MAPAX. From March 6 to 30, 2018 Vigo. Galicia.

Ceramics in the exhibition

Painted ceramics in the exhibition hall.

Headquarters Building Afundación Vigo.

Headquarters Building Afundación Vigo.

Exhibition Alacalá Visual 2018.

"The white horse" 55 x 39 in. Watercolor. Selected in the art prize "Premios Ciudad de Alcalá 2017"

March 2018 Madrid. Alcalá de Henares.

The white horse
Opening Alcalá Visual

Exhibition in Tres Cantos, Madrid

Show in "Sala Baluarte", dedicated to winners of the prize "Premio Baluarte 2016" in november 2017.

Potter working - Ortas

"Potter working" it was exhibited for first time in Tres Cantos.

Opening of the exhibition.

Opening of the exhibition.

5 awards at the AEPE Autumn Salon and selected 11 consecutive times.

Selected 11 times in this historic competition of the Spanish Association of Painters and Sculptors.

- AEPE Watercolor Medal Award

- Twice awarded the AEDA Watercolor Prize

Obra en acuarela, Las cometas

The artist with “Girls Playing on the Beach”. AEDA Prize Plaque.

- Winner of the official image for the 86th Autumn Salon in 2019.

- Baluarte Hall Prize

Detalle de la obra

86 Salón de Otoño at Casa de Vacas. Parque del Retiro.

Exhibition Cultural Space Mira, Madrid

Certamen Nacional de Pozuelo de Alarcón, for "A coastal town" 2021, for "White hourse" 2020 and "Two boys playing in the river" 2017.


Two boys playing in the river

"Two boys playing in the river"

Detail of the artwork.

Detail of the artwork. Watercolor.

Detail of the artwork.

White Hourse. 55 x 39 in. Detail of the artwork.

European Makers Gallery.

Collective exhibitions in Amsterdam. 2017.

Exhibitions in Amsterdam.

"A blonde girl in the bus" and "Three girls having a picnic in the countryside" Watercolor. 28 x 20 in.

Le Cactus Bleu.

Solo exhibitions in France. 2024.

On the benches of the park

"Casas y coches".

Watercolor.

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