Juan Antonio Martínez Calero
Mula (Murcia), 1965

He studied in the High Technical School of Architecture at the University of Valencia and in the Economics and Business School of Murcia. Since he was a child, he has been attending to the workshop by Juan Jose Ayllón and Gabriel Pons.

AWARDS AND COLLABORATIONS
- Winner of the competition for the sign of the fair and festivals, Mula 1987.
- Classified in the XXXIV Concurso Nacional de Pintura Villa de Fuente Álamo [XXXIV National Competition of Painting “Villa de Fuente Álamo”], August 2006.
- Sign of XIX Semana de Cine Español de Mula [XIX Spanish Film Week of Mula], 2007.
- Billboard of Feria y Fiestas de Mula [Fair and Festivals of Mula], 2008.
- Billboard of Semana de teatro de Mula [Theater Week of Mula], 2008.
- Billboard of Feria de Artesanía de Mula [Crafts Fair of Mula], 2008.
- Billboard of Tambores de Mula [Drums of Mula], 2008.
- Classified in the XXXVIII Concurso Nacional De Pintura Villa de Fuente Álamo [XXXVIII Painter National Competition “Villa de Fuente Álamo”], August 2010.
- Collaboration with “ARTYCIENCIA, Beethoven y la pintura en tu cabeza” [ARTICIENCIA, Beethoven and the painting in your mind]. Director: Octavio de Juan Ayala. José Párraga Cultural Center. Murcia January 2012.
- Collaboration with the poet Juan Tudela Gomez in " Cuadernos de ofrendas" [Offering Notebook]and "La casa Interior" [The Interior house].
-Conferencia "ARTYCIENCIA, Beethoven y la pintura en tu cerebro" [ARTYCIENCIA, Beethoven and the painting in your brain] collaborating with Mister Octavio De Juan Ayala. Casa Pintada Foundation. Mula, Murcia July 2013.
WORKS: Government of Mula Building, Nautical Club of Garrucha and in the Caja de Ahorros del Mediterraneo [Saving Bank]

GROUP EXHIBITIONS: “Jóvenes pintores muleños” [Young painters from Mula] (Mula , 1982); “Exposición Encuentro Generacional” [Exhibition: Generational Meeting] ( Mula, 2001); Group exhibition of painters from Mula about poetry by Juan Tudela (Mula 2002); “Hidalgos en el IV centenario del Quijote” [Noblemen in the IV Centenary of the Quixote] (Mula , 2005)

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
- Nautical Club of Garrucha, Almería 1998
- Cultural room in the CAM, Mula 1999
- “MAHULA”, Mula 2000
- “GRITOS”, Bisel Gallery, Cartagena 2006
- PAN 8 Restaurant, Murcia 2012
- “ECOS DE CALERO”, Casa Pintada Foundation, Mula 2013

PUBLICATIONS: Guide of the Association of the Galleries of Art of the Region of Murcia. Interview in PopularTV, in Cultural Gallery Magazine and in Cultural TV (broadcast in September, 2013). Interview in the journal “LaVerdad De Murcia” (August, 2013) and an interview in the radio “Onda Regional de Murcia” (July, 2013).