Aurelio is an acclaimed artist, accomplished in many genres but perhaps best known for his portraits. He was a finalist in the 2012 BP International Portrait Awards held in London's National Portrait Gallery. He has received portrait commissions from the Royal Court of Bahrain, the Kings of Morocco, the late King Fahd of Saudi Arabia, Formula 1 boss Bernie Ecclestone, and the rock band Def Leppard, among many others.

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Aurelio was born in 1958 in Andalusia. He moved to Madrid in 1976 to train as an engineer but gave up university to pursue his love of art. Like many Spanish artists he took to painting street portraits, first in Madrid where he studied at the Soto Mesa School of Art, then in Marbella and Tenerife, where he studied sculpture with Guillermo Batista Diáz. He now lives and works in Puerto Banús, Marbella.

His portrait talent is built upon exceptional drawing skills; throughout his career he has explored and mastered a broad spectrum of techniques and materials. Today he works mainly in pastel, oil and watercolour, on canvas and board but also on acrylic mortar, a foundation of his own creation. He paints portraits, still lifes, nudes and landscapes in realist, hyperrealist and surrealist styles, and in what he calls "magic realism".

His work is held in private and public collections in more than fifty countries.

2016 Ming Gallery of Art, Suzhou, China

2013 Winner, International Pastel Competition, Perigord, France

2012 BP International Portrait Awards finalist

Group exhibition, Festival of Art Marbella, Spain

2011 Magic realism painting ‘Crisis?’ won first prize at the First International Pastel Biennial in Spain