Born in Barcelona in 1966, Antonio Lopez Reche studied at the University of Barcelona, where he also served as a postgraduate teaching assistant. In 1994 he was awarded an Erasmus Grant from the European Commission, which allowed him to study at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design in London.

He has been working in the UK since 1995, and has produced numerous commissions for private and public spaces. His bronze sculptures have been exhibited internationally, with installations in Barcelona, Vienna, and Greenport, New York. He has also produced a number of public commissions including work for Canary Wharf in London. His work is held in a number of private collections across the world, from Spain to the UK and the US.

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Drawing inspiration from ancient Greek mythology and various folk tales, his work explores timeless and universal themes such as internal conflict, strength, and the ceaseless thirst for knowledge. His interest in expressive tool marks and the rawness of his material forms a striking tension with the timeless solidity of cast bronze, allowing his work to explore the accretion of cultural memory and its importance to the lived experience.

“Over the past twenty-five years I have developed a figurative body of work having mythology and fables as the central theme of my figurative bronzes. While this might appear to be the central theme for this group of works, the essence of them is the impact of my surrounding world. The effect of daily experiences big or small, that for some reason trigger the process. Is like the vibration after a musical string has been pressed and the vibration, even when the sound is not perceptible, carries on expanding...

Some ideas evolve fast like a tsunami while some other just linger and brew slowly for a long time to then sprout. Through the unplanned and unrestricted modelling (I don't do maquettes or sketches, very rarely studies) I try to create forms that hopefully convey movement, strength and that invite the eye to linger and travel over the forms and the textures. I have a great interest in capturing the rawness of materials such as clay, wax or plaster into bronze as well as the expressive energy of tool marks and loose modelling. The best part of the process tends to be when I am lost and not very sure of what I am doing. When I just have a feeling and a fog in my head that eventually materialises in forms and textures”.