Cristóbal Ortega, Local Art that Travels from Málaga to Beijing and Miami

A lifelong resident of Alhaurín de la Torre but in a world without borders. Such is the artist Cristóbal Ortega, who also leaves his mark ... in Asian and American lands. With studies in all three places, the man from Málaga has conquered continents through his "sweatings," as he calls the technique he uses in his paintings.

This is his unmistakable hallmark, which consists of painting from the back of the canvas to show a different effect on the visible side of the work. "I use colors as independent elements that manipulate space. In my paintings, the most important thing is not the vivid color, it's the neutral white," highlighted Cristóbal Ortega in one of his latest interviews with SUR.

This 2025, he has managed to further consolidate his presence in Miami, where he has been sharing a studio with a Cuban artist for about five years. Also, this year he has continued to reaffirm his success in Beijing, where he landed in 2010 to captivate with his "sweatings." This love triangle of art cities is part of the inspiration for the artist from Alhaurín, who divides his months each year to live and create from his three cities, where he never stops having individual and collective exhibitions.