“He aprendido mucho del eclecticismo de Bilbao”

“Mi relación con Bilbao es estupenda. Me encanta. He aprendido mucho observando el eclecticismo de sus edificios: la arquitectura ecléctica de Bilbao me lleva a todas partes”, confiesa.

Su estudio se encuentra en el Muelle de Marzana, por lo que “antes salía mucho por Bilbao La Vieja”. Ahora frecuenta bares como ‘La Revoltosa’, en Particular de Estraunza, o ‘La Gavilla’, en Colón de Larreátegui.

Le gusta pasear por el Parque de Doña Casilda También opta por las caminatas en Markina. O en Mundaka, donde veraneaba de niño.

Si se cruzan con una enorme BMW 1150 RT puede que se trate de Ignacio Goitia, pintor clasicista y rebelde.

policeman. “I paint architectures that speak of power. And I’m interested in manifesting the presence of the past in the present”.

After graduating in Fine Arts at the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) , he obtained a doctorate in Art History and furthered his studies in Florence, Paris and Havana. He is a frequent traveller. It was his first long family trips as a child that would determine his future: Italy driving, Florence, the Uffizi, Botticelli’s Birth of Venus, Rome. Then France, Paris, the Louvre, the gallery for the large-scale works of Louis David, Delacroix and Gericault, The Raft of the Medusa. Before these works, it was clear to him what he would devote himself to. Awards and numerous exhibitions prove that he got it right.

“My paintings are all different. I have changed topics and models. But I have no intention of going abstract or conceptual”, he warns.

What he does aim to do is to open a space for selling his creations to have as a complement to his online shop. During the pandemic he brought his creativity to silk scarves. He found a workshop in Italy that offered him quality materials, silk and the desired printing techniques. Since then, the scarves have accompanied his exhibitions. And they remain a success. This spring he will open an innovative shop in a former jewellery shop in the heart of the city centre, on the corner with Achúcarro and Iparraguirre, where he will www.ignaciogoitia.com be offering scarves, other objects, a small showroom and other surprising things. “It’s not an exhibition hall,” he says. It will certainly be worth the visit.

“I have a wonderful relationship with Bilbao. I love it. I’ve learned a lot from observing the eclecticism of its buildings: Bilbao’s eclectic architecture transports me elsewhere,” he confesses.

His studio is located in Muelle de Marzana, so “I used to go out a lot in Bilbao La Vieja”. Now he often goes to bars like ‘La Revoltosa’, in Particular de Estraunza, or ‘La Gavilla’, in Colón de Larreátegui.

He likes to walk around Doña Casilda Park. He also likes to go for short walks in Markina. Or in Mundaka, where he spent his summer holidays as a child.

If you come across a huge BMW 1150 RT, it might be Ignacio Goitia, classicist and rebellious painter.