About | Oscar Nin

I am Oscar Sancho Nin, known artistically as Oscar Nin. I was born into a humble family in Spain, and from an early age I found in drawing both a refuge and a language of my own, which over time evolved into my full dedication to painting. My career gained momentum in 2013, when Saatchi Art began selling many of my works, and in 2014 I placed over 80 original pieces through galleries and independently.

Although my style has changed over the years, I remain the same artist: someone in constant search of tension and contrast. I work with both color and darkness, often bringing them together within a single canvas, where light and shadow are not opposites but complementary forces that open spaces for emotion and mystery.

My deepest interest lies in human psychology. I paint fragmented faces, transforming bodies, and scenes where the absurd coexists with the symbolic, because there I find a way to speak about the mind and its contradictions. I do not seek to illustrate reality, but to explore it as a broken mirror in which memories, voices, and dreams emerge.

For me, painting is both a game and a challenge: I approach the canvas with the intensity of a child discovering and with the obsession of an adult determined to go further. In each brushstroke I seek for something to breathe, for something to stir, for a genuine connection to arise between the work and the viewer.

Representation & Collaborations

Bridgeman Images – International licensing and representation.
Bonaire 4, Palma de Mallorca – Permanent exhibition since 2016 in a high-end interior design space.
Saatchi Art – International sales since 2010, with featured works and collectors in multiple countries.

Solo Exhibitions

2011 – Galeria Artara, Spain.
2009 – Galeria Artara, Spain.

Selected Group Exhibitions & Art Fairs

2017 – Confabulations of the Millenia, Institute for Contemporary Art, Portland, ME, USA.
2017 – Mutuo, Barcelona, Spain.
2015 – Moen Mason Gallery, Tucson, AZ, USA.
2014 – Jeffrey Meier Gallery, NJ, USA.
2013 – Affordable Art Fair, Milan (with L’Art Industriel).
2013 – Affordable Art Fair, Brussels (with L’Art Industriel).
2012 – Affordable Art Fair, Rome (with L’Art Industriel).
2012 – Art Verona, Italy (with L’Art Industriel).
2012 – Collective Opening Exhibition, Bus Station Space, Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
2011 – LIBIDO, Eat Meat Gallery, Barcelona, Spain.
2011 – Body Snatchers, The Cave of Cultures, Barcelona, Spain.
2010 – Abnormal Festival, itinerant exhibition, Abnormals Gallery (Berlin, Germany / Poznań, Poland).
2010 – 3+3 Christmas Collective, Galeria Artara, Mahón, Spain.
2010 – Halloween Collective, Eat Meat Raw Gallery, Barcelona, Spain.
2009 – Gift Art, _ARTS Gallery, Barcelona, Spain.
2008 – Christmas-Art, Artara Gallery, Mahón, Spain.

Press & Media

2022 – The Other Avatars, Saatchi Art NFT Project.
2018 – Saatchi Art Catalogue.
2017 – Potato Mike Interview.
2016 – Saatchi Art Catalogue.
2015 – Ghosttt Magazine Interview.
2013 – One to Watch, Saatchi Magazine.
2012 – 12xTwelve, special section curated by Rebecca Wilson, Saatchi Online.
2012 – From the Studio of… Oscar Sancho Nin, Saatchi Magazine.
2011 – IB3 TV Interview.