Born in 1945 to Sephardic Catalan-Andalusian parents in Santa Cruz de la Palma, Canary Islands, Spain, José García y Más studied at the Escuela de Bellas Artes in Santa Cruz de Tenerife before moving to Berlin in 1970 where he took a degree in Engineering. Since 1980, he has pursued an independent career as an artist.
The emphasis of his critical-realistic artwork is on global policy, society, environments, culture and literary themes. However, García y Más is not a political painter in any narrow sense, his paintings focus on the problematic social issues of the day: the point is made by means of alienation, irony and wit, often in a macabre manner.
The scenario´of his canvases is determined by an intensive and radiant use of colour, restricted to few essential figures, with a poster-like intensity. Running parallel there are pen-and-ink and watercolour drawings whose subject matter is closely related to the oil-paintings on canvas.
Public collections: DIN - German Institute for Standardization (Deutsches Institut für Normung e.V), Berlin; German Historical Museum (Deutsches Histroisches Museum), Berlin; Museum of the MacLaurin Trust, Rozelle/Ayr (Scotland, UK); House of the History of the Federal Republic of Germany (Stiftung Haus der Geschichte der Bundesrepublik Deutschland), Bonn; Town Hall of Wolgast (Rathaus Wolgast), Cooper Hall, Selwood Manor, Frome/Somerset (England).
Exhibitions: Berlin, Copenhagen (Denmark), Graz (Austria), Hanse cities Anklam, Greifswald and Rostock, Munich, Rozelle/Ayr (Scotland, UK), Swinoujscie (Poland), Island of Usedom (Baltic Sea).
Publications: Political Painting - José García y Más (Oil on Canvas, 1981-2009). Bansin 2010; Contemporary Realist Paintings (Oil on Canvas, 1970-2013). Bansin 2013.