José Carlos Iribarren Arizmendi is an artist, illustrator and Technical Advertising and Marketing Direction titled. Though he took some Architecture studies, and during a few months received teachings on artistic painting from the Basque master painter Gaspar Montes Iturrioz, he is a truly case of pure self-taught.
As artist and illustrator, he began his professional life at the advertising world, first as creative
redactor, and advertising technician, later, successively as photographer, industrial and
graphic designer,
agency manager, and finally, fully as artist, illustrator and designer at his own Art, Illustration and Design
studio.
As artistic painter he has carried out some exhibitions, though very spread along the years, in Madrid, Paris and San Sebastian, getting the greatest praise and full support from recognized personalities
of the arts and culture, as D. José Camón Aznar, D. Julio Caro Baroja, etc.
He has been an active member of the Society of Natural Sciences Aranzadi, in San Sebastian, at the section of Speleology and has also
at the section of Basque Ethnography.
He has publised some works
of history, and many of his illustration works has been publised on several
books, magazines, etc. of various maters.
He is also an assiduous practitioner of photography, horse riding and passionate lover of Nature and animals in freedom or, at least, in the field…
And, above all, his passion is the sea, the sailing, the marine and submarine world… A passion lived from his childhood that has done anything but growing more and more along the years.
From these virtual pages, he encourages you to write and send to him your impressions, your comments, and to establish personal communication. He will be very pleased to reply you.
