José Quintanar (Madrid, Spain) is an artist based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. His practice explores the book as a primary space for drawing, approaching it both as a game and as a structured process.

He is represented by Florence Loewy Gallery (Paris).

Currently a Ph.D. researcher at the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, his thesis investigates The Book as Public Space.

His publications include Dutch Landscape (Rollo Press, 2024) and Good Morning (Terry Bleu, 2021). He has received accolades such as Most Beautiful Swiss Books 2025, the Prix Unique du Livre (Bienal de Chaumont, 2024), and was nominated for the Bob Calle Prix 2025.

His recent exhibitions include “Dutch Landscape 21–23” at Florence Loewy Gallery, Paris (Apr–Jun 2025), and “Dutch Landscape. Books as Public Space” in Transtage Gallery, Hangzhou, China (May–Jul 2025). He also regularly features at international art book fairs such as MissRead Berlin, Offprint Paris and New York Art Book Fair.

Selected Exhibitions:

  • Dutch Landscape 21, 22, & 23. Solo-show. Florence Loewy Gallery. Paris, France. 24.04.25/28.06.25

  • Dutch Landscape. Books as Public space, public space as books. Solo-show. Transtage Gallery. Hangzhou, China. 19.05.25/27.07.25

  • Dutch Landscape. Solo Exhibition. Florence Loewy Gallery. Paris, France. 18.11.23/13.01.24

  • 5.738/2.316. Solo Exhibition. LUCA Fine Art School, Ghent. November 2023

  • From 1 to 14. Solo Exhibition. 019 Gallery. Ghent. Belgium. July-October 2022

  • Smoothing (Lines into circles). Collective Exhibition. A tale of a Tub. Rotterdam. The Netherlands. July 2022

  • Dutch Landscape 8. Solo Show. Terranova. Comte Borrell 99. Barcelona. October 2021.

  • Un Paysage Hollandais. Solo Show. My Monkey Gallery. Nancy. April 2021

  • A Dutch Landscape #11. Solo Show. Is A Galery. Shanghai. March-April 2021

  • Un Paisaje Holandés. Solo Show. Galería Araña. Madrid. Oct-November 2020

  • A Dutch Landscape of 26 days. Solo Show. Shower Project Space. Rotterdam. May 2020

  • Cotoplacism. Collective exhibition. Cerquone Gallery. Curated by Grip Face. Madrid. July 2020

  • Draw the Line. Collective exhibition. Kunstpodium T. Tilburg. The Netherlands.

  • Playing with tradition. Group-show. Gur at Gallery 3F, Tokyo. Japan. Apr 2019

  • Plaatjes & Praatjes. Group-show. Kunstruimte Willem Twee. Den Bosch. The Netherlands. Mar 2019

  • The Reading Room. Group-show. Bard Graduate Center Gallery. New York, USA. Feb 2018

  • Realm II. Group-show. Gordon Snelgrove Gallery. Saskatoon. Canada. Jan 2018

  • La Pachanga. Group-show. Aires de Jeux. Jungle festival. Centre Culturel Les Chiroux. Liege. Belgium. Apr 2018

  • MAD Libro SHOW1. Group-show. MAD IS MAD Gallery, Madrid. Oct 2017

  • CLUBHOUSE 6. Group-show. ACUD Gallery Berlin. Aug 2017

  • INK 2#. Group-show. Fotokino Gallery. Marseille. France. Jul 2017

  • JOSE JA JA JA. Solo Show. Rotopol Gallery. Kassel. Germany. Jun 2017

  • MAZIPOS. Group-show. Itinerant exhibition curated by Kush! Komiks. Riga, Latvia. 2017

  • JUST MAD ART FAIR MADRID. Group-show. Mincho Mag. COAM. Madrid. 2016, 2017

  • GRUNDFUNKEN. Solo Show. Het Wilde Wetten Gallery. Rotterdam. The Netherlands. Nov 2016

  • CHEAP IS CHEAP. Group-show. Kevit Galleri. Copenhaguen. Denmark. Jul 2016

  • FUN FUN FUN. Fanzines Festival 2015. Group-show. Médiathèque Marguerite Duras. Paris. France. Oct 2015

  • JUST MAD ART FAIR MADRID. Group-show. Studio 119, Roberto Vidal. COAM, Madrid. 2015

  • Bomba Gitana. Solo-show. Installation at MATADERO. Madrid. Aug 2015

  • La Ciudad en Viñetas. Solo-show. CENTRO CENTRO. Madrid. Oct 2014

  • SILENT MANIFEST. Solo show. Urban Installation at Cuenca. Zarajos Deluxe. Sep 2014

  • Ningún día sin una línea. Group-show. Galería MAD IS MAD. Madrid. Sep. 2014

  • Culto Charles. Solo-show. DAMA AFLITA Gallery. Porto. Portugal. Jun 2014

Education:

  • B.A. + M.A. Architecture. School of Architecture of Madrid. ETSAM. UPM. 2002-2010

  • Erasmus. The Bartlett School of Architecture. UCL. London. 2006/2007

  • P.h.D Student. School of Architecture of Madrid. ETSAM. UPM. Currently.

Prizes:

  • “Most Beautiful Swiss Books 2025”. Awarded. With the book Dutch Landscape published by Rollo Press. Zurich, 2025.

  • “Bob Calle Prix 2025”. Nominated with the series of publications "Dutch Landscapes". Paris, 2025.

  • “Prix Unique du Livre”. Awarded in the International Biennial of graphic design in Chaumont, France. 2024

Selected publications:

  • Torrent. Lagoon. May 2021

  • Kush Komiks! #38. Imperfect Shapes. April 2020

  • Realms II. Jon Vaughn. Jan 2018

  • NOW #6. Fantagraphics. 2019

  • NOW #5. Fantagraphics. 2018

  • NOW #3. Fantagraphics. 2018

  • Smoke Signal #28. Desert Island Brooklyn. 2018

  • RAFI. Lyriads. VICE USA. 2017

  • Clubhouse 6. Colorama & Aisha Franz. Aug 2017

  • Kush Komiks! #26. Dadá. Oct 2016

  • Kush Komiks! #19. Mathematics. Dec 2014

Books:

  • Dutch Landscape. Rollo Press. 2024

  • Dutch Landscape 17. Florence Loewy Gallery. 2023

  • From 1 to 16. Anoche Press. 2023

  • One hundred and some boats. Terry Bleu. 2022

  • It’s a ship. Nieves. 2021

  • Good Morning. Terry Bleu. 2021

  • Un Paysage Hollandais. My Monkey editions. 2021

  • A Dutch Landscape of 26 pages. Ruja Press. 2021

  • Palmeras Salvajes. Ruja Press. 2020

  • A Dutch landscape III. Ruja Press. 2020

  • A Dutch Landscape of 24 pages. Ruja Press. 2020

  • The Smoke Signal Library. Ruja Press. 2019

  • “Una Silla Plegada”. Ruja Press. 2019

  • “Un paisaje Holandés”. Ruja Press. 2019

  • “A book with sixteen drawings of sixteen lines”. Nieves. 2019

  • “A book of twenty pages with twenty drawings of twenty lines”. Ruja Press. 2019

  • “Grundfunken”. Fosfatina. 2018

  • “Gran Premio”. Ruja Press. 2018

  • “33. Ten shoots, five assists, and one number.” Ruja Press. 2018

  • “Conociendo a Jari”. Fulgencio Pimentel. 2017

  • “The shortest distance between two ideas” Ruja press. 2017

  • “Grundfunken I”. Ruja Press. 2017

  • “Grundfunken II ”. Ruja Press. 2017

  • “The Drawing could never have happened”. Ruja Press. 2017

  • “1997. Hot Summer”. Fosfatina. 2017

  • “Fartlek”. Fulgencio Pimentel. 2016

  • “Diamond Gym”. Ruja Press. 2016

  • “Landscapes”. Ruja Press. 2015

  • “Magic Box”. Ruja Press. 2016

  • “Pum!”. Ruja Press. 2016

  • “Culto Charles”. Fulgencio Pimentel. 2015

  • “God Box”. Ruja Press. 2015

  • “Small Stories”. Ruja Press. 2015

Teaching /Lectures/ Screenings:

  • "Dutch Landscape. Books as Public Space". China Academy of Art. Hangzhou, China. May 2025

  • This was a project but, we have forgotten what it was". China Academy of Art. Hangzhou, China. May 2025

  • "Dutch LAndscape". FANFARE. Amsterdam. March 2024

  • “Devenir Paisaje”. Museo TEA de Tenerife, Spain. Nov 2023.

  • “Dutch Landscape”. LUCA Fine Art School Ghent, Belgium. November 2023.

  • “Devenir Paisaje”. Museo TEA de Tenerife. November 2023

  • “Making Books”. ISIA Urbino. Italy. May 2023

  • “Dutch Landscapes”. Rietveld Academy. Amsterdam. September 2022.

  • Making Zines. Grafixx 2022. Antwerp. Belgium. November 2022.

  • “Making Zines”. Zine Camp. Rotterdam. November 2021.

  • “Making Things”. IED Barcelona. June 2020

  • “A Dutch Landscape”. École nationale supérieure d'art et design de Nancy. March 2021.

  • Making Books. Is a Gallery. Shanghai. March 2021

  • “A book is a book is a book. Recreo. Valencia Art Book Fair. October 2020

  • “Amiga Infinita”. FLIC Festival. CA2M. Madrid. Nov 2019

  • “Making Things”. IED Madrid. May 2020

  • “Sampling ideas around books as public space”. Faculty of Architecture KU LEUVEN. Ghent. Belgium. Oct 2019

  • “Making books just for fun”. MICA. Baltimore. The United States. Sep 2019

  • “Telling stories from pieces of memory”. Art Academy of Latvia. Riga. Latvia. Apr 2019

  • “Telling stories from pieces of memory”. Fine Art School LUCA. Gent. Belgium Mar 2019

  • “Sampling Ideas”. Architecture School of Madrid. ETSAM. Spain. Feb 2019.

  • “And Johnny got his gun”. Fine Art School LUCA, Gent. Mar 2019

  • “RUJA PRESS”. Bananafish books. Shanghai. China. Feb 2018.

  • “No hay ideas, sino en los objetos”. IED Madrid. Feb. 2019

  • “Grundfunken”. No Tengo Mamá. Vigo. Sep 2018

  • GRAF Madrid 2017. Matadero de Madrid. Nov 2017

  • “Making Things”. Ilustres 2016. La Casa Encendida, Madrid. Spain. Sep 2016.

  • “Safari City”. Achitecture School of Universidad Europea, Madrid. May 2016

  • “Jose Ja Ja Ja”. Festival NAM!. Palencia. Spain. Nov 2014

  • “Making Things”. Art Academy of Latvia. Riga. April 2019

  • “Your building is a Fucking Killer”. Architectural Association, London. Oct 2012

  • “Wacky Trycicle Race”. Architectural Association, London. Nov 2011

  • “How to be a Super Hero”.

Collaborations projects:

  • SCARFS & TOWELS for HERMÉS

  • BOOK COVERS for Fulgencio Pimentel.

  • ALBUM COVERS for the Music Producers Balmat

  • ILUSTRES 2016. Curator. La Casa Encendida & IED Madrid. Madrid. 2016

  • AMID.CERO9. Cristina Díaz Moreno-Efrén García Grinda. Architecture office. From 2006-2016

ART BOOK FAIR SHOWS

  • MISS READ | Berlin | 2016 | 2017 | 2023

  • OFFPRINT PARIS | 2019 | 2021 | 2023

  • NEW YORK ART BOOK FAIR | 2021

  • GHENT ART BOOK FAIR | 2022

  • LA ART BOOK FAIR | Los Angeles | 2016

  • LIBROS MUTANTES | Madrid | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2022

  • TOKYO ART BOOK FAIR | Tokyo | 2016

  • TAIPEI ART BOOK FAIR | 2020

  • RECREO. VALENCIA ART BOOK FAIR | 2020

  • VANCOUVER ART BOOK FAIR | 2020

  • OFFPRINT PARIS | 2019 | 2021 | 2023

  • DUBLIN ART BOOK FAIR | 2017 | 2018 | 2019

  • ELCAF | London | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018

  • FANZINES! | Paris | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018

  • GRAFIXX | Antwerp | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2022

  • CENTRAL VAPOEUR I Strasbourg | 2019

  • BOLOGNA ART BOOK FAIR I BOLOGNA | 2018

  • MAGICAL ART BOOK FAIR I MAASTRICHT | 2018

  • CULTURE MAISON I BRUSSELS | 2018

  • ZINE CAMP | Rotterdam | 2016 | 2021