About Me
Grounded in three years of formal Fine Art training at UPV/EHU (Bilbao) and shaped by a fierce independent drive, my path has evolved through self-directed practice and over 25 years of active production. A trajectory built through large-scale series of drawings and paintings, multidisciplinary projects, and the former direction of an artist-run-space in East London.
Always in search of inspiration
Iker García Barrenetxea (San Sebastián, 1979)
The Story
I left San Sebastián at 18 to study Fine Arts in Bilbao, beginning an unconventional journey across 17 intense years in London. In those early years, I built my way from the ground up—selling T-shirts with my drawings at Spitalfields Market at 22, converting a factory in Hackney Wick, and learning the trade through direct action. Those roots naturally led to directing my own space on Vyner Street and collaborating internationally.
Eight years ago, a collaborative project with a creative company brought me back to San Sebastián, where I ultimately decided to stay. Today, back in San Sebastián, life moves at a different, more considered pace, although my studio remains active connecting local and international projects.
Four Generations of Heritage
Me in my current studio, La Droguería (San Sebastián).
The historic studio in Corella, Navarra (Est. 1950) carrying the visual legacy of my great-grandfather and my grandfather, both painters and photographers.
An archive portrait shot by my grandfather of my father posing with a mini easel - who ultimately chose economics, leaving the artistic continuity to bridge directly from my grandfather to me.
Art Fairs
Focus Art Fair Paris 2021
Affordable Art Fair London 2004
BAC!06 Barcelona 2006
Festivals
Hackney Wicked London 2010, 2011, 2012
Persona Festival London 2011
Corona Save the Beach Launch Campaign London 2009
Art Galleries
The Vyner Studio London
Mall Galleries London
Pure Evil Gallery London
Magn Art Auctions Madrid
Galería Ormolú Pamplona
Galería Arteko San Sebastián
Galería Acanto Almería
Galería Niu Barcelona
Galería CCOO Santander
Galería Noventa Grados San Sebastián
Galería Utupí Barcelona
Other Collaborations
Mimo Bite the Experience
Vicente Cañada Blanch School London
Cafe Nanea Gelhaussen
Public Beware London
H. Forman & Son
Taberna Añorga Almería
Noventa Grados
Rosarito
Laskurain
Muma Eibar
Junky London
Nude Boutique Almería
Institutions
Auñamendi Euskaldún Entziklopedia
Ajuntament Barcelona
Donostia Kultura ı Ayuntamiento San Sebastián Uba / Emaus
Canvas Tube Vancouver
Design Agencies & Collabs
Pentagram - Do The Green Thing
Sr Goldwind
Corona
Kendu In-Store Solutions
Stephanie Schwary
GR Industrial
Barcelona Centre de Disenny
Koba Interiors
Suart
Film & TV
A bocados EITB
Caravan Film
DLO Productions
La Caza: Irati
Art Market & Collections
Selected Projects & Initiatives
Art Galleries, Collaborations & Commissions
