Joaquín Capa (Santander, 1941) is a Spanish painter and printmaker with an international career, renowned for his abstract work and his profound use of color as a means of creating atmospheric compositions.

Trained at the Escuela Superior de Bellas Artes de San Fernando (Madrid), he expanded his studies in Philosophy, Architecture, and Art Sociology in cities such as Rome, Paris, and Madrid, and specialized in printmaking techniques at the prestigious Atelier 17 in Paris. Throughout his career, he has received grants from the Fundación Juan March and the Spanish Ministry of Culture, has taught and exhibited internationally, and has been awarded at events such as the Bhopal Biennale (India) and the Cairo Biennale (Egypt).

His style is characterized by abstraction and the innovative use of color and form, exploring both painting and printmaking without figurative references, with dynamic and luminous compositions.

Capa’s work is part of important national and international collections and museums, including the Museo Reina Sofía (Madrid), the Museo de Arte Abstracto de Cuenca, the MoMA (New York), and the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (Lisbon), among others.