Reviewing an exhibition at the Queens Museum of Art , '' The New York Times '' noted " Jose Maria Sicilia 's paintings are ... refined and very seductive . His waxen surfaces create delicate plays of light and shadow . Objects appear like auras or afterimages through the translucent veneers . " He has displayed at the Musee d’Art Contemporain ( Bordeaux , 2001 ) , Musee des Beaux-Arts ( Caen , 2000 ) , Venice Biennale ( 1986 ) , Centro Atlantico de Arte Moderno , Gran Canaria and Mohamed Mahmoud Khalil Museum , Cairo . He also held multiple exhibitions in Japan , first in 1988 , based in galleries in Nagasaki , Kyoto , Tokyo and most recently in Fukushima , in the wake of the 2011 tsunami and earthquake in the area . In 1989 he received the National Award for Plastic Arts from the Spanish Ministry of Culture
2011 tsunami and earthquake
2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami
José María Sicilia