J. Ripoll

Biography

J. Ripoll was born in Barcelona, Spain on February 5, 1935. At 16 she began taking drawing classes at the Llotja School of Arts and Crafts (Escuela de Artes y Oficios). Subsequently she attend the Superior School of Fine Arts (La Escuela Superior de Bellas Artes), where she studied al fresco techniques and figure drawing. Ripoll completed her artistic development with courses in drawing and costume design at the Theatre Institute of Barcelona (El Instituto del Teatro de Barcelona). She also dedicated several years to creating costume and fashion designs for fashion magazines. Ripoll finally decided to devote herself to oil painting, primarily with flowers and still lifes as her subject matter. Ripoll shares the artistic spotlight with an illustrious family of Barcelona artists—she is married to renowned Catalonian artist Poch Romeu, and is the mother of both Pepa Poch and Kiku Poch, all of them highly successful Winn Devon artists. Ripoll’s recent solo shows in Barcelona include Galeria L’Arcada Blanes, Sala Rusinol San Cugat del Valles, Galeria Kroma Menorca, Galeria El Claustre Girona, Galeria Pizarro 8 Valencia, Galeria L’Arcada Blanes, and Galeria Comas Barcelona. Her group exhibitions include SOKOA Madrid, COMAS Barcelona, KROMA Menorca, EL CLAUSTRE Girona, GRANERO Manresa, GRANERO Bruxelles, L’ARCADA Blanes, RUSINOL San Cugat, FOZ Sitges. Ripoll’s work appear in numerous publications and books, including Revista GAL-ART; GUIA DEL ARTE; INTERIORES de J.M. Cadena, Editor Vicens Corominas; PINTORES Volumen I Sala Rusinol.