Ernest Compta Llinàs Ernest Compta Llinàs, Barcelona, 1973. Catalan artist and architect, I live and work in Barcelona. My works try to express social and emotional diversity through the face. Over the years I have moved between styles and formats, but I have always worked with the same theme: facial portrait. I work mainly with acrylics on canvas and paper, although some pieces are made with charcoal, oil, pastel and inks. My stylistic influences include abstraction and expressionism. The range of anonymous faces runs on the identity of the characters. I try to express through facial features, looks and gestures, the nuances, complexity and contrasts of the emotional state of the subjects as a reflection of the mood and essential human aspects. Exhibitions: 2010 Sala Aversa. Barcelona 2011 Centre cultural La Bòbila. Hospitalet. Barcelona. 2014 Centre cultural Tecla Sala. Hospitalet. Barcelona 2019 Escola de Vela de Mataró. Mataró. Barcelona 2020 Agora gallery. New York