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A Spanish sculptor, painter and printmaker, Gabino began training at the San Carlos School of Fine Arts in Valencia, while also working at the studio of his father, the sculptor Alfonso Gabino. His earliest sculptures were figurative, mainly female nudes in bronze. In the s he performed a shift towards Constructivism, reaching his maturity by creating a personal style based on a sort of collage of superimposed metal plates as if cuirasses.

The most common materials in his works were iron, steel, aluminium and brass, often combined to play with textures and finishes. A highly versatile artist, Gabino also excelled in engraving, an activity he started in the late s at the studios of Antonio Lorenzo and Dimitri Papagueorguiu His engraving works contain embossments and a layering of colour that connects with his unmistakable vernacular.

Among the many exhibitions of his work held in Spain and abroad we would single out the retrospective organised in by the IVAM in Valencia. Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Cientificas, Caracas. Email info amadeogabino. Contact Me. Last Name.