Fabio Hurtado (Madrid 1960) is a Spanish-­Italian painter and photographer.
He is a graduate of the Fine Art School (Complutense University, Madrid). After three years of teaching experience, he started painting professionally in 1988. From that moment on his presence in international art circles has been constant. He was awarded membership of the Rome Academy of Modern Art in 1996 and besides other numerous prizes, Her Majesty Queen Sophia of Spain presented him with a Medal of Honour at the BMW Painting Awards. He was invited to participate in an exhibition celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the Spanish Constitution. Furthermore, a stamp collection was issued featuring six of his paintings with the subject “The women and reading”.
His paintings can be found in the permanent collections of the The Ulster Museum in Belfast (Ireland) and The National Museum of Fine Arts, La Valletta (Malta). The Finantial Times Telecom and La Vanguardia featured Fabio Hurtado’ s work as the front cover of their weekly magazine. He frequently collaborates with non-profit organizations in Europe and Asia.