Philip Aguirre y Otegui  (1961) studied sculpture at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp and also makes paintings, collages and prints. 

His work is strongly engaged and humanistic. Aguirre’s sculptures are mostly made from traditional materials such as bronze, terracotta, wood, clay and plaster. They consistently reflect a profound sense of human tragedy, with Aguirre drawing frequent inspiration from political events, and above all from conflicts linked to migration and the human being as refugee.