Modest Sala (Badalona, 1951) is a painter and writer. He signs his works as “Walas”. Influenced by family tradition, he devoted himself to painting from the age of 18 in a self-taught way. His initial figurative style evolved into abstract expressionism and later into Informalism. Most of his works have an essential material component, which imprints a characteristic texture on his paintings. He has held national and international exhibitions: Principal Art Barcelona, AFF Art Fair, SIART, GMAC LA Bastille Paris, MARBART, Art Fair Cologne, Donostean Kursal, Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, Hirochima Prefectural Art Museum, Art Beijing, Art Baho, Galeria EFE Serrano, Nou Mil.leni Gallery, Cervantes Gallery, ST-ART.11 Strasbourg, Aragon Gallery, Fundación Iberoamericana Universidades. He has published Demoniacal (LegaxArt, 2014) , Materiae vs Vitae (LEgaxArt2015) and Are we humans vermin? (LegaxArt,2017)