Juan Tamariz

Juan Tamariz-Martel Negrón is a Spanish magician.
Tamariz is considered to have pioneered close-up card magic. American stage magician Ricky Jay once said he considered him to be a magician people will remember, and he was referred to as "the greatest and most influential card magician alive" by David Blaine. Tamariz performed at FISM in 2006 in Stockholm, 2009 in Beijing, China, 2015 in Rimini, Italy and 2018 in Busan, South Korea.
A celebrity of television and stage in Spain and South America, Tamariz has authored six books translated into English: The Five Points in Magic, The Magic Way, Sonata, Mnemonica, Verbal Magic, and The Magic Rainbow.
Among magicians, Juan Tamariz is also famous for the school of thought in close-up magic, which he founded together with Arturo de Ascanio.

Career

Television

Tamariz appeared regularly on Spanish television over the span of almost 2 decades.
In 1994, he appeared on the NBC special The World’s Greatest Magic.
Screening in theatres in 2024, the documentary sees Shawn Farquhar explore the centuries-old mysteries hidden in a deck of cards, while visiting fellow magicians, including Juan Tamariz, to explore their favourite card tricks.

Books

Monedas, monedas... .Truki-cartomagia. In collaboration with Ramón VarelaAprenda Usted Magia.Magia en el Bar.Magicolor: .Enciclopedia del forzaje.Los Cinco Puntos Mágicos.

* Revised.
* Revised.
* English Version: The Five Points in Magic.Por arte de magia: Historia de los autómatas precedida de la historia de la prestidigitación y manipulación..La Vía Mágica.
* Second Edition, Spanish.
* English Version: The Magic Way.Sonata: Música Bruja Vol I.
* English Version: Bewitched Music, Vol. 1: Sonata, translation: Donald Lehn, .Secretos de magia potagia. Volumen 2 de La biblioteca encantada de Juan Tamariz..La sangre del turco. Volumen 3 de La biblioteca encantada de Juan Tamariz..El Mundo mágico de Tamariz.La magia del falso pulgar: .Sinfonía en mnemónica mayor: la baraja mnemónica de Tamariz. Volumen 2 de Música bruja
* English Version: Mnemonica.Por arte de verbimagia
* English Version: Verbal Magic.El Arcoiris Mágico.
* English Version: The Magic Rainbow.

Awards

Spain

Second Prize for Comical Magic, in Congreso Mágico Nacional de Zaragoza, 1962.
As de Cartomagia in the first magical contest of Madrid, 1968.
Great Prize in the IV Congreso Nacional de Magia de San Sebastián, April 1972.
The Council of Ministers of Spain awarded him the Medalla de Oro al Mérito en las Bellas Artes, April 2011.
The Madrid City Council awarded him the Gold Medal of the city, May 2019.

International

2° Price on Micromagic, with Juan Antón, FISM Amsterdam XI, 1970.
1° Price on Close-up Card, FISM Paris XII 1973.
Mention as Magician of the Year, by the Academy of Magical Arts, 1992.
Mention as Performing Fellowship, by the Academy of Magical Arts, 2000.
Special Award on Theory & Philosophy, FISM Beijing XXIV 2009.
Mention as Master Fellowship, by the Academy of Magical Arts, 2012.
The John Nevil Maskelyne Prize