The exhibition, titled 100 años de Karpa (100 Years of Karpa), will be open from April 15 to 29 and offers a biographical and visual journey through the career of this author from Nules. The exhibition does not follow a strict chronological approach but seeks to circulate his work through figures that have passed from hand to hand and from generation to generation.

The project, curated by Carles Gómez Recatalà and Carlos Gómez Mechó, focuses on the diversity of registers that Karpa developed. It includes reproductions from his time at Editorial Valenciana and his creations for the toy industry, with special attention to the designs of the iconic Juegos Reunidos Geyper.

The exhibition setup brings together pieces in various formats, such as fifteen large-format canvases dedicated to his characters and designs, a space for institutional recognition of his career, and a large cube puzzle that invites the public to interact with his iconography. The goal is to show a much broader creative universe, as Karpa created a large number of figures throughout his career.

Rafael Miguel Català Lucas, born in Nules in 1926, trained at the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Carlos and soon became a central figure of the so-called Valencian School of comics. His style, characterized by a confident stroke, clear narrative, and "white and popular" humor, defined children's comics of the post-war and transition periods.

In addition to comics, Karpa had a prolific activity in advertising, corporate identity, and visual communication, as well as a pictorial work with a special interest in light and portraiture. In 1992, the Generalitat Valenciana awarded him the Gold Medal for Cultural Merit. He passed away in València in 2000, always maintaining a connection with his hometown.