After completing his studies, Gordillo decided to move to Paris in 1958. At the time Spain was a dictatorship under
Francisco Franco and art and media were heavily censored. Moving to Paris furthered his art studies in a country where he was free to do so. During the 1960s he experienced an artist crisis, only drawing basic shapes and forms. In 1970 he experienced a renewal, utilizing bright colors. In the 1980s his painting became less colorful and more abstract. In 2017 he published an art book called
Little Memories. The exhibit later traveled to the Museu
Fundación Juan March, Palma (20 December 2004 - 26 March 2005). ==Awards==