Juan Tamariz

Juan Manuel Tamariz-Martel Negrón (18 October 1942 – 18 August 2026) was a Spanish magician. Tamariz was 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, People's Republic of 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 was also famous for the school of thought in close-up magic, which he founded together with Arturo de Ascanio.