Marta Lapeña Illera

I am a Spanish visual artist currently based in Spain. My work focuses on figurative painting with a contemporary and pop-naïve sensibility, exploring identity, emotion and everyday symbolism.
I am particularly interested in the tension between intimacy and excess, combining recognizable figures with unexpected or surreal elements. Color plays a central role in my practice, often used as an emotional and narrative tool rather than a purely decorative one.
Through my paintings, I seek to create images that feel both familiar and slightly unsettling, inviting the viewer to reflect on personal experience, vulnerability and modern life.

Bachelor’s Degree in Arts (ongoing)
Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC), Spain
My academic training includes painting, visual culture, artistic research, sculpture and contemporary artistic practices.

Emerging artist, currently developing work for future exhibitions and art competitions.