Amaya Fernández Fariza

Amaya F. Fariza (Bilbao) holds a degree in Fine Arts. Her work belongs to contemporary realism, where emotions, thoughts, and everyday scenes converge. Through painting, she channels her ideas, drawing inspiration from nature, the human figure, and atmospheres filled with mystery and romanticism.

Her creative process begins with photography, which nourishes her compositions. She combines elements from reality —objects, figures, environments— with color as a central protagonist. Form and background merge in her personal pictorial language, which sometimes moves beyond pure realism to explore more evocative dimensions.

She has worked with various techniques, including watercolor, tempera, pastel, and charcoal. Although she has witnessed the rise of expressionism up close, she remains faithful to her own style, based on constant technical and conceptual exploration, creating unique visual universes.

Among her most notable series are “Soledades”, dreamlike worlds where vegetation dominates even in interior spaces, and “Paraísos”, tropical compositions filled with mystery and dreams. In “Summers”, she portrays everyday beach scenes with young women, evoking the freshness and nostalgia of summers that will not return.

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Jesús María Bilbao School. Spain
Graduate in Fine Arts from the University of the Basque Country. Spain ( 1990)
Speciality : Painting

Exhibitions and Awards:
2025–2026: Max Center Gallery, Barakaldo, Bizkaia, Spain (December 15, 2025 – February 15, 2026).
2025: Artespaña.
2025: Group exhibition, Castillo de Santa Catalina, Cádiz, Spain.
2025: Group exhibition, Galería Omorfia, Cádiz, Spain.
2025: Finalist Francisco Carretero Painting Competition and exhibition at Casa Castilla-La Mancha, Madrid, Spain.
2025: Finalist, 12 selected artists and exhibition, Galería Omorfia, Cádiz, Spain.
2024: Group exhibition, X-Power Gallery, Shanghai, China.
2024: Group exhibition, Get Art Museum, Taipei, Taiwan.
2024: Art Fair, Art Revolution, Taipei, Taiwan.
2023: Honorable Mention, XIX International Painting Competition, Medina de Pomar, Burgos, Spain; exhibition at Museo de Medina de Pomar.
2023: Galería Zimzy, Dubai, UAE.
2022: Exhibition, Sala Víctor de los Ríos, Santoña, Cantabria, Spain.
2022: Honorable Mention, Himpressionism Hall Kaleido.
2022: 2 works selected, Painting Competition Lora del Río, Seville, Spain.
2022: Max Art Center Gallery, Barakaldo, Spain.
2022: Solo exhibition, Max Art Center, Barakaldo, Spain.
2022: Galería Zimzy, Dubai, UAE (March–May).
2021: Exhibition, Museo Histórico de Las Merindades, Medina de Pomar, Burgos, Spain.
2021: International Group Ex...