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Carmen Varela

Madrid, España, Spain

Madrid, 1959. Realismo. Pintura, escultura, fotografia, videoarte. Formacion autodidacta. If each pe...

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Carmen Varela

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About the artist

Carmen Varela

Joined In 2010

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Madrid, 1959. Realismo. Pintura, escultura, fotografia, videoarte. Formacion autodidacta.
If each person is a world, my pieces of work are my maps.
My work is said to be realistic with no lack of freshness, my pictures amaze for their light, and something which surprises me, as I am so attached to reality is their imagination, anyway, I think my work is simply painting.
After many years of oil painting, for the last ten years I have dedicated my time to investigate with acrylic paint on self prepared wooden boards. In this area I have designed convex carpentries to give sculptural volume to my paintings.
I believe that the only actual personal thing which one can give to current art is what I observe. In this sense I try to tell what fascinates me about what I see with a neat and subtle colour calligraphy, that is what painting is for me, I take with me what I see, the calligraphy is what will remain from me.
The watching and observation of the world open the possibility to diverse dialogues, in the crossroad between what the world gives to me and what I can humbly add. This is why different topics keep appearing in my pieces of work, this observation, for instance, is the source of my urban portraits. Anonymous people, who for som...

“Si cada persona es un mundo, mis trabajos son mis mapas” Lleva más de cuarenta años dedicada a oficios artísticos, en los campos de la escultura y la pintura. Estudió en la Escuela de Artes y Oficios pero lo que tiene más peso en su trayectoria es su formación autodidacta.

2020
Centro Cultural Villa de Móstoles
2018
Individual Sala Cibeles Madrid
Individual Jardín Botánico Histórico de Málaga
Individual C.C. San Lorenzo de El Escorial
Individual Instituto Nacional de Estadística
Centro Cultural El Soto de Móstoles
2016
Individual Real Jardín Botánico de Madrid.
Colectiva Flecha
2015
Individual C.Cultura San Lorenzo de El Escorial.
Colectiva Nueva York, Singapur y Londres
con la Galería Standarte
2014
Galería Mamah Africa con Maica de la Carrera.
2013
Individual Can Jeroni, Ibiza.
Individual Galería Espacio 36.
2012 Colectiva Galería Stenhallen, Borgholm, Suecia. Individual C. Cultura San Lorenzo de El Escorial. Individual Centro de Arte Tomás y Valiente 2011 Individual Galería Recicl’Art Colectiva Art Madrid 2010 Individual Centro de Arte Tomás y Valiente “Blooming” Galería Alexandra Irigoyen Colectiva Galería Recicl’Art Colectiva “Transitando la realidad” Galería Nolde
2009 Individual Galería Nolde Colectiva itinerante Fundación Jorge Alió. VTA 3 Art Gallery. Colectiva Flecha.
2008 Colectiva Flecha. Colectiva Art Madrid. Individual Galería Martínez Glera. Colectiva Colegio de Arquitectos de León. 2007 Colectiva Galería A. Irigoyen. Individual Galería Álvaro Sellés. Colectiva Galería Cuatro Di...