Ana Del Valle Ojeda

Burgos (Spain), 1980

Following a friend’s insight, I started drawing in my late twenties. At the beginning I was some sort of outsider or naif artist. This changed when I applied for a painting workshop with Antonio López and met other painters. My approach became more conscious and truthful to the way I see.

The trigger for my paintings are sensations and thoughts which appear suddenly or over time and are mostly related to introspection and social interaction. I first visualise the painting and then take photographs to guide me or paint from life.

As I gain more understanding of painting materials and techniques, I am careful to keep that fluky initial impulse that drove me to paint when I knew nothing.

- figurative painting workshops taught by Spanish painter Antonio López (2013-2018)
- painting workshops with Vincent Desiderio (2017 and 2020)

Second Prize at the Painting Competition of Bodega de las Viñas. 2020
Second Prize at the Painting Competition of Fundación Jorge Alió. 2020
- First Prize at the Painting Competition of the Ports Authority of the Balearic Islands. 2018
Painting acquired at the XIII Biennal of Albacete. 2018
Acquisition by the City Council of Inca, Mallorca. 2017
Honors Mention at the Painting Competition of the City of Melilla.2017
Third Prize at the Painting Competition of the University of La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain.2015
Selected at the International Painting Prize Focus Abengoa.2015
Seleted at the International Fine Arts competition of Valdepeñas. 2015
Selected for the group exhibition of the Young Fine Arts Award of the Complutense University of Madrid.2009