Conchi Artero
Conchi Artero
Ciboure, Pyréenée Atlantique, France
About Conchi Artero
About my painting I use my painting as a way to express my feelings. The themes are essentially the maritime landscapes of the Basque Coast. Very often the inspiration for my paintings comes from a peaceful walk never too far from the ocean. Contrary to the impressionists, I need to paint in the tranquility of my studio always with music. I think that both painting and music are intimately connected. Music helps me to revive and render the invisible: emotion A tireless admirer of the sky as a source of light and a delicate, ever changing chromatic interplay with the sea, I let myself be absobed by this infinite space and try to understand its different colours by the moment. Nature awakens in me a great respect and tremendous admiration, Those are the reasons why the sky is the main theme of my work, It provides me with a Deep sense of well being and I try to share that emotion through my paintings. In Kant’s words: “A painting must be the echo of the state of the painter’s soul”. Alberto Pizarro, an art critic, describes my paintings as “a plastic anxiolitic”.
Education:
I was born and raised in Bilbao, Spain, where i followed studies of Political Science at the University of Deusto, getting my degree in 1985. I moved to Grenoble, France, and obrained a Diploma in Spanish at the University of letters of Grenoble in 1988 and enrolled in the Grenoble School of Fine Arts.
In 2004 I returned to my homeland, the Basque Country, where I live by the sea. I’ve been teaching painting in various association for several years , but nowadays I just Paint. I am a great admirer of english landscapers, especially, W. Turner and John Constable “The man in the clouds”, and french impressionists especially Claude Monet and Eugéne Boudin, King of the skies, for the prodigious magic of air and wáter in his paintings.
Events:
Award
2019 Selected 45 Salon de la Marine, Brest. Official Painter of the Navy Paris France
2018 Selected “Queen Sofia Prize for Painting and Sculpture” Madrid, Spain.
2014 Golden Canvas of the Year 2014, National Federation of French Culture.Paris, France
2011 3rd Prize of the city of Biarritz, XIV Edition of the Brouillarta exhibition, Biarritz.
France.
2010 Special mention from the jury, Salon des Peintres Contemporaines Basques, Ciboure.
France.
2009 Public "Coup de cœur" award, XII Edition of the Brouillarta exhibition, Biarritz,
France.
2002 1st Prize in watercolor, Salon de Ripaul , Tours, France.
2001 1st Painting Salon Ballan Mire, France.
2000 1st Prize in Watrcolor,, Salon de Joué-les-Tours, France.
1997 1st Prize Painting Salon Ville de L’Île Bouchard.France.
1996 1st Prize in watercolor, Salon d'Automne de Blois. France.
1995 1st Prize in Watercolor, Salon Artistique de Vouvray, France.
1St Prize in Watercolor, Salon de Ripault, Tours.France.
Exhibitions:
Individual Exhibitions
2020 Painting Work shop Corinne Laborde Saint Jean de Luz, France.
2019 Painting Workshop Corinne Laborde, Saint Jean de Luz, France.
Art Shop « Colibri Maya », Saint Jean de Luz, France
2018 Hotel Marqués de Vallejo, Logroño Spain. .
2017 Galery Fariza, Las Arenas, Getxo, Vizcaya.Spain.
2016 Exhibitions Hall « Fernando de los Rios », Santoña, Cantabria, Spain.
2015 Galery « Atelier Dorat », 22 Rue Chapon, Paris.France.
2012 Galery of arte « BelArtVita »,8 Rue Augereau, Paris, France.
2011 Galery of arte « Pili Taffernaberry », Bidart.Pay Basque.France
2010 Painting work shop « Arte », Las Arenas, Pay Basque.
Mairie d’Ahetze.Pay Basque, France.
2009 Exhibitions Hall “Victor de los Rios”, Cantabrie, Spain..
Galery “Acuarela”, Santander, Cantabrie, Spain.
2007 Exhibition hall “Euskal Etxea”, Madrid , Spain..
2006 Exhibition Hall Real Club Nautique de Laredo, Cantabrie , Spain..
Galery “ Errobie ”, Bayonne. Pay Basque, France.
2005 Exhibition Hall “Okineta”, Ciboure.Pay Basque, France.
Exhibition Hall « Centre Culturel Leclerc », Anglet.Pay Basque, France.
2004 Galery du Port, Saint Jean-de-Luz.
Galery Errobie, Bayonne.
2003 Exhibition hall Real Casino de Santander, Spain..
2002 Maison de Culture d’Escalante, Cantabrie ? Spain.
2001 Galery « Aixerrota », Biscaye, Spain..
2000 Airport de Bilbao, Spain.
Galerie « L’Atelier », Santande, Spain..
1998 Galery « L’Atelier », Santander Spain..
1997 House of Cantabrie, Madrid , Spain..
Château Royal de Tours, Indre et Loire.France.
Exhibition hall « La Fondona », Cantabrie, Spain.
1996 « Galery 44 », Santander, Cantabrie, Spain.
Galerie d’Art « Atalaya », Cantabrie , Spain.
1995 Santoña Culture room, Cantabrie , Spain.
Exhibition hall « Espace Jean-Cocteau » de Monts, Indre et Loire.
Collective Exhibitions
2020 Galery Max Center, Bilbao, Spain.
2019 Salon des Artistes Français, « Art Capital » au Grand Palace, Paris, France.
Autumn Fair, París.France.
Autumn Fair, Madrid. AEPE .Spain.
Galery Max Center, Bilbao, Spain.
2018 Autumn Fair, Paris.France.
Autumn Fair, Madrid. AEPE. ,Spain.
Art Faire Saint Maure de Touraine, France.
Art Fair « Price Reine Sofia de Painting and sculpture » Madrid. Spain.
Galery « Aires de Córdoba » Córdoba, Spain..
Galery Fariza, Las Arenas, Getxo, Bizcaia, Spain.
2017 Salon des Artistes Français, as part of the “Art Capital” exhibition at the Grand
Palace, Pari, France.s
Autumn Fair, Paris.France.
Sainte Maure de Touraine Art Fair, France.
4éme. Salon de peinture Ducontenia, Saint Jean de Luz, France.
GaleryFariza, Las Arenas Getxo, Bizcaia, Spain..
2016 Autumn Fair, Paris.France.
Saint Maure de Tourain Art Fair, France.
European Fair Beffroi de Brugge, Belgium
2015 Autumn Fair, Paris.France.
Salon des Artistes Independants, as part of the « Art Capital »exhibition at the
Grand Palace, Paris.France.
3éme Painting Salon Ducontenia, Saint Jean de Luz.
2014 “Art Capital” at the Grand Palace Paris,, with the society of independent artists,France.
Painting Salon Ducontenia,, Saint Jean-de-Luz, France.
Collective Exhibition « Espace Bellevue » Biarritz, France.
2013 Painting Salon Ducontenia, Saint Jean de Luz, France.
2012 Contemporary Art Gallery « BelArtvita », Paris, France.
2011 .XIV Edition of the Brouillarta exhibition, Biarritz, France.
2010 Salon of Contemporary Basque Painters Ciboure, France..
2009 XII Edition of the Brouillarta, Biarritz.France.
2008 Collective Exhibition, Real Casino de Santander, Spain.
2019 Selected 45 Salon de la Marine, Brest. Official Painter of the Navy.
2018 Selected “Queen Sofia Prize for Painting and Sculptur