Amaya Fernández Fariza

Amaya F. Fariza (Bilbao) holds a degree in Fine Arts. Her work belongs to contemporary realism, where emotion, memory, and everyday scenes converge. Through painting, she explores the relationship between reality and imagination, drawing inspiration from nature, the human figure, and atmospheres charged with mystery and romanticism.

Her creative process begins with photography, which serves as a structural and conceptual base for her compositions. She combines elements of reality —objects, figures, environments— with colour as a central expressive force, creating pictorial spaces where foreground and background merge into a personal visual language that often moves beyond pure realism.

She has worked with various techniques, including oil, watercolour, tempera, pastel, and charcoal, maintaining a constant interest in technical and conceptual exploration. Her practice is defined by the construction of unique visual universes rather than a single fixed style.

Among her most representative series are Soledades, dreamlike interiors where vegetation inhabits domestic spaces; Paraísos, tropical compositions filled with symbolism and atmosphere; and Summers, scenes of young women on the beach that evoke memory, light, and nostalgia.

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Jesús María School, Bilbao, Spain
Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Arts, University of the Basque Country (UPV), Spain (1990)
Specialization: Painting

2025–2026
Solo exhibition, Sala Víctor de los Ríos, Santoña, Cantabria, Spain (2025–2026)
Max Center Gallery, Barakaldo, Bizkaia, Spain
Artespaña
Group exhibitions: Castillo de Santa Catalina (Cádiz, Spain), Galería Omorfia (Cádiz, Spain)
Finalist, Francisco Carretero Painting Competition, Madrid, Spain (2025)

2024–2023
Art Revolution Fair, Taipei, Taiwan
Get Art Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
X-Power Gallery, Shanghai, China
Galería Zimzy, Dubai, UAE
Honourable Mention, XIX International Painting Competition, Medina de Pomar, Burgos, Spain (2023)
Exhibition, Museo de Medina de Pomar, Spain

2022–2020
Solo exhibition, Max Art Center, Barakaldo, Spain
Group exhibition, Sala Víctor de los Ríos, Santoña, Spain
Galerie des Corsaires, Bayonne, France
Museo Histórico de Las Merindades, Burgos, Spain
Finalist, Frida Kahlo Painting Competition, Madrid, Spain
Finalist, Luis de Morales Painting Competition, Cáceres, Spain
Selected works and exhibitions in national competitions and fairs

2019–2016
FLECHA Art Fair, Bilbao, Spain
Donostiartean Art Fair, San Sebastián, Spain
Fair Art Málaga, Spain
Villa de Durango Painting Prize (3rd Prize), Bizkaia, Spain
Galería Fariza, Bizkaia, Spain
Galería Akros, Bilbao, Spain
Sky Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
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