María Belén Larroulet

María Belén Larroulet was born on March 15th, 1990 in Mendoza, Argentina. In 2009, she entered the Visual Arts program at the National University of Cuyo, and later continued her learning through self-study. Additionally, she took painting and drawing classes for several years with the painter and drawer Martín Villalonga. In 2020, one of her works was part of the Vendimia Regional Salon, exhibited collectively at Eca Eliana Molinelli. In 2022, she has participated in various art fairs in Argentina and in the US. Additionally, she is a guitarist; she began studying electric guitar at the age of 13 and has been playing the instrument for over 20 years, specializing in blues, jazz, funk and rock. She works as a session musician and composer, and is passionate about both disciplines.

Statement
One of the most beautiful experiences that exist is artistic action, which impacts and moves me. Feeling it in all its forms has been my search since I was young. As a musician/guitarist, I am enveloped in sound, rhythm, and improvisation. When I see a painting or drawing, the world stands still, ad libitum. Just as music leads me to improvisation and a state of trance, line leads me to abstraction. Imagination plays and without play there is n...

Completed high school at Colegio Capitán José Daniel Vázquez.
Title: Technician in Process Industry with specialization in Food Technology. Graduated in 2008.

Bachelor's degree in Visual Arts at UNC, one year of study in 2009.

Drawing and painting classes with plastic artist Martin Villalonga from 2011 to 2020.

Self-taught studies in painting and drawing.

Self-taught music studies from 2002 to 2010.

Harmony classes with Professor and Pianist Gabriel Correa (2014)

Audio perception course at UNC (2010)

Rhythmic, ensemble and improvisation clinic with Uruguayan bassist Daniel Mazza (2011)

Guitar and harmony classes with private teachers (Sebastian Kusselman, Valentin Cora, Federico Palmolella)

Exhibition at ECA Eliana Molinelli, Vendimia Regional Salon in November 2021, Mendoza, Argentina.
Opening of the Aurora Cultural Center February 25th, 2022 , Mendoza, Argentina.
"Eclectic" exhibition in September 2022, at "Casa de Artista" gallery, Mendoza, Argentina.
"Portable" exhibition at La Cosecha, Washington D.C, USA May, June 2022.