About Maria Aparici
I learned a broad range of skills in several schools and universities mastering in Fine Arts at the Complutense University in Madrid. I've been influenced by many artists, from the most classical to the last modernist. It was only when imagery went directly from my mind to the canvas that I found my own style.
I've been walking the line between representation and abstraction, using fewer and fewer elements. Some so simplified they're almost unrecognisable, but I also go from definitively unfinished abstracts, to modernized figurative art.
I work in an eclectic way, going from naturalistic portraits of solitary men, to grotesque caricatures of weeping, stupid, lascivious, catholic women (never in my portraits).
How do I proceed in my abstracts? I start with a scribble, a single line. Straight away follow animated forms, my conscious intuition invents loose curving brushwork, that sometimes ends up in agitated and aggressive work, which I never recycle, because within my invented world, spontaneity and fast work gives me this freely composed universe. I don't use any preparatory drawings, never copied a single form from previous works, I always invent new ones.
Work is executed with speed and immediacy, any calculation or attempt to control it results in the work controlling me. I've abandoned the fitting quality of inserting forms surrounding figures with black lines, Beckmann influenced that moment of my art. Now my more distorted figures have a freer quality, maybe it is because I feel freer, my wriggly lines are blown up explosions of floating ambiguity, because this is exactly how I feel at this moment of my life, a floating idea that goes nowhere.
Why figures of women? Because the resource comes from myself and I can't get away from my femaleness.
Education:
Masters Degree in Fine Arts, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain.
Associate Degree in New School of Social Research, Parsons, Interior Design, New York, NY, USA.
Minor in Literature and English Language, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
Exhibitions:
2018
Universidad Rey Juan Carlos. Madrid, Spain (July)
Arte Ponte. Scope Basel, Switzerland(June)
Musa, Women's Essence, Pons Foundation. Madrid, Spain (April)
2017
Great Banyan Art, Around the World in 7 Days. Claridges Hotel, New Delhi, India (March)
2016
Barcelona International Art Fair. Museo Maritim, Barcelona, Spain (December)
Art and Science Award. Museo D’Arte E Scienza, Milan, Italy (May)
Great Banyan Art, Telling Tales. New Delhi, India (March)
The Jubilee Of The Mercy 2016, International Association Gallery Il Collezionista, Palace Maffei Marescotti (February) and the Vatican in the Palace of the Chancellery (March), Rome, Italy
2014
"Art In Mind", The Brick Lane Gallery. London, UK
Review: http://www.mutantspace.com/maria-aparici-paintings-highly-emotive-pictures/
2013
3 works selected to be exhibited on screens at Saatchi Gallery. London, UK
2012
The Lloyd Gill Gallery. Weston-Super-Mare, UK
2011
Colorida Gallery. Lisbon, Portugal
"Apocalypse Now", Marzia Frozen Gallery. Berlin, Germany
2010
"Art & Integration", II Palacio Gipsoteca Libero Andreotti. Pescia, Italy
2009
Showdown Winner at Saatchi Gallery. London, UK
2008
Galería Orfila. Madrid, Spain
2004
Arte Sevilla with Galería Victoria Hidalgo 'De Arte'. Madrid, Spain
2003
Chelsea Gallery. New York, USA
2002
Galería Crisolart. Barcelona, Spain
Ward-Nasse Gallery. New York, USA
2001
International Association of Women in the Arts. Madrid, Spain
Artexpo New York. NY, USA
Ward-Nasse Gallery. New York, USA
Arte Santander. Santander, Spain
"Artemanía". Madrid, Spain
Artexpo San Francisco. SF, CA, USA
2000
Montserrat Gallery. New York, USA
Gallery Design Consortium. Cincinnati, OH, USA
Ward-Nasse Gallery. New York, USA
Art Fair "InterArte". Valencia, Spain
Art Fair "Artemanía". Madrid, Spain
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2014 (14 Nov - 5 Dec)
Galería Orfila. Madrid, Spain
2006
Galería Orfila. Madrid, Spain
2005
Galería Akka. Valencia, Spain
2004
Galería Orfila. Madrid, Spain
Galería Agurcho Iruretagoyena. Pamplona, Spain
2002
Galería Ofelia Aparici. Madrid, Spain
2001
Gallery Design Consortium. Cincinnati, OH, USA
2000
Cultural Center "Anabel Segura". Madrid, Spain
Studio Agatha Ruiz de la Prada. Madrid, Spain
Galería de Arte Victoria Hidalgo. Madrid, Spain
1998
World Economic Forum, Hotel Belvédère. Davos, Switzerland
A number of her paintings are distributed amongst several international corporate art collections, such as the Daimler Collection, Investcorp – Bahrain, Healey & Baker – Madrid, and a number of private collectors.
