Mela Luque

Mela Luque - Córdoba, Argentina (1962)

As a child, I was very curious and creative, attentive to every detail of nature and everyday life around me. These early experiences awakened my love for art and my need to express myself through it.

I started very young as a self-taught painter. My first works were in naïve style, inspired by landscapes and rural traditions.

I studied graphic and advertising design in Buenos Aires, Argentina. In 1985, I attended several workshops in Buenos Aires, where I perfected my painting technique with acrylic and oil. During this period, my works focused on realistic landscapes.

In Spain, where I lived for more than four years, I continued to work and explore different techniques.

Once I settled in Italy, where I currently live, I started working on portraits, nudes and animal studies. Since 2006, I have broadened my knowledge and incorporated new techniques such as sanguine, charcoal, spatula, pastel and watercolour, perfecting myself in oil painting with pure pigments.

Since 2013, I concentrate my production on portraits made with soft pastels, using pure pigments that highlight the lights and shadows to the maximum, a classic technique that has been revalued in recent times.

Graphic and Advertising Design in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Visual Arts School in Viterbo, Italy.
Soft Pastel School in Sevilla, Spain.

Collective Exhibitions

2017 Prima Mostra Internazionale Di Pastello In Italia Tivoli, Roma, Italia
2016 Mostra Nazionale Arte Presepiale E Sacra Sabaudia, Italia
2015 2° Concorso Nazionale Di Pittura E Poesia Salsomaggiore Terme, Parma, Italia
2014 Mostra "Al Di Là Dei Limiti" Roma, Lazio, Italia
2014 Mostra "Per Oggi" Roma, Lazio, Italia
2014 1° Concorso Nazionale Di Pittura E Poesia Salsomaggiore Terme, Parma, Italia
2013 Concorso Xlvi Palio Sagra Della Castagna Soriano nel Cimino, Viterbo, Italia
2012 Xxxiii Concurso Provincial De Pintura En El Corte Ingles Alicante, Spagna
2012 Esposizione Palazzo Del Congresso Salsomaggiore Terme, Parma, Italia
2011 I Linguaggi Dell'arte - Xv Edizione Canepina, Viterbo, Italia
2010 Associazione Culturale Next In San Pellegrino In Fiore Viterbo, Lazio, Italia
2009 Associazione Culturale Next In San Pellegrino In Fiore Viterbo, Lazio, Italia
2008 Associazione Culturale Next In San Pellegrino In Fiore Viterbo, Lazio, Italia
2004 Fiesta Medieval De Besalu Besalu, Girona, Spagna
2003 Muestra Del Torrejon De Lozoya Segovia, Spagna
1988 Muestra En Automobil Club Argentino Buenos Aires, Argentina

Solo Exhibitions

2019 "Juego De Luces" Punta del Este, Uruguay
2013 "Sacra Arte" - Istituto Scolastico ...