Nieves Legaspi

"In the genesis of her works, Nieves Legaspi feels close to the legacy of Informalism, to the contribution of Art Brut and aesthetic explorations that emphasize expression. She takes interest in the artisanal substrate of pictorial practice that counteracts the excessive prominence of technology in out contemporary world. She inclines towards a raw, primary production that establishes a direct emotional bond with the viewer. On this basis, she gives free rein to intuition, gestures that fix her subjectivity on canvases, to spontaneous decisions and to the fortuitous emergence of textures and shapes, which reflect the randomness of the creative act. She assumes the task of painting as a time of freedom governed by the unpredictable. Hence her interest on surprises, unexpected findings, everything that arises with no previous thought and produces uncertainty. This has made her identify with a phrase of the Mexican curator Guillermo Sepúlveda: “without mystery, things would be exhausted at the moment of seeing them”.

Nieves Legaspi prefers an inexhaustible art. That each of her works be a trampoline to the stimulus of freedom and imagination. That the viewer discovers the path that communicates with the sensibility of the artist, b...

SECONDARY DEGREE: Plastic Arts Specialized Bachelor
GRADUATE: Baccalaureate of Fine Arts (Bachillerato de Bellas Artes U.N.L.P)
DURATION: 6 (six) years (1989 - 1995)
Title Issued by the National University of La Plata on 11/30/1995
www.bba.unlp.edu.ar

TEACHING DEGREE: Maestro Especial en Plástica
GRADUATE: Baccalaureate of Fine Arts (Bachillerato de Bellas Artes U.N.L.P)
DURATION: 3 (three) years (1992 - 1995)
Title Issued by the National University of La Plata on 11/30/1995
www.bba.unlp.edu.ar

GRADUATE DEGREE: Architecture
GRADUATE: University of Architecture and Town Planning (Facultad de Arquitectura y Urbanismo U.N.L.P)
DURATION: 7 years and 2 months (April of 1996 to July of 2003)
Title Issued by the National University of La Plata on 03/03/2004
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GRADUATE DEGREE: Bachelor in Curatorship and Art Management
INSTITUTION: ESEADE University Institute
Ongoing
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Partner Director
STUDIO - ATELIER Nieves Legaspi, Art & Architecture
August 2002 – Present.
ADRESS: Nordelta, Buenos Aires
Activity:
Plastic Artist.
Direction in Curatorship and Management of Artistic. Direction of Exhibitions.


Arts Teacher:
POSITION: Plastics Specialized Professor
CLASS CYC...

2019
9th Gala San Isidro 2019, Espacio Darwin, Argentina.
Fendi Chateau, ArtBasel 2019, Miami. USA
Nieves Legaspi Art & Architecture Atelier Exhibit, Nordelta, Argentina
Eduardo Lira Art Gallery, Santiago. Chile

2018
Eduardo Lira Art Gallery, Wynwood. USA
Nieves Legaspi Atelier, Sudestada Foundation, Tigre. Argentina
Fontenla Furniture, Desing Center. Argentina
Fontenla Furniture, Puerto Madero. Argentina
Fontenla Furniture, General Paz. Argentina
International Biennial of Contemporary, Borges Cultural Centre. Buenos Aires. Argentina

2017
Fontenla Furniture, Desing Center. Argentina
Fontenla Furniture, Puerto Madero. Argentina
Villarrobles Permanent Exhibit, Pinamar. Argentina
Eliseo Pantoja Auctions, Las Condes. Chile
Art Week 2017 Santiago, Chile
Design Centre, Recoleta. Buenos Aires. Argentina
Emirates Palace, Abu Dhabi. Arab Emirates
Nieves Legaspi Art & Architecture Atelier Exhibit, Nordelta, Argentina

2016
Youth Project Participation, Ruth Benzacar Gallery, Buenos Aires. Argentina
ArtSale Borges Cultural Centre, Buenos Aires. Argentina
Window Displays for Blumming Art, Lomas De San Isidro. Argentina
Nieves Legaspi Art & Architecture Atelier Exhibit, Nordelta, Argentina

2015
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