Biography

Biography

Spanish artist B.A. in Fine Arts, by the Complutense University of Madrid, Spain, in 1971. Specialty: Painting.

At the age of 8, she won the “First Prize of Drawing and Storytelling” Portugalete. Vizcaya. Spain.

At the age of 14, she begins a series of portraits in black ballpoint of photographic precision and others oil painting in large format.

While prepearing for the entrance examination, which takes place at the Real Academia Fine Arts of St. Fernando, Madrid, she did illustrations for the U.S.

Her teachers in Fine Arts, were Antonio López and Francisco Nieva, who both won the Prince of Asturias Award of Arts and Letters, respectively.

During this time she is awarded with the "National Medal of Sculpture" (Alicante 1968), attended by the "First Provincial Awards", "First Prize of Sculpture of Segovia" (Segovia 1968), "First Prize of Painting of Castilla y León" (Valladolid 1980) of the Ministry of Culture of Spain.
Throughout her career she gets prizes both in painting and in drawing, photography, or sculpture.

She combines her artistic career with the teacher.

She taught in:
INEM Marqués de Lozoya. Cuellar. Segovia (1971-72).
INEM José Mª Usandizaga. Saint Sebastian. (1972-1975)

School of Design of San Sebastián:
In Interior Architecture and Graphic Design. (1975-1998)
As a teacher of: Color Theory, Illustration Projects, Interior Design, Image Theory, Artistic Techniques and Statue Drawing for the entrance of Architecture and Fine Arts.

From 1998 her dedication to art is full, investigating various materials and artistic techniques.

In 2010 In Venice, she is invited by the WOW Gallery, to make large format sculptures in blown glass, assisted by the master glazier Silvano Signoretto and his team at his Factory in Murano.

In 2011 she took part in the realization of the animation short movie “Mar de Fondo”, first international experience based on the surrealistic technique "cadaver exquisito" which was selected to screen in the 18th Independent International Film Festival “La Alternativa”, Barcelona, and the AluCine Toronto Latin Film Media Arts Festival". Toronto. Canadá

In 2012 she is chosen by CEIBS (China Europa International Business School) from among the artists in the "International Art Exhibition" of the "National Library of Shanghai Pudong", for her artistic career, to give a lecture on it in "CEIBS Headquarters "International Forum of Art and Exhibitions" and exhibit her work. With the honor of cutting the red ribbon of inauguration of the new building that will house an important Collection of Art and the New Auditorium, headquarters of International Events.

In 2013, she was awarded by the Federation Nationale de la Culture Française (FNCF) with the "Toile D`OR of Année 2013" for her work "Forêt" exhibited that same year in "The Grand Palais in Paris"

She exhibits her works in: Spain (various dates), New York (2012), Shanghai (2012, 2013), Beijing (2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016), Stockholm (2012), Brussels (2013), Italy (2013, 2011, 2015 and 2016) France (Grand Palais de Paris 2012, 2013 and 2014), Portugal (2010), California (2011) etc.

She has work in Museums of: Spain, the United States, Buenos Aires, Cuba, Mexico and various collections such as CEIBS Shanghai.

Segoviana of origin she lives in Donostia-San Sebastián, since she arrived in this city, to teach at the National Institute of Secondary Education José Mª Usandizga.