Beatriz Lorenzo Iñigo

Statement

Beatriz Lorenzo Íñigo (b. 1982. Madrid, Spain)

I understand the artistic practice as a form of analysis and a knowledge of sociological and emotional concepts. It is the way I immerse myself in the human psyche. For me, art is a means of expression and an analysis of everyday world that surrounds me. My works of art are the result of observation, experience and memory. In them, a multitude of elements are represented as symbols of richness and complexity that inhabits the mind, avoiding simplification of labels.

My interest is focused on representing subjective reality taking the imagination as a triggering element of pictorial creation. I am interested in leaving a trace of the gesture, the brushstroke, as a symbol or expression of the nerve, the state of mind, as if the painting were something alive. In this manner the work expresses creative processes, doubts, determination, fears or freedom.

In my works recurrent symbols appear, such as masks and graphic patterns. The mask is present not as something that hides, but as something used to represent the freedom of the self. Graphic patterns represents the small routines that we do daily. By depicting these repetitive elements through painting, an exact repetition is never possible so it comes to represent a fascination for the small differences within the routine. These two elements ultimately speak about identity.

GlogauAIR Project

The project to be developed at the GlogauAIR residency program is focus on a conceptual and plastic experimentation. Conceptually will be developed through research about the concept of identity. The intention is to focus on investigating identity based on a series of specific aspects. The freedom of representation of the other and the self is the underlying theme and common thread in this project. To represent these concepts is going to be used an imaginary that takes the carnival and its characteristic elements, such as masks, headdresses, costumes as an act of resistance and a place of expression of will and desire.

Graphic experimentation through painting will start from figuration and the process itself will cause this figurative elements to be lost and become an amalgam of brushstrokes, textures, and graphic patterns that express strength through color. My intention is to use the imagination as a driving force in this creative process.

CV Summary

Education

• 2012 Master´s Degree in Digital Arts. Pompeu Fabra University. Barcelona.
• 2010 Bachelor´s Degree in Fine Arts. Salamanca University, Spain
• 2005 Bachelor´s Degree en Historia del Arte. Complutense University of Madrid.

Solo Exhibitions

• 2018 Taller del Aire. Madrid.
• 2018 Santo Domingo Social Club. Madrid.
• 2011 Fonseca Experimental Art Apace. Salamanca, Spain.

Group Exhibitions

• 2019 Aire. Taller del Aire. Madrid.
• 2018 Haciendo Barrio, Conde Duque Cultural Center. Madrid.
• 2017 Ibercaja Young Painting Contest. Zaragoza, Spain
• 2017 Sónar Innovation Challenge, Barcelona.
• 2017 Women Artist. Julio Cortázar Cultural Center. Madrid.
• 2016 Bago Studio, Madrid.
• 2015 Actúa Madrid Cadena Ser. Madrid.
• 2013 Nit electro sonora. Castell de Flix. Flix (Tarragona), Spain.
• 2013 Mixtur Festival. Fabra i Coats, Barcelona.
• 2013 Mutek Festival. Barcelona.
• 2013 Cau d´ Orella Festival. Barcelona.
• 2010 II Painting Contest Eclipse, Eclipse Cafe. Valladolid, Spain.
• 2010 XIV San Marcos Painting contest, La Salina. Salamanca, Spain.
• 2009 XII Outdoor Painting contest «Salamanca Monumental». Salamanca, Spain.

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