A bit about me
Brushtrokes, Painting The Ocean and a Personal Resume
The Brushstrokes
I try to complete my work based in opaque and dynamic brushstrokes, leaving behind a sense of freedom. Even though, I make sure that I respect shapes and tonalities in a way which, from certain distance, the style becomes scrupulously figurative representing the real model as it is. When by taking a closer look at the painting, the representation turns into an abstract rigmarole without any formal reference.
Why I love painting The Ocean
As anyone close to me knows, I feel an incredible attraction to the ocean. Whenever I have the opportunity, I try to go out by myself and immerse into what I feel real, into my preferred environment.
And it has been from that feeling of peace, from where I began to paint timeless seascapes, with calm waters, representing how I feel in its depths, the silence and the way I like to see it.
Carlos J. Márquez
Personal Resume
Studies
1999-2000. Teaching Aptitude Certificate (CAP) University of Granada.
1994-1999. Bachelor of Arts in Fine Arts. Painting. (BA in Fine Arts) Alonso Cano faculty, University of Granada.
1993-1994. Artistic Drawing Monographic Course ‘Escuela de Artes Aplicadas y Oficios Artísticos de Motril’.
Awards
1999
Guest artist in 3rd Landscape Scholarship, Mondariz Balneario Foundation. Pontevedra.
1998
Reserve in Landscape Scholarship Rodríguez Acosta Foundation. Granada.
Holder in 2nd Landscape Scholarship, Mondariz Balneario Foundation. Pontevedra.
2nd Award Speed Painting Competition, Ponteareas Town Hall. Pontevedra.
Exhibitions
2020
FLECHA Sotogrande Summer Gallery Group Exhibition.
FLECHA Bilbao´20 Group Exhibition. Bilbao.
“EC” Group Exhibition, promoted by an Art Collective. Almuñécar.
2019
“EC” Group Exhibition, promoted by an Art Collective. Almuñécar.
2018
AGUA Solo Exhibition. Caja Granada Cultural Centre. Motril.
SaloArte La Fábrica. Azucarera del Guadalfeo. Salobreña.
“EC” Group Exhibition, promoted by an Art Collective. Almuñécar.
2017
Christmas Group Exhibition. Ceferino Navarro Art Gallery. Granada.
“EC” Group Exhibition, promoted by an Art Collective. Almuñécar.
2016
“Recordando a…” Group Exhibition. Ceferino Navarro Art Gallery 20th Anniversary. Granada.
Christmas Group Exhibition. Ceferino Navarro Art Gallery. Granada.
2014
AAF 2014 – Affordable Art Fair Battersea 2014. London.
ARTELIUS Group exhibition. Hotel Club Marítimo de Sotogrande. San Roque, Cádiz.
“Una mirada a Japón” Group exhibition. Ceferino Navarro Art Gallery. Granada.
FLECHA’14 – ‘Feria de Liberación de Espacios Comerciales Hacia el Arte’. Arturo Soria Plaza Shopping Centre. Madrid.
2013
Group exhibition, Ceferino Navarro Art Gallery. Roquetas de Mar.
FLECHA’13 – ‘Feria de Liberación de Espacios Comerciales Hacia el Arte’. Arturo Soria Plaza Shopping Centre. Madrid.
2012
Art-Madrid’12 – VII Contemporary Art Fair. ‘Pabellón de Cristal, Casa de Campo’. Madrid.
Group exhibition, Mada Primavesi Art Gallery. Madrid.
ArteabcÉ Group exhibition. ‘Centro Comercial ABC Serrano’. Madrid.
2011
FLECHA’11 – ‘Feria de Liberación de Espacios Comerciales Hacia el Arte’. Arturo Soria Plaza Shopping Centre. Madrid.
“Landscapes” Group exhibition, Mada Primavesi Art Gallery. Madrid.
“El sueño de una noche de verano” Group exhibition, Mada Primavesi Art Gallery. Madrid.
“El Patio de los Bambús” Group exhibition. 2nd Contemporary Art Exhibition Aguirre Newman Headquarters. Aguirre Newman Foundation. Madrid.
2003
“Martes 13” Group exhibition, Laberinto Art Gallery. Granada.
Group exhibition, Dialex Art Gallery. Mataró.
2002
Group exhibition, Antequera Exhibitions Hall. ‘Centro Cívico Diputación Provincial de Málaga’. Malaga.
“30X30” Group exhibition, Laberinto Art Gallery. Granada.
2001
Solo art exhibition, ‘Caja General de Ahorros de Granada’ Exhibitions Hall. Úbeda.
Solo art exhibition, Laberinto Art Gallery. Granada.
1999
3rd Landscape Scholarship Mondariz Balneario Foundation Group exhibition. ‘Hotel Balneario Tryp-Mondariz’. Pontevedra.
1998
2nd Landscape Scholarship, Mondariz Balneario Foundation Group exhibition. ‘Hotel Balneario Tryp-Mondariz’. Pontevedra.
Group travelling exhibition, Pontevedra region.
1994
Group exhibition in ‘Escuela de Artes Aplicadas y Oficios Artísticos de Motril’. Motril
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