ELENA GUAL

Mallorca, Spain. 1994

Biography

Elena Gual, (Mallorca, 1994) has forged an artistic path with passion and determination since her early days in painting. Her training in Italy provided her with academic rules, while at Central Saint Martins and the Royal College of Arts in London, she discovered her creative potential and delved into contemporary art.

An allergic accident distanced her from using oil with a brush, but her mastery in impasto and the use of a palette knife allowed her to discover a new three-dimensional sensation, exploring new textures and nuances of light.

The central theme of her work is femininity, where her evolving journey and travels around the world granted her a special sensitivity towards the figure and identity of women. Elena evokes an introspective and sensory journey in each portrait. Her art becomes a window into the intangible and spiritual, conveying emotions and thoughts to connect with the world. She seeks to highlight the beauty and uniqueness of women, expressing the authenticity and richness of the human experience, promoting openness towards diversity and liberation.

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Statement

I am a Spanish painter, wishing to one day become an artist in all forms. But in the meantime my passion for this one is my commitment. What I love about my job or even about the art form itself, is the way I can reproduce with my hands what others cannot see, or what I cannot say until it is captured. I am eager to keep learning, and to teach what I have learned.

Traveling is my favorite sort of inspiration. The aesthetics and features of people, colors and architecture of each place I visit, transmits what my eyes cannot see in dreams. So once I am back at my studio I tend to reflect on what I have learned on a canvas.

CV

Education / Career

Bachelor’s degree in Classical Painting and Drawing from the ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS IN FLORENCE in Florence and New York.

Sculpture as an additional subject.

Worked at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York for a semester in their “copists” program, reproducing John Singer Sargent’s “Madame X.”

Participation in the Painters and Dyers Competition in London, where she won second prize.

Solo shows

2024

-“Raíces” with Arma Gallery – Casa de Vacas, Parque del Retiro. Madrid, Spain.

2023

-“People of Mexico” at Contenssina art x ARMA Gallery, CDMX, Mexico

-Solo exhibition “Metamorphosis” with ARMA GALLERY. Madrid, Spain.

Exhibition at La Residencia Gallery Red – Deià, Spain.

2021

-Individual Exhibition at Voltz Clarke Gallery – New York, USA.

-Exhibition at El Castillete with ARMA Gallery – Madrid, Spain.

-Solo Exhibition at Grove Square Gallery- London, UK.

2020

-Solo Exhibition and Artistic residency at Grove Square Gallery- London, UK.

2019

-Exhibition in Paris curated by Wendy Lauwers.

-Biennale exhibition in Venice, personal room at Palazzo Mora (9th of May – 24th of November).

2023

– Encuentro. ARMA GALLERY, Madrid, Spain.

– Istanbul Contemporary Art Fair – ARMA GALLERY.

– Estampa Art Fair 2023 – Arma Gallery, Madrid.

– Art Madrid Art Fair, February 2023 – Arma Gallery, Madrid.

2022

– “Estampa” Art Fair, October 2022, with Arma Gallery – Madrid, Spain.

– “Art Madrid” Art Fair, February 2022, with Arma Gallery – Madrid, Spain.

– Group exhibition at the El Brocense Art Center of the Diputación de Cáceres – Spain.

– Group exhibition at “Art Loft” with Gallery Red – Palma, Spain.

2021

– Estampa Art Fair, October 2021 – Arma Gallery, Madrid, Spain.

2017

– Group exhibition in Cap Ferrat – France.

Charity & Collaborations

Collaboration with the Mallorca Lonja for live painting.

Selected artist by Cultura Inquieta at the Art Madrid art fair.

Collaboration with Hoff for International Women’s Day.

Second prize in the Painter Stainer’s Competition, London.

Charity works for Covid-19 supplies (@materialcoronavirus).

Collaboration with Penhaligons for Shopping & Styles magazine from El País.

Collaboration with bell hooks for the book cover of “Respondona.”

Online Workshops (live on Instagram).

Collaboration with bell hooks for the book cover of “Todo Sobre el Amor.”

Collaboration with Royal Bliss (Coca-Cola).

Workshops at Masterpiece London.