Madrid, Spain, 1944
From very early on she starts an intense relationship with drawing, later on she starts working with photography. All his projects are related to nature.
She has work in important public collections such as the Reina Sofia ,the TEA in Tenerife or the IVAM in Valencia .
She has exhibited his work in museums such as the National Art Gallery of China. Beijing , Mahmoud Khalil Museum. Cairo, National Museum of Art of Catalonia. Barcelona... In 2018, on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the Museo del Prado, she is invited to participate in the project, Twelve Photographers at the Museo del Prado, which culminates in an exhibition at the Museum.
In 2010 she is awarded the Gold Medal of Merit in Fine Arts by the Ministry of Culture. In 2017, she is awarded the National Living Culture Prize in its 26th edition and in 2019 the PHE 19, Bartolomé Ros prize for the best Spanish professional career in photography.
From my first works on landscape to my last still life photographs, water and light are the two most representative elements of my work. This importance can be seen in the development of my work on plants that I start with greenhouses 1984-1990. where the plants are shown veiled by the plastic covered with spray in the early hours of the morning. The approach is similar in the course of the work, the images are taken from a very close point, isolated from their environment. A photograph can be the beginning of a new path of investigation. So, I take the plants to my studio and create still lifes. always using natural light. the advantage is that I can modify the light by sifting it and modifying it with plastics and other elements creating my own light scene. Until I reach the submerged plants where the light plays with two translucent elements, glass and water.
Catálogo 2021
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