 | "Inside the box"green virgin wax 2007 "Interior de caja" cera virgen verde 2007 "Interior de caixa" cera virxe verde 2007 everyday objects, more/objetos cotidianos, más/ obxectos cotiás, máis |
in English
| I first studied Art in the school of Artes Aplicadas Ramón Falcón in Lugo; after that I graduated in Fine Arts in the university of Salamanca. Then I took a postgraduate course at the University of the Basque Country. My work has been shown in several exhibitions since 1988. The most outstanding of them are the Art Exhibition in the Netherlands this year and in some galleries in Spanish cities such as Lugo, Redondela, Ferrol, Ourense, Betanzos, Bilbao… among others. I also participated in collective exhibitions with other artists and thus my work has travelled to Paris (France), Porto (Portugal), Tras-os-montes (Portugal), Tarragona (Spain), Pamplona (Spain), Saraxevo (Bosnia Herzegovina) or El Salvador and is being shown in Santiago de Compostela (Spain) at the moment. Both private and public collections throughout the world exhibit my pictures: in Nevada (the USA), the Provincial Museum in Ourense (Spain), the Deputación in Lugo (Spain) and a fresco in El Salvador. The councils of Betanzos, Begonte or Cambre in Spain have at least one of my pictures. I also had the opportunity of doing illustration work for children’s books, posters and even comic strips |
 |
Up "Men and woman" Down "Woman and man" Acrylic on paper 24x32cm Sabela Arias 2006 Arriba "Hombre y mujer" abajo "Mujer y hombre" Acrílico sobre papel 24x32cm Sabela Arias 2006 Arriba "Home e muller" abaixo "Muller e home" Arílico sobre papel 24x32cm Sabela Arias 2006 people, more/ gente, más/ xente, máis |
 |
| Sabela Arias was born in Lugo on the 24th of July 1969. Her first exhibition took place in 1988 in her home city, but since 1988 her pictures have been changing as her life has changed. She studied in the school of Artes Aplicadas Ramón Falcón and got a degree in Fine Arts at the University of Salamanca and then did a postgraduate course at the University of the Basque Country. This coming and going is a clear influence on her, marking the taste for new landscapes, in such a way that we can go along her work as if it were a journey. This artist has always been searching for color, space and texture, and the motif becomes just an excuse in her world of pigments usually in a range of warm colours. This way she discovers different techniques and impressions that slowly melt into the eternal red of her pictures. Bowls, torques, people, windows… the description of a society that walks past our sight so that we can discover new shapes and colors. The motifs have changed over the years, even though she keeps working on color and the rhythms that are born from her idea of space. Illustration, painting, engraving, use of space… we can say that she does not really care about technique or size, as she constantly changes them. Her work is merely a search for pure chromatic sensations |
 |
| INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS • 2007 o"Quotidianos" Sargadelos Gallery, november-december, Porto, Portugal o”The dwellers in our mind” Wall Picture, IES Maruja Mallo, Ordes, A Coruña, Spain • 2006 o Sol & Bartolomé Gallery, Santiago de Compostela (Spain), December o Galleries. Campo das Redes Gallery, Redondela (Spain) October-November o Virtual exhibition, Province Museum, Lugo (Spain), September o Everyday scenery, Casa de la Torre, Redondela, Pontevedra (Spain), July (a catalogue was published). o Espacio de Arte Eurostar, Coruña (Spain) May-June. • 2005 o Galleries. Ateneo Ferrolán, Ferrol (Spain), May . o Shouting for peace, IES nº2 Ordes, A Coruña (Spain) (an educational catalogue was published). • 2003 o Galleries, Archivo building, El Liceo, Betanzos, A Coruña (Spain). • 2000 o Cúmulum, illustrations exhibition, Xunta de Galicia building, Lugo (Spain). • 1998 o Rain, mist and other weather conditions, Ateneo ferrolán, Ferrol, A Coruña (Spain), October. o Drawings for children, Ateneo ferrolán, Ferrol, A Coruña (Spain), October. • 1996 o Prerroman gold jewels, Vanellus, Ferrol, A Coruña (Spain), April-May. • 1994 o Bowls for an inn, Cazadores, Ferrol, A Coruña (Spain), May-June. o Back to the sea, Casino mugardés, Mugardos, A Coruña (Spain), April-May. • 1993 o Bowls and their design, Deputación Provincial in Lugo (Spain), December. o Galician emigrants, Mazustegui, Bilbao (Spain), 17th-31st May. • 1992 o Fresco for a village in El Salvador, Guarjila, Chalatenango (El Salvador C.A.). • 1991 o Millennium archs, Deputación Provincial in Lugo (Spain), December. o Twenty shop windows in the city, Lugo (Spain), December (consolation prize of the School of commerce in Lugo). o Red on canvas, Ourense city museum, Ourense (Spain), September. • 1988-1989 o Dvorak, Lugo, December-January. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS -2008/2009 o "Abertal" Project, Lugo City Museum, Spain, 4th march 2008 to 4th march 2009, Lugo, Spain . 2008 o "Afurancharte" Jun-August. Redondela, Pontevedra, Spain • 2007 o The Blackwash Televised Art Gallery, noctober-november, New York, USA o "Iberoamericans fine artists in New York" Jadite Gallery, september, New York, USA o Théâtre National de Chaillot - Paris, " Les Lutins " June, Paris_France o Philo café: Presence and absence, Porto, Portugal, March. o Araguaney Art Gallery,Santiago de Compostela, Spain, March. o Pimentel Palace, Diputación Provincial in Valladolid, Spain, January-February • 2006 o Exhibiton of the holdings in the “Ateneo ferrolán”, Ferrol, A Coruña (Spain), October-December o Cambio CliARTico, Cordoba (Spain), June (a catalogue was published). o Os Dias da Criação, Tras-Os-Montes (Portugal), May. o Fair Holland Art, The Hague (The Netherlands), April. • 2005-2006 o José Domínguez Guizán, Begonte, Lugo (Spain) (first prize). • 2005 o Selected posters San Fermín 2005, Pamplona (Spain). • 2004-2005 o Espacio SINO, Santiago de Compostela (Spain), December-January. o Collective eshibition, Ateneo ferrolán, Ferrol (Spain), December-January. • 2004 o Balconies, selected artist, Betanzos, A Coruña (Spain), July-August (a catalogue was published). o Art and craftwork, Art Gallery, Bergondo, A Coruña (Spain). • 2003 o Old people in the world, Exhibition gallery, Xunta de Galicia building, Lugo (Spain). o Ex-students of the school of Artes Aplicadas Ramón Falcón, Uxío Novoneira Gallery, Lugo (Spain) (a catalogue was published). • 2002 o Balconies, selected artist, Betanzos, A Coruña (Spain), July-Augus (a catalogue was published).t, • 1995 o Atlantic coast, Galeria da Calçada, Porto (Portugal), February-March. • 1994 o Bosnia Herzegovina Ferida Oberta, Sarajevo (Bosnia Herzegovina), April (a catalogue was published). o Bosnia Herzegovina Ferida Oberta, Talleres del Sol, Mostra de Arte Postal, Tarragona (Spain), March. o Second Contest City of Lugo, Province Museum, Lugo (Spain), January (a catalogue was published). • 1993 o City of Lugo Contest, Province Museum, Lugo (Spain), January (a catalogue was published). • 1992 o Videoart exhibition, BBV, Bilbao (Spain) (a catalogue was published). o Galician painters exhibition, Casa da cultura, Vilalba, Lugo (Spain), March. o Plastic Arts City of Palencia Contest, Palencia (Spain), January. • 1991-1992 o José Domínguez Guizán, Begonte, Lugo (Spain), December-January. • 1991 o Council of Cambre Art Contest 8th Edition, Cambre, A Coruña (Spain) December (consolation prize) (a catalogue was published). o City of Lugo First Photography Show, Deputación Provincial, Lugo (Spain), December. o Ourense Province Museum Collection, Province Museum, Ourense (Spain). o UXT Show, Lugo (Spain), October. o Art and Computer, Salamanca Museum, Salamanca (Spain), September (a catalogue was published). o En Blanco, Círculo das Artes, Lugo (Spain), September. o Gráfica 91, Betanzos, A Coruña (Spain), August. o Young Painters First Exhibition, Jeunes Peintres, Liceo Español in Paris (France), June (a catalogue was published). o Exhibition of engravings by 5th year students of the Faculty of Fine Arts, Salamanca Museum, Salamanca (Spain), June-July (a catalogue was published). o Pieces from the 1991 Sargadelos course, School of Technology and Free Workshop, Sargadelos, Cervo, Lugo (Spain). • 1990-1991 o Xuventude 90 Plastic Arts Contest, travelling exhibition. • 1991 o José Domínguez Guizán, Begonte, Lugo (Spain), December-January. o Council of Cambre Art Contest 7th Edition, Cambre, A Coruña (Spain) December (a catalogue was published). • 1989 o Banco Gallego, Lugo (Spain), March. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ WORK IN Ateneo in Ferrol, Ferrol, Spain Campo das Redes Gallery, Redondela, Spain Chalatenango, El Salvador City Council of Begonte, Spain City Council of Betanzos, Spain City Council of Cambre, Spain City Council of Lugo, Spain Esmelgar Art and Communication Gallery, Lugo, Spain Galeria da Calçada, Porto, Portugal Lugo City Museum, Spain Ourense City Museum, Spain Private collections Province Deputación of Lugo, Spain Sol & Bartolomé Gallery, Santiago de Compostela, Spain The Blackwash Televised Art Gallery ----------------------------------------------------------------- ILLUSTRATIONS• “The red book of mushrooms by Junta de Andalucía, Spain 2007. • “Wardrobe for the Corpus Christie celebrations in redondela” Ir Indo 2007. • Poster “8 de Marzo, Sumando todas sumamos máis” • Stories of Icía and her grandmother, comic strips, "Tierras de Santiago"(newspaper) until September 2006. • Poster for "8º Encontros Micolójicos Transmontanos" Tras-Os-Montes, Portugal. • StorieDrawing for the Betanzos hot-air balloon, Betanzos, August 2006. s of Icía and her grandmother, comic strips, www.galiciadigital.com, 2006. • Drawing for the Betanzos hot-air balloon, Betanzos, August 2005. • Poster for XVII Mushroom Day, Ordes, 2005 (first prize). • Drawing for the Betanzos hot-air balloon, Betanzos, August 2004. • Bibliography of Manuel María, Citania Publishers. • Drawing for the Betanzos hot-air balloon, Betanzos, August 2003. • Píntome de Cores, text and illustrations, Citania Publishers, 1999. • www.galiciadixital.net, illustrations for the website, 1999. • A Quenlla: Namórate da vida (CD), illustrations for the covers. • Cantos, Coplas e Romances de Cego, anthology by Mini and Mero, illustrations for covers, (2 CDs), Ophiusa. • Cantos, Coplas e Romances de Cego II, anthology by Mini and Mero, illustrations for covers, (3 CDs), Ophiusa. • Athenea, Ateneo of Ferrol magazine, illustrations for children. • Andaina, nº 10, Santiago, 1994. • Xistral nº 20/22 and 28, Baracaldo, Vizcaya. • RODRÍGUEZ BARRIO, X.: Torre para os días, 1991. • Crónicas de Palacio, 4th year, nº 12, November 1991, Salamanca. • Poster for the Day of Women, Several organizations, 2000. • Poster for San Froilán 1997, first prize and publication. • Poster for the 11th Show of Galician Theatre for Children Xeración Nós. • Poster for 1992/2492. Por 500 años de solidaridad liberadora, Bilbao 1992. • NUNCA MÁS - Illustration and photographic work about the resolutions of the Commision for Truth in El Salvador. • Craft workshops. Creationf of workshops in repopulated communities in Guarjila, Los Ranchos, San José de las Flores (Chalatenango), in El Salvador |
 |
| This text was first shown at the individual exhibition Galleries at the Ateneo in Ferrol, 2005. After having a look at these pictures you come and ask what red means to me… and I can only say that the way I see the world cannot be new for you because Red Sorghum is a film that brings good memories, or simply because it is the color of Coke. Red is the color of virginal blood, of innocence. It’s the color of birth, of violent death, the color of wine, of the stop sign and forbidden things. It’s the color of ripe fruit. It’s the dot that attracts our attention in the Japanese flag or in napkin rings in bars. It’s the nail and lip color of daring women. These red rhythms are changing, almost aquatic, moving because of their place and the very violence of the color. Red describes the color of poppies in the fields and bunches of flowers for Saint Valentine’s Day. It’s the color of the URGENT rubber stamps and the color of the pen we used for writing answers at school as small kids. Red are the letters for most trademarks, those of the red box of chocolates. Red was the antiseptic for unimportant injuries of children at the park and red were both my zipped cardigan and a beautiful hair-band I had as a six-year-old girl. Hearts drawn on teenage notebooks. Fire engines. Alarms. Extinguishers. The light telling you that the battery is low. The summer sky. Nettlerash. Mum’s old car. I guess red is just a color that brings textures and rhythms from my mind to the canvas. And after watching it for some time its imperative shape becomes a little more friendly and inviting. I had never thought what red meant for me, I am simply attracted by it and after such a long time it keeps surprising me. That’s why I like red even if red is just a color. Even so it’s enough for me. Sabela Arias |
