LAURA LÓPEZ BALZA

The drawings and paintings of Laura López Balza express a fervidness for the infinite richness and variety of what is observed, what is lived and what is imagined. In this selection of acrylic paintings on paper, as in all of Laura's work, vivid color is the point of departure for the artist to express her passionate embrace of nature, the landscape and everyday life, while also narrating her own life experiences and inner world. They are minimal stories - remembered, imagined, lived or idealized - that reflect desires, preferences or fears; but they are always a hymn to 'joie de vivre'. Laura paints to see, know and understand. Recognized for her intensity of chromatic interaction and a certain primitivism, her work pushes boundaries, while her gentle washes of pigment and chromatic vibration enable us to be transported into other worlds.

STORE ARTWORKS

Laura López Balza
El Olvido de Narciso (The Oblivion of Narcissus), 2024
acrylic on paper
6 1/2 x 8 in
16.5 x 20.5 cm
$580 USD

Laura López Balza
Las Aguas Durmientes la Mecían (The Sleeping Waters Rocked Her), 2024
acrylic on paper
6 1/4 x 8 1/4 in
16 x 21 cm
$580 USD

Additional paintings by Laura López Balza are available in the MEPAINTSME STORE, a curated collection of original artworks and limited edition prints, priced at $600 or less, with FREE worldwide shipping.

Laura López Balza
Archipiélago de Islas-Esrella (Esrella Island Archipelago), 2024
acrylic on paper
5 1/4 x 7 3/4 in
13.5 x 19.5 cm
$580 USD

EXHIBITIONS

GREEN MINDS

SEPTEMBER 8 - OCTOBER 24, 2022

SLICES

New Works by MPM Gallery Artists

OCTOBER 10 - NOVEMBER 11, 2024

LAURA LÓPEZ BALZA


Born 1984, Santander, Spain

Lives and works in Cantabria, Spain 

  • Laura López Balza graduated from the University of the Basque Country in Spain with a degree in Fine Arts. Between 2007 and 2009 she completed doctoral courses at the University of the Basque Country, and in 2016 she graduated with a degree in Philosophy from the University of Valladolid, Spain. Her artwork has been widely featured in exhibitions across Spain. Recent solo presentations include: El sueño de los dos pájaros (The Dream of the Two Birds) at Juan Silió Gallery, Santander; Un Paseo (A Walk), presented at CreaVA 22, Valladolid; Pintar para ver (Paint to see), La Gran gallery, Valladolid; and Mundos (Worlds) at Ó!Galeria, Porto.  Selected group exhibitions include ESTAMPA 2023 Art Fair with Galería Juan Silió, Madrid; Impulso (Impulse), DA2 Domus Artium, Salamanca; Green Minds, curated by mepaintsme; We are not alone/ No we are alone, The curators room, Barcelona; Still Alive, coordinated by Carmen Quijano for the ArteSantander Fair, Cantabria; Vert-Jaune-Rouge (Green-Yellow-Red), Instituto Cervantes (2018), Dakar (2016); and In/out, Patio Herreriano Museum, Valladolid.

    Balza has been the recipient of numerous residencies and awards, the most recent of which include: Nautilus Lanzarote Residency in the Canary Islands; the Plastic Arts Award from the Government of Cantabria; the UBE acquisition award, MARTE fair, Castellón; and Finalist in the Casimiro Sainz National Competition, Cantabria, 2021.

  • EDUCATION

    2012-2016 Graduated in Philosophy from the University of Valladolid

    2007-2009 Doctoral courses at the University of the Basque Country

    2002-2007 Graduated in Fine Arts from the University of the Basque Country

    SOLO EXHIBITIONS (SELECTED)

    2022 Un Paseo exhibition presented within the framework of CreaVA 22, Valladolid

    2021 Solo project with La Gran at the MARTE fair, Castellón

    2021 The Journey, Arnuero Art Observatory, Cantabria

    2019 Pinta Miami art fair, La Gran gallery, USA

    2018 Paint to see, La Gran gallery, Valladolid

    2016 Worlds, Ó!Galeria, Portugal

    2016 Treasures of the Devenir, La Atómica gallery, Valladolid & Alexandra Creative Space, Cantabria.

    2014 Life has a color. Microcosm everyday, Espacio California, Seville

    2012 Bestiario, Miscelanëa Gallery, Barcelona

    GROUP EXHIBITIONS

    2022 Green Minds, MEPAINTSME, USA

    2022 We are not alone/ We are not alone, The curators room, Barcelona office, Barcelona

    2021 Collective exhibition ASPACE Cantabria & AGACC, Juan Silió Gallery, Santander

    2021 Overture, Carabanchel, Madrid

    2021 Still Alive, coordinated by Carmen Quijano for the ArteSantander Fair, Cantabria

    2021 A world that does not exist”, La Gran gallery, Madrid

    2020 20/20 Project. Border < 40, Association of Contemporary Art Galleries of Cantabria

    2019 Guest room #1: modes of representation, Juan Silió gallery, Cantabria

    2018 Green-Yellow-Red, Cervantes Classroom in Dakar, Senegal

    2016 BMW Painting Award, Centro Galileo, Madrid

    2016 Another fucking fair, Gallery 6+1, Madrid

    2015 Tapir & Klotz, Kulturreich Gallery, Germany

    2014 Girls just want to have fun, Astarté Gallery, Madrid


    RESIDENCIES

    2018 La Doce Residency, Pontevedra

    2017 Leon Adriaans Art Residency, Holland

    2015 SIANOJA International Artists Symposium, Cantabria

    2013 Artist Residency at LAVA (scholarship), Valladolid

    AWARDS

    2021 UBE acquisition award, MARTE fair, Castellón

    2021 Finalist, Casimiro Sainz National competition, Cantabria

    2019 Second prize, Manuel Ángeles Ortiz International Painting Competition IV

    2017 Finalist, 33rd Rioja Young Art Exhibition, Rioj

    2017 Finalist, Plastic Arts Award, Government of Cantabria

    2012 First prize for painting at the Pancho Cossío National Young Art Contest, Cantabria

    2012 Finalist for the Castilla y León Plastic Arts Award, Valladolid

    2012-2013: Selected for the Catalan Contemporary Art Biennial, Barcelona

    2010 and 2007: First prize in the Casimiro Sainz National Competition, Cantabria

    COLLECTIONS

    La Gaceta Foundation

    Government of Cantabria

    Eulogio Sánchez Collection

    UBE Collection

    Aldebaran Collection

    University of Jaen

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