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María Dávila

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María Dávila Guerra(born 1990) is a contemporarySpanishpainter. She was born inMálaga,and lives and works inGranada.

Biography[edit]

María Dávila holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from theUniversity of Málagaand a PhD in History and Arts from theUniversity of Granada.[1]

While still a student, she started to have solo exhibitions and to participate in group shows in major art centers in Andalusia. In 2014, she won the MálagaCrea 2014 First prize[2]and was preselected two years consecutively to theBMWpaintings Awards in 2015 and 2016.[3]

Work[edit]

Her painting deals with the limits of the visible and the boundaries between fiction and reality.[4]Based on a photographic or cinematographic material (family archives, still from movies or documentary films), María Dávila explores, more specifically, some aspects of her main theme in different series:

  • "Anagnórisis – La trama"(2014) seeks to highlight the underlying similitudes between fiction and documentary films, with an emphasis on the interpretive nature of our relationship to reality.[5]
  • "Solsticio"(2015) deals with our inability to recognize our image and the non-correspondence between memory and lived experience. The series is based on an album of family photographs.
  • "Dramatis personae"(2015) is about the act of looking and being looked at through a dialogue with cinematographic form based on narrative (de)construction such as Surrealist or Nouvelle Vague films.[6]
  • "Post scriptum"is focused on the narrative construction in personal relationships, through a dialogue with cinema and theater.[7]

Solo exhibitions[edit]

  • 2013:Después, el silencio,Centro Cultural Provincial, Málaga
  • 2014:Anagnórisis - La trama,School of Fine Arts, Málaga
  • 2015:Dramatis personae,El Palmeral de las Sorpresas/Espacio Iniciarte, Málaga
  • 2017-2018:Post scriptum,Palacio de los Condes de Gabia, Granada

Group exhibitions (selection)[edit]

  • 2012:Stand Byes. End of studies Art Project Málaga 2012,Centro Cultural Provincial, Málaga
  • 2014:MálagaCrea 2014. Muestra de Artes Visuales,Centro de Arte Contemporáneo de Málaga (CAC Málaga);UNDER35. Arte Emergente en Málaga,Galería de Arte Contemporáneo (GACMA), Málaga
  • 2015:30th edition of BMW Painting Awards,Casa de Vacas del Retiro, Madrid;Neighbours III. Artistas de proximidad,Centro de Arte Contemporáneo de Málaga (CAC Málaga);Okupart. MAUS Málaga,Málaga city hall/CAC Málaga;Imago Mundi: Made in Spain,Foundation Luciano Benetton/Centro de Arte Contemporáneo de Málaga (CAC Málaga)
  • 2016:Tiempo de luz,Museo del Patrimonio Municipal (MUPAM), Málaga;31st edition of BMW Painting Awards,Centro Galileo, Madrid

Awards (selection)[edit]

  • 2012: First prize, VI Painting Prize of the University of Málaga
  • 2013: Extraordinary Award, School of Fine Arts/University of Málaga
  • 2014: First Prize, MálagaCrea 2014
  • 2015: Preselected for BMW Painting Award
  • 2016: Preselected for BMW Painting Award

Bibliography[edit]

  • María Dávila – Después, el silencio,text by Marina Bravo Casero, Council of Málaga/Department of Culture, 2013.
  • María Dávila – Anagnórisis-La trama,text by Pedro Osakar Olaiz, School of Fine Arts, Málaga, 2014.ISBN978-8494303425
  • María Dávila – Dramatis personae,text by Víctor Borrego, Government of Andalusia/Department of Culture, 2015.ISBN978-8499591506
  • María Dávila - Post scriptum,texts by Luis Puelles and María Dávila, City of Granada/Department of Culture, 2017.ISBN978-84-7807-590-4

References[edit]

  1. ^La dialéctica de la mirada en la pintura contemporánea. Procesos para desreconocer lo visible.Universidad de Granada. 2019.ISBN9788413063997.
  2. ^"Malaga Crea 2014 - Centro de arte contemporĂĄneo de MĂĄlaga".Cacmalaga.eu.Retrieved2017-01-17.
  3. ^"Noticias - 31º Premio BMW de Pintura".Micrositepremiobmwdepintura.es.Retrieved2017-01-17.
  4. ^"Vernos retratados. SUR.es".Diariosur.es.2015-09-15.Retrieved2017-01-17.
  5. ^"Cuando la historia está fuera del plano. SUR.es".Diariosur.es.2014-11-28.Retrieved2017-01-17.
  6. ^"Cultura.- 'Dramatis personae', de María Dávila, propone un diálogo entre la imagen en movimiento y la fija".Europapress.es(in Spanish). 2015-07-30.Retrieved2017-01-17.
  7. ^"Testigos privilegiados de María Dávila".28 February 2018.

External links[edit]

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