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1923 Born Fuenlabrada, Badajoz, Spain
Studied architecture in Madrid, Spain
1974 Began her artistic career
Self-taught artist


Solo Exhibitions
1977 Ramon Duran Gallery, Madrid
1978 Santander Savings Fund, Santander, Spain
1978 Santander Savings Fund, Torrelavega,Spain
1978 Ramon Duran Gallery, Madrid
1979 Santander Savings Fund, Santander, Spain
1979 Circulo Catolico Savings Fund, Burgos, Spain
1979 Cristina Salon, Barcelona
1980 Central Badajoz Savings Fund, Badajoz, Spain
1980 Ramon Duran Gallery, Madrid
1981 El Comendador Salon, Caceres, Spain
1982 Benedet Salon, Oviedo, Spain
1983 Ramon Duran Gallery, Madrid
1984 Gran Via, Madrid
1984 House of Culture, Fuenlabrada de los Montes, Badajoz, Spain
1985 House of Culture, Merida, Badajoz, Spain
1985 House of Culture, Talavera de la Reina, Toledo, Spain
1986 Circulo Catolico Savings Fund, Burgos, Spain
1987 Kreisler Gallery, Madrid
1987 Quiros Salon, Madrid
1988 Naןve Center, Madrid
1990 Sardon Salon, Leon, Spain
1991 Hogar Extreme, Gran Via, Madrid
1993 Sardon Salon, Leon, Spain
1993 Castello 120 Art Gallery, Madrid
1994 Madrid Fund Gallery, Ciudad Real, Spain
1994 Badajoz Fund Gallery, Merida, Spain
1994 El Jardin de Serrano, Madrid
2002 Dr. Perez Mateos Complex, San Juan, Spain

Group Exhibitions
1997 EXPO ARTE
2006 “Iberian Reveries”, GINA Gallery of International Naןve Art, Tel Aviv

Prizes
1st Prize, The Spanish Association of Painters and Sculptors Center, Madrid
1984 Hogar Extreme, Gran Via, Madrid
1990 Alcantara Cross Grant, Spain
1992 Extremadura Grant, EXPO, Sevilla

Public Collections
Musee de Arte Naif de L’lle de France, Paris
Museum d’art Naif Max Fourny, Paris
Museum of International Naןve Art Anatole Jacovsky, Nice, France
Museum of Badajoz, Badajoz, Spain
International Museum of Naןve Art, Villardompardo Palace, Jaen
Luzzara Museum, Italy
Museum of Naןve Art, Guimaraes, Portugal
International Naןve Art Museum, Bages, France
Juan Ramirez de Lucas Museum, Albacete, Spain

Bibliography
“Dictionnaire des Peintres Naifs du Monde Entier”, Anatole Jacovsky, 1976, Basel, Switzerland
“Le Paradis et les Naifs”, Philippe Camby, 1983, Paris
“El Ingenuismo en Espana”, Vallejo Najera J.A, Spain

 

Dan Chill, GINA – Gallery of International Naïve Art
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