The artist
Marta Carceller was born in Barcelona in 1977 and is a mother of 4 children. At the moment, the
family lives in Barcelona, the city that has seen her grow up and where the
small studio where she works is.
Marta’s
academic training has revolved around music and she graduated in psychology,
which has helped her to internalize, explore and identify her own emotions, in
order to capture them on a canvas.
She is a
self-taught painter; As a young girl, began to be interested in this form of
art, but couldn't dedicate intensely because of her other occupations.
Little by little she started stealing time from other things and opted
for what filled her the most.
As a result
of the death of her husband and father of her 4 children, in the Germanwings plane crash in the French Alps in 2015, the artist
began to focus even more on this exciting world and realized that what he had
encouraged her to do was what fulfilled her and what she needed; to stop the
world and learn from herself, from her own mistakes and to take the time
to explore her own self.
Marta’s full
dedication began as a result of the confinement due to the Covid pandemic; The
incident gave her motivation and meaning, confinement gave her the time, and
her children and Alex, her life partner, gave her encouragement to continue on
this adventure.
Since then, the painter has been recognized in different Contemporary
Art Awards and her works have appeared in different International Contemporary
Art magazines. She has also exhibited in different countries such as Spain,
France, England, Greece, Germany, Austria, Luxembourg, Belgium, Switzerland, Italy, Monaco, Japan, The United States, The
Netherlands, Swiss, Denmark and Colombia to name a few.
The subjects
of Marta’s works are varied, from landscapes to portraits. She tries to
reproduce everything that makes her feel, that makes her vibrate in a special
way and makes her feel alive. She is passionate about making the everyday
beautiful.
The art of
painting allows her to experiment with different materials and textures, but
basically she uses acrylic paint and canvas as a support.
She knows how
she will start a work, but she doesn’t know how it is going to finish. For her,
the act of creating has a clear starting point, but as she progresses and
delves deeper into it, it becomes a truly exciting and extremely enriching
adventure. Learning and discovery is constant.
As the writer Jordi Sierra i Fabra says,"Art is measured by what
you feel when doing it, not by what you get paid fordoing it". This is why
the painter is satisfied to be able to transmit to her work viewers a small
part of what she feels in this intimate act of creating when painting surrounds
her.
