BIO
Begoña Lafuente, (Spain, 1969) is a pictorial,
graphic and multimedia artist; Now-a-days she
develops her main creations from her studio next
to the North Sea in the Netherlands.
Her career is rooted in graphic design developed
in Madrid in the early 90's, at a key moment for
this discipline when it reached the range of
artistic expression within and outside the field of
corporate image in Spain.
Begoña intertwines her classical and artistic
learning as a graduate in Fine Arts with the latest
representation trends in a constant search
and broadens her experience as a graphic
designer, art director and illustrator for different
companies in corporate identity and advertising.
In 2009 she moved her residence to the
Netherlands. Here she interacts with local and
international artists from different fields and
integrates in her art a new reality that she fuses in
her paintings with lessons from the Spanish
masters.
She works with different techniques
such as painting, collage, drawing, photography,
scans, and monoprints.
She studies the human being as a symbol of
expression of being she creates an emotional
and visual tension through the use of thematic
contrasts, of colour, of biological forms versus
geometric forms, all representations of an
ever-changing nature.
Her portfolio also incorporates recognizable
forms from the great Master of Art History from
a contemporary perspective.
Begoña Lafuente often participates in local and international
art fairs and exhibitions and her work can be
found in private collections throughout Europe
and in the United States of America.
ARTIST STATEMENT
“I explore the essence of ART: I am intrigued by the motifs of the works that endure over time, and
those that fall into oblivion. I live art as a timeless conversation where not everything is said, and
the essential is diluted in a whisper.
As any observer of art, I wonder if those meanings that I do not find are those that make the art-work memorable. Maybe, initially confusing us but arousing our interest and eventually enriching us in the process of discovery. The experience makes the piece always accompany the observer because completing the apparently unfinished art involves him in the creative process.
That is what I finally intend when I create my art: I want you to be an active part of my living work.
The meaning behind my art will be a "just for your eyes" and is left in your hands. So, what do you
want to contemplate?
EXHIBITIONS
2022 - ArtBox project Miami 3.0. Florida. USA
2022 - WE CONTEMPORARY. by MUSA International. Pallazo Velli. Rome, Italy
2022 - Solo Exhibition. Open Dialogue. Menduiña Schneider Art Gallery- California. USA
2022 - ECOLOGY AS A FEELING. Galleria D’Arte “Il Leone”. 18° Giornata del Contemporaneo. Rome, Italy
2022 - Conversaciones Atemporales. Lanzarote Art Gallery. Spain
2022 - Destinos Encontrados. Lanzarote Art Gallery. Spain
2022 - The Other Art Fair. Virtual Edition by Saatchi Art.
2022 - 3 de Corazones. Lanzarote Art Gallery. Art Space. Spain
2022 - V Colectiva de Arte Emergente. Mombó Art Gallery. Sevilla, Spain
2022 - Palma 1.0. ARTBOX Project, Palma de Mallorca. Spain.
2022 -Year Representation Menduiña Schneider Art Gallery. California. USA
2021 - Affordable Art Fair Amsterdam. NABK stand. The Netherlands.
2021 - Ciclo 17. Galería Quarentena. Chile
2021 - Fira Internacional D'art de Barcelona. Spain.
2021 - Menduiña Schneider Art Gallery- California. USA
2021 - Mombó Art Gallery. III Colectiva Internacional de Arte Emergente, Sevilla, Spain.
2021 - Galerie Sonia Monti. Paris, France.
2020 - ARTBOX.GALLERY, Digital Screen, Zurich, Switzerland.
2020 - ARTBOX Project, Digital Screen, Barcelona. Spain.
2020 - ARTBOX Project, Digital Screen, "Zürich 2.0". Zurich, Switzerland.
2019 - Affordable Art Fair Amsterdam. NABK stand. The Netherlands.
2019 - Kunst10daagse – Bergen, The Netherlands.
2019 - Roger Jonk Gallery, Bergen, The Netherlands.
2019 - Art Eindhoven, Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
2018 - Affordable Art Fair Amsterdam. NABK stand. The Netherlands.
2018 - Marziart Int. Galerie, Hamburg, Germany.
2018 - Roger Jonk Gallery, Bergen, The Netherlands.
2018 - Kunst10daagse – Bergen, The Netherlands.
2018 - The Strico Gallery, New York, USA.
2018 - Art Eindhoven, Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
2017 - ADAF, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
2016 - Roger Jonk Gallery, Bergen, The Netherlands.
2016 - Kunst10daagse – Bergen, The Netherlands.
2015 - ADAF, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
2015 - Artfusion Galerie, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
2014 - Artfusion Galerie, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
2014 - Kunst10daagse – Bergen, The Netherlands.
2013 - Kunst10daagse – Bergen, The Netherlands.
1999 - Galería Ra del Rey, "Pequeño formato", Madrid, Santander & Valencia, Spain.
1998 & 1999 - Alquiler de mi obra como parte del decorado de serie de TV. Madrid, Spain.
1997 - Casa de la Cultura de Alcobendas. Madrid, Spain.
1997 - Galería de Arte Jacomart: Madrid, Spain.
1996 - Palacio de Gaviria. Madrid, Spain.
1995 & 1996 - Red de Arte Joven de la Comunidad de Madrid, Spain.
1994 - Grupo Taller. Madrid, Spain
