I was who I was, I am who I can.\u201d<\/em><\/h6>\n <\/p>\n
T.N.
\n1 and 2: typical Spanish dolls very popular in the 1970s.
\n3: imaginary land.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Nuria Alcaraz, Castell\u00f3n de la Plana (Spain), July 6, 1965.<\/h3>\nI have been painting, colouring, cutting out and sticking all my life.<\/h5>\n
However, the matter was postponed temporarily at that moment when you think that become an adult involves, among other things, choosing a career; the best possible one to secure your future in the long term. Ideas of a wrong education.<\/p>\n
To be fair, I must say that I was never sure about what I wanted to devote the rest of my life to; among other things because the rest of my life meant to me too long a time to do just a single thing. In view of that I started to try different things. For some time I was actively involved with youth activism dealing in particular with the area of gender issues.<\/p>\n
Later I got the itch for media studies and so I entered the CEV School (Escuela Superior de Comunicaci\u00f3n, Imagen y Sonido) to become a camera operator. This experience proved to be really useful, especially when I took part in the making of some short films as a scriptwriter and as an occasional actress too. In fact, acting had always been for me a long wished aspiration that fortunately became a reality when I took a one-year course in performing arts at the Cuarta Pared (theatre school).<\/p>\n
In the meantime\u2026 I kept on painting, colouring, cutting out and sticking. But suddenly music appeared. At this stage of my life, in my late twenties, I discovered a fresh pleasure in that and at the same time I felt that I had to find a way to take an active part in the music scene. Consequently, I decided to study a degree in Music Education (BEd in Music Ed.) in firm accordance with my deep desire to train students not merely in musical virtuosity \u2013 conservatoires were created for this purpose- but also in the very pleasure of the experience as well as to foster in them a taste for music and a sound judgment. So, after graduating from UCM University I started my teaching practice, from this experience I came to the conclusion that the scope of our education system was too narrow for me.<\/p>\n
In the meantime\u2026 there I was, painting, colouring, cutting out and sticking the remnants of a life full of ups and downs.
\nAnd it was at the turn of the new century that, still recovering from a surgery, I saw the light at last: I realised that I wanted to paint, colour, cut out and stick professionally.<\/p>\n
And so I did it; with the stitches still tight I embarked on a new adventure; I joined the Estudio Sotomesa (art studio).
\nFrom then on painting and plastic creation became the leitmotif of my life.<\/p>\n
Today, I really understand that, unavoidably, it would not have been possible for me to be anything else when I grew up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Solo Exhibitions 2011 Ram\u00f3n Portuondo Wakonigg. “De ovejas y sutilezas”. Madrid. Group Exhibitions 2016 XII Biennial of Art \u201cCiudad de Albacete\u201d. “Tres miradas : lo on\u00edrico, lo vegetal, lo org\u00e1nico”. Fundation Pons (Madrid). 2014 \u201cPintoras del Siglo XXI\u201d. Exhibition Hall of the Sede del Distrito de Retiro (Madrid). \u201c75\u00a0International Arts\u00a0 Exhibition Valdepe\u00f1as\u201d. Valdepe\u00f1as. Work acquired … <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"page_full.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-350","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n
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Solo Exhibitions<\/h3>\n