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Covadonga Valdes

Place of birth Spain
Country of residence United Kingdom

A search for escape characterizes Valdes’s detailed and luscious oil paintings. Whilst navigating the disquiet of London’s urban chaos, she makes sudden and surprising slippages into patches of solitude- lakes, ponds, and quiet tucked away living spaces; which she photographs and uses as source material. In her paintings, landscapes and interiors form a zone between concrete urban centers and vast expanses of rural quietness, and they range from being photo-realistic images to newsprint-collages. Mood and impressionistic brushwork evoke an emotional engagement with light and weather; and recall and emblazon the countryside.

She lives and works in London and studied at Chelsea College of Art and The Slade, London.

Solo Exhibitions
2007 Hideaway, Contemporary Art Projects, London; Caja Astur Gallery, touring exhibition, Spain. 2000 Intercity, Gallery Trazos Tres, Santander, Spain; 1999 Recent paintings, Pump House Gallery, London; 1998 Casa de Cultura, Council of Cangas de Onis, Spain; 1997 Gallery Trazos Tres, Santander, Spain; 1996 Interiores y objetos, C.Espanol Gallery, Council of Oviedo, Spain; 1994 The Slade University College, London

Selected Group Exhibitions
2006-07 BP Portrait Award, National Portrait Gallery, London
2006 John Moores 24, The Walker Gallery, Liverpool Museums; Drip Grot, Contemporary Art Projects, London; Southern contemporaries, Tunbridge Well, Kent; Summer Exhibition, The Royal College of Art, London; 2005 The Hunting Art Prize, Royal College of Art, London; Summer exhibition, Royal Academy, London; 2004 John Moores 23, The Walker Gallery, Liverpool; Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London; 2003 The Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London; Summer Exhibition, The Royal College Of Art, London; 2002 Art4life Christie’s, London: Etchings, The Prince ‘s of Wales Foundation, London; IX Asturias Contemporary Painting exhibition, Spain; 2001 Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London; 2000 Gallery Westland Place, London; Anderssonhall Gallery, London; Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London; 1999 Florence Trust Studios, London; 1998 Konfese, Mestke Museum, Breclav, Czech Republic; Thema Gallery, Valencia, Spain; Beatrice Royal Contemporary Art Gallery, Eastleigh; 1997 National Painting Exhibition, Cantambria, Spain; Three Spanish Painters, Institute Cervantes, London; 1994-94 Fresh Art, Business Design Centre, London 1990 Contemporary View’90, Christie’s, Royal College of Art, London.

Awards and Residencies:
1985 Awarded, Painting Scholarship at University of Cabueñes Gijon, Spain
1985 Bursary from Principado de Asturias, Spain
1988 Bursary from the European Community
1988 Bursary from Principado de Asturias, Spain
1992 Slade Bursary, London
1999 Awarded Studio Residency, Florence Trust Studios, London
1999 Arts Grant, Wandsworth Borough Council, London
1999 Arts Grant, Spanish Embassy, London
2001 Commission, Lundbeck Ltd
2002 Commission, Anderssonhall Gallery, London

Exhibitions '00 Nature Part 1, 10.Apr - 15.May.08, Contemporary Art Projects, Start Your Collection 2007!, 01.Aug - 30.Sep.07, Contemporary Art Projects, Hideaway, 24.May - 17.Jun.07, Contemporary Art Projects, Summer exhibition 2006, 17.Aug - 03.Sep.06, Contemporary Art Projects

News / reviews Hideaway, Blanca Garay, commentart.com, 29.May.07 , The Dream, Paul Demuth, commentart.com, 23.May.07

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