M. BURGAZ - La faena

The art-loving public always longs for this moment, when the bullfighter performs the pass with the cape and the arena falls silent. Many artists have been inspired by this tradition, because the proximity between the bull and the torero sends shivers down the spine. so much color, so much to appreciate in a moment that can be attempted again and again in works of art of all kinds. This painting is made with loose brushstrokes and others more precise, with speed and with slowness, almost like a salon bullfight, full of nuances, of details and of harmony at the same time. This work is on panel, therefore it is shipped in a cardboard box. We do not ship between July 12 and 18 nor from August 5 to 28.

María Burgaz (1970) knew from a very young age that her thing was art. She began her training at the Escuela de Artes Decorativas in Madrid, and earned a Fine Arts degree at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid in the Painting specialty in 1993. Later she completed her studies at FIT in New York.
Winner of competitions such as the Wellington Foundation, Professional Football Foundation, Women and Society, Iberdrola-UEX, UNED, Eugenio Hermoso, Gran Casino de Torrelodones… her work, in addition to belonging to the collections of these institutions, also appears in those of municipalities such as Gibraleón, Valdemoro, Martos, Horche, Diputación de Alicante…
She has held dozens of solo and group exhibitions both in Spain and abroad, and her work is also in numerous private collections around the world.
Her hardworking and enthusiastic disposition has led her to participate in all kinds of projects and to collaborate with designers, writers and anything that allows her to express everything inside her. Her work always reveals the stage she is living, her vitality and her particular sense of humor and approach to life, always with mastery of techniques that she combines and juxtaposes to create unique paintings of great narrative and technical richness.
Her works always include a certificate of authenticity and when they are on canvas they are shipped rolled in a rigid tube for greater safety.

CV:
EDUCATION
1988 - Entry to the Faculty of Fine Arts, Universidad Complutense, Madrid.
1990 - Drawing course at FIT, New York.
1992 - Painting Workshop, C. Cardenal, Mallorca.
1993 - Graduated in Fine Arts with a specialization in Painting.
1998 - Autoedition Course, Association of Promoters of Madrid.
2000 - Graphic Design Course, Confederation of Workers, Madrid.
- Design, Implementation and Maintenance of websites, MS L. Software S.L, Madrid.
2020- What is contemporary art? Online Certificate by Coursera.

LATEST SOLO EXHIBITIONS
- “Sí quiero”, Hotel Avani, Madrid, 2025.
- “Galería Taurina” Madrid, 2025.
- “Arte viajero”, mecenazgo Tarín, Madrid, 2023.
- “Arte 10”, Salón Díez, Madrid, 2023.
- “Art and the city”, La Otra Art & food, Madrid, 2021.
- ”Alegría”, Arts2be Gallery, Wavre, Belgium, 2018.
- “Memoria inventada”, Cafebrería Ad Hoc, Pozuelo de Alarcón, 2018.
- “Arte en la radio”, Capital Radio, Madrid, 2017.
- Arte y parte”, Galería Enquadres, Valladolid, 2017.
- Centro de Exposiciones “Las Tablas”, Madrid, 2016.
- Microteatros, Madrid, 2015.
- Commenoz Gallery, Miami, 2014, 2011.
- Neel Gallery, Cannes, 2010.
- Galería Nave del Arte, Madrid 2008, 2009, 2010.
- “Calor y color”, Murnau Art Gallery, Seville, 2008.
- Toranto Gallery, Barcelona, 2006.
- JVGespacio, Santiago de Compostela, 2005.
- Sala Enquadres, Valladolid, 2005.
- 1arte Gallery, Madrid, 2004.
- Municipal Expositions Hall Antonio Machado, Leganés, 2001.
- Singisenforum Salle Muri, Schweiz, 2000.
- Estudio Fuentes Gallery, Madrid, 1999.
- Atrium Kunstkamer Gallery, Maastricht (Holland), 1999.

LATEST GROUP EXHIBITIONS Group exhibition, Singulart, Germany, 2024.
- Group exhibition, Cafebrería ad hoc, Madrid, 2023.
- Winter Special, Arts2be Gallery, Wavre, Belgium, 2019-2020.
- Summer Show, Arts2be Gallery, Wavre, Belgium, 2019.
- Artupdeco, Lyon, Paris, 2017, 2019.
- Collection Ayuntamiento de Pinto, Casa de la Cadena, 2019.
- “Para Arte pulse Enter”, Cafebrería d Hoc, Pozuelo de Alarcón, 2018.
- “Summer Colective Exhibition”, arts2be Gallery, Wavre, Belgium, 2018.
- Galería Factoría de Babel, Madrid, 2015-2016.
- Carré d ́artistes, Lyon, Paris, Lille, Colônia, London, Sao Paulo. 2005-2016.
- “Cities”, Adolfo Domínguez Foundation, Madrid, 2014.
- Embarcarte, Centro del Carmen, Valencia, 2012.
- L´Art en prêt-a-porter, Paris, 2010.
- Carré d´artistes, Barcelona, Aix-en-Provence, Lyon, Paris, Lille, Cologne, 2005-2011.
- Salón pequeño formato, Paz Tejón Gallery, Valencia, 2008.
- Paz Tejón Gallery, Valencia, 2007.
- V Prize of Contemporary painting Wellington Foundation, Sala Alcolea, Madrid, 2005.
- Entrelaza2, Nave del Arte, Madrid, 2005.
- V Prize of Plastas Arts, Sala El Brocence, Cáceres, 2002, 2003, 2004.
- American Prints, Madrid, Barcelona, 2002, 2003, 2004.
- Miami Art Gallery, Miami, 2003.
- Cultural Center “Antiguo Instituto”, Gijón, 2003.
- V Prize of Plastic Arts, Sala el Brocense, Cáceres, 2002.
- I Nacional Prize of Painting Gloria Merino, Cultural center Sta. Teresa, Malagón (C. Real), 2002.
- IV Young Prize Edition 2001, Sala Julio González, Contemporay Art Museum, Madrid, 2001.
- III Young prize Edition 2000, National Museum of Anthropology, Madrid, 2000.

AWARDS AND COLLECTIONS:
Prizes from the Professional Football Foundation, UNED Painting Competition, Arte y Sociedad prize, Madrid City Council prize, Torrelodones Casino prize, Castillo de la Coracera prize… Her work is in numerous public collections (City Councils of Madrid, Martos, Horche, Alicante, Valdemoro, Iberdrola Collection…) and in private collections around the world

- First Prize II Rapid Painting Contest of Horche, Guadalajara, 1992.
- Second Prize Café-Gallery Painting Contest "El Ratón", 1993, 1994.
- Honorable Mention New Painter Contest of the City Council of Madrid, 1994.
- Honorable Mention V Plastic Arts Contest, University of Torrejón de Ardoz, 1995.
- Second Prize II Painting Contest of the Professional Football Foundation, 1995.
- Finalist Young Creators Contest of Madrid City Council, 1996, 1997, 1999.
- Finalist III Painting Contest "José Cubero Yiyo", Colmenar Viejo, 1996.
- Acquisition Prize VII Painting Contest UNED, 1997.
- Acquisition Prize VI Painting Contest Iberdrola-UEX, 1997.
- Acquisition Prize I Castillo de la Coracera, San Martín de Valdeiglesias, 1997.
- Acquisition Prize XVI International Painting Prize "Eugenio Hermoso", 1998.
- Acquisition Prize Artes Plásticas ’98 of the Excma. Diputación Prov. de Alicante, 1998.
- Honorable Mention Ejército Prize ’98 of Painting, 1998.
- Honorable Mention VIII Plastic Arts Contest of Torrejón de Ardoz, 1998.
- Acquisition Prize XXVI Martos City Painting Contest, Jaén, 1998.
- II Prize Young Creators Madrid City Council, 1998.
- European and Mediterranean Young Artists Biennial, Rome, 1999.
- First Prize “Mujer y Sociedad 2000”, C.C. Conde Duque, Madrid 2000.
- Acquisition Prize I Painting Contest of Torrelodones, Gran Casino de Madrid, 2000.
- Honorable Mention Ejército Painting Prize, Palacio de Buenavista, Madrid, 2000.
- Mention I and II National Painting Contest “El Pincel Verde”, Sala A. Machado, Leganés, 2000, 2001.
- Acquisition Prize IV Painting Contest “Villa de Valdemoro”, 2001.
- Acquisition Prize L National Painting Contest of Gibraleón, Huelva, 2001
- Honorable Mention XVII Guadarrama Painting Contest, Centro Cultural “La Torre”, 2002.
- Honorable Mention VIII Unipublic Sports Painting Contest, 2003.
- Finalist V Contemporary Painting Contest Wellington Foundation, 2005.