M. BURGAZ - Con limón

This painting insists on how important the moment of tea can be, and really any moment. It is not just about drinking something. It is choosing the accompaniment, in this case lemon, a citrus fruit that the artist represents many times and that even gives its name to a color. The environment that appears here is also important, the colorfulness, the patterns... and now the viewer will imagine the company, the living room and the music that accompany this moment when it is decided that the tea will be with lemon!

María Burgaz (1970) knew from a very young age that her vocation was art. She began her training at the Escuela de Artes Decorativas in Madrid, and she earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts at the Complutense University of 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, Woman and Society, Iberdrola-UEX, UNED, Eugenio Hermoso, Gran Casino de Torrelodones… her work, in addition to being part of the collections of these institutions, is also in the collections of town halls 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 demeanor has led her to participate in all kinds of projects and to collaborate with designers, writers and anything that allows her to express everything she carries inside. Her work always reveals the stage she is living, her vitality and her particular sense of humor and way of understanding life, always with a 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 paintings on canvas they are shipped rolled in a rigid tube for greater security.

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

RECENT SOLO EXHIBITIONS
- “Sí quiero”, Avani Hotel, Madrid, 2025.
- “Galería Taurina” Madrid, 2025.
- “Arte viajero”, patronage Tarín, Madrid, 2023.
- “Arte 10”, Diez Hall, 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, Sevilla, 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, Switzerland, 2000.
- Estudio Fuentes Gallery, Madrid, 1999.
- Atrium Kunstkamer Gallery, Maastricht (Netherlands), 1999.
RECENT GROUP EXHIBITIONS
- Collective exhibition, Singulart, Germany, 2024.
- Collective 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.
- Pinto City Council Collection, 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, Cologne, 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.
- Small format salon, 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 Plastic 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 National Painting Prize Gloria Merino, Cultural Center Sta. Teresa, Malagón (Ciudad Real), 2002.
- IV Young Prize Edition 2001, Sala Julio González, Contemporary Art Museum, Madrid, 2001.
- III Young Prize Edition 2000, National Museum of Anthropology, Madrid, 2000.

AWARDS AND COLLECTIONS:
Premio de la Fundación de Fútbol Profesional, UNED Painting Contest, Arte y Sociedad award, Madrid City Council award, Torrelodones Casino award, Castillo de la Coracera award…
Her work is in numerous public collections (Madrid City Council, Martos City Council, Horche City Council, Alicante City Council, Valdemoro City Council, Iberdrola Collection…) and in private collections worldwide

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