M. BURGAZ - Toro

A fighting bull is a fierce, noble animal. It is very different to observe it when out in the fields, free and growing, than its thrust and bravura in the arena. Half a ton of bravado and charge. Something that many artists want to capture and bring to a plastic plane where, among other things, the smell will always be missing, as the bullfighter Fran Curo Romero said. This bull is treated with transparencies, glazes, which contrast with the volume and forcefulness of the animal. This work is on board, hence it ships in a cardboard box. No shipments between June 12-18 or August 4-28.

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 earned a Fine Arts degree at the Complutense University of Madrid in the Painting specialization in 1993. Later she completed her studies at FIT in New York.
Winner of competitions such as the Wellington Foundation, the Professional Football Foundation, Mujer y Sociedad, Iberdrola-UEX, UNED, Eugenio Hermoso, Gran Casino de Torrelodones… her work, in addition to being part of the collections of these institutions, also appears in the collections of town halls such as Gibraleón, Valdemoro, Martos, Horche, and the 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 worldwide. Her energetic and enthusiastic approach has led her to participate in all kinds of projects and to collaborate with designers, writers, and everything that allows her to express all that she carries inside. Her work always reveals the stage she is living through, her vitality and her particular sense of humor and way of understanding life, always with a command of techniques that she combines and juxtaposes to create unique paintings with great narrative and technical richness. Her works always include an authenticity certificate and when they are on canvas they are shipped rolled in a rigid tube for added security.

CV:
STUDIES
1988 - Entered the Faculty of Fine Arts, Complutense University, Madrid.
1990 - Drawing course at FIT, New York.
1992 - Painting Workshop with C. Cardenal, Mallorca.
1993 - Graduated in Fine Arts with Painting as a specialty.
1998 - Autoedition course, Association of Promoters of Madrid.
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,” Hotel Avani, Madrid, 2025.
- “Galería Taurina” Madrid, 2025.
- “Arte viajero,” patronage Tarín, Madrid, 2023.
- “Arte 10,” Díez 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, 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, Switzerland, 2000.
- Estudio Fuentes Gallery, Madrid, 1999.
- Atrium Kunstkamer Gallery, Maastricht (Netherlands), 1999.

RECENT GROUP EXHIBITIONS Exposición colectiva, Singulart, Germany, 2024.
- Exposición colectiva, 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.
- Colección 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, 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.
- 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 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 Prize of Painting Gloria Merino, Cultural center Sta. Teresa, Malagón (C. 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:
Award from the Professional Football Foundation, UNED Painting Contest, Premio Arte y Sociedad, Madrid City Council Award, Torrelodones Castle Award, Castillo de la Coracera Award… Her work is in numerous public collections (City Councils of Madrid, Martos, Horche, Alicante, Valdemoro, Iberdrola Collection…) and in private collections worldwide.

- First Prize II Painting Contest Horche, Guadalajara, 1992.
- Second Prize Café-Gallery Painting Contest “El Ratón,” 1993, 1994.
- Honorable Mention for the Madrid City Council Newcomers Painters Contest, 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 Award, San Martín de Valdeiglesias, 1997.
- Acquisition Prize XVI International Painting Award “Eugenio Hermoso,” 1998.
- Acquisition Prize Plastics Arts '98, Excma. Diputación Provincial de Alicante, 1998.
- Honor Mention Army Painting Award '98, 1998.
- Honor Mention VIII Torrejón de Ardoz Plastic Arts Contest, 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,” Conde Duque, Madrid 2000.
- Acquisition Prize I Certamen de Painting Torrelodones, Gran Casino de Madrid, 2000.
- Honor Mention Army Painting Award, Buenavista Palace, Madrid, 2000.
- Special Mention I and II National Painting Contest “El Pincel Verde,” Sala A. Machado, Leganés, 2000, 2001.
- Acquisition Prize IV Torrelodones Painting Contest “Villa de Valdemoro,” 2001.
- Acquisition Prize L National Painting Contest of Gibraleón, Huelva, 2001
- Honor Mention XVII Guadarrama Painting Contest, Centro Cultural “La Torre,” 2002.
- Honor Mention VIII Unipublic Sports Painting Contest, 2003.
- Finalist V Contemporary Painting Contest Wellington Foundation, 2005.