Ana del Castillo - The magic house

This is one of my latest works, created with pigments and acrylics on double-thick canvas; it does not need to be framed.
I arrange for the shipment of the mounted work to be delivered immediately and with the utmost speed, with a tracking number and through specialized art transport agencies.

Economist and multidisciplinary artist (Godella, Valencia, 1963). As a professional, she is an economist, dedicated to online commerce in recent years, activity she has postponed to almost exclusively dedicate herself to traveling, experimenting as a painter, and working for various international agencies as a photographer.
Her beginnings in photography date back to her childhood. She has published work in ABC newspaper, in publications by the Ministry of Culture, various books, catalogs, and on the billboards of Castellón buses. Additionally, she has received several awards and exhibited in London and Madrid. Her academic training spanned several years with photographer Tere Arcos.
In Europe, although globalization is advancing rapidly, each country and city has its own unique characteristics that it tries to capture in its images, whether of people encountered on the street, buildings of all ages, or moments in any location.
His travels to Iceland, Switzerland, South America, Africa, or Norway have influenced him with their mountains, architectures, and seas—some of his major themes both in painting and photography.
Her dedication to painting came later. She began her artistic training with artist Álvaro Romero in the nineties, continued with the painter Germá Llorís from Godella, then with painter Fernando Jiménez and with Lucía Peiró i Lloret, a recognized plastic artist. 'At the beginning of the new century, she co-founded a heterogeneous group of artists called Equipo-Argo, currently composed of thirteen women, who operate in an industrial warehouse near the city of Valencia. The group maintains constant contact among its members and with various artistic vanguards in different fields. One of the group's goals is to organize and hold one or two exhibitions annually. Many exhibitions have already been held by this group across our region.'

Technically, for creating her paintings, she uses powdered pigments. 'Her tonal range is ideal for my paintings, which turns the workshop into a kind of laboratory of plates and powders where binders, resins, etc., form a chaotic universe where I feel completely serene and creative.'
In recent years, her artistic production has been showcased in exhibitions, mentions, and awards. Notable among the early ones in 2016 are the collective with Equipo-Argo at the Centre d´Art Taller d´Ivars in Benissa (Alicante), the collective in May at espai.inf, an exhibition space at the Polytechnic University of Valencia, and the group exhibition at Sala Virgen de la Fuente (Teruel), as well as a collective at Casa Cultura Rocafort titled 'The Surface of the Circle'; in 2017, with the same collective, 'Mirada de Dona' at La Marina El Puig de Santa María exhibition hall (Valencia), the Old Town Hall Exhibition Hall in Bétera (Valencia), Museros Exhibition Hall (Valencia), 'Mirada de Dona' at La Eliana Exhibition Hall (Valencia), and 'Paisatge Urbà' at Náquera Exhibition Hall (Valencia); and in 2018, also with Equipo-Argo at Villa Eugenia Exhibition Hall in Godella (Valencia), 'Abstractus' at the Mislata Municipal Exhibition Hall (Valencia), and at the Dénia Library Exhibition Hall (Alicante), with 'Abstractus,' as well as a group exhibition at Massamagrell Exhibition Hall (Valencia) with 'Black and White'.
She was selected for the XXXIV Painting Contest 'Salvador Soria' Vila de Benissa (Alicante), at the Festival D´Arts Quart de Poblet (Valencia) exhibition, and for the XIII Desideri Llombarte Painting Award in Peñarroya de Tastavins (Teruel) in 2016. The following year, she was chosen by the Fundación Legado Andalusí, touring her work across the country. She was a finalist in the Premi de Pintura Ciutat de Manises (Valencia), selected for Valencia Ciutat Oberta Biennial of the Arts in Valencia. In 2018, her work was selected for the Dances series of Alcalá at the photography award of the Gúdar-Javalambre Tourist Association (Teruel), winning subsequent editions, and was also selected for the International Art Contest 'José Camarón' in Segorbe.
In 2014, she received the Camarón award at the Segorbe Art Competition (Castellón). She held an individual exhibition with her series Europe in Moments at the Bancaja Foundation in Segorbe. In 2016, she won the Las Provincias Photographic Marathon in Dénia (Alicante), received the Balearia prize, and the honorable mention at the First Eurostars Hotel Real Photography Award. She was selected and exhibited at the Valencian Cultural Entity El Piló in 2016 and 2023. Additionally, she collaborated with Equipo-Argo for a group exhibition at the prestigious Villa Eugenia exhibition hall in Godella in 2018, which was later moved to the municipal exhibition hall in Mislata.
She is again selected with work exhibited at the José Camarón International Art Competition in Segorbe in 2020, 2023, and 2024.
At the end of 2024, a group exhibition will be held at the Ronda Gallery in Valencia, and the artist is represented by the Galería del Sol, also located in Valencia.
They award the Patrimonio Nacional photography prize to him/her from the hands of the Infanta in Madrid in December 2024.
He continues to receive numerous awards for his photographs and paintings, and has several exhibitions scheduled across Spain in the coming months.
According to the prestigious critic LFMM, 'his architectural works transcend the photographic plane to be endowed with a surrealist aspect that confers an undeniable value on them.'

Patxi Guerrero Carot (Professor at Universidad Jaime I) published in various media.

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