María Dávila

María Dávila Guerra (born 1990) is a contemporary Spanish painter. She was born in Málaga, and lives and works in Granada.

Biography

María Dávila holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Málaga and a PhD in Art History from the University of Granada.[1]

While still a student, she started to have solo exhibitions and to participate in group shows in major art centers in Andalusia. In 2014, she won the MálagaCrea 2014 First prize[2] and was preselected two years consecutively to the BMW paintings Awards in 2015 and 2016.[3]

Work

Her painting deals with the limits of the visible and the boundaries between fiction and reality.[4] Based on a photographic or cinematographic material (family archives, still from movies or documentary films), María Dávila explores, more specifically, some aspects of her main theme in different series:

  • "Anagnórisis – La trama" (2014) seeks to highlight the underlying similitudes between fiction and documentary films, with an emphasis on the interpretive nature of our relationship to reality.[5]
  • "Solsticio" (2015) deals with our inability to recognize our image and the non-correspondence between memory and lived experience. The series is based on an album of family photographs.
  • "Dramatis personae" (2015) is about the act of looking and being looked at through a dialogue with cinematographic form based on narrative (de)construction such as Surrealist or Nouvelle Vague films.[6]
  • "Post scriptum" is focused on the narrative construction in personal relationships, through a dialogue with cinema and theater.[7]

Solo exhibitions
  • 2013: Después, el silencio, Centro Cultural Provincial, Málaga
  • 2014: Anagnórisis - La trama, School of Fine Arts, Málaga
  • 2015: Dramatis personae, El Palmeral de las Sorpresas/Espacio Iniciarte, Málaga
  • 2017-2018: Post scriptum, Palacio de los Condes de Gabia, Granada

Group exhibitions (selection)
  • 2012: Stand Byes. End of studies Art Project Málaga 2012, Centro Cultural Provincial, Málaga
  • 2014: MálagaCrea 2014. Muestra de Artes Visuales, Centro de Arte Contemporáneo de Málaga (CAC Málaga); UNDER35. Arte Emergente en Málaga, Galería de Arte Contemporáneo (GACMA), Málaga
  • 2015: 30th edition of BMW Painting Awards, Casa de Vacas del Retiro, Madrid; Neighbours III. Artistas de proximidad, Centro de Arte Contemporáneo de Málaga (CAC Málaga); Okupart. MAUS Málaga, Málaga city hall/CAC Málaga; Imago Mundi: Made in Spain, Foundation Luciano Benetton/Centro de Arte Contemporáneo de Málaga (CAC Málaga)
  • 2016: Tiempo de luz, Museo del Patrimonio Municipal (MUPAM), Málaga; 31st edition of BMW Painting Awards, Centro Galileo, Madrid

Awards (selection)
  • 2012: First prize, VI Painting Prize of the University of Málaga
  • 2013: Extraordinary Award, School of Fine Arts/University of Málaga
  • 2014: First Prize, MálagaCrea 2014
  • 2015: Preselected for BMW Painting Award
  • 2016: Preselected for BMW Painting Award

Bibliography
  • María Dávila – Después, el silencio, text by Marina Bravo Casero, Council of Málaga/Department of Culture, 2013.
  • María Dávila – Anagnórisis-La trama, text by Pedro Osakar Olaiz, School of Fine Arts, Málaga, 2014. ISBN 978-8494303425
  • María Dávila – Dramatis personae, text by Víctor Borrego, Government of Andalusia/Department of Culture, 2015. ISBN 978-8499591506
  • María Dávila - Post scriptum, texts by Luis Puelles and María Dávila, City of Granada/Department of Culture, 2017. ISBN 978-84-7807-590-4

References
  1. "La dialéctica de la mirada en la pintura contemporánea. Procesos para desreconocer lo visible".
  2. "Malaga Crea 2014 - Centro de arte contemporĂĄneo de MĂĄlaga". Cacmalaga.eu. Retrieved 2017-01-17.
  3. "Noticias - 31º Premio BMW de Pintura". Micrositepremiobmwdepintura.es. Retrieved 2017-01-17.
  4. "Vernos retratados . SUR.es". Diariosur.es. 2015-09-15. Retrieved 2017-01-17.
  5. "Cuando la historia está fuera del plano . SUR.es". Diariosur.es. 2014-11-28. Retrieved 2017-01-17.
  6. "Cultura.- 'Dramatis personae', de María Dávila, propone un diálogo entre la imagen en movimiento y la fija". Europapress.es (in Spanish). 2015-07-30. Retrieved 2017-01-17.
  7. http://www.plataformadeartecontemporaneo.com/pac/testigos-privilegiados-maria-davila/
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