Art Madrid'24 – Elena Gual

Elena Gual

Mallorca, 1994

Rising talent Elena Gual is best known for her figurative paintings of women that celebrate their beauty and promote gender equality. Gual applies thick strokes of impasto onto her canvases with a spatula, creating highly textured renderings of skin, hair, and clothing. A graduate of the Florence Academy of Art, Gual aims to transform classical approaches to anatomy, composition, and light into her own style. Also a self-taught photographer, Gual often creates paintings from her own photographs, exploring the relationship between the two disciplines. In Awakening (2021), five women are shown standing close together and leaning forward so that they are supported by the back of the person in front of them; they are dressed in grey and black with bright orange eyeshadow on their eyelids. The comportment of the figures is nearly identical with the exception of the central subject, who stares directly at the viewer while the other women’s eyes are closed shut..

This artist exhibits in the following galleries

Arma Gallery

Programa General

Artist's works

Elena Gual | MAGALHENA

Elena Gual

MAGALHENA, 2024

Oil on canvas

60 x 50 cm

Elena Gual | MERCURIO

Elena Gual

MERCURIO, 2024

Oil on canvas

60 x 50 cm

Elena Gual | Green & Gold

Elena Gual

Green & Gold, 2024

Oil on canvas

60 x 50 cm

Elena Gual | LITTLE GEM

Elena Gual

LITTLE GEM, 2024

Oil on canvas

20 x 20 cm

Elena Gual | REPUTATION

Elena Gual

REPUTATION, 2024

Oil on canvas

55 x 46 cm

Elena Gual | Magda

Elena Gual

Magda, 2024

Oil on canvas

200 x 160 cm