Marta Beltrán
about Marta Beltrán
Granada, 1977
Marta Beltrán has a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Granada and is studying at the University of Loughborough, England. Later she carries out postgraduate studies in several universities (Granada and Madrid). Currently (2019, 2018) she exposes the development of individual projects on the occasion of the awards received during 2017, such as "The Game of Freedom", Daniel Vázquez Díaz Scholarship, in Huelva; "Eyes of a stranger", Prize of Drawing Gregorio Prieto, in Valdepeñas; and "The matchmaker", DKV-MAKMA Drawing Prize, in Valencia. She exhibits in collectives with the Birimbao galleries in Seville and Puxagallery in Madrid (2019), in the art fairs Marte, Castellón, and JustMAD (2018) and is Honorable Mention in the XII Prize Painting and Plastic Arts La Rural 2019. In 2016 receives a Production Aid from the UGR, Granada, with which she carries out the individual exhibition "The Ceremony" at the Royal Hospital of Granada, curated by Susana Blas.
about the artist's works
Marta Beltrán explores the expansion of drawing, from the daily record in small format, to the large format and monumental composition. The main motivation is the representation of the female figure as an expression of unconscious and emotional contents. From the identification with fiction cinema made by women, or that has them as protagonists, it intends to approach the construction of a subjective narrative. The artist appropriates frames of films that revolve around concepts such as childhood and adolescence, motherhood, friendship, family ties between women and identity, viewed from an angle that observes their contradictions. Draw in black and white with Chinese ink — also with acrylic — on paper. Previously, I applied the colour with oil on paper and cloth in different formats. She has worked photography, video performance, fanzine and installation.