Victoria_Civera

Victoria Civera

Victoria Civera

Spanish painter

Victoria Civera Redondo (born 1955) is a Spanish artist. She combines photography, painting, installation and sculpture in her contemporary works.[1] She lives between New York City and Saro in Cantabria, Spain.[2] Her work has been shown internationally, including in the United States, Belgium, France and Brazil.[3]

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Biography

Victoria Civera Redondo was born in 1955 in Puerto de Sagunto in Valencia, Spain.[4][5] Civera studied at the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Carlos de Valencia, between 1973 and 1977.[3] She is married to artist Juan Uslé, whom she has occasionally worked together with.[6][7][8] Together they have a daughter, Vicky Uslé (born 1981) who is also a painter.[9]

Civera's first solo exhibition was held at the Museo de Bellas Artes de Santander (now Museo de Arte Moderno y Contemporáneo de Santander y Cantabria) in 1980.[3] Since 1987, she lives with her family between New York City and Saro, Cantabria.[3][8]

Her artwork find personal meaning in the use and imagery of inanimate objects and repeating shapes.[10][11] Some of her work explores space and volume; and will experiment with form both on and off canvas.[12] In 2017, Civera was awarded the Tomás Francisco Prieto Prize.[13]

References

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    "Todas las mujeres de Victoria Civera". El Diario Montañes (in European Spanish). 2012-08-12. Retrieved 2021-10-26.
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    "Juan Uslé diseña el cartel del torneo de Roland Garros 2014". El País (in Spanish). 2013-12-12. ISSN 1134-6582. Retrieved 2021-10-26.
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    Navarro, Mariano. "Victoria Civera". La Caixa Foundation. Retrieved 2021-10-26.
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    "Victoria Civera. Bajo la piel". Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía. Retrieved 2021-10-26.
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    Instalaciones y nuevos medios en la colección del IVAM: espacio, tiempo, espectador (in Spanish). Institut Valencià d'Art Modern (IVAM). 2006. ISBN 978-84-482-4409-5.
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    García Vega, Miguel Ángel (2016-08-08). "Juan Uslé y Victoria Civera, pintura a cuatro manos". El País (in Spanish). ISSN 1134-6582. Retrieved 2021-10-26.
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    "Victoria Civera, 20 años en 100 obras". El Diario Montañes (in European Spanish). 2011-02-04. Retrieved 2021-10-26.
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    "Victoria Civera". www.xn--espaaescultura-tnb.es. Retrieved 2021-10-26.
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    "La artista que marca el camino". XLSemanal (in European Spanish). 2016-07-19. Retrieved 2021-10-26.
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    Hirsch, Faye (February 1996). "Faye Hirsch on Victoria Civera". www.artforum.com. Retrieved 2021-10-26.
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    Yau, John (2017-11-19). "Weekend Studio Visit: Victoria Civera on Broadway, Lower Manhattan". Hyperallergic. Retrieved 2021-10-26.
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    Gras Balaguer, Menene (January 1995). "Menene Gras Balaguer on Victoria Civera". Artforum.com. Retrieved 2021-10-26.
  13. [13]
    "Vicky Civera, Premio Tomás Francisco Prieto 2017". Masdearte (in European Spanish). 2017-11-16. Retrieved 2021-10-26.
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