fine arts
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education at the University of the Basque Country/
Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea
The University of the Basque Country ( eu, Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea, ''EHU''; es, Universidad del País Vasco, ''UPV''; UPV/EHU) is a Spanish public university of the Basque Country (autonomous community), Basque Autonomous Community. Heir ...
(UPV/EHU) where she graduated with a specialty in painting. She then attended, on an Erasmus scholarship, The Winchester School of Art in the United Kingdom. She returned to the UPV/EHU where she earned her PhD in painting in 1996. Her first solo exhibition was ''Fan Club Collection 1: Sam Sheppard'' (1998) at the Arriola Kultur Aretoa (AKA) in Elorrio, Bizkaia. She then participated in the XVI "Muestra de Arte Joven" (emerging young artists' exhibition) organized by
Madrid
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's National Youth Institute (
Injuve
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). In 2003 she published a collection of drawings named "Todo preocupa a la vez". The following year her work was exhibited at the Bilkin Gallery in Bilbao and at the Momenta Art Gallery in New York. In 2005 she is given The Ertibil Visual Arts award from the Foral Bizkaia Council. She then won the first prize at the Gure Artea event in 2006 granted by the Basque Government in conjunction with Juan Perez Arriegoikoa and Txuspo Poyo. Her next installation was placed at
Lleida
Lleida (, ; Spanish: Lérida ) is a city in the west of Catalonia, Spain. It is the capital city of the province of Lleida.
Geographically, it is located in the Catalan Central Depression. It is also the capital city of the Segrià comarca, as ...
's " La Panera" Art Center, and consisted of a mural named ''Natural Disasters''. That year she opened an exhibition in
Barcelona
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's Rekalde Hall (''Máquinas extraordinarias''), and
Lleida
Lleida (, ; Spanish: Lérida ) is a city in the west of Catalonia, Spain. It is the capital city of the province of Lleida.
Geographically, it is located in the Catalan Central Depression. It is also the capital city of the Segrià comarca, as ...
Pamplona
Pamplona (; eu, Iruña or ), historically also known as Pampeluna in English, is the capital city of the Chartered Community of Navarre, in Spain. It is also the third-largest city in the greater Basque cultural region.
Lying at near above ...
's 12th
visual arts
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biennial.
Featured artworks
''130 000 Years of Last Tendencies''
''130 000 Years of Last Tendencies'' is one of Lazkoz's most valued works. Displayed at
acrylic paint
Acrylic paint is a fast-drying paint made of pigment suspended in acrylic polymer emulsion and plasticizers, silicone oils, defoamers, stabilizers, or metal soaps. Most acrylic paints are water-based, but become water-resistant when dry. Depe ...
which occupies the four walls of the exhibit, only accompanied of 5 drawings with
Chinese
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* Something related to China
* Chinese people, people of Chinese nationality, citizenship, and/or ethnicity
**''Zhonghua minzu'', the supra-ethnic concept of the Chinese nation
** List of ethnic groups in China, people of va ...
and pigmented ink. The artwork's theme is related to death, as it depicts images of a cemetery where burials and headstones covered with trees can be seen. The title reflects this themed exhibit, which is a tribute to the fact that 130.000 years ago
Homo sapiens
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became aware of their mortality and began to bury their dead. The artist interprets her work as an exorcism of her personal fears and a tribute to artists like Sánchez-Cotán.
''Distopía literal''
This artwork reflects on the concept of happiness, since the Enactment of the
Cadiz Constitution
The Political Constitution of the Spanish Monarchy ( es, link=no, Constitución Política de la Monarquía Española), also known as the Constitution of Cádiz ( es, link=no, Constitución de Cádiz) and as ''La Pepa'', was the first Constituti ...
until nowadays. It's a visual combination of posters, wooden signs, stickers, banners, and other artistic creations. It includes a collection of popular sayings, newspaper clippings and institutional text, one for each year since the creation of ''La Pepa'', as 1812's Spanish constitution is popularly known. Using 200 written texts from more than 50 countries, this artwork offers a tour through the idea of happiness. Starting with the post
French Revolution
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through Romantic
Nihilism
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, the
Antislavery
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The British ...
and Post Colonial movements, the
women's rights
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and the
Industrial Revolution
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. The workers' rights and scientific advances in society. It is a chronological mosaic emphasizing this complex concept, happiness.
Featured exhibitions
* 1998 – ''Fan Club Collection 1: Sam Sheppard'', Arriola Kultur Aretoa, Elorrio
* 2004 – Galeria Bilkin,