Pepa Poch (Barcelona, 1960)
is an artist, creator and painter known for her personal use of colour. She is a former member of the
International Colour Authority
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, and the colors of her oil paintings are global color trend.
Art career
Daughter of artists Francesc Poch i Romeu and Josefina Ripoll, Pepa Poch studied Arts at Escola Massana of Barcelona. In 1980 she got a
Pierre Cardín scholarship and obtained the Honorable Foundation Roviralta prize. She has opened exhibits at Museums and International Art Fairs, such as: ArteAméricas,
Art Basel (Miami), Copec (Paris),
Instituto Cervantes (Chicago), CSV The Incubator of Art in New York, Museum of Fine Arts of Tenerife (Spain), Museum Foundation Bolivariano (Colombia), 11th Biennial of Havana (Cuba),
Ayala Museum
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of Manila (
Philippines), and The Royal Institute of Architects (London), among others.
Her most highlighted solo exhibitions are "La Mar Salada" (2004) which visited
Madrid and
Cordoba (Spain); "Survivors", an internationally acclaimed exhibition which opened in
Barcelona in 2008, and was also shown in
Luxembourg,
Chicago,
New York
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Miami and
Tenerife.
In 2009 the solo show "De la supervivencia al Renacimiento" or "Renaissance" was opened in Sitges (Barcelona, Spain), and travelled to
Val d'Aran (Spain).
In 2011 was opened the solo exhibit "Te Turquoise" at Sargadelos Gallery in
Barcelona, and that same year she participated in the exhibition "Sister Cities Miami Beach 2011" at the Art Deco Welcome Center (Miami). In 2012 he participated in the 11th Biennial of Havana, Cuba, with the project "Pepa Poch, a Mediterranean Caribbean". In 2013 took place the solo exhibition "Pepa Poch Philippines" at the
Ayala Museum
The Ayala Museum is a museum in Makati, Metro Manila, Philippines. It is run privately by the Ayala Foundation and houses archaeological, ethnographic, historical, fine arts, numismatics, and ecclesiastical exhibits. Since its establishment in ...
of Manila (Philippines), and that same year the solo show "Talking Place" was opened in the Martin Elements Cork Gallery (Spain), and later at the Royal Institute of British Architecture in London. In 2014 opened the solo exhibition "Infinite Lanzarote" at the Museum Art Gallery Ermita de San Antonio de Aunts,
Lanzarote
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.
Bibliography
* ''Realidad Mágica''. Ediciones Umbral, 2002.
* ''La Mar Salada''. Editorial SYL, Creaciones Gráficas, 2004.
* ''Oil on Canvas''. Generalitat de Catalunya, departament de Cultura, 2005.
* Bentz, Josep Fèlix. ''Survivors''. New York: Europa Museum Conceptual Art, 2007. .
References
External links
Official website
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1960 births
Living people
20th-century Spanish women artists
21st-century Spanish women artists
Women artists from Catalonia
People from Barcelona