Mercedes Elizalde
Bio
In 1993 she graduated in Fine Arts from the University of Salamanca.
In 1992 she began his professional life as a plastic artist in Asturias, teaching drawing and painting classes and exhibiting her work in numerous cultural centers in Asturias and Galicia.
She creates the Alternative Art Association together with other artists. From this association, unconventional projects of national and international artists are promoted and disclosed. It achieves great success with the projects International Alternative Art Show and C-21 Art Circuits, with more than 80 exhibition projects.
She has works in collections around the world, mainly in the USA. In Spain, she has works in the Alicia Aza collection, or the Maria Cristina Masaveu Foundation, among others.
Statement
In my work of self-knowledge through my painting; the mistakes that make me different, unique.
Making it public makes it real also for others, who observe the result.
I want to link life with difficulty, error, and the need to include it as part of the process.
Error reassures us, we are not perfect machines, it defines us, models us, identifies us. It leads us to be humble, compassionate.
If we admit the error in others and in ourselves, we download the world of anxiety.
My painting is trusting, respectful, grateful and committed.
I get the most out of my hands that connect with my head. My emotions lead me into a chaos that I can't control with reason. I question my existence, I let myself arise among the doubts.
I define myself as a “seeker of light”.
2.5 x 4m / 98.4 x 157 in
