Marina Iglesias creates paintings that are based on folklore, medieval and Renaissance painting, myth, tarot and ancient scientific illustration. She conflates familiar and invented imagery within verdant landscapes that are abundant with animals, flowers and leafy trees. They are dreamlike and surrealist, a place where life appears to be both thriving and threatened.

Born 1991, Puerto Real, Cádiz, Spain
Lives and works in Valencia, Spain

Education
2016
MA, Universitat Politècnica de Valéncia

2014
BA, Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia

Solo Exhibitions
2024
Steve Turner, Los Angeles (upcoming)

2023
La Montańa Más Cercana, Steve Turner, Los Angeles

2021
Nocturna, Demonio o Flor, Tuesday to Friday Gallery, Valencia

2016
Mensajes de algún código secreto, A del Arte Gallery, Zaragoza, Spain

2015
Pintura y Ansiedad, CuidArt Room Marina Salud Hospital, Dénia, Alicante, Spain

2014
Elipsis pictórica, C.M.J., Mesón de Morella, Valencia

Group Exhibitions
2023
Untitled, Miami Beach (with Steve Turner)

2022
Kiaf, Seoul (with ELIGERE)
The Breakfast Club, Eligere, Seoul

2020
II Biennial of Painting Mª Isabel Comengé, Las Atarazanas, Valencia

2019
Ciudad de Manises National Painting Prize, EL ARTE-MUMAF, Valencia
Hybrid Art Fair, Madrid

2018
Art Marbella, Málaga, Spain
Art Public, University of Valéncia

2017
Capital Animal, El Carmen Cultural Center, Valencia
PAM! PAM! 17, IVAM Institut Valenciá d’Art Modern, Valencia
Una Mirada Crítica al Pasado de la Escuela, University of Sevilla, Spain

2016
XXV Vila de Paterna Painting Biennial, Antonio Ferrandis, Paterna, Valencia
IV Mardel Painting Call, El Carmen Cultural Center, Valencia
Emakimono, Encapsulados Project, Embassy of Spain in Tokyo
TOTAL Museum, Seoul
PAM! 16, IV Mostra de Produccions Artístiques i Multimèdia, Universitat, Politècnica de València
Odone DKV Prize for Plastic Arts, Frax Cultural Foundation, L’Alfas del Pi, Alicante, Spain

2015
100×100 2nd Edition, A del Arte Gallery, Zaragoza

2014
100×100, A del Arte Gallery, Zaragoza
Summer Song, Mostra d’Art Contemporani, Espai d’Art de l’Ajuntament de Benidorm, Alicante

Awards
2019
National Painting Prize, City of Manises, Valencia

2018
Art Public Award, university of Valéncia

2015
Odone Plastic Arts Award, DKV Art & Health Cátedra, Valencia

Bibliography
2021
“Spotlight: Marina Iglesias,” She Performs, May