Maru Quiñonero

Murcia, Spain, 1979

Me time 2 - 2023. Pencil on paper. 50 × 44.5 cm.

Reir y Bailar 16 - 2022. Pencil on paper. 35 × 30 cm.

C Bien - 2023. - Lacquered fiberglass. 40 x 40 x 21 cm.

La edad - 2023. Pencil on paper. 86 x 66 cm.

Habitaciones - 2023. Pencil on paper. 86 x 66 cm.

Paul Eluard - 2023. Pencil on paper. 72 x 57 cm.

Untitled - 2023. Pencil on paper. 72 x 57 cm.

The corner 1 - 2023. Pencil on paper. 84 x 72 cm.

The corner 2 - 2023. Pencil on paper. 84 x 72 cm

The space between 2 - 2023. Pencil on paper. 72 x 52 cm.

A Bien - 2023. - Lacquered fiberglass. 40 x 40 x 24 cm.

B Bien - 2023. - Lacquered fiberglass. 40 x 45 x 25 cm.

C Bien - 2023. - Lacquered fiberglass. 40 x 40 x 21 cm.

Paisaje 2 - 2023. Acrylic on paper. 90 x 140 cm.

The lesson never over 2- 2023. Pencil on paper. 70 x 90 cm.

Reir y Bailar 9 - 2022. Pencil on paper. 36 x 31 cm.

Reir y Bailar 11 - 2022. Pencil on paper. 36 x 31 cm.

Song 1 - 2022. Pencil on paper. 84 x 64 cm.

Los amigos 2 - 2022. Acrylic on canvas. 120 x 100 cm.

Los amigos 1 - 2022. Acrylic on canvas. 120 x 100 cm.

Untitled - 2022. Pastel on paper. 83 x 64 cm.

Untitled - 2022. Pastel on paper. 70 x 55 cm.

About

Murcia, 1979

Maru Quiñonero is the second of four siblings, a fun fact that justifies and defines her stoic, easy-going and mediator personality. Features that will be reflected in her work and in her creative process. Graduated in Art History from the University of Murcia in 2001. After a MA in Marketing and Fashion she gets a job at Condé Nast, the luxury publishing giant. But it will be around 2010 when she begins to approach the world of art and build her own creative universe.

This will be a decisive year for her due to two personal events: the overcoming of a depression and her arrival in Madrid. In this city and for the next eleven years Maru Quiñonero’s sensitivity flirts with collage and explores figurative illustration until she finds its greatest expressive exponent in abstraction. Since 2017 she has studied colour as the main element of her work. She also investigates the use of it in both classical and contemporary artists. She researches both the use that society gives to colour in pop culture and the emotional charge that lives beyond the material sense. As a self-taught artist, Maru runs away from limits when choosing techniques, materials and supports. And in a display of her stoic attitude, she makes virtue out of necessity. Making her lack of academic training in Fine Arts an advantage. Without theoretical prejudices or acquired vices, she feels free and turns her mistake into a chance of her own creation.

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SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Upcoming, Alzueta Gallery, Madrid, Spain (2025)
Upcoming, Voltz Clarke Gallery, New York, USA (2024)
De Mica en Mica, Alzueta Gallery, Palau Casavells, Casavells, Spain (2024)
QY2023 · Duo show, Alzueta Gallery, Madrid, Spain (2023)
Reir y Bailar, Kitsuné Gallery, New York, USA (2023)
Con Ruido, No Veo, Yiri Arts, Taipei, Taiwan (2022)
Momento, Alzueta Gallery, Barcelona, Spain (2022)
The Need, Voltz Clarke Gallery, New York, USA (2022)
Bien, Alzueta Gallery, Madrid, Spain (2022)
Verso y Prosa, Alzueta Gallery, Barcelona, Spain (2021)
Lo Azul, Galería Álvaro Alcázar, Madrid, Spain (2020)
What If?, Voltz Clarke Gallery, New York, USA (2020)
Color and Vacuum, EG Galería, Madrid, Spain (2019)
Mujeres, EG Galería, Madrid, Spain (2017)
Treinta, EG Galería, Madrid, Spain (2016)
Ni Hadas ni Sirenas, Almacén Alquián, Madrid, Spain (2016)
La Mirada Educada, Passage Privé, Madrid, Spain (2015)
Proyecto Ellas, Passage Privé, Madrid, Spain (2014)
Welcome to Mariland, Passage Privé, Madrid, Spain (2013)

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
La Terre est Bleue Comme une Orange, Alzueta Gallery, Madrid, Spain (2023)
A Site, Alzueta Gallery, Madrid, Spain (2023)
Álbum de Familia, Alzueta Gallery, Madrid, Spain (2022)
Tienen Madera, Galería Álvaro Alcázar, Madrid, Spain (2021)
Visto y No Visto, Galería Álvaro Alcázar, Madrid, Spain (2021)
Un Día es un Día, Galería Álvaro Alcázar, Madrid, Spain (2019)
Post It, EG Galería, Madrid, Spain (2019)
En Paralelo, Galería Álvaro Alcázar, Madrid, Spain (2019)
Post It, EG Galería, Madrid, Spain (2018)
When You Are a Stranger, EG Galería, Madrid, Spain (2017)
Wall BDC, Galerie-Espace Le Marais, Paris, France (2014)
Wall BDC, The Walrus Hub, Barcelona, Spain (2014)

ART FAIRS
Estampa, Alzueta Gallery, Madrid, Spain (2024)
Zona Maco, Alzueta Gallery, Mexico City, Mexico (2024)
London Art Fair, Alzueta Gallery, London, UK (2024)
Art on Paper, Alzueta Gallery, Brussels, Belgium (2023)
Art Taipei, Yiri Arts, Taipei, Taiwan (2022)
Estampa, Alzueta Gallery, Madrid, Spain (2022)
Volta Art Fair, Alzueta Gallery, Basel, Switzerland (2022)
Art Paris, Alzueta Gallery, Paris, France (2022)
Intersect, Voltz Clarke Gallery, Palm Springs, USA (2022)
Art Paris, Alzueta Gallery, Paris, France (2021)
Art on Paper, Voltz Clarke Gallery, New York, USA (2021)
Art Santander, Galería Álvaro Alcázar, Santander, Spain (2021)
ARCO, Galería Álvaro Alcázar, Madrid, Spain (2021)
Art Madrid, Alzueta Gallery, Madrid, Spain (2021)
Estampa, Galería Álvaro Alcázar, Madrid, Spain (2021)
One Art Taipei, Yiri Arts, Taipei, Taiwan (2021)
Art Paris, Alzueta Gallery, Paris, France (2020)
Art Formosa, Yiri Arts, Kaohsiung, Taiwan (2020)
Art Madrid, Yiri Arts, Madrid, Spain (2020)
Whaaaaats Studio Opening, Yiri Arts, Taipei, Taiwan (2020)
Art Kaohsiung, Yiri Arts, Kaohsiung, Taiwan (2019)
The Other Art Fair, New York, USA (2019)
The Other Art Fair, London, UK (2019)
Art Future, Petit Morpho Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan (2019)
The Other Art Fair, London, UK (2018)
Art Fair Asia, Petit Morpho Gallery, Fukuoka, Japan (2018)
The Other Art Fair, Bristol, UK (2018)
Affordable Art Fair, Petit Morpho Gallery, Hong Kong, Hong Kong (2018)

RESIDENCIES
AGAR – Alzueta Gallery Artist Residency, La Bisbal d’Empordà, Spain (2024)
AGAR – Alzueta Gallery Artist Residency, La Bisbal d’Empordà, Spain (2022)