I am a painter with strong expressiveness and impulse, capable of creating special atmospheres and magical details. I like to work guided by intuition and my own experiences and life events... experimenting with different techniques, I have focused my efforts and creativity on exploring water. In watercolor, water is used as the protagonist, which in turn invites us to enter my world and interpret it subjectively.
THE TECHNIQUE
Watercolor is a difficult and unique technique; it has something no other technique possesses: chance.
Any minimal condition can create unexpected situations. The pigment flows rebelliously in a sea of paper. In watercolor, water has the ability to represent itself and give life to everything it touches.
ARTISTIC CV
Beatriz de Bartolomé has to her credit more than a hundred exhibitions, both solo and collective, in Spain and abroad. She has also received several awards, among which the following stand out:
Selected at IWS in Ukraine 2020
Finalist in the Army Painting Awards 2019
Selected for the AEDA 75th Anniversary Exhibition “Women Painters”, Madrid
Selected for the 54th Queen Sofía Painting and Sculpture Prize 2019
Selected for the Estonia Watercolor Symposium 2019
Selected for the Bullfighting Exhibition at the Casino of Madrid 2018
Selected for the Colombia Biennial 2018
Selected for the Spring Salon 2018
Honorable Mention in the Sarmiento Painting Prize, La Seca 2018
Honorable Mention in the 54th San Isidro Competition 2017
Selected for the 53rd Queen Sofía Painting and Sculpture Prize
Selected for the 83rd Autumn Salon 2016
Honorable Mention in the Sarmiento Painting Prize, La Seca 2016
Selected for the 51st Queen Sofía Painting and Sculpture Prize 2016
Finalist in the Avignon International Watercolor Biennial
Finalist in the San Isidro Poster Competition 2016
Selected for the Spring Salon 2016
Selected for the Bullfighting Exhibition at the Casino of Madrid 2016
First Prize, Caballeros de Yuste Foundation Painting Award 2015
First Prize Gredos Painting Award 2015
Finalist in the Air Force Painting Award 2015
Finalist in the 53rd Army Painting Award 2015 (dry painting category)
Selected for the Bullfighting Exhibition at the Casino of Madrid 2015
Finalist in the San Isidro Poster Competition 2015
Selected for the 50th Queen Sofía Painting and Sculpture Prize 2015
Special Mention in the XVI International Watercolor Contest Juan Fontanal 2015
Special Mention in the XV International Watercolor Contest Juan Fontanal 2014
Finalist in the 52nd Army Painting Award 2014 (dry painting category)
Selected for the Bullfighting Exhibition at the Casino of Madrid 2014
Selected for the San Isidro Poster Competition 2014, Madrid
Selected for the Osuna Bullfighting Painting Competition 2014
Selected for the Francisco Revelles Watercolor Competition, Colmenar Viejo 2014
First National Painting Prize AEFLA 2013
Special Mention in the XIV Watercolor Contest Juan Fontanal 2013
First Prize in the Galapagar Holy Week Poster Competition 2013
First Prize XI Quick Painting Contest Alcalá de Henares 2013
Finalist VI International Watercolor Biennial Ateneo Jovellanos, Gijón 2013
First Prize Public Vote X Quick Painting Contest Alcalá de Henares 2012
First National Painting Prize AEFLA 1999
She has participated in important international fairs in Paris, Avignon, Brussels, Rome, Miami, Estonia, and Colombia.
Her work is part of various national collections, as well as public institutions and private companies, including the City Councils of Alcalá de Henares and Arenas de San Pedro, the Royal Academy of Pharmacy of Madrid, and the Casa de Cantabria in Madrid.
She also collaborates as an illustrator with her drawings and watercolors in different publications and specialized magazines such as TAURODELTA, Avance Taurino, the Bilbao Bullfighting Club, “Semblanza de ilustres” by Carlos Camino, “Colección particular”, “La lira de Tirteo” by José Félix Olalla, “Empieza la fiesta” by Myriam Bartolomé, and “Antología de la Poesía Taurina” by Salvador Arias, prologued by Alfonso Ussía.