Water 4
Montse Herrera
Acrylic on canvas
Original Painting, 80 x 80 x 3.5 cm
Montse Herrera
About Montse Herrera
Graduated in Mural painting, at the School of Plastic Arts and Artistic Trade “Llotja”, Barcelona
Master degree in Fine Arts, Faculty of Barcelona
2000, Second prize in the “La Rambla” painting contest
Exhibitions2001, Collective exhibition, Barcelona, Espai Pere Pruna
2001, Collective exhibition, París, Espace Beaujon
2002, Collective exhibition, Herne, Emschertal-Museum
2003, Special guest, París, Galerie Maurice Ravel
2004, Individual exhibition, Barcelona, Galeria Artsplastika
2007, Collective exhibition, Barcelona, Galeria Balmes
2008, Collective exhibition, Barcelona, Galeria Arts
2011-2014, Resident artist in Barcelona, Galeria Carré d’artistes
2014, Individual exhibition, Barcelona, Galeria El Catascopio
Since 2014, Resident artist in Barcelona, Galeria El Catascopio
2018, Borders Art Fair, Kelso
Since 2018 working with Ritchie Collins Gallery, Edinburgh
2019, Borders Art Fair, Kelso
Graphic designer and set designer2012, Mise-en-scène for ‘La corda fluixa’, Pirates Company
2013, Graphic design for ‘La filla del senyor Bianchi’, La Pell Company
2013, Mise-en-scène for ‘Els guapos son els raros’, Els raros Company
2015, Mise-en-scène for ‘Les supertietes’, BrifBrafBruf Company
About the Product
I have always been interested in the depiction of space and atmosphere, in how we interact with our environment, with the most direct of our surroundings: the air around us, which we breathe and touch without knowing it. My search is to make tangible the intangible.
This need to represent infinity has likely had a big impact on my way of painting. I work with overlapping layers, transparency, adding different shades to create a new set of tonalities and find textures that turn this space, this infinity, in something that we can almost touch and feel.
I do not seek to represent a particular and recognizable landscape, I want to create a dialogue with the viewer and his memory, and I believe that our memory uses all of our senses