Popeye by Amparo Dominguez

Amparo Dominguez Biography

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Amparo Dominguez was born in 1968 in Spain. Dominguez holds a Fine Arts degrees from the University of Valencia, Spain. There she met another fine arts student, Jesus Llopis. They immediately started creating together. This this unique collaborative partnership and relationship continued to grow. They married and their work together continued to evolve. Dominquez and Llopis further developed their creative work which led to diverse exhibitions in Italy and Spain. In time, they founded their artistic group “Trafic d’Art” which conceptualizes and creates artwork as a team. Amparo is a multidisciplinary artist, painter, and sculptor. One of her primary subjects are torn comic paintings. Here Amparo shows two of her passions, comics and classic retro advertising. In her last year at the University she worked as a graphic designer at an advertising agency. This experience augmented her interest in transforming iconic marketing and images. Amparo brings to the present a contemporary approach. The tears in her composition represent the passage of time. She masterly combines the beloved comic world with nostalgic billboard advertising from another era. Dominguez artworks are featured in many individual and collective exhibits and hang in private collections around the world. She also has been awarded several awards listed below.

Exhibitions and Awards:

1992 European Painting Prize. Exhibition and residence, Senigallia (Italy). 1993 Collective exhibition Cañada Blanch Foundation Painting and Printmaking, Rector Technical University of Valencia (Spain). 2002 Sala Quatre Cantons, Vilafames (Castellon) Spain Circulo de Bellas Artes de Valencia Spain 2004 "Malas Artes" Education and Culture Counseling, Castellon Spain 2005 Painting Biennial Meliana City, Valencia 2007 Engraving Prize, Foundation Sedesa 2011 Gallerrie Barnuin. Pierelatte France 2012 Sala Quatre Cantons, Vilafames Spain 2013 October Group Exhibition "Out of the Box" Galerie Kunst-Projekt Forma:t ǀ Bülowstr. 52 ǀ 10783 Berlin 2015 Sala Las Aulas, Diputación of Castellón 2016 October-November, Painting Biennial Eusebio Sempere, Onil, Alicante. 2017 -Take Away Contemporary Art Gallery, Peñiscola, Spain. – Sala Quatre Cantons, Vilafames, Spain. 2018 – Por Amor al Arte, Cuenca. 2019 – Museum of Contemporary Art MACVAC, Sala 30