MAR SOLÍS Origin

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MAR SOLÍS
Origin

Origin is a macro-installation of sculptures and drawings created by the artist Mar Solís, in which she asks us to look at our place in the Universe in a “different way” .

The works are presented as a triptych of three segments: “Dissymmetry”, “Gravitation” and “Energy”. They all share a genuinely sensory and abstract language, in which opposing concepts are entwined: symmetry and asymmetry, attraction and expansion, light and darkness, matter and antimatter, and a time in which present, past and future converge in the same temporal space.

One of the most striking features of this exhibition is the persistent presence of the curved line. “I combine complete circles with circular or elliptical lines that fragment, break, and attract each other to form new universes. They are atmospheres in a fragile balance, that place the viewer in an ambivalent state of space and time. My intention is to make the viewer feel out of place, to make him or her participate in the constant “before” or “after” of the original explosion, waiting for the next or the first disruptive moment, a time in eternal movement”, explains the artist. In this way, Origin sets out to explore the nature of the Universe through artistic matter, and to wander, in a simultaneous circular moment, through multiple juxtaposed realities that form a unique Everything.

Mar Solís (Madrid, 1967) is an artist who explores the intersections between the modern physics and art. Her sculptures, drawings, videos and performance art pieces explore themes related to the study of micro- and macro- space, rethinking, through various sensory experiences, our human perception of the reality of things.

Mar Solís (Madrid, 1967)
She holds a PhD in Fine Arts, specialising in sculpture, from the Complutense University of Madrid, and has been a lecturer at the Francisco de Vitoria University (UFV) since 2013. She has a master’s degree in Art and Creation from the UCM and another in Educational Accompaniment from the UFV. Thanks to the following grants and seminars, she is able to pursue her artistic and teaching career in parallel: Sculpture seminar given by Martin Chirino, 5th National Contemporary Art Week, Al-Norte Foundation (2006); Delfina Foundation Residency Grant, London, UK (2009); Engraving Grant, 27th Festival of Assilah, Morocco (2005); Visual Arts Scholarship of the Ville de Paris, Cité internationale des Arts, Paris, France (2004); CIEC Scholarship, Master of Graphic Art, Betanzos, A Coruña (2004); Visual Arts Scholarship of the Casa de Velázquez, Madrid (2003); Engraving Scholarship, 27th Assilah Festival, Morocco (2003); Sculpture seminar given by Martin Chirino. Marcelino Botín Foundation. Cantabria (1999).

Since 1997, she has organised several solo exhibitions, including such outstanding projects as "Principle of Uncertainty" (Principio de incertidumbre), Villanueva Pavilion, Royal Botanical Gardens of Madrid (2021); "The Line, the Curve, the Ellipse" (La Línea, la Curva, la Elipse), Valencian Institute of Modern Art (IVAM) (2012); "The Tale of Unknowing Island", Frost Art Museum, Miami (2011); "Encounters in Space" (Encuentros en el espacio), Eduardo Sívori Museum of Contemporary Art, Buenos Aires (2011); "Travel Logs Madrid - Damascus" (Cuadernos de viaje Madrid - Damsco), Instituto Cervantes in Damascus, Syria (2009); "The Vertices of Vibration" (Los vértices de la vibración), ARCO'09 Contemporary Art Fair, the El Mundo stand; "The Open Sky" (El cielo abierto), Barjola Museum, Gijón, Asturias (2009); "Selected Corners" (Rincones escogidos), Pimentel Palace, Valladolid (2005), among others.

Her work is on permanent display in numerous collections, including most notably: The BBVA Collection, the Masaveu Collection, the Autric-Tamayo Collection, the Alberto Jiménez de Arellano Alonso Foundation, the Valencian Institute of Modern Art (IVAM), the Madrid City Council, the Community of Madrid, the Ministry of the Environment and the Museum for the Blind. Among other awards, she has won the 2003 Generations Award for Sculpture (First Prize); the Radio Nacional de España Ojo Crítico-Segundo Milenio Award for the Plastic Arts; First Prize in the Caja de Extremadura International Sculpture Competition, and First Prize in the Mariano Benlliure Villa de Madrid Sculpture Competition. Her work can be found in several public spaces, such as the Park of the Charcones, Navalcarnero, Madrid; the Navacerrada House of Culture, Madrid; the Town Hall of Ceutí, Murcia; the Outdoor Sculpture Park, Kasklaumanen, Laponia; the Outdoor Sculpture Park, Kyonggido, South Korea.

Lorena Martínez de Corral has curated this exhibition.
She is an art historian, independent curator, artistic adviser and founder and director of the Actual Expo where she works as a curator, artistic advisor, art critic and communicator. A graduate of the Complutense University, she holds a master’s degree from the Institute of Fine Arts, NYU University and another from the Center for Creative Photography, Tucson, Arizona.

She has been a Plastic Arts consultant for the Community of Madrid and director of the Coca-Cola Foundation Collection. Director of Gioconda.com; exhibition coordinator for the Caja Madrid Foundation; assistant director of the 51st Venice Biennale 2005 and of the Pontevedra Biennale in 2000 and 2002. Winner of the Open Call for the Evaluation of the European Parliament’s Art Collection, and the Enaire Foundation’s Curatorial Competition. In recent years she has curated more than fifty exhibitions in museums and institutions in Spain, Portugal, Italy and Brazil. She has participated as a juror in numerous competitions, including the 2010 National Photography Prize, and is a member of the Advisory Committee of the Estampa Fair.

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