Carmen Calvo

CARMEN CALVO (Valencia, 1950).
"Still life", 1991.
Silkscreen on paper. Copy 82/100.
Signed, dated and numbered in pencil.
Measurements: 75 x 56 cm.
Carmen Calvo studied at the Schools of Arts and Crafts and Fine Arts in Valencia, and graduated in advertising in 1970. She would later broaden her training thanks to grants from the Ministry of Culture (1980), the Casa de Velázquez in Madrid (1983-85) and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, for her residence in Paris (1985-92). Around this time Calvo began to be recognised, receiving distinctions such as the 1st LaSalle Seiko Painting Prize in Barcelona (1985), the Alfons Roig Prize from the Diputación Valenciana (1989), a scholarship at the 1st Martínez Guerricabeitia Biennial of the University of Valencia (1989), and selection for the 47th Venice Biennial (1997). The artist had begun her exhibition activity in 1969, taking part in a group show held at the Círculo Universitario in Valencia. She made her solo debut in 1976 at the Temps gallery in her native city, and since then she has shown her work individually in various cities in Spain and the United States, as well as in other countries in Europe, America and Africa. Works by Carmen Calvo can currently be seen in art institutions, museums and private collections all over the world, including the Guggenheim Museum in New York, the Reina Sofía in Madrid, the Marugame Hirai in Kobe, the MACBA in Barcelona, the Fonds National d'Art Contemporain in Paris, the IVAM in Valencia, the Chase Manhattan Bank collection in New York, etc.