Lucia Gomez, (b. 1986 in Valencia) is a Spanish artist based in Mallorca, Spain. She finished her MFA Arts & Humanities at the Duncan of Jordanstone College of Arts (UK) with Distinction in 2018. She has exhibited internationally since completing her BA (Hons) in Fine Arts in 2011 at the Polytechnic University of Valencia.
She has been a member of the prestigious Glasgow Print Studio as well as the London collectives such as The Riversive Artists Group and Free Painters and Sculptors.
Her paintings have been selected for curated shows and competitions like the Lynn Painters-Steiner Prize and twice for the RA Summer Exhibition. She had her work exhibited at the Fitzrovia Gallery, Mall Galleries, The Menier Gallery in London as well as The Royal Scottish Academy in Edinburgh and other venues in Madrid, Mallorca and Valencia. Her work has been shortlisted for The Columbia Threadneedle Prize, awarded with The Stern Prize for Figurative Painting and has been published by The Times.
She has also worked as a volunteer at the Koestler Trust assisting the team with their famous award. Her work as contributor has been published in the Spanish magazine for contemporary art and design 100Grados Fanzine.
Statement
My work reflects upon the relationship mankind has with her surroundings and with nature.
I seek well-being through the arts exploring the connection one has with the landscape, from the vastness of mountains and wide open skies to the beauty of a simple flower; how getting submerged within forests nourishes the senses, the soul and imagination. Expanding this concept with a holistic approach allows the making of art to heal, building a shelter from the rush we live with nowadays.
My landscape series are filled with the vibrant colours of the Mediterranean, suffused in light, suggesting organic forms offering spaces that invite the viewer to breathe and to contemplate, discovering a new vision in the painting in their own time. The results are images that emerge from a mixture of memories, desires and dreams I have about nature and special places.
CV
Education
2017 – 2018 MFA Arts & Humanities at the Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art at the University of Dundee, Distinction
2006 – 2011 Long Cycle Degree (BA (Hons)) in Fine Arts at the St Charles Faculty of Fine Arts at the Polytechnic University of Valencia
Selected courses
2020 – 2022 Technical Nursing Assistant, Adema, Palma of Mallorca
2016 – 2018 TURPS Correspondence Course, under tuition of Covadonga Valdés
2015 Level 3 Award in Education and Training (Previously PTLLS)
2015 Chinese Brush Painting at School of Traditional Arts, London
2015 Transmedia Storytelling at London College of Communication
2014 Financial and Legal Concepts for the Art World at Sotheby’s, London
2014 Curatorial Procedures, Exhibition Design and Marketing at Node Centre for Curatorial Studies, Berlin
Prizes
VIII Premi Vila de Santanyí Francisco Bernareggi d’Arts Visuals 2020 (Finalist)
Summer Exhibition Royal Academy of Arts 2018 (Exhibited)
The Columbia Threadneedle Prize 2018 (shortlisted)
Stern Prize for Figurative Painting 2016
Colin Dakers Memorial Prize 2016 – Commended
Summer Exhibition Royal Academy of Arts 2016 (Exhibited x2)
Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize 2016 (Finalist x2)
Roy Rasmussen Award 2016 – Honourable Mention
Press
Adviento. El arte no tiene miedo, by Esteban Mercer, Última Hora, pp. 5 y 6, 6 of December, 2020
Aesthetica Artists’ Directory Issue 2, Aesthetica Magazine, 2019
Connecting with Art at the Tatha Gallery in Newport by Michael Alexander, The Courier, May 19th, 2017
Art Maze Magazine Issue 2, Guest Curator: Beers London, March 2017
Visual art: Fly 2016 at RSA, Edinburgh by Giles Sutherland, The Times, December 8th, 2016
Summer Exhibition Illustrated 2016, pp. 22 and 147, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 2016
Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize Exhibition Catalogue, 2016
Fresh Paint Magazine International Issue 11, Guest Curator: Herrick Gallery, February 2016
Selected Exhibitions
2023
Espacio Infinito, Galería MA Arte Contemporáneo, inauguración 30/03, Palma de Mallorca (Solo)
TransFormArte, Un libro dos vidas, Ca’n Garau, inauguración 31/03, Sencelles
2022
TransFormArte, Un libro dos vidas, Galería MA Arte Contemporáneo, Palma de Mallorca
Paraiso Inmediato, Ses Cases Noves, Santanyi (Solo)
Wanderlust, Casa El Terreno – Bellver, Palma de Mallorca (Solo)
XI Exposición Internacional Museo Virtual Mundoarti
2020
VIII Premi Vila de Santanyí Francisco Bernareggi d’Arts Visuals 2020, Ses Cases Noves, Santanyi
2018
FPS 2018, Muse Gallery, London
Beyond the Masters, West Ward Works, Dundee
MFA Show, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Arts, Dundee (Solo)
Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2018, Saatchi Art
RA Summer Exhibition 2018, Royal Academy of Arts, London
2017
Winter Show, Tatha Gallery, Newport-on-Tay
A Free Moment – FPS Exhibition, OXO Tower Gallery, London
Connections, Tatha Gallery, Newport-on-Tay
Past, Present and Future, Dundee Print Collective, Sharing Not Hoarding at Slessor Gardens, Dundee
2016
Edition Three, Dundee Print Collective, WASPS, Dundee
Winter Exhibition, The Menier Gallery, London
Winter Exhibition, The Meffan Gallery, Forfar
FLY 2016 – Visual Arts Scotland, The Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
Auction for West London Action for Children, Christie’s, London
Cause and Effect, Tatha Gallery, Newport-on-Tay
Bad Behaviour Open 2016, Brixton East Gallery, London
Auction for Transplant Links, Landmark Arts Centre, London
Riverside Artists Group, La Grada, Madrid
Saatchi Art Artists at the Royal Academy 2016, Saatchi Art
RA Summer Exhibition 2016, Royal Academy of Arts, London
Riverside Artists Group, The Cavendish Centre, London<
Spring 16 – FPS Exhibition, The Fitzrovia Gallery, London
Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize Exhibition, Mall Galleries, The Mall, London
2015
Free Painters and Sculptors – Open Exhibition (FPS), Menier Gallery, London
ICADF – Islington Contemporary Art & Design Fair, Candid Arts Gallery, London
The End of Year Art Group Show, The Stables in Exile Gallery, London
Postcards, exhibition at ACAVA Studios, curated by Art West, London
Floral and Plants, curated exhibition, Saatchi Art
2012
Retrato sin rostro (Faceless Portrait), Concert Hall, Valencia
2011
Para cuento el nuestro (Our Story), La Minúscula Gallery, Valencia
Espais sonors (Sound spaces), Sala María Moliner, Valencia
Carteles FGV Fallas de Valencia 2011 (Poster Fallas of Valencia), Bailen station, Valencia
Artificial, naturalmente (Artificial, Naturally), cultural centre Al-Russafí of Ruzafa, Valencia
2010
Dia Mundial contra el SIDA (World AIDS Day), Politechnic University of Valencia
Carteles Máster en Producción Artística (Posters MA Artistic Production), Faculty of Fine Arts of Valencia
2009
Moneda al aire (Flipping a Coin), short film presentation, Faculty of Fine Arts, Valencia
2007
Ephemeral Art, cultural centre of Alginet, Valencia
2006
La Forma, encuentro de sensibilidades (The Form, Encounter of Sensitivities), cultural centre of Benimaclet, Valencia