Paloma Navares facts for kids
Paloma Navares (born 1947) is a Spanish artist. She creates art using many different forms. These include sculpture, photography, video, and sound. She often combines these to make "installations." An installation is a type of art you can walk around or experience. Her art often explores what it means to be a woman. She also looks at how women have been shown in art throughout history. Other ideas in her work include beauty, growing older, and different ways of thinking.
Paloma Navares was born in Burgos, Spain, in 1947. Today, she lives and works in two cities in Spain: Madrid and Alicante.
Early Works and Collaborations
Navares began her art career in 1979. In the mid-1980s, she created pieces like Seravan; A Song for a Fallen Tree and Origin and Moonlit Nights. These artworks were shown in art centers and museums across Europe. Later, in 1997 and 1998, she designed the scenery for two shows. These were The House of Forgetfulness and Bodies of Shadow and Light. She worked with a company called Lanonima Imperial for these projects.
In 2004, she designed the stage for an opera called Juana. This opera was first performed in 2005. It took place at the Opera House in Halle. Since starting her career, Paloma Navares has shown her art in over one hundred places worldwide. Her work has also been featured at many art fairs and biennials.
Awards and Recognition
Paloma Navares has received important awards for her art. In 2018, she won the MAV Prize. This award is given by Women in the Visual Arts. It recognized her many contributions over a long career.
More recently, in 2024, the ENAIRE Foundation honored her. She received the Trayectoria Prize. This award celebrates a lifetime dedicated to creating art. The foundation noted her unique way of exploring the "feminine universe." They also organized a special exhibition of her work. This show was held at the Royal Botanical Garden of Madrid.
See also
In Spanish: Paloma Navares para niños
