NURIA VERNACCI
Throughout my childhood, the smell of turpentine and oil paint permeated the air. I come from a proud line of artists from whom I keep alight the legacy. As a painter, I have worked with the notoriously difficult subject, among others, of contemporary portrait. Among my works are portraits of the Infantas Doña Leonor and Doña Sofía as well as Her Majesty Queen Sofía. Having studied at the School of Applied Arts and Crafts as well as some well-known workshops in Madrid, I have a well-developed and varied web of professional connections. From the Faculty of Fine Arts in the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, I have friends from the 88th formation with whom I participated in contests and exhibitions in several Spanish galleries. Via these connections, I had the opportunity to travel to Los Angeles for 2 months, gaining a deep knowledge of American Art at the University of Los Angeles. Further along in my career, I was lucky enough to study with the well-known and highly-lauded academic, D. José S. Carralero. Moreover, I attended a meeting held by the famous D. Manuel Alcorlo at the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando. At the same point in my career, I opened my own painting workshop where I taught painting and drawing as well as portraiture at the Spanish Association of Painters and Sculptors—where I held a position on the Board of Directors from 2008 to 2011-. As an artist wildly and endlessly impassioned by nature, I render works with a central focus on the combination of children and animals. Implementation of collage as a compositional element in these works elevates them to a new level of intrigue and mystery. I have had a long and successful career with multiple awards to my credit.
AWARDS
2016 First Prize XVI National Painting Competition, Sotillo de la Adrada 2016. Ávila.
2014 First Prize XLIV Painting Contest Villa de Madridejos. Toledo.
Medal of Honor XIV National Painting Competition, Sotillo de la Adrada. Avila.
2013 Selected 80th Salón de Otoño (Autumn Salon). Casa de Vacas. Retiro Park. Madrid.
Selected City of Alcázar XII International Painting Competition. Alcázar de San Juan.
2012 Gold Medal Roberto Fernández-Balbuena, Drawing Prize at the 79th Autumn Salon, Casa de Vacas. Parque de El Buen Retiro. Madrid.
2008 First Prize of Drawing, V Francisco Revelles Contest of Drawing and Engraving. Colmenar Viejo. Madrid.
2007 First Prize VI "Lorenzo Aguirre" Plastic Arts Contest, Drawing Mode. Madrid.
Honorable Mention III Contest Quick Painting, Gotarrendura. Ávila.1998 Second Prize VII Painting Contest Lawyers´ Association .
1997 Honorable Mention VII Quick Painting Contest of Ávila.
1994 First Prize, I Painting Contest of Boadilla del Monte. Madrid.
Second Prize Contest Villa de Mohernando94. Guadalajara.
Finalist I José Cubero "Yiyo"Contest Painting. Colmenar Viejo. Madrid.
Selected Army Awards 94. Madrid.
1993 Honorable Mention, XII Casimiro Sainz Painting Contest, Reinosa. Cantabria.
Selected Air Army Awards. Madrid.
1992 First Prize XII Círculo Catalán from Madrid Contest.
First Prize III Villa Valdemoro Painting Contest. Madrid.
Honorable Mention III Painting Competition, Ponferrada Tennis Club. León.
1991 First Prize XVI Villa de Riaza International Competition. Segovia.
First Accesit Gredos Painting Competition. Arenas of San Pedro. Avila.
Second Prize Manuel Viola National Painting Competition. Colosseum Carlos III. S. Lorenzo de El Escorial.
SCHOLARSHIPS
1991 Scholarship for painters. Fundación Rodríguez Acosta. Granada.
1992 Grant for Painters of the City of O Barco de Valdeorras (Orense).
INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS
2017 Small histories of the World. Traveling exhibition in six cities and towns from Ávila county.
2016 Small histories of the World. Torreón de los Guzmanes, Ávila. / Creatures. Secrets of India. Madrid
Paper and feathers*. Huerta de El Retiro. With Ignacio Sevilla. Retiro Park. Madrid. *Spanish pun
2012 Plastic Arts Exhibition 2012. Palace of Nations, Geneva, Switzerland (Collect.)
2011 Gallery Xeito. Madrid. / Culture House, Becerril de la Sierra. Madrid
2007 Culture House, Navacerrada. Madrid. / Museum Marina Gómez. Alaraz. Salamanca.
2006 FACES AND VOICES II, Caja Ávila. El Tiemblo. Ávila. / FACES AND VOICES III, Caja Madrid. Ciudad Real.
2004 FACES AND VOICES I. The Art Atellier. Madrid.
2001 Museo D'Urgell. Tàrrega. Lleida.
1998 Museo D'Urgell. Tàrrega. Lleida
1996 Milan Gallery. Madrid. / Conde Toreno Palace. Cangas de Narcea. Asturias.
1995 Pilar Barrios Gallery. Madrid.
1994 Orfila Gallery. Madrid.
1992 El Almudí Showroom. Cuenca. / Renoir Gallery. Zaragoza.
COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS
Enigma Picasso Project, and creator of Heroines of Time. Chaos and Creation and in the galleries Kreisler, Nolde, Xeito, Alexandra Irigoyen, Recoletos, Arlés, Milan, Zenhid, Balboa 13, Duayer, Infantas, CC22, Sala Juan de Villanueva (Aranjuez), Palencia: Art Fair, Sala del Círculo Católico (Burgos), Seville: Art Fair, Medieval Watchtowe in Langa de Duero (Soria); Alcoy, Alicante; Monasterio de Carracedo, León and Sala Domus Artis, El Toboso (Ciudad Real).
PERMANENT WORK
Palace of Zarzuela, Madrid; Museum of Contemporary Art of Ayllón, Segovia; Museum D'Urgell, Tàrrega (Lleida); Marina Gómez Museum, Alaraz (Salamanca); Conde Toreno Palace, Cangas de Narcea (Asturias); Contemporary Art Museum Casa Spinola, Azuaga (Badajoz); Los Serrano Palace (Ávila); Ayuntamientos de Riaza (Segovia), Arenas de San Pedro y El Tiemblo (Ávila), San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Valdemoro, Colmenar Viejo, Boadilla del Monte (Madrid), Mohernando (Guadalajara) y Langa de Duero (Soria) and in private collections around Europe, Turkey and USA.