New cosmogonies I
(Seville, Spain 1975)
Mixed media on panel. 135 x 110 cm. (53 x 43 in.) 2023
Valdecasas’ first exhibition took place in the Galería Imperdible of Seville where she displayed her drawings and pastels amongst the work of other young artists. In 1998, Isabelita furthered he r study of art in London where she took a course in fine arts and antiquities at Christie’s Auction House. This auction house was Valdecasas’ workplace for one year afterwards in the topographical pictures department. She continued her work at Christie’s in their Madrid location for the bids department. While working, she managed to study painting techniques in 2002 to complement all that she had learned at work. Meanwhile, Valdecasas maintained her devotion to her practice by continuing to paint on the side.
Isabelita’s work for Christie’s concluded in 2003 when she took on painting as her full time practice – starting mainly with murals, trompe-l’oeil, and wall decorations that are currently displayed in Spain and Italy. However, she began to grow tired of her figurative paintings and landscapes and felt the necessity to break away from the chains of “tidiness” and embrace a more chaotic approach to art. It was around these years that Valdecasas experimented with colors and textures to create more abstract works. 2010 was the year that Isabelita Valdecasas fully embraced her exploration for abstract art, painting more of what she really wanted than ever before, sacrificing her murals.
Currently, Valdecasas is painting mainly abstract works in her village studio in Valdeberdeja, Toledo where she can be inspired by the nature, wilderness, and the music of her surroundings. Her works were featured in a show at the UBS Collection and they can be found in such notable collections as the Gregorio Maranon Collection and the Duke of Alba Collection.
Exhibitions:
2021 – Galería Soraya Cartategui Fine Art, ArtMadrid, Madrid, España
2021 – Espacio Garaje Lola, Exposición Individual “Los espacios vacíos y otros impertinentes inacabados”, Madrid, España
2021 – Galería Soraya Cartategui Fine Art, Estampa, Madrid, España
2021 – Galería Soraya Cartategui Fine Art, Feriarte, Madrid, España
2021 – Sala Studio Hache – Exposición individual “Texturas y Cosmogonías”, Sevilla, España2022 – Galería Soraya Cartategui Fine Art, JustMadrid, Madrid, España
2022 – Galería ATM, Arco, Madrid, España
2022 – Galería Soraya Cartategui Fine Art, JustLx, Lisboa, Portugal
2022 – Galería Soraya Cartategui Fine Art, Estampa, Madrid, España
2022 – Galería Soraya Cartategui Fine Art, Feriarte, Madrid, España
2020 – Katara Cultural Village – Collective exhibition “Encounters”, Doha, Qatar
2019 – Alberto Alcázar Gallery – Collective exhibition “Un día es un día”, Madrid, Spain
2019 – Soraya Cartategui Fine Art, Feriarte, Madrid, Spain
2019 – Soraya Cartategui Fine Art, Estampa, Madrid, Spain
2019 – Soraya Cartategui Fine Art, ArtMadrid, Madrid, Spain
2018 – Soraya Cartategui Fine Art, Feriarte, Madrid, Spain
2018 – Soraya Cartategui Fine Art, Estampa, Madrid, Spain
2018 – Soraya Cartategui Fine Art, Affordable Art Fair, New York, USA
2018 – Meninas Madrid Gallery, Obra pública del Ayuntamiento de Madrid, Spain
2018 – Soraya Cartategui Fine Art, Almoneda Antik Passion, Madrid, Spain
2018 – Soraya Cartategui Fine Art, ArtMadrid, Madrid, Spain
2017 – 2018 – Horizontes y Cosmogonías, Galería YNOT, Madrid, Spain
2017 – Soraya Cartategui Fine Art, Estampa, Madrid, Spain
2016 – Soraya Cartategui Fine Art, Affordable Art Fair, New York, USA
2016 – HUMAN NATURE Exhibition. Fundación Johnson & Johnson Fundation, New Jersey.
2016 – Soraya Cartategui Fine Art, Estampa, Madrid, España
2016 – Soraya Cartategui Fine Art, Spring Masters, New York, USA
2016 – Soraya Cartategui Fine Art, Affordable Art Fair New York, USA
2015 – Cosmogonías II. Sala de exposiciones de UBS, Madrid, Spain
2014 – Colectiva de Artistas de Espacio 51, Galería Espacio 51, Madrid, Spain
2013 – ´Rayas’ y ‘Asuntos de familia’. Galería Espacio 51, Madrid, Spain
2012 – ‘Cosmogonías’, Sala La Vaquería, Madrid, Spain
2011 – Summer Exhibition, Collective. Sotogrande, Cádiz, Spain
2010 – Collective with Rocío Parladé and Jose Solís in Habana 24, Madrid, Spain
1997/8 – Colectiva de jóvenes artistas, sala imperdible, Seville, Spain
Collections and fundations:
Colección Alba, Madrid, España
Colección Roccafort, Londres, UK
Colección Motilla, Sevilla, España
Colección Albada Jelgersma, Ámsterdam
Colección Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, España
Colección UBS, Madrid, España
Colección Caylus, Madrid, España