Anna Ventura

Ana Pérez Ventura is a Spanish-French visual artist and pianist based in Paris.

Education Pérez Ventura studied fine arts at the University of Vigo in Spain, where she completed her degree in painting (1999–2004). She later trained in music at the Conservatory of Vigo, earning a degree in piano (2003–2008). She went on to complete a master’s degree in music with a focus on music and visual arts at Sorbonne University in Paris between 2009 and 2011.

Career

Art Her artistic practice is closely connected to her parallel career in music, as she is both a visual artist and a pianist. Her work establishes original correspondences between art and music, while exploring the relationships between time, space, and the concept of repetition. Since 2007, Pérez Ventura has been working on a long series entitled Études, which references musical studies. In 2010, works from this series were presented in a solo exhibition at the Colegio de España, Cité Internationale Universitaire de Paris, in Paris, France. In 2012, She presented her second exhibition Le temps comme espace at the Sorbonne University, featuring twenty works from her Études series. Her painting Étude n.º 187, received the Artension Prize in Paris, in 2014. The acrylic on canvas was displayed at the Salon des Réalités Nouvelles.

In 2025, Pérez Ventura was featured by Art Madrid among the 20 Women Artists You Need to Know at Art Madrid’25.

Music Alongside her visual art practice, Pérez Ventura has pursued a career as a pianist. She has participated in performance cycles such as the “Teresa Berganza” concert series, Festival “Xeración 2000+8” (Vigo, Spain). Pérez Ventura performs with the Spanish pianist Ángel Álvarez. In 2012, they established the piano duo Catalicia in Paris. The four-hand piano duo performs regularly in France and Spain.

Exhibitions

Solo

2012: Le temps comme espace, Research Center of the Sorbonne University, Paris, France 2013: Espace et répétition, Maison des Étudiants Suédois, Cité internationale universitaire de Paris, Paris, France 2017: La Mesure du Temps, H Gallery, Paris, France 2022: Sincronía. Tempo e xesto. Ana Pérez Ventura – Gonzalo Sellés Lenard, Museo do Mar de Galicia, Vigo, Spain 2023: Medindo o xesto. Trazando o tempo. Ana Pérez Ventura – Gonzalo Sellés Lenard, Centro Cultural Marcos Valcárcel, Ourense, Spain 2024: ONE, Maus Contemporary, Birmingham, Alabama, USA

Group

2015: NordArt 2013, Kunstwerk Carlshütte, Büdelsdor, Germany 2018: 365 Artists 365 Days Project: The Show, The Frank Juarez Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA 2022: Cruzamentos na arte galega da Colección CGAC, CGAC, Santiago de Compostela, Spain 2023: RN Paris Kyoto, Kyoto International Community House, Kyoto, Japan 2024: Intention Non-Intention III, Wu Dengyi Art Museum, Taipei, Taiwan 2025: Correspondencias: José María de Labra, Centro Obra Social ABANCA, Santiago de Compostela, Spain 2026: Line / Space, Maus Contemporary, Birmingham, Alabama, USA Public collections

Birmingham Museum of Art Wiregrass Museum of Art Paul R. Jones Museum of American Art, University of Alabama

Grants and awards

2023: Salon des Réalités Nouvelles, Prix Fondation Taylor, France 2014: Salon des Réalités Nouvelles, Prix Artension, France 2010-2012: Pedro Barrié de la Maza Foundation, grant, Spain 2009-2010: Segundo Gil Dávila Foundation, grant, Spain