Carmen Selves

Carmen Selves (born Maria Carmen Selvas Baltierrez on January 4, 1931 in Manresa) is a contemporary Catalan painter.

Biography Carmen Selves was born in Manresa. The daughter of Joan Selvas i Carner and Carmen Baltierrez i Clotet, she lived during the post-war period at the start of her career, being completely outside any political orientation but suffering from the consequences of the situation.

Specialized in portrait and oil painting, and a pianist, she enter the Reial Acadèmia Catalana de Belles Arts de Sant Jordi in Barcelona 1952, where she obtains her diploma in 1955. Her first oil paintings were completed when she was 9 years old, and were influenced by her mother who possessed artistic gifts. In 1979, she obtained a diploma in archeology at the University of Barcelona. She also worked at Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya. Artquest, Arteinformado, Artelista, DeviantArt, Agora Gallery, Cuadros de una exposición and others. The result of this continuous marketing effort has grown her popularity. Carmen Selves is a painter who could be classified chronologically as belonging to the Spanish school of the mid-20th century, but well into the 21st century, she is still an active and innovative painter.

Private life

Married to Josep Maria Vicente Esforzado, she had four children. Her many obligations made her presence rare in the world of exhibitions between 1957 and 1994.

Evolution of works style First a portrait painter in the first stage of her career, she has a style halfway between expressionism figurative and impressionism. Recently her portraits and vision are more symbolists and she uses other techniques besides oil painting: murals, ceramics, acrylics and others. She participates graphically and in other forms (scripts, voice, directing, production, etc.) in the creation of computerized animations in an unusual style and even created a video game in which the themes provide a positive message. She also creates landscapes (marine, rural, floral, and animal), urban themes, and still life. She illustrates interactive children's books of which she herself publishes limited editions.

Exhibitions The works of Carmen Selves have been shown, so far, in 18 solo exhibitions and 26 group exhibitions. Carmen Selves has exhibited in Finland, Spain, France, Italy, Japan, and the United States among others. 2014 : New York Agora Gallery 2015 : Museum Gustavo de Maeztu of Estella 2011 : Galeria ESART 2017 : Galeria ESART 2021 : Artexpo New York 2021