Nerea Azanza

I call my vision: Art in expansion. I make figurative abstract paintings divided into modules. These figures, brought together in the form of installations, suggest the pieces of a puzzle that I try to connect using brightly colored compositions and precise organic freehand lines. I want to challenge the viewer's credulity in abstract art. To do this, I hand paint these machine quality high definition lines.

My art is about the moment, an innate rhythm where apparent complexity is reduced to a dynamic flow. I try to defy spatial limitations to show that the world is in motion. The beginning and the end of things always find a common point. In addition to disruptions and impermanence, the system shows a capacity for transformation that proves its resilience. Everything lives in expansion, differentiated and connected at the same time.

The study of Japanese aesthetics, the behavior of Mother Nature and the tribulations of the Human Condition are constant sources of inspiration. Joseph Albers, the hard-edge painting movement, the architecture of Zaha Hadid and contemporary parametric design are important influences.

I follow an intuitive and experimental artistic process. Without sketch support, each work begins with a small image that I gradually enlarge in space. They acquire a larger scale. It can be a portrait drawn with colored pencils, an embroidered black and white photograph, or a small collage that grows along the lines on the different modules. I mainly use water-based mixed media on paper, wood, linen and eco-friendly handmade textiles.