Maria Perello

Maria Perello was born in 1961 in Sabadell near Barcelona. Between 1974 and 1978 she took drawing and painting classes in the studio of Ferràn Martí in Sant Cugat del Vallès (Barcelona). Between 1979 and 1980, she studied graphic design at the Escola Eina, Vallvidrera. She graduated from the University of Fine Arts Sant Jordi, Barcelona in 1982. She works in a graphic design studio in Girona.

She has exhibited her work, since 1996 in Spain and since 2011 in France and Germany. Her current work focuses on swimmers, movement and water effects. Thanks to her perfect mastery of painting (Oil in a medium sometimes enhanced by a silver foil), she is able to depict her work from different angles.

Her swimmers are weightless, light and completely in their element. We even feel an urge to touch the refreshing water and to try their happiness. The subject is unique but each piece is different, reworked endlessly. It exudes a gentle, happy, sunny atmosphere, giving the viewer a desire to dive in...