Soledad Sevilla
Soledad Sevilla Portillo (born 1944) is a Spanish painter, and installation artist; known for large-format paintings, featuring geometric abstraction and spatial installations. She lives in Granada, Spain.
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Soledad Sevilla

Juan García · Institut Valencià d'Art Modern · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Name
- Soledad Sevilla
- Birth Name
- Soledad Sevilla Portillo
- Born
- 1944
- Birthplace
- Valencia, Spain
- Education
- Reial Acadèmia Catalana de Belles Arts de Sant Jordi, Complutense University of Madrid
- Occupation
- Painter, installation artist
- Awards
- National Award for Plastic Arts (1993)
- Nationality
- Spain.
- Honours
- National Award for Plastic Arts, Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts and Velázquez Award for Plastic Arts.
- Languages
- Spanish.
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Soledad Sevilla Portillo (born 1944) is a Spanish painter, and installation artist; known for large-format paintings, featuring geometric abstraction and spatial installations. She lives in Granada, Spain.
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Biography
Biography
Soledad Sevilla studied at Reial Acadèmia Catalana de Belles Arts de Sant Jordi. The recorded working language is Spanish. Work by Soledad Sevilla is recorded in the collections of Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, MACBA Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art, Museu d'Art Jaume Morera, Institut Valencià d'Art Modern and Museo del Prado. Distinctions recorded are National Award for Plastic Arts, Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts and Velázquez Award for Plastic Arts.

Soledad Sevilla davant l'obra exhibida a la façana de l' IVAM el gener del 2019.
Juan García · Institut Valencià d'Art Modern
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Soledad Sevilla • Birth Name — Soledad Sevilla Portillo • Born — 1944 • Birthplace — Valencia, Spain • Education — Reial Acadèmia Catalana de Belles Arts de Sant Jordi, Complutense University of Madrid • Occupation — Painter, installation artist • Awards — National Award for Plastic Arts (1993) • Website — https: www.soledadsevilla.com/
Early life and education
Early life and education
Soledad Sevilla Portillo was born on 1944, in Valencia, Spain. She studied at the Reial Acadèmia Catalana de Belles Arts de Sant Jordi from 1960 to 1965, and continued her studies at the Computing Center of the Complutense University of Madrid from 1969 to 1971.
Career
Career
At the end of the 1960s she began her painting career, focused on abstract and geometric work. In the early 1980s she incorporated installations into her work. She was awarded the National Award for Plastic Arts in 1993. The Institut Valencià d'Art Modern in Valencia held a solo exhibition of her work in 2001. The Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía in Madrid held a solo retrospective exhibition of her work in 2024, Rhythms, Plots, Variables (Ritmos, tramas y variables). Her work is in museum collections, including at the Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art; and Museu d'Art Jaume Morera in Lleida, Catalonia.
Life and career
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Life and career
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1944
Soledad Sevilla born at Valencia.
Recognition and collections
Where the work is held
Recognition and collections
Soledad Sevilla received National Award for Plastic Arts, Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts and Velázquez Award for Plastic Arts.
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Primary material
Documents and archives
scholarly publication
- Sevilla, Soledad, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 2011
Institutional database
- Wikidata, structured authority record Q11703980: Soledad Sevilla
Scholarly · Wikimedia Foundation
authority file
- Gemeinsame Normdatei 5344166-7, Hermanidad Sacramental de María Santísima en su Soledad (Sevilla).
General reference · Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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scholarly publication
Sevilla, Soledad, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011Crossref registry
Institutional witnessInstitutional database
Wikidata, structured authority record Q11703980: Soledad SevillaWikimedia Foundation
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Gemeinsame Normdatei 5344166-7, Hermanidad Sacramental de María Santísima en su Soledad (Sevilla).Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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Her recorded language was Spanish. She married José Miguel de Prada Poole. Recorded as having studied at Reial Acadèmia Catalana de Belles Arts de Sant Jordi. Works and catalogued output. Holdings and surviving copies.
Identity and origins
Activity and practice
Vélez Blanco III
1995 · Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía
Quizás más tarde (Maybe Later)
2006 · Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía
Sin título (Untitled)
1977 · Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía
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