| On July 11,1968,
Rosa Canto was born in Alcoy, Alicante, Spain. Her artistic studies
began at the Fine Arts School in Alcoy. Later she continued her education
in Valencia at the San Carlos Fine Arts University.
Through hard work she has achieved merited success. Canto is a
master with paint. On her canvases she shapes her landscapes, infusing
them with the great flavor and character of her native country.
Her favored subjects are landscapes. Forgetting the romanticism
often seen, she looks for the nature and realism in her subjects.
She takes a visual picture of fields full of brilliantly colored
flowers or serene Spanish villages. Her goal is to be set apart
from the traditional subjects of the artists from her region, by
always portraying her homeland from her personal point of view.
Rosa Canto paints as she feels and she does not dwell upon the perfection
of each stroke. She considers her work to be a journey, one that
gets better with each piece that she paints.
Rosa Canto is a young artist and, therefore, has not participated
in many exhibitions. However, her work can be ford in private collections
in Spain and internationally.
Prizes and Mentions:
1998 First in "Casino Novelda," Alicante
She was selected in the "Agullo II and Art Biennal," Cocentaina
(Alicante)
Selected in the International Painting Prizes "Josep de Rivera,"
Jativa (Alicante)
1999 Selected in the "Nous Creadors" competition, Jativa
(Alicante)
Selected in the IV National Painting competition "Vendimia
Inicial de Oro" (Requena)
Honorable Mention in the "Casino Alicante" competition
2000 Selected in the "XVIII Eusebio Sempere International Competition"
Selected in the "Royal Premiere I International Competition"
One of her paintings was selected as the cover for the catalog of
the Alcoy Fine Arts
High School Exhibition
Selected in the "XXII Casimiro Sainz National Competition,"
Reinosa
Selected in the "V Painting Competition of the Gaceta Regional
Foundation,"
Salamanca
2001 Selected in the "VII Pastor Calpena Competition,"
Apse
First prize in photography
Exhibitions:
Rosa Canto participates every two years in the Alcoy Fine Arts High
School exhibitions
1998 Collective Exhibition to benefit the Saharaui people in the
"Industrial Club of Alcoy"
1999 Collective Exhibition in the "Puerta de Hierro Club,"
Alcoy
2000 Exhibition in the Alcoy Cultural Center
2001 "Arts per la pau" Collective Exhibition, Sala UNESCO,
Alcoy
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