Rebeka Elizegi is a visual artist and graphic designer graduated from the Massana School of Art and Design in Barcelona.
Collage is the artistic medium she uses to develop her small, medium, and large format pieces, applying the classic manual collage technique and the exploration of diverse materials.
The female figure occupies an important place in her work, although she also focuses on issues such as gender diversity and other social issues. Images of bodies are also a constant in her work; The body understood as a space that oppresses, marks, and stigmatizes by color, age, or gender, which is so often a reason for submission, and which she tries to liberate through her compositions.
In parallel to exhibitions, which have an artistic and personal character, her collages have also illustrated many book and magazine covers, as well as records and posters.
She has published several illustrated books using the collage technique and is the author of the books Collage Therapy and Collage by Women (Hoaki Books), Collage Creativo (Alma Editorial) and Collage to Change the World (BIS Publishers).
She has worked for clients such as Alma – Obra Social de La Caixa, San Telmo Museum, Barcelona City Council, Lunwerg publishing house (Grupo Planeta), Gran Meliá Hoteles, A&G Private Banking, Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Sexto Piso publishing house, semFYC – Spanish Society of Family and Community Medicine, KM Cultural Centre, Argiartean Festival, Ma non Troppo (Redbook publishing house), Donostia Kultura, Joven Dolores or Jah Chango. In press she has collaborated with the newspapers La Vanguardia, Barcelona Metrópolis, Der Spiegel and Le Monde Diplomatique.
Her work has been exhibited in Barcelona, Madrid, San Sebastian, Los Angeles, Warsaw, Kyiv or Berlin, and some of her pieces are part of international private collections.
She has taught many artistic, cultural and social courses and workshops for institutions and spaces such as he Provincial Council of Gipuzkoa, the Provincial Museum Network of Lugo, Women Looking at Women, the Provincial Council of Bizkaia, the San Telmo Museum, the Thyssen-Bornemisza National Museum, the Formentera Council, the Library of Castilla la Mancha or UNED University. Together with researcher Paola Buedo, she is the creator of CollageMente, an initiative that proposes exploring mental health through the practice of collage.
She is member of the visual artists’ associations MAV, BNM, MMM and VEGAP. In 2022 she received the distinction“Outstanding Member of the Year” from the spanish association of women artists BNM.
Her work has been awarded with the Vegap 2021 Creation Grants and selected in different editions of the Visual Arts calls Mulier Mulieris or Pluri Identitats, among others. Her work has been featured in many publications specializing in art and collage.
· Collage to Change the World. (BIS Publishers 2024). Author of the book, text and illustrations.
· Un día en mi cabeza (Lunwerg Editores 2024 / Santi Balmes). Author of the illustrations.
· ETERNOS 27. El club de los malditos (Ma non Troppo – Redbook 2023 / David Luna). Author of the illustrations.
· Un fantasma en la garganta (Sexto Piso 2022 / Doireann ní Ghríofa). Cover illustration.
· Ethos Mental (Prometeo 2022 / Paola Buedo). Author of the illustrations.
· Collage Craetivo (Alma Editorial). Author of the book, text and illustrations.
· BEATNIK. A tribute to the poets of the beat generation (Fiasko Books 2020). Author of the book, text and illustrations.
· Collage firmado por Mujeres / Collage by Women (Promopress 2019 – spanish and english). Author and curator of the book.
· Collage Terapia / Collage therapy / La thérapie du collage (Promopress 2017 – Spanish, French, English and Italian). Author of the book, text and illustrations.
· i minuscule (Balivernes Editions 2013 – French). Author of the illustrations.
· Una flor de repuesto para mamá / Una flor de recanvi per a la mare (Takatuka 2011 – spanish and català) / Ordezko lore bat amarentzat (Denonartean 2011 – euskara). Author of the book, text and illustrations.
PRIVATE COLLECTIONS:
· RETROAVANGARDA GALLERY (Warsaw)
· DOUG + LAURIE KANYER ART COLLECTION (EEUU)
· MARIO VAQUERIZO (Spain)
· PABLO SYCET (Spain)
· COUPEE COLLAGE COLECTIVE (Belgium)
SELECTIONS AND AWARDS:
· Poster Stellars 2024: Poster DISSIDENTXS – SILVER WINNER – International festival
· Poster Stellars 2024: Poster TERRAS GAUDA finalist – International Festival
· Poster Stellars 2023: ARGIARTEAN poster finalist – International Festival
· Poster Stellars 2023: MADRILEÑER poster finalist – International Festival
· Ecuador Poster Bienal 2022: ARTICULO 1poster finalist – International Festival
· Award from the national association of women artists Blanco, Negro y Magenta2022
· VEGAP. Scholarship “HELP FOR CREATION – #SOSARTECULTURE 2021,” from VEGAP 2021
· DFERIA: Winning poster for the XXVII edition of the Festival of performing arts dFERIA, Donostia / San Sebastian, Spain 2021
· BEATNIK: Series selected in the 13th Edition of the call for Visual Arts MULIER MULIERIS, Museo MUA, Spain 2020
· COVID EXIT: Work selected for the international exhibition #CovidExit, organized by # MadridGráfica, Spain 2020
· MIX: Series selected in the 1st Edition of the call for Visual Arts PLURI-IDENTITATS,, MUA Museum, Spain 2019
· INSOMNE: Work selected by Linus Art Gallery for the collective exhibition, «The Opposite Sex» Los Angeles, USA 2015
PRESS COLLABORATIONS:
· Barcelona Metrópolis
· Le Monde Diplomatique
· La Vanguardia
· Der Spiegel
· Kolaj Magazine
· Visual
· Allbrigth Magazine
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
· Creatitis Gallery –Madrid – Solo exhibition – Eternos 27 – April 2024
· Espai B Gallery – Barcelona – Solo exhibition – Club 27 – December 2023
· Sala Ajuntament Vell – Formentera – Solo exhibition – Mujeres en Guerra – March 2022
· Arteuparte Gallery – Donostia – Solo exhibition – BEATNIK – December 2020
· La Isla Gallery – Madrid – Solo exhibition – March 2017
· Arteuparte Gallery – Donostia – Solo exhibition – March 2017
· El Imparcial – Madrid – Solo exhibition – February 2017
· Arteuparte Gallery – Donostia – Solo exhibition – June 2016
· La Fiera – Madrid – Exhibition and prints for sale – 2011-12
· Consentido – Madrid – Exhibition – Mural work – 2011-12
PERMANENT EXHIBITIONS:
· Los Artistas del Barrio – Madrid – Permanent exhibition. Prints for sale
· Arteuparte Gallery – Donostia – Permanent exhibition. Original work and prints for sale
· Creatitis – Madrid – Permanent exhibition. Original work and prints for sale
· Galería Espai B – Barcelona – Permanent exhibition. Original work for sale
COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS:
· Encuentro – Collective exhibition organized by Pep Carrió & Jorge Chamorro – Factoría de papel, Madrid – April, 2023
· Géneris – Project selected for the Pluri-Identitats Visual Arts Biennial 2021. March 2021
· Charles Bukowski – «XIV edición del Festival de Arte Independiente Pepe Sales 2021» Girona – February 2021
· Prostitución – Collective exhibition organized by BNM – Virtual headquarters of the UNED – February 2021
· Covid Exit: Exhibition organized by # MadridGráfica20 and Di Madrid
· Mujeres Mirando Mujeres – Online – Las Resilientes – Collective exhibition – Juny 2020
· Arte a un Click – Online – Covid19 versus Coovid20 – Collective exhibition – April 2020
· Retroavangarda Gallery – Warsaw _ Poland – III International Collage Exhibition- April 2020
· MUA (Museo de la Universidad de Alicante) – Mulier Mulieris – «Beatnik», project selected for the Biennial Contest of Visual Arts Mulier Mulieris 2019. March 2020
· Museo de las Mujeres Costa Rica – Costa Rica – Mujeres Encarceladas – Collective exhibition – February 2020
· Casa de cultura Mieres – Mieres, Asturias – Una de cada tres – Collective exhibition – November 2019
· Museo Centre d’art – Espace Monet-Rollinat – Fresselines – France – Journée internationales du Collage – Collective exhibition – October 2019
· Irudigileak-Mujeres Ilustradoras – Donostia– Olatu Talka Festival – June 2019
· Cohete Toledo – Toledo – Urban Art Festival – May 2019
· Masham Gallery – North Yorkshire – UK – Cut & Paste –Collective exhibition – April 2019
· MUA (Museo de la Universidad de Alicante) – Pluri-Identitats – “Remix”, project selected for the Biennial Contest of Visual Arts Pluri-Identitats 2019. March 2019
· Hybrid Contemporary Art Fair 2019 – Participation in the fair with the presentation of the “Beatnik” series with Arteuparte Gallery. March 2019
· UAM – Sala de exposiciones de la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid – Una de cada tres – Collective exhibition – November 2018
· Museo Florencio de la Fuente – Cuenca – Ellas y el tejido social – Collective exhibition – September 2018
· Galería Las cosas de Martínez – Barcelona – Puro Collage – Collective exhibition – May 2018
· Galería Rizoma – Madrid – Arte en emergencia – Collective exhibition – March 2018
· Galería Espai Cavallers – Lérida – Dones d’art – Collective exhibition – March 2018
· CC Julio Cortazar – Madrid – Lo hace por que te quiere – Collective exhibition – March 2018
· Lecrác – Palencia – Collective exhibition – October 2017
· CEART Fuenlabrada – Collective exhibition – September 2017
· Espai Cavallers Gallery – Lérida – Collective exhibition – July 2017
· Tigumigu Gallery – Terassa – Collective exhibition – May 2017
· Women House – Zaragoza- Collective exhibition – April 2017
· Espai [B] Gallery – Barcelona. Collective exhibition – July 2015
· Artevistas Gallery – Barcelona – Permanent exhibition and original work for sale – 2015
· Mutuo Art Center – Barcelona – Permanent exhibition and prints for sale – 2015
· Linus Art Galleries – Los Angeles – Work selected as “Juried Exhibition Winner” Collective exhibition “The Opposite Sex” – 2015
· Espai [B] Gallery – Barcelona – Collective exhibition – December 2014
· Pop-Up Art Gallery – Berlín – Collective exhibition – September 2014
· Fieber Festival – Berlín – Participation in collective exhibition of plastic artists in
the Fieber Festival – 2013
PUBLICATIONS / INTERVIEWS IN ART AND COLLAGE MAGAZINES:
· Empty Mirror / Beatnik
· Boek Visual
· Promopress Editions
· Mujeres Mirando Mujeres
· BLNC Magazine
· The Lighting Mind
· Empty Mirror
· Gestalten Crativa Pool
· Oneric Magazine
· Clavoardiendo
· Kolaj Magazine
· Revista Visual
· Cults of life nº 4 Magazine
· Collage Artist Trading Cards, Pack Six
· Sample Magazine #3
· www.toombes.com
· Inspirational Issue #12
· Arteuparte #28
· Hi-Fructose The New Contemporary Art Magazine
· Gozar Magazine
· JungKatz
· Le blog du Kisch
· Arte aun click
· MAV. Mujeres en las Artes Visuales / Women in the Visual Arts