Isabel Miramontes
Isabel Miramontes was born in Saint-Jacques-de-Compostelle, this high place of pilgrimage, of Celtic origin, which has always fascinated her and remains for her a magical country. But it was in Belgium, in Brussels, that the artist grew up and studied: she obtained a regent's degree in Plastic Arts at the Institut Sainte-Marie.
She continued her training from 1988 at the Académie des Beaux-Arts de Saint-Gilles, in the studio of Patrick Pouillart where she acquired solid experience in drawing and sketching from life. Isabel Miramontes retains from this experience the need to capture at all times the gestures of humans, attitudes and impressions thrown onto multiple sketchbooks, so many testimonies to the subtle and perceptive gaze that she promotes around her. It was in 1994, in the studio of a sculptor friend, that she discovered with passion sculpture, which became her privileged means of expression to which she now dedicates herself. Every day, Isabel Miramontes shapes the earth, explores new forms to give body to her inner life and convey her vision of the world.
Struck by a silhouette, a movement, a symbol, a thought, Isabel Miramontes translates with deep and sincere emotion the human attitude. The plastic language of Miramontes imposes the human being represented in all the ambiguity of its power and fragility, of its confinement and desire for freedom, of its dream and triumph. This fascinating character, a synthesis of forms and thoughts, expresses the reality of life with its moments of happiness but also drama, abandonment but also tension, a character that, undoubtedly, appeals to each of us at the deepest level of our being.
The artist's works
