Espacio Líquido nace en el año 2000 como galería de arte contemporáneo, espacio de producción y edición de libros, catálogos y objetos de artista.

Dirección

C/ Jacobo Olañeta, 5, bajo,
33202 Gijón, Asturias

Teléfono

+34 622 07 80 99

Email

liquido@espacioliquido.net

Mercedes Elizalde

Gijon , 1968

Statement:

I grew up in a family where creativity was enjoyed, where being creative was a highly valued condition.

In this context, I have found in the plastic expression my refuge and my satisfaction.
When I had to decide which professional path to take, the career of Fine Arts represented the space I was longing for, where I could investigate and relate to the artistic field.

As an indispensable condition of a creative character, my enthusiasm for discovery and experimentation inevitably led me to travel far from my city, from my country. I began a six-year journey that kept me living in New York and then in London.

In both places I worked on everything I had at my disposal and combined it with my artistic restlessness.

I participated in courses, Alternative Art shows, workshops and visited numerous exhibitions where I interacted with the artists of the moment.

Once back in my hometown, Gijón in Asturias, I decided to continue with that idea, in which, supported by a group of artists, I founded the Alternative Art Association, with which we worked in unused commercial spaces, in order to exhibit the work of all those who wanted to show the public their most experimental side.

 

Mini Bio:

In 1993 he graduated in Fine Arts from the University of Salamanca.

In 1992 she began her professional life as a plastic artist in Asturias, teaching drawing and painting classes and exhibiting her work in numerous cultural centers in Asturias and Galicia.

Later he travels to New York, a city that inspires him and inspires him to grow creatively. He lived there for a year, where he came into contact with artists based in the capital, toured galleries and exhibitions and participated in workshops.

Between 1995 and 1999 she moved to London, where she specialized in textile design (Ormond Road Studios, Mary Ward Center, Citi Lit College). This specialty gives her more flexibility and plastic richness to her work. He exhibits his work, individually and collectively, at Alternative Art Gallery, New Art web Site, Spitanfields Festival and Stoke Newington Festival.

From 2001 to 2003, settled again in her hometown, she creates the Alternative Art Association together with other artists. This association promotes and disseminates non-conventional projects of national and international artists. She obtains great success with the projects Muestra Internacional de Arte Alternativo and Circuitos de arte C-21, with more than 80 exhibition projects.

He teaches painting and textile design courses at the Fundación Municipal de Cultura Educación and at the Universidad Popular de Gijón, combining it with exhibitions in prestigious Asturian galleries such as Galería Altamira, Espacio Líquido and Galería Vértice.

In the next stage of her life being a mother, she barely continues her artistic career. From 2014 she resumes her work and begins to paint again, until today. She has works in collections all over the world, mainly in the USA. In Spain she has works in the Plácido Arango and Alica Aza collections, among others.