Victoria Civera
{{short description|Spanish painter}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Victoria Civera
| image = Victoria Civera Redondo.jpg
| other_names = Vicky Civera,
Victoria Uslé-Civera
| birth_name = Victoria Civera Redondo
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1955}}
| birth_place = Puerto de Sagunto, Valencia, Spain
| education = Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Carlos de Valencia
| spouse = Juan Uslé
}}
Victoria Civera Redondo (born 1955) is a Spanish artist. She combines photography, painting, installation and sculpture in her contemporary works.{{Cite web|date=2012-08-12|title=Todas las mujeres de Victoria Civera|url=https://www.eldiariomontanes.es/v/20120812/cultura/exposicion/todas-mujeres-victoria-civera-20120812.html|access-date=2021-10-26|website=El Diario Montañes|language=es-ES}} She lives between New York City and Saro in Cantabria, Spain.{{Cite news|last=|date=2013-12-12|title=Juan Uslé diseña el cartel del torneo de Roland Garros 2014|language=es|work=El País|url=https://elpais.com/cultura/2013/12/12/actualidad/1386862127_978762.html|access-date=2021-10-26|issn=1134-6582}} Her work has been shown internationally, including in the United States, Belgium, France and Brazil.
Biography
Victoria Civera Redondo was born in 1955 in Puerto de Sagunto in Valencia, Spain.{{Cite web|title=Victoria Civera. Bajo la piel|url=https://www.museoreinasofia.es/en/exhibitions/victoria-civera-bajo-piel|access-date=2021-10-26|website=Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía|language=en}}{{Cite book|last=|first=|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QD9I0xY41j0C|title=Instalaciones y nuevos medios en la colección del IVAM: espacio, tiempo, espectador|publisher=Institut Valencià d'Art Modern (IVAM)|year=2006|isbn=978-84-482-4409-5|language=es}} Civera studied at the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Carlos de Valencia, between 1973 and 1977. She is married to artist Juan Uslé, whom she has occasionally worked together with.{{Cite news|last=García Vega|first=Miguel Ángel|date=2016-08-08|title=Juan Uslé y Victoria Civera, pintura a cuatro manos|language=es|work=El País|url=https://elpais.com/elpais/2016/08/09/eps/1470693925_147069.html|access-date=2021-10-26|issn=1134-6582}}{{Cite web|date=2011-02-04|title=Victoria Civera, 20 años en 100 obras|url=https://www.eldiariomontanes.es/v/20110204/cultura/arte/victoria-civera-anos-obras-20110203.html?ref=https%3A%2F%2Fes.wikipedia.org%2F|access-date=2021-10-26|website=El Diario Montañes|language=es-ES}}{{Cite web|title=Victoria Civera|url=http://www.xn--espaaescultura-tnb.es/es/artistas_creadores/victoria-civera.html|access-date=2021-10-26|website=www.xn--espaaescultura-tnb.es}} Together they have a daughter, Vicky Uslé (born 1981) who is also a painter.{{Cite web|date=2016-07-19|title=La artista que marca el camino|url=https://www.xlsemanal.com/actualidad/20160719/la-artista-marca-camino.html|access-date=2021-10-26|website=XLSemanal|language=es-ES}}
Civera's first solo exhibition was held at the Museo de Bellas Artes de Santander (now Museo de Arte Moderno y Contemporáneo de Santander y Cantabria) in 1980.{{Cite web|last=Navarro|first=Mariano|title=Victoria Civera|url=https://coleccion.caixaforum.org/web/guest/artista/-/artista/77/VictoriaCivera|access-date=2021-10-26|website=La Caixa Foundation|language=en-US}} Since 1987, she lives with her family between New York City and Saro, Cantabria.
Her artwork find personal meaning in the use and imagery of inanimate objects and repeating shapes.{{Cite web |last=Hirsch |first=Faye |author-link=Faye Hirsch |date=February 1996 |title=Faye Hirsch on Victoria Civera |url=https://www.artforum.com/print/reviews/199602/victoria-civera-53685 |access-date=2021-10-26 |website=Artforum |language=en-US}}{{Cite web|last=Yau|first=John|date=2017-11-19|title=Weekend Studio Visit: Victoria Civera on Broadway, Lower Manhattan|url=http://hyperallergic.com/412041/weekend-studio-visit-victoria-civera-on-broadway-lower-manhattan/|access-date=2021-10-26|website=Hyperallergic|language=en-US}} Some of her work explores space and volume; and will experiment with form both on and off canvas.{{Cite web|last=Gras Balaguer|first=Menene|date=January 1995|title=Menene Gras Balaguer on Victoria Civera|url=https://www.artforum.com/print/reviews/199501/victoria-civera-57115|access-date=2021-10-26|website=Artforum.com|language=en-US}} In 2017, Civera was awarded the Tomás Francisco Prieto Prize.{{Cite web|date=2017-11-16|title=Vicky Civera, Premio Tomás Francisco Prieto 2017|url=https://masdearte.com/vicky-civera-premio-tomas-francisco-prieto-2017/|access-date=2021-10-26|website=Masdearte|language=es-ES}}
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Category:Painters from Valencia
Category:20th-century Spanish painters
Category:21st-century Spanish painters