Concepción Paz Montenegro

Category: Painter
Birth Place: Lugo

   Cultura
 Curriculum

-She studied Art (Artistic Serigraphy) at Ramón Falcón Art School in Lugo. She also attended a course on photoengraving with Graciela Buratti and got a diploma in Engraving at the Craftsmanship and Design Centre of Lugo.
She is a member of the board of directors of the Association of Plastic Artists of Lugo, ‘Valle Inclán’ Cultural Association (Lugo) and ‘Círculo de las Artes’ (Lugo).

 Work & Activities

Concepción Paz carried out the following individual and collective exhibitions:
1993/2002: Círculo de las Artes (Lugo).
1999/2000: Charity exhibition of the Association of Artists of Lugo – Xunta de Galicia (Lugo).
1999/01: ‘Juan Prada’ Workshop (Lugo).
2000: ‘Goleta’ Pub (Lugo), City Council of Muros (A Coruña), ‘Casco antiguo’, Ponferrada (León) and Xunta de Galicia (Lugo).
2001: ‘Otros pintores’ – Xunta de Galicia (Lugo).
2002 June: ‘Engravings’, Augatinta (Lugo) and ‘Almirante’ Gallery at ‘Méndez Núñez’ Hotel (Lugo).
2002 August: ‘Festa da Historia’ – Ribadavia (Ourense).
2002 October: ‘Arte+Arte’ (Painting and sculpture exhibition), ‘Cruz Armañá’ Gallery (Lugo) and Charity exhibition for Down Syndrome at ‘Círculo de las Artes’ (Lugo).
2002 November: Charity exhibition for the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, ‘Almirante’ Gallery at ‘Méndez Núñez’ Hotel (Lugo).
2002 December: Charity exhibition for ASPNAIS – Xunta de Galicia (Lugo) and Collective graphic work at ‘Augatinta’ (Lugo).
2003 February: Exhibition dedicated to the volunteers for the disaster of the ‘Prestige’ at ‘Unión Fenosa’ Contemporary Art Museum (A Coruña), ‘Exposición Marea Negra’, Vilagarcía de Arousa (Pontevedra) and Xunta de Galicia (Lugo).
2003 June: ‘Gravado 2003’, Sargadelos Gallery (Lugo) and ‘Café de Pousadoiro’ (Lugo).
2003 November: Charity exhibition for the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, ‘Almirante’ Gallery at ‘Méndez Núñez’ Hotel (Lugo).
2003 December: Fourth Collective Exhibition of the Associacion of Plastic Artists (Lugo), Collective Exhibition of the Association of Painters (A Coruña) and Charity exhibition for the NGO ‘Ancianos del Mundo’, Xunta de Galicia (Lugo).
2004 June: ‘Mostra Erótica’, Esmelgar Gallery.
2004 December: Riego de Agua Gallery, Association of Artists (A Coruña), ‘Mostra Axuda Asilo’, Gallery of the Xunta de Galicia (Lugo) and Collective Exhibition, Association of Painters (A Coruña).
2005 January: Amararte Gallery (Lugo).

 Other Interesting Aspects

Her work is collected in the catalogue of the Third Exhibition of Plastic Artists of Lugo, the Cultural Guide of Galician Artists (2003) and ‘Cento Sete Mares’. Part of her work can be found in private collections (León, Lugo, Madrid, Santiago, A Coruña, Gijón and Barcelona), ‘Amararte’ Gallery (Lugo), ‘Almirante’ Gallery (Lugo), Pazo de la Maza (Lugo), A Nosa Terra (Lugo), Mesón do Forno (Lugo), Esmelgar Gallery – Art and Communication (Lugo) and Quique Peñalver Gallery (Lugo).