Sara Garrote Gil

Pseudonym: Chuca
Category: Painter
Birth Place: Ferrol (A Coruña)
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   Cultura
 Curriculum

EDUCATION
She specialized in Drawing and Painting.
She started painting with “Mikey” (a beloved painter in Ferrol) and some years later she studied in the studio of Gregory (Polish painter).
She also studied pastel and crayons with Begoña Marmoller and started oil painting with Paco Huertas.
She also studied with the unforgettable Ricardo Segura Torrella, mainly portrait.
She lived in Barcelona and A Coruña, where she knew other studios and techniques: pointism with Javier M., oil painting and mixed techniques with P. Bueno and pastel, acrylic and other techniques with L.Vidal.
She also tried watercolour with José González Collado.

COURSES
Courses on technical drawing at the Naval Engineering School.
“Aprender a ver… a arte contemporánea II”, fourth-level course, Fine Arts Museum (A Coruña).
Course on Engraving, with Ricardo R.

 Work & Activities

EXHIBITIONS 2006:
Collective exhibition, González Garcés Library (A Coruña).
“IX Maratón Debuxo e Pintura Julio Argüelles”.
Collective exhibition, Culleredo City Council (A Coruña).
“Balconadas”, Betanzos (A Coruña).
Betanzos City Council (A Coruña).
Individual exhibition, Extremeño - Sada (A Coruña).
“I Certame de Pintura Rápida en explotacións mineiras de Galicia” (Endesa).
“XI Certame de Pintura Casa Castilla-La Mancha”.
“IV Certame de Pintura Club Naval de Oficiales”.

EXHIBITIONS 2007:
“O Gaiteiro na arte” (collective exhibition), Toxos e Froles, Ferrol (A Coruña).
“Salón de Primavera: A Muller na pintura” (collective exhibition), Casino, Ferrol (A Coruña).
“A Gastronomía e a Pintura”, Otur - Luarca (Asturias).
Collective exhibition, Palesco (A Coruña).
“II Exposición Internacional Pequeno Formato A. de Córdoba”.
“V Certame Internacional de Artes Plásticas A. de Córdoba”.
“II Certame de pintura rápida en explotacións mineiras de Galicia San Finx”, Lousame.
“X Marathón de Debuxo e Pintura”, Culleredo (A Coruña).
Collective exhibition, Culleredo City Council (A Coruña).
“Intramuros”, collective exhibition organized by ANOTARTE, Carmen Convent, Padrón (A Coruña).
Collective exhibition sponsored by CIALEC, IMP. ART Gallery (Barcelona).
“Certame II Premio de Pintura Toxos e Froles” (Ferrol).
Collective exhibition, “Toxos e Froles” (Ferrol).
“Salão Internacional”, National Academy of Plastic Arts, Brazil.
“I Concurso de pintura Manuel Rebón “Lito” , C.I.R.S. Cervas.
Collective exhibition in CIRS.
Collective exhibition, Elciego City Council (Álava).
“Non violencia contra as mulleres”, Poster Contest, Curtis (A Coruña).
“Non violencia contra as mulleres”, Poster Contest, Poio (Pontevedra).
“XXIV Certame de pintura Concello de Cambre”.

PUBLICATIONS
2006. Mention in Ferrol Diario.
2007. “Barataria”, nº 5, cultural magazine of Casa Regional Castilla-La Mancha.
2007. La Voz de Galicia Barbanza. “San Finx abre veta artística” (column). Sara Ares.
2007. Publications in Córdoba due to “Creadores 2007”.
2007. “Ferrol hoy” nº 4. “Salón primavera: a muller na pintura”.
2007. Article about the work of the author in the column “Arte Mundial”, published in Revista Chilena Escáner by the art critic Francisco Arroyo Cevallos.
Publications due to the exhibition “Pequeno Formato e Libro de Poetas”. Córdoba.
2007. Diario de Ferrol, La Voz de Galicia and Páxina de Artistas na SAF on the occasion of the second edition of Cervás Prize.

She was included in “Libro de Poetas, Poesía Visual” in collaboration with other artists, CIALEC (charcoal and text) and in the “IV Edición Libro Creadores” with curriculum and four works (Cordoba City Council and Aires de Córdoba Gallery). She also collaborated in the magazine “Poesía-Galicia” with drawings and illustrations for poems.

 Other Interesting Aspects

PRIZES
2006. Second prize for ‘Tema Río Tabre e Ría do Burgo’, “IX Maratón de Debuxo e Pintura Xulio Argüelles”, Culleredo (A Coruña).
2006. She was selected in “Balconadas de Betanzos” for her work ‘Reflexión’.
2006. Work in “I Certame de pintura rápida explotacións mineiras Galicia” (catalogue).
2007. She was selected at “IV Certame de pintura Clube Naval de Oficiais - Ferrol o mar, as súas xentes, mitoloxía”.
2007. First prize for “Castela tamén é verde”, “XI Certame de Pintura Casa Castilla-La Mancha”, Cuervo (Cuenca).
2007. “II Certame de pintura rápida en explotacións mineiras de Galicia, San Finx, Lousame” (consolation prize).
2007. “I Concurso de Pintura Manuel Rebón “Lito” (second prize), CIRS, Cervás.
She was selected at “II Premio de Pintura Toxos e Froles”.

Her work can be found in private collections, Culleredo City Council (A Coruña), Extremeño, Sada (A Coruña), Casa Castilla la Mancha and Toluca (Mexico) and Cultural Centre (Elciego).
“I Concurso de pintura D. Manuel Rebón (Lito)”, CIRS (Cervás). One of his paintings was handed to the widow of the dead painter.