Mar Solís

Mar Solís (Madrid, 1967) holds a degree in Fine Arts, specialising in Sculpture, from the Universidade Complutense de Madrid.

Since 1997 she has maintained a regular exhibition activity, presenting a number of solo shows. Among her most notable projects are Principio de Incertidumbre, at the Pavilhão Villanueva of the Real Jardim Botânico in Madrid; La Línea, la Curva, la Elipse, at the Instituto Valenciano de Arte Moderno (IVAM); The Tale of the Unknown Island, at the Frost Art Museum in Miami; Encuentros en el Espacio, at the Museu de Arte Contemporânea Eduardo Sívori in Buenos Aires; Cuadernos de Viaje Madrid-Damasco, at the Instituto Cervantes in Damascus; Los Vértices de la Vibración, at ARCO’09; El Cielo Abierto, at the Museu Barjola in Gijón; and Rincones Escogidos, at the Palácio Pimentel in Valladolid.

Her work is held in several institutional collections, among them the BBVA Collection, the Masaveu Collection, the Autric-Tamayo Collection, the Fundação Alberto Jiménez de Arellano Alonso, the Instituto Valenciano de Arte Moderno (IVAM), Madrid City Council, the Community of Madrid, the Spanish Ministry of the Environment and the Museu Tiflológico de Madrid.

Over the course of her career she has received various prizes and distinctions, including the First Prize for Sculpture Caja Madrid - Generación 2003, the Prémio Ojo Crítico-Segundo Milenio de Artes Plásticas from Rádio Nacional de Espanha, the First Prize in the Concurso Internacional de Escultura Caja de Extremadura and the First Prize for Sculpture Mariano Benlliure - Villa de Madrid.

Her public work is installed in various settings, including the Parque de los Charcones in Navalcarnero (Madrid), the Casa da Cultura in Navacerrada (Madrid), Ceutí Town Hall (Murcia), the Kakslauttanen open-air sculpture park in Lapland and the Kyonggido open-air sculpture park in South Korea.