Eva Montoro

EVA MONTORO (Madrid, 1968). "Yo Frida", 2021.
Waxed bronze with patinated loss.
Signed and dated.
Measurements: 63 x 43 x 36 cm.
Frida Kahlo is considered an icon of Mexican culture and an international reference whose aura grows with time. In this case Eva Montoro pays homage to the Mexican artist with this bronze bust. On this occasion, her defiant gaze is framed by her bushy eyebrows joined by a single stroke. This is an element that she will always exhibit with pride, exaggerating the feature by painting her eyebrows and often with a mustache, elements that later feminism will claim as signs of strength of a character that does not bend to what is expected of a woman, both in outward appearance and behavior.
Eva Montoro began her artistic education in 1984, studying at the School of Applied Arts and Artistic Trades in Madrid. In 1988 she entered the Faculty of Fine Arts at the Complutense University of Madrid where she specialized in Graphic Design. Between 1991 and 1993 he continued his training at the School of Applied Arts and Artistic Crafts of Madrid where he took courses in Story Board and Scriptwriting, as well as Computer-Assisted Graphic Design. In 1995 he specialized in Sculpture, where he discovered his true vocation. In 1992 he made his first university exhibition in the hall of the faculty, in 1993 the second, in the same room and in the town hall of Ciudad Real. In the same year he began to work in the illustration studio Tango and Gandolfi, this one dedicated to illustrate books under license of Walt Disney. In 1994 he exhibited his work again, at the Lisboa Gallery in Madrid. In 1999 she entered a decisive competition for the beginning of her career as a sculptor, organized by the municipality of Leganés, Madrid. This contest gave her several contracts for public works.