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Foto de Nobuko Hasegawa, Londres, 1992.
Foto de Nobuko Hasegawa, Londres, 1992.

           Isabel was born in Santiago de Compostela, Spain and graduated in Fine Arts from the Polytechnic University of Valencia. She also was an Erasmus student at Middlesex University of London. Here, she obtained a Bachelor of Arts Degree.

Later, she became a Doctor of Philosophy and Education at the University of Valencia after researching feminist aesthetics. She wrote a thesis about the sculptor Louise Bourgeois within the field of art therapy and feminism.

Right after, thanks to a scholarship from the Japanese government, she attended a master's course at the Okinawa Kenritsu Geijutsu Daigaku, where she studied the techniques of Japanese painting.

           Later on, as a Canon Foundation Fellow, she researched Japanese literature and art at the Tama Art University of Tokyo. She was also awarded a Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching Japanese as a Foreign Language by the Institute of International Education in London.

Her teaching experience is related to technical drawing, artistic drawing, arts and crafts and painting at several schools and adult education centres in Valencia. She has also taught Japanese language and culture at the University of Valencia and other public and private centres.

Okinawa, Japón, 2002.
Okinawa, Japón, 2002.

           Concerning her artwork, she has studied art and artistic tendencies deeply, exhibiting in Spain, the United States, England and Japan. Influenced by artistic movements like impressionism, abstract expressionism and realism, her work continues to develop towards personal expression, exploring feelings through art.

           Her series includes abstract works as well as figurative ones, paintings of flowers, landscapes, portraits and other motives.

           She is also interested in illustration, as an art form, and her professional experience includes design consulting, logo design, book covers, posters or icons among other commissions.

           Besides, she has exhibited her works in group shows and individually. At present, she is collaborating with a digital newspaper and publishes her books. Recently, she has published a storybook for children titled "Yoyo and Filipa".