Who am I?
Mataró ( Barcelona), BA in Biology, with a specialisation in Botany, at the University Barcelona. She was an advanced student of painters Pablo Mañé and J. Martinez Lozano between 1972 and 1978 and studied the human figure at the Circle St. Lluc in Barcelona. She has done several individual and collective exhibitions and taken part in international art-fairs and significant art events.
Major individual and collective art exhibitions since 2000:
2000 FOUR SEASONS.“QUATRE ESTACIONS” . MONJO MUSEUM. Vilassar de Mar (Spain)
2000 ANQUIN’S GALLERY. Reus. (Spain)
2000 ART DURÁN GALLERY. Madrid. (Spain)
“MÉS ENLLÀ DEL BLAU.” ATENEU GALLERY. Mataró. (Barcelona)
NIEBLA FOUNDATION. Casavells. Girona, (Spain) .
OMNIUM ARS GALLERY. Platja d’Aro. (Spain)
2005 COLLECTIVE in GALERIART. New York. (USA)
“HISTORIAS DE MARta Duran.” AITOR URDANGARÍN. Vitòria. (Spain)
“HE MIRAT EL MAR.” COMAS GALLERY. Barcelona. (Spain)
CAJA CÍRCULO. Burgos. (Spain)
2007 MEDITERRANEUM MUSEUM. Torroella de Montgrí. (Spain)
2007 NOUR FOUNDATION. New York. (USA)
RETURN TO NATURE.“RETORN A LA NATURA.” ATENEU. Caixa Laietana. (Spain)
2008 Col·lective“La Mediterranée qui nos uni.”CERVANTES INSTITUTE. Argelia
“LÍRICA Y GEOMETRIA.” SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTS BARCELONA.
2009 “ATMÓSFERAS.” COMAS GALLERY. Barcelona. (Spain)
“AVENTURA CROMÀTICA.” ART MUSEUM. Llavaneres. (Spain)
Art and War: “JARDÍ DE SILENCIS.” CA L’ARENES. Mataró. (Spain)
AITOR URDANGARÍN ART GALLERY. Vitòria. (Spain)
2011 ON-OFF. "TARDOR DE L’ART”. ARS STA. MÓNICA. Barcelona. (Spain)
JUL AND RASMUS GALLERIE. Copenhagen. (Denmark)
COMAS GALLERY. Barcelona.(Spain)
2012 GALLERIE MUNKEN. Lokken. (Denmark)
2012 MAR DE FONS. La Colección. CA L’ARENES. Mataró. (Spain)
2012 40th MAY SALOON. ANQUIN’S GALLERY. Reus. (Spain)
2012 COL. CATALAN ARTISTS. RASMUS GALLERIE. Skagen. (Denmark)
COL. DE REYES. EKA & MOOR ART GALLERY. Madrid. (Spain)
2013 AGORA ART STUDIOS. Virginia. (USA)
JID KUNSTSOMMER. JID SHOWROOM. Wiesbaden. (Germany).
2013 BARCLAYS BANK. París. (France).
2013 COL. CONTEMPORANY POETRY. NINA TORRES. Miami. (USA)
GALLERIE RASMUS. GRENEN ARTMUSEUM. Skagen. (Denmark)
“IN THE OPEN.” COMAS GALLERY. Barcelona. (Spain)
2015 COL.TEMPUS FUGIT. Nau Gaudí. Mataró. Barcelona. (Spain)
2015 25 ar pa kunstscenen, GALLERIE RASMUS. Odense (Denmark)
2015 COL. CASA de CATALUNYA. Infiorata di Noto. Sicilia (Italia)
2017 "Contrapunt". Marta Duran & Joan Artigas. Galeria Comas. Barcelona
2017 Flowers and Violets. Marta Duran & Marisa Benjamim. La Destil·leria Espai Cultural (Spain)
2019 "Jardí Pintat". CÀNTIR MUSEUM. Argentona. Barcelona. Spain
2019 DUAL Gallery . "Il hi avait un Jardin ". Girona. Spain
2020 A & D. ART and WOMEN. Espai Cavallers. Lleida. Spain
2020 De2Have . Grenen/ Skagen . Gallerie Rasmus. Denmark
2020 Seny i Rauxa". Colective Exhibition. Mataró. Spain
2020 RETURN TO GLASS. RETORN al VIDRE. La Destil.leria Espai d'Art. Mataró. Spain
2021 SMALL ART'21. Petites grans obres d'art. Anquin's Gallery. Reus.Spain
2021 GLASS ART. ART EN VIDRE. Col.legi d'Aperalladors . Mataró. Barcelona.Spain
2022 AT THE EDGE OF THE FOREST. A L'ORÉE DU BOIS. EN EL LÍMIT DEL BOSC. Marta Duran + Michele
Le Pape + Esther Tenedor. Col.legi d'Aperalladors de Mataró. Barcelona. Spain.
INTERNATIONAL FAIRS
AFFORDABLE ART FAIR Brussels, Milano, Stockholm , Hong Kong and London in 2022 with EYE Contemporary Art Gallery de Hong Kong.
LINEART at Gant (Belgium) in 2003 and 2005 with QUORUM GALLERY ( Madrid) and OMNIUM ARS GALLERY. Playa de Aro (Girona).
IN-ART at GIRONA in 2005 with MAES GALLERY.
IBERARTE at Zaragoza in 2007 with MAES GALLERY.
OPEN ART FAIR at Utrecht (Holland) in 2008 with MAES GALLERY from Madrid.
ARTSEE at Odense (Denmark) in 2012 with GALLERIE RASMUS.
AWARDS
First Award at the Tordera Painting Prize in 1981.
Honourable mention at the “Saló de Maig,” ANQUIN’S GALLERY, Reus 1989.
Short-listed for the Prize “Pintura Joven,” Sala Parés, Bacelona in 1981, 1982 and 1983.
Short-listed for the Ricard Camí Prize, Terrassa 2003.
Short-listed for the Biennal Agrupació Mútua Foundation, Barcelona 2000.
Short-listed for the I, II and III Prize Torres García, Mataró 2005, 2007 and 2009.
MUSEUMS AND PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
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Art Museum, Llavaneres ( Barcelona)
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Alba House, Sevilla and Madrid. (Spain)
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Royal Theatre. Madrid. (Spain)
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Monjo Museum in Vilassar de Mar. (Barcelona)
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Caixa Laietana Foundation in Mataró (Barcelona)
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Josep Niebla Foundation. Cassavells.(Girona)
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Mataró City Council. (Barcelona)
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Mataró & Maresme Museum in Mataró. (Barcelona)
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Igualada City Council . (Barcelona)
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Nour Foundation, Nova York (U.S.A)
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Obra in Copenhaguen, París, Stockholm, Andorra, Los Angeles, Boston, New York and Xile.