Carla Fuentes work is a face-to-face encounter with the human figure—everything it carries and everything that overflows from it. There’s something in her characters that looks back at you, something unsettling and captivating at once.
Graduated in Fashion Design and Fine Arts, Carla began her career as an illustrator and made a name for herself working with brands, agencies, magazines, and music groups. But her universe didn’t stop there.
She is currently deeply engaged in figurative painting, developing exhibition projects through oil painting in which she takes portraiture to unusual places. There are no flat faces or complacent poses in her work. What you find instead are questions—visual narratives that dissect human relationships, the absurdity of the everyday, and the contradictions of our species.
Her characters, sometimes accompanied by flies, flowers, or screens, are not just symbols: they are mirrors that reflect and distort, that connect with both the primal and the contemporary.
There’s critique, irony, beauty—and a touch of discomfort.
Born and living in Valencia (Spain), working like plastic artist since 2007.
This website collects a small selection about my personal and intimate work.
Also, a selection of collaborations with other creative heads.
Hope you like it !
:) <3
CV
SOLO SHOWS
2025-2026
“Los Viajeros” Río & Meñaka, Madrid, Spain (SOON)
2024
“Flores rotas 2”, Río & Meñaka, Madrid, Spain
2023
“Flores rotas 1”, Río & Meñaka, Barcelona, Spain
2021
“En boca cerrada también entran moscas", Río & Meñaka, Madrid, Spain
2019
“Les Nostres Compositores”, Palau de la Generalitat. Valencia. Spain
2016
“Viento, cuadriláteros, amor, peines y flechas (cómo capturarlos)", Pepita
Lumier, Valencia, Spain
2015
“Los Sentados”, Herrero de Tejada, Madrid, Spain
2014
“African Hair Salon” , Ó! Galeria (Oporto) - Mayo/Junio 2014
COLLECTIVE SHOWS
2024
- Feria Estampa , Madrid, Spain, Río & Meñaka (October-2024)
- Enter Art Fair, Copenhague, Río & Meñaka (September-2024)
- Art Busan Fair , South Korea, Río & Meñaka (May-2024)
2023
- Feria Estampa , Madrid, Spain, Río & Meñaka (October-2023)
2022
- “Selfie”, Moisés Pérez de Albéniz, Madrid, Spain (January-February 2023)
2020
- Summer group show, Río & Meñaka, Casa de indias, Cádiz, Spain (Juny-2020)
- “Selecciones” - Río & Meñaka, Madrid, Spain
- “Corona-crisis y cultura”. Universidad de Valencia (La Nau), Sept 2020, Febrero 2021
2018
- “Ocultas e ilustradas”; La Nave; Universidad de Valencia / October - January 2019
2016 -2018
- “Ilustradores Españoles : El color del optimismo” /// Berlín (Instituto Cervantes), Frankfurt (Instituto Cervantes), Ciudad de México (Centro Cultural de España en México), Buenos Aires (Centro Cultural de España en Argentina), Córdoba (Centro Cultural de España), Bogotá (Museo de Artes Visuales), Cartagena de Indias (Centro Cultural Español), Washington (Embajada de España).
2015
- Underdog, Herrero de Tejada, Madrid, Spain / Del 21 de octubre al 8 de diciembre
- HipermercART, cita de arte contemporáneo. Fabrica Moritz. Diciembre - Enero 2016
- “Nostalgia at the 90s with Pop Art Influences” - Ari / Junio 2015, The Parliament, York, Pennsilvanya.
- OBEY ICON TOUR 2014-2015 - Feb / March 2014 - IBOAT, Bordeaux, France.
RESIDENCIES
- Residencia Artística - Son Moragues - Valledemossa (Mallorca) - 2017
COLLECTIONS
- AECID (Ministerio de Cultura de España)
PRESS:
- https://www.revistaad.es/articulos/exposicion-madrid-carla-fuentes-madrid
- https://metalmagazine.eu/es/post/interview/carla-fuentes
- https://vein.es/en-boca-cerrada-tambien-entran-moscas-la-nueva-expo-de-carla-fuentes/
- https://www.revistavanityfair.es//carla-fuentes-hotel-jorge-juan-podcast
- https://open.spotify.com/episode/2rwqnF5lZN9zBqqtAFfsQG?si=abbed0b0d11049c8
Follow me on Instagram;
@carlafuentesart
and Behance
CONTACT:
For greetings, small or pro-scale jobs,
please contact here;
carlafuentesart@gmail.com
Pic by Luis Hidalgo.