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Begoña Lafuente is a contemporary visual artist based in the Netherlands. Her practice spans painting and graphic-based works, with a particular interest in fragmented imagery, perception and abstraction.

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Across different bodies of work, she investigates how images shift between abstraction and figuration, how composition interacts with space, and how visual language can suggest presence rather than fixed meaning.

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Lafuente’s background in fine arts and graphic design informs an approach where intuition and construction coexist, allowing each work to develop its own internal logic.

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Her work has been presented in exhibitions and art fairs in Europe, and she continues to develop projects in dialogue with exhibition contexts and architectural spaces.

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Artist Statement

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My practice is grounded in painting and expands through drawing, modular works, and image-based processes. Across different bodies of work, I explore the space between abstraction and figuration, where form, color, and structure suggest presence rather than fixed representation.

I am interested in how images are perceived and completed by the viewer, how fragments, silhouettes, and gestures can evoke identity, memory, or movement without fully defining them. Painting functions both as an intuitive act and as a process of construction, allowing each work to develop its own internal logic. Some works exist as autonomous entities, while others are conceived as modular compositions that can be arranged in dialogue with space.

Materials and supports are chosen in relation to the conceptual needs of each project, from canvas and paper to acrylic glass and aluminium. Rather than focusing on technique, my work emphasizes physical presence, surface, and the relationship between the image and its environment. Through these explorations, I seek to create works that remain open, inviting interpretation and perceptual engagement.