About Rosachicle.art
The truth is, I always loved to draw, and at the age of 9, I began studying with private tutors. By age 10, I was already exhibiting in several group shows as a student of some local artist , at the art space of the Gravina Palace (Gravina Museum of Fine Arts - MUBAG) in Alicante.
In 1995, at only 15, I won my first national poster contest for the Guardamar del Segura Carnival, and at 17, the contest for the Moors and Christians festivals. It wasn't until I was 21 that I fully returned to the world of art, and specifically graphic design, graduating with the highest marks in my class from the Higher Degree in Graphic Advertising Design at EASDA (Alicante Higher School of Art and Design). Since then, I have been working as a graphic designer for 25 years. In 2021, I autonomously returned to painting, reclaiming knowledge from my student days and from the subject "Techniques of Graphic Expression" taught by Jordi Pérez Monllor at the Alicante art school. I recognize that I never really stopped drawing and painting, but the pandemic acted as a "click" in my head.
I started painting a series of women in a €12 Talens notebook, which I titled "The Castaway's Wife." For me, this marks Stage Zero of my journey as an artist.
A total of 77 consecutive works, chronologically arranged in a sketchbook, are the result of my first creative phase, which took place between 2020 and 2025. I am deeply proud to have completed this phase, despite the frustrations and the imposter syndrome that constantly stalks me.
"The Castaway's Wife" is a visual and audiovisual work featuring my own reflections and dramatized texts, associated with a playlist. The intention is to help viewers understand the work, the artist, and the woman who represents the drama and horror of feeling like them: women who do not know if their beloved—or their executioner—will return. The impulse to make it public arose in 2025, as my family and friends encouraged me to share my work, to show a bit of my complexity, and to balance my facets as both an artist and a graphic designer.
