Lita Cabellut
“My greatest obsession is to give a skin to the characters I portray, then I apply brushstrokes.”
Lita Cabellut (B. 1961) is the highest-grossing living artist from Spain and was voted the number one artist in the Netherlands for 2021. Renowned for her expansive body of work, Cabellut employs a diverse array of techniques, comprising over 15 different methods including fresco, silkscreen, oil, acrylic, digitization, and collage, among others, in her large-scale canvas paintings. In addition to the visual arts, she is also praised for her work in sculpting, photography, scenography, visual poetry, poetry, installations, and videos. She has also expanded to Opera scenography and film. Lita Cabellut’s calling is to shine a light on the overlooked and marginalized using her natural multidisciplinary tools. (Read More)
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She is recognized as the third most valued Spanish artist, with her works showcased in numerous museums worldwide, including the Seoul Arts Center in Korea, the Contemporary Art Museum in Sicily, Italy, and CSMVS in Mumbai, India. Additionally, her work is included in the permanent collections of several corporations and museums, such as Museo Goya IberCaja, Zaragoza, Spain; Museo de Arte Contemporánea, Sicily, Italy; The Fendi Collection, Italy; Museu Europeu d’Art Modern, Vila Casas Foundation, Spain; Théâtre Mogador Paris, France; Copelouzos Group, Athens, Greece; The Joop & Janine van de Ende Foundation and The Paul van Rensch Foundation, The Netherlands.
From birth until age thirteen, Lita Cabellut was an orphan, left on the streets of Barcelona to fend for herself. The gypsy child was adopted by a Catalanean family who frequently traveled to Madrid and visited important museums such as the Prado Museum. The trips to various European museums inspired Cabellut to pursue a career as an artist, becoming greatly influenced by masters like Francisco Goya and Diego Velázquez.
At 19, she decided to move to her current country of residence, The Netherlands, where she attended the Gerrit Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam, further studying Dutch masters. Her experiences have culminated in a successful career with art that mirrors her life experiences. Cabellut’s spectacular works on canvas questions all qualifying concepts of beauty and search to redefine it with a greater sense of humanity and objectivity.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2020 The Colors That Stay, Art of the World Gallery, Houston, USA
2019 8th Beijing International Art Biennale, Hispano American Hall, National Museum of Art (NAMOC), Beijing, China
La Victora del Silencio, Museo Goya, Zaragoza, Spain
2018 A Chronicle of the infinite, Museum Jan van der Togt, Amstelveen, the Netherlands
Charlie Chaplin – A Vision, YUZ Museum Shanghai, China
Mujeres Artistas Hoy, Museo Europeo d’Art Modern, Barcelona, Spain
2015 Disturbance, Museum Jan van der Togt, Amstelveen, the Netherlands
Blind Mirror, Hälsinglands Museum, Hudiksvall, Sweden
Trilogy of Doubt, Mac’S Museo Arte Contemporanea, Catania, Italy
2014 Black Tulip, The Golden Age, State Visit Okura Hotel, Tokyo, Japan
100 Masterpieces, Seoul Art Centre, Seoul, South Korea
2013 Trilogy of Doubt, Het Noordbrabants Museum, Bolduque, the Netherlands
Me, You and Others, The Finnish Labour Museum, Werstas, Finland