Through sculpture, I seek out those hidden and repressed feelings within the individual who observes it, using the work as a mirror in which they can see themselves. In my body of work, the human face is the protagonist, more specifically the female face. I combine it with different materials such as iron, bronze, or marble powder with resin. In that search between the ideal and the natural, scenes emerge in pursuit of those feelings mentioned earlier. Starting from a figurative element such as the face, it is sometimes combined with more geometric forms, more characteristic of abstraction, but always in search of unity, where two movements so different, yet at the same time so alike, merge into one.
Iván Gómez Aparicio was born in Ávila in 1989. He graduated in Fine Arts from the Complutense University of Madrid and also holds a Higher Technician qualification in Applied Arts for Sculpture from the School of Art in Salamanca.
He has been awarded several scholarships throughout his career: in 2011, an Erasmus internship scholarship for two months in Istanbul (Turkey) granted by the Regional Government of Castile and León; in 2015, the NEOVERRACO scholarship in Morille (Salamanca); in 2015, a scholarship from the Faculty of Fine Arts at the Complutense University of Madrid for the first Cian Fabero Scholarship Program in Fabero (León); in 2016, participation in the First Meeting of Artists of Castile and León in San Rafael (Segovia); and in 2016, a scholarship from the Faculty of Fine Arts at the Complutense University of Madrid through the Ayllón Scholarship (Segovia).
He has received numerous awards, including: in 2017, an Honorable Mention in the First Deméter Sculpture Prize, Complutense University of Madrid (Madrid); in 2016, an Honorable Mention in the 19th Young Creators Competition of the City Council of Ávila; in 2016, an Honorable Mention in the 29th Jacinto Higueras International Sculpture Biennial (Jaén); and in 2016, selection for the first portfolio review of the Second Fundación Cursol Solidarity Sculpture Prize (Valencia), among others.
His works can be found in various public and private institutions: works at the Obispo Vellosillo Museum of Contemporary Art in Ayllón; works at Valduero Wineries (Burgos); a sculptural group at the Town Hall of Fabero (León); *EOLO*, a sculptural piece at the Faculty of Fine Arts of the Complutense University of Madrid.
He has created a dozen monumental sculptures, most of which are located in the province of Ávila.
