Mersuka Dopazo
Overview
Mersuka Dopazo sees her work as a ‘travelogue from unexpected territory’. The Spanish artist creates large-scale naïve-style collages from couture fabric and hand-made, natural papers. These materials are sourced all over the world directly from the craftsman, from locations such as Spain and Italy.
Often densely patterned, the papers and fabrics are juxtaposed with gestural line, pigment and areas of gessoed white canvas; the collages exploring the balance of colour and the relationship between positive and negative space. Unexpected connections form between clashing textures and motifs and between the regularity of pattern and the spontaneity of broken graphite and improvised colour.
Dopazo's works have been exhibited extensively in the UK, the USA, Canada, Singapore, Hong Kong and Europe.
Works
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Childhood Dreaming: Dinosaurs Orchestra, 2023
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Childhood Dreaming: Magic Wings to Fly, 2023
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Childhood Dreaming: My Hero, My Father, 2023
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Childhood Dreaming: Strength, 2023
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Childhood Dreaming: Blessing, 2023
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Childhood Dreaming: Disney Tribute, 2023
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Childhood Dreaming: Time to Share, 2023
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Childhood Dreaming: Been Thankful, 2023
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Childhood Dreaming: I Can Fly, 2023
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Childhood Dreaming: Enjoying in the Space, 2023
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Childhood Dreaming: Pink Panther, 2023
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Childhood Dreams: Goofy & Luigi, 2022
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Still Life with Yellow Vase, 2022
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Super Mikey, 2022
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Goofy, 2022
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Stronger Together, 2022
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Women Movement, 2022
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Bodegón con Jarrón, 2021
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Pink and White, 2021
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Black & White, 2021
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Never Ending Story, 2021
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Bosco in Sunglasses, 2020
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Bodegón De Piña, 2019
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Vera, 2019
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Josefina, 2019
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Gone Surfing, 2019
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Alberta, 2019
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Bodegon with Lemon, 2018
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On the Table, 2018
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Bodegon Rosa with Lemon, 2018
Exhibitions
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Pink Party!
Mersuka Dopazo 12 - 28 January 2023 LondonPink Party! is an exhibition of paintings by the Spanish artist, Mersuka Dopazo, and her children. Inspired by vintage comic book illustrations, these vibrant works present a familiar cast of...Read more -
Pŏp-ū-lar
Group Show 20 - 30 July 2020 LondonPopular, an exhibition of people including contemporary artworks by John Holcomb, Mersuka Dopazo, Carla Kranendonk, Phil Shaw, Andrew Mockett, Rose Blake, Nikoleta Sekulovic, Sophie Charalambous, Emma Haworth and Jerry Jeanmard. The London exhibition also includes non-Western artworks, including by African Bushmen artists, Norman Kingsley and Jimmy Pike.Read more -
Springtime
Group Show 9 April - 31 May 2020Inside Springtime, an exhibition by contemporary artists such as Rose Blake, Nyarapayi Giles, Mersuka Dopazo and Pauline and Emma Wangin at the Rebecca Hossack Art Gallery in London.Read more -
Part of Me
Mersuka Dopazo 1 - 29 November 2019 LondonInside an exhibition by Spanish-born Bali-based artist Mersuka Dopazo at the Rebecca Hossack Art Gallery in London.Read more -
Some Sunny Day
Group Show 26 July - 30 August 2019 LondonInside Some Sunny Day, an exhibition celebrating the joys of summer at the Rebecca Hossack Art Gallery in London, featuring artists such as Emma Haworth, Ashley Amery and Toby Burrows.Read more -
Arrivals
Mersuka Dopazo and Teresa Calderón 7 March - 1 April 2018Inside Arrivals, the second New York exhibition by collaborative Spanish artists Mersuka Dopazo and Teresa Calderón, by Rebecca Hossack Art Gallery.Read more -
Jardín de Papel
Mersuka Dopazo and Teresa Calderón 4 - 27 May 2017Mersuka Dopazo and Teresa Calderón see their works as a ‘travelogue from unexpected territory’. The Spanish artists create large-scale collages using fabric and hand-made, natural papers. These specialist textures are...Read more
Press
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True to the Spirit
Form, 7 December 2014 -
A Chat with Collage Queens: Mersuka Dopazo & Teresa Calderón
Art Zealous, 21 March 2016 -
Mersuka Dopazo: Jardín de Papel
Wall Street International, 17 February 2017 -
Mersuka Dopazo
Wall Street International, 7 November 2019 -
Mersuka Dopazo: Part of Me
Selvedge Magazine, 13 November 2019 -
Stars in the Making
Sarah Cascone, Artnet, 6 December 2022 -
Mersuka Dopazo: The Future is Analogue
Futuro: The Laboratory Arts Collective Magazine , 6 October 2023
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