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Originaria de México D.F. Nacida el 28 de enero de 1969.
Nurhi Calleja incursiona en el mundo del arte desde 1988 escuela de cerámica en San Miguel Allende Guanajuato durante 2 años.
Buscando siempre crecer como persona y como artista.
Varios talleres en Andalucía España autoconocimiento a travez del arte.
San Diego, USA (técnicas mixtas)
2014 taller con el especialista Ad Van Vogt (cuadrante central)
2015 taller de escultura con el Maestro David Manzanares
2016 taller de escultura con el Maestro Refugio Corral.
2017 taller en la escuela la criba
Con el Maestro Jonatan Olvera (realismo)
2018 taller en la escuela La Criba
Con el Maestro Rodolfo Villavicencio (pintura abstracta)
2019 taller con Gabriela Villareal (abstracto)
2020 taller on line con Blue Smith Gallery Courses.
2021 taller on line Ginger Tomas (abstracto)
Nurhi ha realizado varias obras como Escultura de valores en 2018 para el municipio de Querétaro con la escultura de 11 toneladas en la Biblioteca Gómez Morín, participando también con La Criba.
“El arte para mí es un medio de comunicación, expresión, crecimiento y sanación. Ha sido un camino hacia la transformación emocional, energética y espiritual en el que puedo sentir cierto misticismo y magia, tocando fondo en lo más humano, sensible y amoroso de mi persona.
Mi arte tiene como propósito llevar al lienzo esa energía vital que generamos los humanos conscientemente y que quiero transmitir y difundir en cada una de mis piezas.
Dentro de cada creación y proyecto imprimo una especial vibración y emoción, no sólo plasmando en un material inerte los colores o materiales que utilizo, sino también dejando un mensaje que nace desde la experiencia humana: Trascender, expandir, elevar y nutrir.”
Born in Mexico D.F. on January 28, 1969.
Nurhi Calleja has been involved in the world of art since 1988, being part of the ceramics school in San Miguel Allende Guanajuato for 2 years.
Always seeking personal and artistic growth.
She has participated in various workshops, including self-awareness through art in Andalusia, Spain
San Diego, USA (Mixed techniques)
2014 Workshop on the “Cuadrante Central” with specialist Ad Van Vogt
2015 sculpture workshops with Master David Manzanares
2016 sculpture workshops with Master Refugio Corral
2017 realism workshop with Master Jonatan Olvera at La Criba school
2018 abstract painting workshop with Master Rodolfo Villavicencio at La Criba school
2019 abstract workshop with Gabriela Villareal
2020 online workshop with Blue Smith Gallery Courses.
2021 online workshop with Ginger Tomas.
Nurhi has created several works of art as a Sculpture of Values, In 2018 in collaboration with La Criba participated in the creation of an 11-ton sculpture for the municipality of Querétaro, at the Gómez Morín Library.
"For me, art is a way of communication, expression, growth, and healing. It has been a path towards emotional, energetic, and spiritual transformation in which I can feel a certain mysticism and magic, touching the most human, sensitive, and loving aspects of my being.
My art aims to bring to canvas the vital energy that humans consciously generate and that I want to transmit and disseminate in each of my pieces. Within each creation and project, I try to leave a special vibration and emotion, not only by plasmid colours or materials on an inert material but also by giving a message that arises from the human experience: to transcend, expand, elevate, and nourish."
Nurhi Calleja
The integration of the organic with abstract work is evident in Nurhi's paintings. The artist evokes biomorphic references such as flowers, plants, and fields, which converse with straight, geometric brushstrokes. In this way, Nurhi encodes her canvases in pleasing blues, harmonious pinks, subtle yellows, and tranquil whites. Therefore, her canvases are peaceful and meditative spaces that remind us of nature in its abundance. Precisely in the simplicity of her compositional elements, reliefs, and textures, the paintings exude a spiritual density and an intangible charge that comes from the artist's soul. This emanation undoubtedly evokes states of calm, fluidity, and tranquility, as well as awakenings of consciousness.
For Nurhi, art is a means of transformation and evolution, where the most valuable element is the emotional and energetic message she embodies in her pieces. The backgrounds of her works simply serve as a sensitive foundation for vibrating with these codes of light, love, well-being, fulfillment, and any feeling of contentment. There's no need to decipher anything, as the spirit itself receives the symbolism, which, in this case, is colored with a joyful and stimulating palette.
One could say that the artist sows the pictorial support with water, earth, air, fire, and ether, later harvesting, with palette knives and brushes, colorful fruits that nourish the soul. All of this arises from a blend of styles ranging from post-impressionist and expressionist to lyrical abstraction and a touch of figuration.
On the other hand, her sculptures sculpt the human figure in both its feminine and masculine forms, so that nudes, hands, and faces are integral to her work, which also retains that mystical quality. Therefore, the forms, figures, tones, and other elements permeate our subconscious thanks to their resonant aesthetic. Nurhi portrays the beauty of the intangible, the immaterial, that which is only visible to the eyes of the spirit and appreciated by the soul. One experiences a visual delight and joy among her colors, contours, silhouettes, and lines that bring us an indescribable feeling of jubilation and happiness.
Adriana Cantoral
Art writer
