BIO
Eliane Castelar (b. 1996, Barcelona, Spain) is a painter working primarily in oil, often incorporating acrylic, charcoal, and found materials. Known for portraits rendered in blue or muted hues, her work explores skin, corporeality, and the quotidian through depictions of people from her life and archival imagery.

Eliane Castelar studied at the Barcelona Academy of Arts, Museum of Fine Arts Boston Studio, and Escola d’Art La Massana, following a Master’s in Comparative Cultural Analysis at Universiteit van Amsterdam. She lives and works in Barcelona.
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Education 

2022: Intensive Drawing and Painting Course, Barcelona Academy of Arts, Barcelona, Spain

2021–2022: Studio Art Classes, Museum of Fine Arts Boston Studio, Boston, United States

2021: Painting: Light in Portrait and Figure, Escola d’Art La Massana, Barcelona, Spain

2018–2019: Master’s in Comparative Cultural Analysis, Universiteit van Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands

2017: Oriëntatiejaar: Preparatory Fine Arts Course, Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam, Netherlands

2014–2017: Bachelor’s in Social Sciences and Humanities, Amsterdam University College, Amsterdam, Netherlandss



Solo Exhibitions

December 2025–2026: Solo exhibition, La Raposa, Barcelona, Spain

October 2025: Solo exhibition, Mercat de l’Abaceria, Barcelona, Spain

2023: La Mirada del Otro – Solo Exhibition, Krucopia, Barcelona, Spain

 

Collective Exhibitions

2025: “Tres Perspectives”, Sala d’exposicions del Districte de Gràcia, Barcelona, Spain

2024: “Art en Femení”, Auditori Barradas, Barcelona, Spain

2024: “Be My Valentine”, Krucopia, Barcelona, Spain

2023: “Summer Group Exhibition”, Krucopia, Barcelona, Spain



Publications

NON-magazine, “Q&A with Krucopia’s Artists”, in NON-magazine, 2023