Estefanía Martín Sáenz (Bilbao, 1982) develops a practice focused on symbolic construction, narrative, and the representation of femininity, articulating imaginaries that intersect myth, power, ornamentation, and latent violence. Her work has been recognized since its inception by important institutions and collections: she won the DKV-MAKMA Drawing Prize in 2015 for Las Ausentes, presented at the Centre del Carme in Valencia, and the Painting Prize at the 13th Martínez Guerricabeitia Biennial in 2016 for Los cuervos que adoraban a la mujer. In 2018, she received the Emerging Artist Award from the Fundação Millennium BCP (Lisbon) and the 11th La Rural Painting and Plastic Arts Award (Jaén), and in 2022 she was awarded first prize in the tapestry category by the Royal Tapestry Factory of Madrid for Ligaduras. In 2023, she completed the Nautilus Residency in Lanzarote.
Since 2016, he has been working with Galería Llamazares, where he presented his first solo exhibition, 1–600, curated by Semíramis González. Since then, he has developed a solid track record of projects at the gallery, including Fieras (2019), Maniobras de contención (2021), and No me cuentes cuentos (2025). At the same time, he has shown solo exhibitions at institutions and venues such as the Alcobendas Art Center with Máscaras (2019), Galería Cámara Oscura in Madrid with Ornamento y delito (2022), and Espacio Nuca in Salamanca with Enjambres (2024). He has participated as an individual artist with Galería Llamazares in fairs such as ArteSantander and MARTE, presenting projects such as Todo ocurrió aquí (Everything Happened Here) (2024) and his solo project at the 10th edition of MARTE (2023).
Her work has been presented in relevant curatorial contexts such as the Conexiones XV program at the ABC Museum of Drawing and Illustration with Lujo y luto (2018), curated by Óscar Alonso Molina, and Aquelarre at ArteSantander (2017), curated by Semíramis González. Estefanía Martín Sáenz’s work forms part of collections such as the Pilar Citoler Collection, the ABC Museum, the Millennium BCP Foundation, the Martínez Guerricabeitia Foundation, the DKV Collection, the Caja Rural de Jaén Foundation, the Complutense University of Madrid, and the Aranjuez City Council, among other public and private collections.
