Respect: The Art of Listening is the second book in Séfora Camazano’s Female Portraits: Looking Back to the Past series, exploring the creation of the artwork Respect and the real stories of Rosa and Lourdes....
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Séfora Camazano Receives the International Prize Renoir in Cannes September 15th, 2026 Art curator Francesco Saverio Russo presents Séfora Camazano with the International Prize Renoir – The Great Interpreter of Art in Cannes on September 12, 2026. On September 12, I had the honour of receiving the International Prize Renoir – The Great Interpreter of Art in Cannes, an international award recognising artistic merit, presented during a ceremony organised by Effetto Arte at the Juliana Cannes Hotel.Receiving an award bearing the name of Pierre-Auguste Renoir feels particularly meaningful to me. Light and the human figure are central to his work, and they have also long been at the heart of my own practice, although explored through a very different visual language and perspective.At the centre of my work are people and their stories. For several years, particularly through Female Portraits: Looking Back to the Past, I have worked with women who have lived...
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Dignity presented at ART3F Monaco 2026 September 14h, 2026 From September 11 to 13, my work Dignity was presented at ART3F Monaco 2026, held at the Chapiteau de Fontvieille in Monaco.The work was shown in audiovisual format in the Effetto Arte space, as part of the programme surrounding the International Prize Renoir – The Great Interpreter of Art.Dignity is a mixed-media work measuring 128.5 × 87 cm and forms part of my series Female Portraits: Looking Back to the Past, a project in which I establish a contemporary dialogue with Joaquín Sorolla through the real stories of women living today.As with the other works in the series, Dignity began with a person and her story. My process does not start with a predefined concept for which I then look for a model. It begins with the encounter. From there, photography, digital painting, Fine Art printing and manual intervention gradually construct the final...
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International Prize Caravaggio · Madrid May 6th, 2026 International Prize Caravaggio – Great Master of Art On May 5th, during a ceremony held at the Palacio de Santoña in Madrid, I had the honor of receiving the International Prize Caravaggio – Great Master of Art, awarded by art critics Salvatore Russo and Francesco Saverio Russo. This recognition distinguishes artistic trajectories built on merit, coherence, and a distinctive visual language. For me, receiving it in Spain carries special meaning: it is the first time I have been awarded this prize in the country where I have chosen to develop this stage of my life and work. The award comes at a moment when my projects are in full motion — Female Portraits: Migrants is currently in its fourth exhibition venue — and I receive it as a recognition not only of an aesthetic, but of a way of understanding art: as a process of research, as...
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Retrats Femenins: Migrants arrives at the Biblioteca de la Dona in Valencia April 30th, 2026 From 30 April to 15 May 2026, I present Retrats Femenins: Migrants at the Biblioteca de la Dona in Valencia, a photographic project dedicated to bringing visibility to the stories of migrant women living in the Valencian Community.The exhibition brings together portraits of women from different countries and cultural backgrounds. Many of them have had to leave their place of origin behind and rebuild their lives in a new environment, in some cases after experiencing violence, exclusion or situations of particular vulnerability.The project begins with a question: How many stories pass by us without ever truly being seen?Through photography, in Retrats Femenins: Migrants I focus on each woman’s identity and personal story, moving away from a view of migration based solely on statistics, origins or circumstances.Portraits accompanied by personal memoriesEach portrait is presented alongside a selection of...
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Freedom: The Art of Remembering Who You Are January 22nd 2026 Buy the Book After the artistic project Female Portraits: Looking Back to the Past, I decided to write my first book.A book born from one of the most iconic works in the collection: Liberty. This book did not emerge as a planned editorial project.It was born from an artwork.From a real story.And from a deep need for reflection. Freedom: The Art of Remembering Who You Are begins with the portrait of Maryury, a woman who lived through an experience of violence and rebuilt her life from dignity. Her story appears in the book in her own words, without softening what was hard or turning pain into spectacle. But this book is not only her story. From it, Freedom opens a broader reflection on life, consciousness, and the way we inhabit the world. On how fear, control, and self-censorship take root—sometimes without us realizing it—in the...
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Receiving the Poseidon International Art Award in Venice December 4th 2025 On November 29, 2025, I received in Venice the Poseidon International Prize – The King of Laguna, awarded by the Fondazione Effetto Arte, at the Scuola Grande di San Teodoro. It was an important moment for me, not only because of the recognition itself, but because of everything it represents after so many years of work. In recent years, my path as a contemporary artist has been closely linked to telling real stories: identity, migration, resilience, and memory. For me, aesthetics are important, but only when they are joined to meaning, emotion, and story. Projects such as Female Portraits: A Look at the Past and Female Portraits: Migrants were born from this vision, and today some of these works are part of private collections. But for me, the greatest rewards come when a collector or an art lover wants to acquire one of...
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Opening of “Female Portraits: Migrants” in Alboraya October 4th, 2025 On October 2nd, I had the pleasure of inaugurating my photographic exhibition “Retrats Femenins: Migrants” (Female Portraits: Migrants) at the Casa de Cultura of Alboraya. This very special project continues its journey, opening to the public for the third time, after being exhibited for ten months at the Museum of the History of Valencia and later at the Ibercaja Actur Center in Zaragoza. Each new opening represents, for me, an opportunity to continue giving voice to the women who are part of this work — courageous women from different countries and cultures who have faced difficult and complex realities in their migratory journeys. Through their portraits, and their own personal photographs, I aim to offer an honest and deeply human perspective on female migration, addressing a highly relevant issue with sensitivity and empathy. Migration is a global phenomenon that continues to shape the direction...
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Receiving the International Prize “Artists on the French Riviera” September 19th, 2025 On September 12, in the beautiful city of Nice, I had the profound honor of receiving the prestigious International Prize “Artists on the French Riviera,” awarded by the Fondazione Effetto Arte, at the Musée National du Sport. This recognition marks the third international award for artistic merit in my career, and I am filled with gratitude and reflection as I share this moment. Being in Nice, a city that has inspired countless painters as Pablo Picasso, Renoir, Monet, Matisse and Chagall with its light, colors, and vibrant atmosphere, was an experience that touched me deeply. Walking through its streets, feeling the gentle rhythm of the Mediterranean, and witnessing the way the sun transforms every surface reminded me of why I create: to capture the beauty, the struggles, and the resilience of the human spirit. For this edition of the prize, I chose...
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Honored in Milan: Receiving the International Prize Leonardo da Vinci – The Universal Artist June 10th, 2025 On June 7, 2025, I had the extraordinary honor of receiving the International Prize Leonardo da Vinci – The Universal Artist at the National Museum of Science and Technology “Leonardo da Vinci” in Milan. Standing in this historic and inspiring space, surrounded by collectors, curators, journalists, and cultural leaders from around the world, I felt a deep sense of gratitude and reflection. Milan, a city that breathes art, history, and innovation, was the perfect setting for this recognition. To be acknowledged here, at Italy’s most visited science museum and a landmark of cultural memory, gave my work a resonance that went far beyond the personal. This prize celebrates not only artistic merit but also the humanitarian vision behind my portraits—an acknowledgment of the responsibility I feel as an artist to bear witness through my work. For the...
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