Artist Statement
“I paint what I enjoy. I love the sea and I love food. It is that simple.
There is some sort of peace in the familiar things, in the common. I like to paint the beach how I see it everyday after my morning swim. I like to paint a still life as if it was something that you just found on your kitchen table.
I want to cut the fluff, I like people who go straight to the point. I guess watercolors have that: you cannot hide things, you cannot hide mistakes, you cannot fool the viewer.
I love to swim and I feel very connected to water. This is why I chose watercolors as my medium. I’d like to think watercolors are a bit more respectful to our oceans compared to other mediums, but maybe I am doing some greenwashing here, or just wishful thinking.”
Instagram:
@nuriariera_art
Email:
hola@nuriariera.com
CV of Núria Riera
Awards
2026 Recognized as a member of the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours (RI)
2026 Painters Online Prize at the Royal Watercolour Society (RWS) Open Exhibition
2024 The President Choice Award, 212th Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London
2024 The Dry Red Press Award, 212th Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London
2023 Selected as Signature Member, National Watercolor Society, United States
2023 First place award in the Landscape and Water category, Women in Watercolor International Juried Competition, United States
2023 Judges Favorite Award from Awards Judge: Ali Cavanaugh, Women in Watercolor International Juried Competition, United States
2023 Selected work, 2023 NWS 103rd International Open Exhibition, California, United States.
2023 Finalist, Ynglada-Guillot Foundation in collaboration with Vila Casas Foundation, LX International Drawing Competition, Barcelona, Spain
2023 The Schmincke Prize for an outstanding work, 211th Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours Exhibition, London
2023 Selected work for the 211th Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London
2022 Honourable Mention, Yot Art Prize, Galería Artevistas, Barcelona
2021 Honourable Mention, Winsor & Newton Entre Grises, Spain
Group Shows and Selected Exhibitions
2026 Selected work for the Royal Watercolour Society Open 2026 Exhibition at Bankside Gallery, London, United Kingdom
2025 Selected work for the Christmas Exhibition at John Davies Gallery, Moreton-in-Marsh, United Kingdom
2025 Selected work for the Christmas Exhibition at Galeria Jordi Barnadas, Barcelona
2025 Selected work for the Winter Exhibition ‘Works on Paper’ of Hampstead Art Society, Regent’s Park Gallery, London
2025 Selected work for the Summer Exhibition of Hampstead Art Society, Gallery 8, London
2025 Selected work for the 213th Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London
2024 Nominated to participate in the prestigious International Biennial Prize “Fabriano Watercolour 2024” Exhibition, Fabriano, Italy
2024 Selected work for the 212th Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London
2023 National Watercolor Society 103rd International Open Exhibition, Los Angeles, United States
2023 LX International Drawing Competition Finalists Exhibition, Fundació Ynglada-Guillot with Fundació Vila Casas and Fundació Lluís Coromina, Barcelona
2023 Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours, Mall Galleries, London
2022 Fabienne Yot y Galería Artevistas, online show, Barcelona
2019 Misnoma, Galería Mutuo, Barcelona
2018 Christmas Show and Market, Barcelona Academy of Art, Barcelona
Individual Shows
2024 ‘Núria RIera en el estudio / Núria Riera in her studio’. IV Open Studios, Tarifa (Spain)
2022 ‘Línea recta / Straight line’. Exhibition Hall of La Cárcel Real, Tarifa (Spain)
2021 ‘Trozos / Pieces’. Exhibition Hall of La Cárcel Real, Tarifa (Spain)
Education
2023 Workshop: Visual Story Telling with Nathan Fowkes, La Galería Roja, Sevilla (Spain)
2017 - 2019 Figurative Drawing and Painting Full Time Program, Barcelona Academy of Art, Barcelona
2006 - 2010 BSc in Business Administration, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona
Academic drawings by Núria Riera during her studies at the classical art academy.
