NATALIA CORDÓN NOMBELA (Madrid, 1978)."Sorrows of the soul".Oil on panel painted in Crete style.Signed in the lower right corner. Signed and titled on the back.Measurements: 85 x 58 cm; 91 x 64 cm (frame).Artist from Madrid born in 1978, she attended drawing classes at the 'IB' school of painting and at the Círculo de Bellas Artes in Madrid. She also studied oil painting at the 'Talleres el Prado' and the 'Taller de Dao'. His works have been exhibited in different national galleries, among them the European Museum of Modern Art. MEAM, Talleres El Prado, Fundación El Instante, Eka & Moor, The Markes, La Fundación Arcilla, Casa de la Cultura de San Lorenzo de El Escorial, ...) and internationally (Miami and Italy). She has participated in the collective exhibition with TIAC International "Caminos de Seda y Oro" at the Fundación El Instante. Madrid, the collective exhibition "Mujeres Artistas Hoy" at the MEAM Museum (European Museum of Modern Art). Barcelona, the individual exhibition in the Casa de la Cultura of Pinto, the individual exhibition in the Casa de la Cultura of San Lorenzo de El Escorial, the collective exhibition in the gallery "The Makers", the collective exhibition in Chivazzo. Italy, the collective exhibition at the Eka & Moor gallery (Madrid), the collective exhibition at the Nina Torres / Fine Art fair (Miami). She was also selected for the 50th Reina Sofia Prize for Painting and Sculpture, organised by AEPE, as well as winning the First Prize in the Painting Competition of the Art School "Taller del Prado".Her work is characterised by a figurative, realistic painting, since, in the words of the artist herself, "It is perhaps the option that offers me the greatest possibility of constructing an intimacy with the person I portray and imaginatively moulding what I have experienced. According to Jodorowsky there is a lived reality and a dreamed reality and everything is a compendium of oneself. What is real? This is how I create "my reality", made up of sensations that surround me. In short, I need to paint. And I do it trying to be honest and sincere. There is no such thing as a lie in my works because they represent what I have lived and, in short, anyone who has not been in my skin cannot decide on the veracity of my work. I believe that the only way to connect with the other, even with the one you feel as a stranger, is to show yourself. By undressing myself with my works, I undress the viewer and leave him or her helpless in front of what he or she sees. The way I see life, my feelings and actions in it create the concept of thoughts. The experiences with others and the various situations that occur in my daily life generate conflicts. My animals, the people I choose to stay with or break up with, my time with them and my friends are in what I call the Chosen Environment. And finally, Addictions and Illnesses that have been generated by the previous ones: love, alcoholism, anxiety, anorexia, depression... are some of the points that have influenced me to represent this whole universe".