Bio
The sculptor Lucía Beijlsmit, born in Amsterdam (Netherlands), is self-taught; she has lived in the Netherlands, El Salvador and Angola. She has been living in Salorino (Extremadura, Spain) since 2004, where her work reflects the influence of diverse cultures. Passionate about stone, she sculpts directly from materials such as marble, granite, sandstone, limestone and diabase. She describes the wide variety of local rocks as an inexhaustible treasure. She reuses fragments collected in the countryside or from traditional quarries, emphasising the contrast between textures.
She draws inspiration from nature, design, architecture, jewellery, recycling and current affairs, seeking balance, tranquillity and simplicity in each piece. She has even used plough discs and shock absorber springs from off-road vehicles in her work *Equilibrio*, demonstrating her interest in fusing art and recycling.
And last but not least, her partner Jasper, who has shaped their garden around Lucía’s sculptures.
She has presented her work at prominent events: she took part in the 8th ONCE Foundation Biennial of Contemporary Art (Madrid, 2022); she held a solo exhibition at the Cambio de Sentido gallery of the ONCE Foundation (Madrid, 2023) *What the Stone Conceals*; she exhibited her work at the Museu de Tiflología in Castelo de Vide (Portugal, 2024) and at the 2nd Alentejo International Biennial, where she received an honourable mention (BIALE, Estremoz, Portugal, 2025).
Her work was also exhibited at the Reales Alcázares in Seville (2022).
From 28 November 2025 to 19 April 2026, she took part in ‘Beyond the Visual’, an international exhibition at the Henry Moore Institute in Leeds (United Kingdom) featuring works by blind and visually impaired artists. She was able to take part because she has always invited visitors to touch her work so that they can experience every aspect of it, from its natural roughness to its most delicately polished surfaces.
In May 2025, she organised the ‘Encounters on Sculpture, Touch and Nature’ at her home and garden in Salorino, bringing together blind people from Spain.
In May 2026, she repeated the experience with the ‘II Encounters on Sculpture, Touch and Nature’, featuring six blind or visually impaired artists from the UK, Canada and the USA, along with their companions.
Her work is characterised by a sense of balance and tranquillity, with a focus on the tactile.
www.luciabeijlsmit.com
In the media
2026
2025
The Observer 14 December
Disabilityarts 16 December
Studio International 16 December
Múevete, Canal Extremadura
Escúchame, Canal Extremadura
2021
Articulo por El profesor Alejo Hernandez Lavado en la revista digital ProPronews:
2016
https://www.canalextremadura.es/video/el-lince-30-el-jardin-de-las-joyas-de-gigante-250116
Expositions and Events
2026
19 September - 31 October, A Pedra Sensorial, Galería de São Sebastião, Portalegre, Portugal
28 -31 May, II Encounters on Sculpture, Touch and Nature, Salorino, with blind artists and scholars from USA, Great Britain and Canada.
2025
14 - 28 Marzo , Biale Alentejo, Estremoz, Portugal
30 May - 1 June, I Encuentro de Escultura, Tacto y Naturaleza, Salorino, with Spanish blind people..
10 September -19 October, Toquemos las Piedras, (se invita a tocar) Museo Vostell Malpartida de Cáceres
28 November - 19 April 2026, Beyond the Visual, Henry Moore Institute, Leeds (Reino Unido)
2024
15 March - 22 May, Lo que oculta la piedra, Centro de Recepción de Visitantes Tajo Internacional. Salorino
19 April - 3 May, Trashumancias, los relatos de la lana, Ateneo, Cáceres
20 June - 7 January 2025, O que esconde a pedra, Centro de Arte e Cultura, Castelo de Vide, Portugal
2023
March, participation in the exhibition of the School of Fine Arts 25 years, Eulogio Blasco, Cáceres
29 June - August, participation in the exhibition Extremadura Vaciada, Pintores 10, Cáceres
21 September - November, solo exhibition Lo que esconde la Piedra, Cambio de Sentido hall, ONCE, Madrid
24-28 October Artist in Residence Valdelarte, Valdelarco, Huelva, Andalusi
2022
25 September - 23 October ARS Natura, Artists for the environment, Sala del Real Alcazar, Seville
25 October - 29 January 2023, Bienal de Arte Contemporaneo Fundaición ONCE, CentroCentro Madrid
December, Initiativa Cultura, Valdelarte, Festival Natura, Cadiz
2021
16 May, The Mourning of the Flowers, Valdeflores, Cáceres
18 May, Works of Art with Nature, International Museum Day, Museo Vostell Malpartida de Cáceres,
16/27 September, Singing Stones and Dancing Paintings, The Hague, The Netherlands
2020
Cuando cantan las piedras, Casa de la Cultura Villafranca de los Barros, Extremadura, España
2018
Un rebaño trashumante - Invierno Centro de Vias Pecuarias, Malpartida de Cáceres, España
2017
Un rebaño trashumante - Verano, Cordél de Alcántara, frente a la ermita de Santa Ana, Salorino, España
Un rebaño trashumante - Verano/otoño Quinta particular Marvão, Portugal
Un rebaño trashumante - Otoño, Jardín particular, Madrid, España
Un rebaño trashumante - Invierno, mirador de Piornal, España
VI Simposio Artístico Internacional de la Lana en El Arreciado. Artista seleccionado. Sevilleja de la Jara. España
2015
Equilibrio Exposición colectiva itinerante de Médicos Mundi para la concienciación del Sida en África. Don Benito, Badajoz; Villanueva de La Serena, Badajoz.
La Tabula Calda, Mérida
2014
Individual, Restaurante El Encinar, Cáceres, España
2013
Individual, Ermita de Santa Ana, Salorino, España
2011
Individual Sala Ortega Muñoz, San Vicente de Alcántara, España
'Arte contra el Hambre’ Madrid, España
2007
Colectivo fin de curso de Escuela de Bellas Artes Eulogio Blasco, Complejo Cultural San Francisco. Cáceres