My artistic approach consists of playing with shapes, colours and tonal values in order to achieve abstraction from reality. I strictly prefer transparent or semi-transparent watercolour paint over opaque ones and work in as many layers possible. It is through the lens of watercolour that I want to make you see what surrounds you.
2023
"Your Vision of Germany", International Online Juried Art Competition, IWS Germany
33ème Salon International de l'Aquarelle, Uckange/France
Fabriano in Acquarello Exhibition, Member of the German Group, Bologna and Fabriano/Italy
Juried Member Exhibition of the German Watercolor Society, Solingen/Germany
53rd International Exhibition, Louisiana Watercolor Society, New Orleans/USA
Festival d'Aquarelle, Le Bec-Hellouin/France
Aquarelle Pyrénéenne, Exposition Internationale d'Aquarelles, 3ème Édition, Albi/France
Aquareliège, Festival International de l'Aquarelle de Liège/Belgique
26th Symposium & Exhibition of the ECWS European Confederation of Watercolour Societies, Dublin/Ireland
International Watercolour Masters World Contest 2024, Lilleshall/England, Top 200 IWM World Winner
Japan International Watercolor Institute, International Watercolor Exhibition, Niigata/Japan Autumn 2023
2022
Exposition d'Aquarelles, Art Connexion Mondiale, Albi/France
Fabriano in Aquarello Exhibition, Member of the German Group, Bologna/Italy
San Diego Museum of Art Artists Guild, International Juried Online Spring Exhibition
Cultural Center of Cape Cod, USA, "Winter Magic" Online Exhibition, Yarmouth/Massachusetts
Cultural Center of Cape Cod, USA, "Green Light", Online Exhibition, Yarmouth/Massachusetts
Watercolour International Online Exhibition, "Glimpses of Everyday Life"
Malaysia International Online Juried Art Competition 2022 Spring, Top 80 Paintings Award "Flowers and Still Life"
Japan International Watercolor Institute, International Watercolor Exhibition, Niigata/Japan Spring 2022
Summertime in Haßfurt/Germany, Exhibition and Publication of the Calendar 2023 as part of the 10-year Anniversary of the German Watercolor Society
VI Bienal Internacional de Nuevas Técnicas en Acuarela, Caudete/Spain
Exposition virtuelle "Un Monde Paisible", Aquarelle Pyrénéenne, Honorable Mention Award
"Freedom", International Watercolor Online Festival, Ukraine 2022
2021
California Art League, Spring Juried Online Exhibit
Japan International Watercolor Institute, International Watercolor Exhibition, Niigata/Japan Spring 2021
IWS Slovenia, 4th International Watercolor Biennial Castra 2021, Ajdovscina/Slovenia
IWS Russia, 1st International Watercolor Festival "Watercolor with Love", St. Petersburg/Russia
Arts Benicia, Benicia/California, Online Exhibition "That Which Surrounds You"
Cultural Center of Cape Cod, USA, "Eye of the Beholder" Online Exhibition, Yarmouth/Massachusetts
4th International Festival of the Watercolor miniatures, Kiev/Ukraine
Japan International Watercolor Institute, International Watercolor Exhibition, Niigata/Japan Autumn 2022
California Art League International Gold Medal Exhibition 2021
2021 Autumn Malaysia International Online Juried Art Competition, Top 80 Paintings Award "Landscape"
1st International Online Juried Watercolor Exhibition "Truly Watercolour", Artsmate International in Association with NB Gurung Studio Nepal
International Watercolour Masters World Contest Lilleshall, England, Top 200 Merit Award
2020
Juried Member Exhibition of the German Watercolor Society, Kevelaer/Germany
2019
2da. Bienal Internacional de la Acuarela Luces del Mundo, IWS Bolivia; Cochabamba, Santa Cruz, La Paz, Potosi/Bolivia
Juried Member Exhibition of the German Watercolor Society, Düren/Germany
Pratique des Arts, No. 165, Octobre-Novembre 2022, Rencontre Aquarelle « Adriana Toso, Transparence »