Who is she

Débora Cejas is an Argentinian-Belgian-Spanish artist currently living in Alicante, Spain. The passport says Argentina, the identity card says Belgium and the residency card says Spain. But Débora doesn’t like to be labelled, certainly not when other people decided that that is where she belongs. She is also a woman in her thirties. A married woman without children of her own. A woman who studied IT Engineering, Fashion Design and Art. But does any of this really matter? Does her age, her gender, her sexual preference, her (non-) religion, her studies, the place where she lives or where she was born, really define her? The answer is simple: no, it does not and it never will. Her motto is “Live life with a little passion”, no matter who you are or how you feel: never let anyone else decide for you who you really are. 

Her goal is to make you see things, understand things, look at things in a unique way: your way. She wants everybody to look at her art in the way they want to. There is no definition that is broad enough to define what art is, or what her art is. Every one of her paintings has a meaning, a story, a reason, a beginning and an ending and all of them can be explained into detail. All her works went through a thought process long before the brush touched the canvas. But that doesn’t mean you have to see it the way she does. Do you want to hang it upside down, sideways, on the ceiling, in your bedroom, in your living room or just keep it in your safe? While she hopes you don’t do the latter, it doesn’t matter, you are the owner of your own ideas. Do as you please. You will notice that almost all her artwork is without a signature or a name on it. If you look good, actually there is… purely in the art itself. She is unique and she has her own style; yet it constantly evolves. For those still wondering, her signature is on the back of the painting rather than the front. Why? Because an upside-down signature would probably look strange to the naked eye, and more importantly: she feels that you have total freedom to do as you wish.  

Furthermore, there is one constant in her work: everything is based on her feelings. It could be how she feels any particular day, but it could also be the music she’s been listening to. For example: one of her works is named “Valkiria. I think some of you can guess what she was listening to while painting. Some pieces are simply that: a materialization of something that happened in her life. That’s why all her work is unique. No day is the same, no feeling is the same and therefore all her work is continuously evolving. The one and only red wire: abstract art (hence the name Abstrart). Abstract because anyone can see what they want to see. She feels no need to paint a tree the way a picture would reflect that tree. The same counts for mountains, the sea, animals, humans or the sky. Imagine lying on the grass with your friends and looking at the clouds. Everybody sees something else in every cloud, yet that cloud is the same to every eye. That is the essence of her work. 

In general, the colors and structures she uses are linked to her current life, which today often reflect aspects of Spain. But you will also find other details, other ideas, other colors, and other feelings. 

While, in the beginning, art was nothing more than a hobby for her, it turned into a passion, without her even realizing it. Her early artworks are currently hanging in the homes of her friends and family, mostly spread around Argentina. It is the perfect way for her to express her feelings without limit, where she can use any topic – as controversial as it might be – as a source of inspiration without anybody judging her.