Úrsula Salvador is an international art dealer born in Madrid, with a career developed across the United States, Europe, and Latin America.
At the age of 10, she moved to Florida, where she grew up between West Palm Beach and Miami, forging an early and strong connection with the art world. After 15 years in the United States, she settled in Paris, where she studied Art History at the Sorbonne and became actively involved in the city’s cultural and artistic scene.
Throughout her career, she has lived and worked in cities such as Paris, London, Athens, Beirut, Istanbul, Madrid, Marbella, and Santiago de Chile, in addition to traveling extensively throughout Africa, Asia, and the Middle East—experiences that have shaped her international artistic vision. She has participated in art fairs such as Art Miami and Art Beirut on several occasions, and has operated her own spaces and pop-ups in Miami, Palm Beach, and Marbella, through which she has promoted and presented emerging artists.
She is the founder and director of the USC Gallery, from where she develops curatorial projects and international collaborations.
She works freelance with private collectors and with works by major masters such as Picasso and Dalí. In 2015, she was appointed a member of the Host Committee of Art Marbella, a fair she has been involved with since its first edition.
This year, she will participate in Design Art Marbella with her gallery USC, presenting works by Jordi Mollà, a sculpture by Marcos Marín, and supporting young talents such as Rafa B., a 13-year-old prodigy with very promising talent.
Jordi Mollá is an established, internationally recognized actor and artist whom I have known for over twenty years, and whom I deeply admire not only for his multidisciplinary career, but for his creative authenticity and his unique pictorial voice.
Jordi is a persevering creator, driven by a genuine passion for the beauty of the world, for human beings, and for nature. All of this is expressed on his canvases through a figurative, abstract, and conceptual style of painting, charged with symbolism, emotion, and profound meaning. His work dialogues with pop, but always from a place of depth, reflection, and awareness. We have shared exhibitions in cities such as Miami, Madrid, and Tbilisi, Georgia, and in each of them his work has demonstrated an extraordinary ability to connect with diverse audiences, transcending labels and disciplines. Alongside Jordi, I will present Rafa B., the very young marbellí talent Rafa Barrio Pavón, a 13-year-old prodigy who has been painting since the age of four. Completely self-taught, he has developed a personal visual language inspired by great masters such as Picasso and Dalí, to
which he adds a contemporary pop sensibility and a unique gaze that blends expressive maturity with the innocence of childhood.
Despite his young age, he has already received early recognition, participated in both group and solo exhibitions, and his work forms part of private collections in Spain and abroad.
His artistic projection clearly points toward a solid evolution within contemporary and avant-garde art. I will also present Laura Zambrano, a visual artist linked to the contemporary art scene in Málaga, Her work moves within a personal visual language, marked by a sensitivity for figurative aesthetic exploration and a strong connection to nature. I will also present Martina Berti, an Ecuadorian visual artist based in Spain whose work lies at the intersection of color, geometry, and
perception. Finally, I will be bringing Marcos Marin back to Marbella following the exhibition of his “Poseidon” in Puerto Banús last summer.
RAFA B
The young artist dreams of exhibiting at New York’s MoMA and the Thyssen, while developing a distinctive style inspired by masters such as Picasso, Dalí, Velázquez and Klimt.
At just 13, Málaga-born artist Rafa B. has already achieved what many creators aspire to over a lifetime: exhibiting in multiple cities, selling works to international collectors, and capturing the attention of both audiences and contemporary art experts. His largeformat pieces—defined by an explosion of colour—will be on view in Marbella once again at Marbella Design &Art, from 19 to 29 March, represented by Úrsula Salvador (USC Gallery).
RAFA B.
Contemporary Artist
2020
- First prize from the Official College of Architects of Malaga at age 7 for “My dream home”
- International Children and Youth Festival “Embrace the World” at the Palacio de Congresos in Marbella February. Exhibition of children’s drawings.
- Winner International University of Marbella, September. Collective exhibition of children’s paintings.
- International children’s exhibition of paintings dedicated to Ilya Repin in Marbella at International University of Marbella (MIUC).
2021
- V international competition of the Helena Roerich Charitable Foundation “We are the Children of Space”.
- Children’s exhibition dedicated to Ilya Repin at the Palacio de Congresos y Exposiciones in Marbella.
- Children’s exhibition dedicated to Ilya Repin at Russian House in Finland, Helsinki.
- 100th Anniversary of Vitebsk Art School International Children’s Art Exhibition in Moscow, Skolkovo.
- Children’s exhibition dedicated to Ilya Repin at Branch Museum – Estate of I.E.Repin “Zdravnevo” Vitebsk Regional History Museum.
- International children’s exhibition of paintings “Malevich´s Space” in Marbella at Interna- tional University of Marbella (MIUC).
2022
- Winner Young hope exhibition 2022, D31 Art Gallery, Doncaster, England.
- IV Ocaña Painting Contest at the Ocaña Interpretation Center (CIOC), Sevilla. Fundación FIES a la 41º Edición del Concurso ¿Qué es un Rey para ti?
- International children’s exhibition dedicated to the avant-garde, Technopark capsule in Moscow.
2023
- SOLO ART EXHIBITION “Picasso through my eyes” at ES ART GALLERY, Marbella (May)
- Winner III International children’s art competition Osvaldo Lobalzo in Puerto Sotogrande gallery, Cadiz.
- Collective exhibition in Puerto Sotogrande Gallery, Cadiz.
- Winner II children´s art competition University of Architecture Málaga
2024
- SOLO ART EXHIBITION AT SAM (Salón de Arte Moderno – Madrid) – (March 6th-10th)
2025
- ART EXHIBITION at Tikitano Restaurant with Borja Sémper (March 2025)
- COLLECTIVE ART EXHIBITION at Casa de las Tejerinas – Ayto. de Estepona ( from June 5th to July 30th)
- ART EXHIBITION at OBAL HOTEL MARBELLA with Iván Espinosa de los Monteros (November 2025)
2026
- COLLECTIVE ART EXHIBITION with Jordi Mollá. USC GALLERY at ART & DESIGN MARBELLA (From March 19th to 29th)
