History
HAIZEA ZELAIA ARRATIBEL
Date of birth: 01/05/1994
Place of birth: Donostia – San Sebastián
Guided by her mother Arantxa Arratibel (a professional painter), she began entering drawing and painting competitions at the early age of 5. To date, she has received 44 painting awards.
It is worth highlighting that in several cases she competed in the adult category.
2005
She painted a picture live on the TV program “Horrelakoa da Bizitza” on E.T.B.
COMPETITIONS · AWARDS
2000
1st Prize – Open-air painting competition, Old Town district, San Sebastián.
3rd Prize – Open-air painting competition organized by Tamayo, held in San Sebastián.
2001
1st Prize – Open-air painting competition organized by Tamayo, held at Chillida Leku.
1st Prize – Open-air painting competition held in Astigarraga, organized by the Town Council.
1st Prize – Open-air painting competition held in Lasarte-Oria, organized by Antxota.
Award Winner – Youth Club painting competition organized by Kutxa.
2002
1st Prize – Eskibel Eskola painting competition, awarded by Eduardo Chillida, held in the Old Town district of San Sebastián.
1st Prize – Zipristin open-air painting competition organized by Tamayo, held in San Sebastián.
1st Prize – Open-air painting competition organized by Etxadi, held in the Ayete district, San Sebastián.
1st Prize – Open-air painting competition held in Lasarte-Oria, organized by Antxota.
2nd Prize – Open-air painting competition held in the Loiola district, San Sebastián.
(*) Artwork acquired by the Basque Maritime Forum (Bilbao).
3rd Prize – Open-air painting competition held in Eibar, organized by the Town Council.
Finalist – Open-air painting competition organized by Tamayo, held at Chillida Leku.
Finalist – (among 343 participants, all adults) in the open-air painting competition held at La Taconera (Pamplona), organized by the Pamplona Regional Association.
2003
1st Prize – Open-air painting competition organized by Etxadi, held in the Ayete district, San Sebastián.
1st Prize – Open-air painting competition held in Lasarte-Oria, organized by Antxota.
1st Prize – Open-air painting competition held in the Old Town district, San Sebastián.
1st Prize – Open-air painting competition held in Beasain, organized by the Town Council.
2nd Prize – Painting competition organized by the Basque Maritime Forum (Bilbao).
(The 1st prize was not awarded to her because they did not believe she had painted it alone.)
2nd Prize – Basque Youth Painting Competition (theme: “Water”), organized by Subacuáticas and Real Sociedad Football Club, San Sebastián.
2nd Prize – Open-air painting competition held in Orio, organized by Leskari.
2nd Prize – Open-air painting competition held in Vergara, organized by the Town Council.
2nd Prize – Open-air painting competition held in the Loyola district (San Sebastián), organized by the Loyola Cultural Center.
4th Prize – Open-air painting competition organized by Tamayo, held at Chillida Leku, San Sebastián.
Award Winner – Youth Club painting competition organized by Kutxa, San Sebastián.
Honorable Mention – Painting competition of the Gipuzkoa Artistic Association
(all other participants were adults).
2004
1st Prize – Open-air painting competition organized by Tamayo, held in San Sebastián.
Theme: “Spring”
1st Prize – Open-air painting competition organized by Antxota, held in Lasarte-Oria.
1st Prize – Open-air painting competition organized by Cepinsa, held in San Sebastián.
1st Prize – Painting competition held in Beasain, organized by the Town Council.
2nd Prize – Open-air painting competition held in the Loyola district, San Sebastián, organized by the Loyola Cultural Center.
2005
1st Prize – Open-air painting competition in Beasain, organized by the Town Council.
2006
2nd Prize – Painting competition held in Trintxerpe, organized by the San Sebastián Town Council.
1st Prize and Special Prize – Open-air painting competition, XVIII Memorial Txomin Martínez, Old Town.
1st Prize – Open-air painting competition organized by the Soraluze Town Council.
2nd Prize – Open-air painting competition organized by the Beasain Town Council.
3rd Prize – Open-air painting competition held in San Sebastián, organized by Tamayo (“Zipristin”).
2007
3rd Prize – Open-air painting competition held in San Sebastián, organized by Tamayo (“Udaberria”).
2nd Prize – Open-air painting competition organized by the Soraluze Town Council.
3rd Prize – Painting competition organized by the Pasajes (Trintxerpe) Town Council.
2008
2nd Prize – Open-air painting competition “Julian Ugarte”, organized by the Zarautz Town Council.
2nd Prize – Open-air painting competition organized by the Beasain Town Council.
2nd Prize – Open-air painting competition “Zipristin”, San Sebastián, organized by Tamayo.
2009
2nd Prize – Open-air painting competition in the Loyola district, organized by the Loyola Cultural Center.
2nd Prize – Open-air painting competition organized by the Beasain Town Council.
2015
Interview in Diario Vasco by Begoña del Teso.