Rosa Canto was born in Alcoy, Alicante, Spain. Her artistic studies began at the Fine Arts School in Alcoy and were later continued in Valencia at the San Carlos Fine Arts University.

Through hard work, Canto has achieved merited success. Her favorite subjects are landscapes and forgetting the romanticism often seen, she looks for the nature and realism in that subject. She is a master with paint and on her canvases she shapes her landscapes, infusing them with the great flavor and character of her native country. Canto takes a visual picture of fields full of brilliantly colored flowers or serene Spanish villages. Her goal is to be set apart from the traditional subjects of the artists from her region by always portraying her homeland from her personal point of view. Rosa Canto paints as she feels and she does not dwell upon the perfection of each stroke. She considers her work to be a journey, one that gets better with each piece that she paints.

Rosa Canto's work can be found in private collections in Spain and internationally. She has received the following honors:

1998-First in Casino Novelda, Alicante

Selected to participate in the Agullo II and Art Biennal, Cocentaina (Alicante)

Selected in the international Painting Prizes Josep de Rivera, Jativa (Alicante)

1999-Selected in the Nous Creadors competition, Jativa (Alicante)

Selected in the IV National Painting competition Vendimia Inicial de Oro Utiel (Alicante)

Honorable mention in the Casino Alicante competition

2000-Selected in the XVIII Eusebio Sempere International Competition

Selected in the Royal Premiere I International Competition

One of her paintings was selected as the cover for the catalog of the Alcoy Fine Arts School Exhibition.

Selected in the XXII Casimiro Sainz National Competition, Reinosa

Selected in the V Painting Competition of the Gaceta Regional Foundation, Salamanca

2001-Selected in the VIII Pastor Calpena Competition, Apse. First prize in photography



Exhibitions:

Participant bi-annually in the Alcoy Fine Arts High School Exhibitions

1998 Collective Exhibition to benefit the Saharaui people in the Industrial Club of Alcoy

1999 Collective Exhibition in the Puerta de Hierro Club, Alcoy

2000 Exhibition in the Alcoy Cultural Center

2001 Arts per la Paul Collective Exhibition, Sala UNESCO, Alcoy