Carme Aliaga
Artist
Carme Aliaga (1971) was born in Terrassa, where she lives and works. She has a degree in Fine Arts, specialising in painting, from the University of Barcelona. She has had numerous solo exhibitions in recent years and has participated in numerous group exhibitions in Madrid, Barcelona, Lleida, Copenhagen, Odense, Skagen, Amsterdam, Buenos Aires, Strasbourg and Paris.
exposicion
Thinking the city
The call “Pensar la Ciudad” (Thinking the City) called on emerging artists to reflect and dialogue on the contemporary city through their work, offering unique perspectives on their real experiences, research and desires, from a critical awareness. The initiative sought to give voice to visions that offered a new reading of urban landscapes and societies.
We have had an exceptional jury:
asun rodríguez montejano. Comisaria
Elba Benítez. Galería Elba Benítez
Carlos Garaicoa. Artista
Javier Aparicio. Galería El Chico
Paco de Blas. Gestor Cultural
Carlos Alvarez. Editor. Piece with Artist
Silvia Hengstenberg. ART U READY y The Sibarist
After carefully analysing each proposal received, we are pleased to announce the names of the artists selected in the first call for emerging artists,
‘Thinking the city’.
There has been a very high standard and it has not been easy to make the decision.
The shortlisted artists are (in alphabetical order):
Carme Aliaga Perera
Daniel Barrio
Sebastián Bayo
Paula Botella Andreu
Solange Contreras Pavez
Julia Grunberg
Stefanie Herr
Delfina Inés Giacomo y Wanda Acevedo
Rodrigo Moreno
Mina Nogueira
Chema Rodríguez
Dayana Trigo
Invernadero The Sibarist
San Lorenzo, 11
Some of his works form part of prestigious collections. He was awarded the Ricard Camí First Prize, which enabled him to include his work in the BBVA-Caixa Terrassa Collection. His work is also included in the ‘Testimoni’ Collection of Caixabank, in the Banc de Sabadell Foundation Collection and in the Vila Casas Foundation Collection.
‘Origami Urbà’ is a mixed media work on wood that uses collage and paper folds to create visual prisms, fusing the art of origami with the representation of the urban fabric. It explores the city as a metaphor for human complexity in constant construction, highlighting the interaction of light with architectures and the geometries they generate. The piece contrasts the solidity of structures with the fragility of paper, emphasising wear, trace and memory. Through the superimposition of times and the experience of places, he creates pictorial structures that invade the sculptural space, using intense colours and random texts to suggest rather than describe the urban environment.