Nuria González Alcaide

Statement

Most of the time I think I can’t paint, That’s why I don’t think when I paint. I am interested in thought and everything that happens to human beings internally. Where do all those experiences that happen to us go? Where is that thought that one day we had, but no longer exists in us? Where do we accumulate everything we didn’t say? How do we create layers to survive the world around us? I problematize my thinking about my own artistic practice and investigate it through painting, with the aim of finding a genuine connection of the canvas with me. My work is made up of conscious and unconscious layers, and I find inspiration in the colors that surround me, both in nature and in cities. I distinguish three stages in my process: a first instance in which, starting from the primary colors, along with black and white, I explore the colors linked to the thought I am working on; then, in a second instance, I let the process rest to read the piece later and, in a third instance, establish a conscious dialogue from the study of color based on previous palettes.

GlogauAIR Project

I am currently in the process of discovering new colors and how to use them in my work. Little by little I have been giving an interpretation to those colors that I use. I want to see how I can use and improve the use of these in my work, since sometimes I feel like I’m repeating myself or that I could get a lot more out of it. I want to create a body of work inspired by the colors of what I see every day in my surroundings. I want to define more my way of working and see where it can take me. I want to translate photos of my every day into colors, and convert those into art.

Painting

CV Summary

Education

• 2022-2023 Master in Graphic Design, ESDESIGN (Barcelona). Online.
• 2021 Foundation Program en Studio Arts. Studio Block 5-TP1. Metàfora Studio Arts. 6 weeks workshop. Barcelona, Spain.

Collective exhibitions

• 2023 Horitzons. Uxval Gochez Gallery. Barcelona, SPAIN
• Psyche. Fondazione Amedeo Modigliani. Rome, ITALY
• The Sense of Place. i.e. Arts Project. Online
• Época Colosal. Galería Orígen. Madrid, SPAIN
• 2022 HONOURABLE MENTION Ladies Drawing Clüb. Virtual exhibition.
• MacFest 2022. Cava de’ Tirreni, ITALY
• Give art a change, Haze Gallery (Berlin, Germany). Virtual exhibition
• World of Co – WOC, (Sofia, BULGARIA). Virtual exhibition.
• 2021 2020T00, Galería Cómplices. Madrid, SPAIN.
• FotoCreativaBA (Argentina). Virtual exhibition.
• FINALIST Mini-print Competition 2021. Southbank Printmakers. London, UK.
• Aura. The Holy Art. London, UK.
• Remember. Monat Gallery. Madrid, SPAIN.
• Colectiva contemporánea. Abartium Galería & Estudio. Vic, SPAIN.

Residencies

• 2023 i.e. Arts Project. The Sense Of Place. Online Artist Residency.
• 2022 World Of Co – WOC (Sofia, BULGARIA). Online Artist Residency.
• 2020 MANGO, residencia para artistas. Online International Residency con exhibición en Marnay Sur Seine, Francia.

Publications & Mentions

• 2023 Suboart magazine. October issue. upcoming
• Artiq. Platform for rental and sell artworks. London (UK).
• 2022 A like Artist. Al-Tiba9 magazine. Book publication.
• SELECCTION OF 11 WORKS Amazon for Fire TV Screensaver.
• Al-Tiba9 magazine. Interview.
• Loupe. Platform for streaming art.

Gallery