Alba Botines
Alba’s paintings are the navigation of desire in the world-making of imagination. She constructs imaginary spaces and landscapes that explore ideas about worlds of chaos, order, decay and growth, transition to a new paradigm, a reflection on the liquid modernity we live in where everything changes and it cannot keep its shape; and the interconnectedness between species. We are nomadic subjects.
Botines is interested in the sensations and intensities and the becoming of the painting. Every painting is a new beginning for her, a new desire, a new excitement and a new experience. Botines' work demonstrates immense joy in the surprise of colours, lines and marks interacting and producing tension and contrasts. “Every painting challenges me to asks questions and it's a new opening to something else”.
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B. Barcelona, Spain. Lives and works in London.
Education
2022-2023 MA Painting, Royal College of Art, London
2019-2022 (First-Class) BA (Hon) Fine Art , Goldsmiths, University of London, UK
2018-2019 Foundation Diploma in Art & Design, City & Guilds of London Art School, UK
Exhibitions
2024 Beyond Boundaries, Guts Gallery, London
2024 Worlds Beyond, Unit London, London
2023 BUFFER 2, Guts Gallery, London
2023 Opening Ceremony Olymp’ Arts, Zappeion, Athens
2023 Chancellors’ Circle Dinner, Royal College of Art
2023 MA Painting Show, Royal College of Art
2022 Degree Show, Goldsmiths, University of London
2021 Some, online group exhibition, https://someexhibition.cargo.site/Alba-Botines
2019 Foundation Show, City & Guilds of London Art School
Awards
2023 First Prize in painting by Olymp’ Arts
2023 Shortlisted for the Fribourg Philanthropies Painting Prize