Barbara Alegre
Barbara’s practice talks about Time as a prompt to raise questions of memory, parenthood, genealogy, identity, origin, presence-absence, human concerns, universal and standardised social decisions.
"We are filled with Time and tormented by its implacability. We are bound to memory in order to avoid forgetfulness. We crave continuity by extending our genealogy as if it was a solution to our future emptiness." Barbara Alegre
Education
2018/2020 MA Painting, Royal College of Art & Design, London
2003 BA Fine Art, Chelsea College of Art and Design, London
1999 Foundation diploma in Art and Design, Chelsea College of Art and Design, London
1998 Grau tècnic superior d'Arts plàstiques i Disseny- Arts Aplicades al Mur, Llotja, Barcelona
Selected group exhibitions
2019 Opening Season, Galeria Miquel Alzueta, Barcelona
2019 The Distance Between, Hockney Gallery RCA, London
2019 Work In Progress, Royal College of Art, London
2018 Barcelona Plan B, Chiquita Room, Barcelona
2018 Affordable art fair Brussels, Brussels
2018 Palau de Casavells, Galeria Miquel Alzueta, Gerona
2017 31st Edition of the BMW painting award, Centro Galileo, Madrid
2015 HerTiki, Curated by María Pons, Aloha Tiki, Barcelona
2015 Swab, International Contemporary Art Fair, Swab Seed, La Galería Encantada, Fira de Montjuïc, Barcelona
2014 20 x 20, La Galería Encantada, Barcelona
2014 Fem Art' 14, Cos Desobedient, Ca la Dona, Barcelona
2014 Swab, International Contemporary Art Fair, La Galería Encantada, Fira de Montjuïc, Barcelona
2014 You, Me, Swab and the Local Artists, Street Banners at Paseo de Gracia, Barcelona
2004 49 Salon Européen des jeunes créatures, Montrouge, Paris
2003 Reduced, Acava Cremer Street Studios, Shoreditch, London
2003 Artexpo, Espai d’Art Emergent, Fira de Montjuic, Barcelona
2003 Mix & Stir, BA Fine Art show, Chelsea College of Art & Design, London
2001 View, Bryan Shaw College, London
1999 Founded, Foundation Art show, Chelsea College of Art & Design, London
Selected solo exhibitions
2018 A matter of Time, Miquel Alzueta Gallery, Barcelona
2014 Familiar, La Galería Encantada, Barcelona
Awards
2016 Preselected at the 31st Edition of the BMW painting award, Madrid