Alejandra De La Torre

artista multidisciplinal.

Statement:

From my own experience of attachment towards my possessions , I started Investigate about the links develop people with the objects around us , the need to retain and limits between possession and obsession. I am interested in mainly the limit between what is considered normal and diseased , reconsidering the parameters that define that things.
From this personal experience , I was treating this issue in a more general way , focusing especially on everyday acts related to different forms and patterns of accumulation , from Conservation International as souvenirs to collectibles .
I also interested in the spaces dedicated to the act of accumulating like The attics , storage rooms , cabinets, etc . The type of objects preserved there and how these objects behave in different spaces .
The attachment, Accumulation , Vacuum Fear , Obsession and memory are key words in my work .


Partiendo de mi propia experiencia de apego hacia mis posesiones, empecé a investigar sobre los vínculos que desarrollamos las personas con los objetos que nos rodean, sobre la necesidad de retener y los límites entre la posesión y la obsesión, interesándome sobre todo el límite establecido entre lo que se con...

2019 - Postgraduate degree in ‘Illustration applied to design’
IDEP, Barcelona, Spain
2012 - Masters degree in Artistic Production (Hons)
UPV (Universidad Politécnica de Valencia), Valencia, Spain
2007 - Bachelor’s degree in Visual Arts (Major - Painting)
UPV (Universidad Politécnica de Valencia), Valencia, Spain

Individual Exhibitions
2023 - "Nasti de Plasti". Espinasse 31 gallery. Madrid
"La última de Herencias". Navel Art. Madrid
"El enfado". Muvim museum hall. Valencia
2022 - "Bye bye Souvenir" Galeria Cuatro, Vlc, Spain
2018 - “Bitter cotton Candy”Mad is Mad SL, Madrid, Spain
2016 - “VHS”.Escalera de Incendios, Galería Anaglifos,
Barcelona, Spain
- “Okay for a trip”Galería Pepita Lumier, VLC, Spain
- “GROW UP”Espai d’art, Nuevo Centro. VLC, Spain
2015 - “September. Reflections about the act of collecting”. Las Naves, Valencia, Spain
2012 - “Junk, between the object of value and trash”
Artstudio.at.bb, Valencia, Spain
2011 - “Experiences, Memories, Objects”
Galería Yinvila, Chinchilla. Spain
2010 - “Accumulations and Fetishes”
Galería Diferença, Lisbon, Portugal
Galería Pepa Cervera, Rocafort, Spain

Collective Exhibitions (selection, last years)
2024
"Eneaverso" Private Space exhibition. Marbella. Spain.
"Fashion Art". Castillo de Montjüic. Barcelona. Spain
"Cultura y cambio tecnológico". UPV. Gandia. Spain
"Cópula" Navel Art. Madrid. Spain
"Life". Espinasse 31 gallery. Milan. Italy
"Los Caprichos". Est Art. Madrid. Spain
"Aquí cruzan nuestros caminos". Espinasse 31 gallery. Madrid. Spain


2023
"Cultura ...