About
I am a synaesthetic artist based in Madrid. Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Arts (Universidad Complutense Madrid) with studies at Loyola University of Chicago and Master’s Degree in Visual Arts at the University of the Arts London. Currently, I am in the last phase of my PhD thesis in Fine Arts at UCM Madrid. I have been recipient of various fellowships and awards and I have been part of exhibitions that have travelled across Madrid, Sevilla, Chicago, London, Hadseløya, Évora, Pamplona and Bucharest. Transformative journeys in my life path as an artist include India, Peru, Colombia and Costa Rica.
My artworks investigate the union of the material and the spiritual in the experience with nature. They explore the extraordinary relationship between women and water – with a special interest in rivers – as well as the activation of the four elements in the imagination. I propose photography through an open, interdisciplinary and experimental perspective that establishes connections with painting, poetry and sound. Thus, the different languages converge in the same artistic body and the sensorial, material, spiritual and symbolic dimensions are intertwined.
I guide women’s circles in the form of workshops, in which we focus on cyclical creativity and the parallelism between the art process and the life process itself. Being fully present is the foundation of authentic expression, freedom, and power. For this reason, I explore a method that integrates sacred womb-heart-centred practices to truly embody what it means to create as a woman. I have had the honour of training with Uma Dinsmore-Tuli and Jane Hardwicke-Collings, deepening on the wisdom of cycles.
© Photo courtesy of Felicia Simion
Awards / Fellowships
- 2016+2017: ARTIST/DEVELOPERS RESIDENCY | NORDLAND AKADEMI FOR KUNST OG VITENSKAP
- 2015: GRADUATE ART PRIZE | ARTIQ LONDON
- 2015: INJUVE AWARD MADRID
- 2014: POSTGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP | FUNDACIÓN MUTUA MADRILEÑA
- 2012: PROVOST FELLOWSHIP | LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO
Exhibitions
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2024: MAISON PAN LONDON
- 2023: MUSEO DE NAVARRA PAMPLONA
- 2019: ENCAPSULADOS ÉVORA
- 2017: INSTITUTO CERVANTES BUCHAREST
- 2017: NORSK FISKEINDUSTRIMUSEUM VERSTERÅLEN
- 2016: ARTSEVILLA
- 2016: LUUM | LONDON DESIGN FESTIVAL
- 2016: #TRIBE16 LONDON
- 2016: UAL SUMMER SHOW LONDON
- 2015: GITOON GALLERY LONDON
- 2015: UAL OPEN STUDIO LONDON
- 2014: H’ARTS LANE LONDON
- 2014: UCM BELLAS ARTES FINAL SHOW MADRID
- 2012: RAPH ARNOLD GALLERY CHICAGO
- 2011: ESPACIO NARANJO MADRID
Clara’s photographic work expresses a high commitment exploring symbolic, expressive and formal levels in a unique way. Her experimental and open approach to the use of photography in a larger field of media doesn’t contradict an honest interest for photography as a media with a huge artistic potential. Through her different series and pieces, Clara shows passion as well as extraordinary artistic intelligence and sensitivity.
✎ Javier Vallhonrat