Cristina Lama

Born 1977, Spain. Currently live and works in Seville, Spain.

Lama's artistic practice is fundamentally grounded in abstract emotional expression, employing a relatively loose narrative approach that leaves the interpretation of her works open to the viewer. Rather than focusing on specific themes, characters, or subjects, she transforms these elements into instruments for exploring the possibilities of composition. Lama relies heavily on intuition, regarding the realistic imagery merely as a premise for her experimental arrangements of lines, forms, and colors. Her primary concern lies in how these elements achieve harmonious fluidity across the canvas. Working predominantly with oil and acrylic on large-scale canvases, Lama incorporates dilemmas related to family, childhood, and freedom into her works. Her paintings, which reject conventional rules and perspectives, demonstrate compelling force through deliberate and vigorous brushwork while manifesting her sensitivity and emotional depth.

Dancing phantom, chandelier-like spiders, and top-hatted skulls — typically emblematic of death and fear — often appears in Lama’s works and are reimagined with a childlike sensibility reminiscent of illustrations from children's horror stories. However, these works also emanate an underlying unease through Lama's vibrating brushwork, particularly in her depictions of bats and dogs, which recall Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes' "Los Caprichos" series. While spiders typically evoke negative associations of danger and fear, Lama entitled them as "protection," drawing parallel to Louise Bourgeois' iconic giant spider sculptures, which similarly employ the spider's inherent qualities of weaving and protecting offspring as a metaphor for maternal power.

出生於1977年西班牙，目前居住於西班牙塞維利亞。

Cristina Lama創作的核心主要依靠抽象的情感，對敘事的處理較為鬆散，因此她的作品總是有大量空白的詮釋空間留給觀眾。她的創作重點不在於某個具體的主題、人物、或題材，而是把這些元素化為探索畫面構圖的工具。Lama非常仰賴個人直覺，並相信現實中的映像只是她對不同線條、形式和顏色組合實驗的前設；這些元素在畫布上如何和諧地流動才是她的主要關注點。她在創作時經常運用以油彩及丙烯酸顏料為主的繪畫技法和大型畫布，將與家庭、童年和自由相關的困境描繪到她的作品中。其畫作摒棄了傳統的規則和觀點，其有力而刻意的筆法賦予了作品一種令人信服的力量，而畫作內容則體現了她的敏感度和情感深度。

飛舞的幽靈、彷如吊燈的蜘蛛、帶着禮帽的骷髏頭 —— 這些普遍而言象徵着死亡或恐懼的圖騰經常出現在Lama的作品中，也在藝術家充滿活力的演繹下增添了幾分孩子氣，彷如兒童恐怖故事的插圖。然而，這些作品在Lama不穩定的筆觸下同時呈現出一種不安感，特別是蝙蝠和狗的意象，讓人情不自禁聯想到西班牙古典大師法蘭西斯科·戈雅（Francisco Joséde Goya y Lucientes）的《狂想曲》系列。雖然大部分人想到蜘蛛時都會聯想到危險和恐懼等負面情緒，但Lama卻賦予了牠們「守護者」的稱號；宛如路易絲·布爾喬亞（Louise Bourgeois）著名的巨型蜘蛛雕塑，以同樣會紡紗和保護孩子的蜘蛛彰顯了母親的力量。

PREVIOUS EXHIBITIONS

2025
LA SINRAZÓN | AISHO Hong Kong | Hong Kong
2023
Música para un murciélago | Spazio Amanita | New York, USA
2022
Hábitos nocturnos | Galería Delimbo | Sevilla, Spain
Entretanto | CAC Málaga | Malaga, Spain
Vigilia | Galería Veta | Madrid, Spain

2021
Habitación con vistas | Villa Magdalena | Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain
2019
Repisas y espejos | Delimbo Gallery | Madrid, Spain

2018
Olhar da Criança | Cordeiros Galeria | Oporto, Portugal

2017
Lágrimas de San Lorenzo | XXS Aperto al Contemporaneo | Palermo, Italy
Lágrimas de San Lorenzo | Costantini Art Gallery | Milaan, Italy

2016
Alrededores | Galería JM. Málaga | Malaga, Spain

2015
Leonera | Galería Cavecanem | Sevilla, Spain

2012
Que cómo dormirán los vecinos de este pueblo | Galería JM. Málaga | Malaga, Spain
Todo lo que dicen de nosotros es mentira | Museo de Huelva | Huelva, Spain

2011
Ángulo muerto | Galería Begoña Malone | Madrid, Spain
2010
El Templo del Desengaño | Galería la Caja China | Sevilla, Spain

2009
Por partes | Galería Begoña Malone | Madrid, Spain

2008
Teatro Negro | Museo Cruz Herrera | Galería Manolo Alés | Cádiz, Spain
2024
La Veta del Sur | Galería Veta | Sevilla, Spain
Traces of Life: Global Figuration. Galería Veta | Onfinitive Foundation | H Queens | Hong Kong
Pintores de Pintores | Galería Veta
Plaza de Colón | Madrid, Spain
No hay fronteras | Colección CAC Málaga | Instituto Cervantes | Tangier, Morocco
2023
Rostros | Galería Veta | Madrid, Spain
Roasted Hot With Heat | A cent mètres du centre du monde | Contemporary Art Center | Perpignan, France
Zona Maco | Galería Veta | México.
2022
Smart Idiots | Woaw Gallery | Hong Kong
Meridiano | John Holland Gallery | Huelva, Spain
Delicious! A Feast for the Eyes | Galerie Zink | Munich, Germany
Terrible! Beautiful! | Galerie Zink | Munich, Germany
David y Goliath | Galerie Zink | Waldkirchen, Germany
Crystal | Galería Delimbo | Sevilla, Spain
Vientos de poniente | Gustavo Bacarisas Gallery | Gibraltar
Qui resistit, vincit | CAC Vélez Málaga | Centro de Arte Contemporáneo de Vélez | Malaga, Spain
2020
A la manera de... (III) | Galería Rafael Ortiz | Sevilla, Spain
Corazón | Fundación Valentín de Madariaga | Sevilla, Spain
2019
En paralelo. Un día es un día | Galería Álvaro Alcazar | Madrid, Spain
Drácula x Drácula | Centro de Arte Contemporáneo de Málaga | Malaga, Spain
Drácula x Drácula | Fundación Valentín de Madariaga | Sevilla, Spain
Salón Teatro | La cabeza antes que el ojo | Galería Birimbao | Sevilla, Spain
2018
Monomanía | George Gallery | New York, USA
Entre la figuración y la abstracción, la acción | CAAC. Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo | Sevilla, Spain
Paisaje. Entorno y contexto | Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Fernando Centeno López | Genalguacil. Málaga, Spain
La fiesta infinita | El Butrón | Sevilla, Spain
World Neighbours | CAC Málaga + Fundación Valentín de Madariaga | Sevilla, Spain
Painting and Photography | Cordeiros Galeria | Oporto, Portugal.
2017
Awkward | Anna Zorina Gallery | New York, USA
Copenague. Dinamarca / The Hole. NYC. USA/ Rod Bianco Gallery. Oslo. Noruega/ Steinsland
Berliner Gallery | Stockholm, Sweden
Solidown 2017 | El Butrón | Sevilla, Spain
CAC Málaga. Malaga Contemporary Art Center.
CAAC. Andalusian Center for Contemporary Art. Seville.
Seville City Council Collection. Focus Abengoa Foundation. Seville.
UJA Collection. University of Jaén.
Benetton Art Spain Collection.
Provincial Foundation of Culture. Huelva Provincial Council.
Provincial Foundation of Culture. Cádiz Provincial Council.
Cruz Herrera Museum. Manolo Alés Gallery. La Línea de la Concepción. Cádiz.
Municipal Collection. Utrera City Council. Seville.
Municipal Collection. Carmona City Council. Seville.
Andalusian Youth Institute.
CCOO. Workers' Commissions. Seville.
La Peau de l'Ours Collection. Montreal, Canada.
Grupo Lozano Collection.
Círculo de Recreo Torrelavega Collection.
Marifi Plazas Gal Collection. Cartagena.
Cordeiros Collection. Porto, Portugal.
Arena Collection, Madrid.
Carragosela Collection, Lisbon, Portugal.
Julian Schnabel Collection, New York, USA.
Irwan Pean Collection, Hong Kong.

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