Regina Gimenez

Regina Gimenez - Geo-graphics

Technique: Collage and mixed media on paper

Artist Biography: Regina Gimenez lives and works in Barcelona. Since the nineties, she has established herself as one of the most active Catalan artists in the art scene both locally and internationally. Through the appropriation of elements extracted from their original context such as old mute maps or books of geography and cosmology, and their reorganization in new compositions, Regina Gimenez develops through her works an investigation into the aesthetic and formal aspect of graphic representations. An exploration that results in a world of colors and geometric shapes of great beauty and simplicity, through which universal dialogues such as abstraction and figuration, color and black and white or the whole with the fragment materialize. It is a versatile body of work composed of objects of different nature, from paintings on canvas and collages on paper to textile works, through other materials and techniques such as methacrylate or photography. That is why, in addition to her pictorial production, it is also worth mentioning the artist's interest in publishing artist's books and graphic work, as well as her teaching work at the university level. Among her most recent solo exhibitions are Brillantes y pálidas. Gigantes y enanas (Galería Luis Adelantado, Valencia, 2021), Iremos al sol (Museo Patio Herreriano, Valladolid, 2020), El Sol i la taula [The Sun and the table] (Can Palauet, Mataró, 2018) and Adopting another nature (Ana Mas Projects, Barcelona, 2017). Her work has also been included in group exhibitions in public and private cultural spaces in Barcelona, Valencia, La Coruña, London, and other cities in Switzerland, Argentina, France and Korea. She has recently published "Geo-gráficos" her first illustrated book edited by Zahori Books. Over the last few years she has received several awards in recognition of her artistic career, including the first prize at the Biennal de Arte de Tarragona (2010), the Ricard Camí First Prize awarded by the Caixa de Terrassa (2001), the First Prize at the 30th and 37th Sala Parés prize competitions (1998 and 1995). He also received the Fundació Enciclopèdia Catalana Award in 1999. His works are part of important collections such as the Museum of Contemporary Art of Barcelona (MACBA), the "la Caixa" Foundation, the Banc Sabadell Foundation, the Vila Casas Foundation, the Museum of Contemporary Art of Castilla y León or the collection of the Fondation Comprime in Paris; as well as private collections such as Lawrence B. Benenson in New York, Adriana Cisneros in New York and Miami, Jameston Group in New York and Atlanta or Isabel Marant in Paris.