Carlotta M. Valentinis Queraltó
Based between Barcelona, Milano and Berlin (2001).
Each project begins with a deep immersion in matter and territory. Grounded in a process of active listening and attention, creation unfolds through the hands, the body, and thought –allowing form to emerge naturally from this encounter. Her practice becomes a way of understanding, of relating to the world, and of situating oneself within it.
With a background in dance and performative arts, the body remains central to her practice. Painting functions as a site of direct contact between body, matter, and surface, where the physical gesture negotiates with the raw behavior of materials. Texture, density, and erosion participate in the construction of the image, embracing variability, imperfection, and slow temporality as essential conditions of the work.
Positioned between abstraction and figuration, her works act as thresholds where landscape, movement, and time converge. Conceived as living organisms open to transformation and instability, the paintings continuously dialogue between lived experience, physical presence, and the memory of place.
Formed at Universität der Künste (Berlin) and Escola Massana (Barcelona) –where her Bachelor’s thesis Pulvis Stellarum was awarded Honors Distinction (cum laude). Her practice extends through international residencies and artistic research projects, including GlogauAIR (Berlin), Constelaciones Red Quincho (Argentina), and Quo Artis Creative Europe program & Ars Electronica (Austria).
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