Marta Adalid (Madrid, 1994)

Marta Adalid graduated in Fine Arts at Universidad Complutense de Madrid. She spent the last year of her degree in Florence thanks to the Erasmus Scholarship. Later she moved to study at the Barcelona Academy of Art where she delves into the classical techniques of drawing and painting.

In addition to teaching at art schools, she has worked as main illustrator for the project Macondo, Memories of the Colombian Conflict incollaboration with photographer Alvaro Ybarra Zavala. This project has been exhibited in of Madrid, Bogota and New York. She has also produced work for the architecture studios Ricardo Bofill Taller de Arquitectura and Astet Studio. She has recently worked as the main artist for the feature film La Mitad de Ana directed by Marta Nieto.

In the development of her work, the body has been the main object of study, understanding it as a canvas and a tool to comprehend what it means to be human. Her painting oscillates between figurative representation and abstraction. It is characterized by gestural brushstrokes that are reminiscent of movement and energy, since the action of her own body is involved in the making of the works.Her painting oscillates between figurative representation and abstraction. It is characterized by gestural brushstrokes that are reminiscent of movement and energy, since the action of her own body is involved in the process.