About me — Alexandra Badia | Il·lustració, Dibuix, Gravat, Risografia i Disseny

Graphic artist, illustrator and educator born in Valencia.

I grew up between Valencia and Aragon and have lived in Barcelona since 2011. My practice sits between illustration, drawing and graphic art, between figuration and abstraction.

Through graphics, I explore the ways in which we relate to the forms of life that surround us, paying attention to issues such as fragility, care and affection. In this journey, I work with processes of transformation, memory and what goes through us. Animals, hybrid beings and nature often appear as forms from which to look, move and explore other ways of inhabiting the world.

I work across manual and digital processes, with a particular interest in printmaking techniques such as relief printing, screen printing and risograph, as well as in the material dimension of the image. I understand the creative process as an intuitive and embodied practice, in which drawing becomes a way of thinking and discovering meaning before it can be articulated.

Education
BA in Fine Arts — Universitat Politècnica de València
Printmaking studies — Accademia di Belle Arti d’Urbino, Italy
Printmaking studies — KAUS, Italy
Advanced Vocational Training in Illustration and Graphic Design — Escola Massana, Barcelona
Postgraduate in Art Therapy and Community Art — Metàfora, Barcelona

Recognition
2019 — Junceda Award, Future Creators category
2018 — Eva Toldrà Illustration Award, General category
2018 — Second Prize, Arts Byblio, Arts Libris Fair, for the self-published artist’s book wē
2018 — Selected for the Ibero-American Illustration Catalogue

Exhibitions and fairs
I have participated in self-publishing fairs and collective exhibitions such us Give Print a Chance (Print Workers), Grafcomic, Festival Femiñetas, Gutter Fest, Arts Club Bcn Gallery, Tinta Invisible, Alliance Française (Bologna), Fanzineist (Vienna), Bala (Bilbao), and FIL Guadalajara.

Professional practice
I develop illustration, graphic art and self-publishing projects, while combining my artistic practice with teaching in public and private institutions.