Alexandra Badia

Abstract     Books     Illustrations     Drawings    


The woods 

Four-color screen printing
33x 46 cm size



Printed in silkscreen, the illustration shows a hybrid feline-monkey surrounded by organic dark green forms, evoking the foliage and shifting light of the forest.



To dwell

Three-ink relief engraving
40,5x 29,7 cm size





In this illustration, the physical gesture of carving the linoleum becomes an act of releasing weight and letting go of what no longer serves us. Deep maroon, yellow and pink bring together pain, light and tenderness, while the image reflects on our connection to nature and what sustains us.


“To gallop across the sky,
to feel and dwell
in what sustains us.”

Beasts

3 colours risograph Prints
29,7x 42cm size





Illustration printed in risograph, set against an atmospheric gradient, two wolves — one howling, the other playful — evoke affection, companionship and our instinctive connection to the wild nature.

Animals affection

3 colours risograph prints
42x 29,7 cm


Animals Affection explores the delicate space between vulnerability and resilience. Set against the harshness of a desert landscape, the work depicts an encounter with an oryx, an animal known for its ability to survive in extreme conditions. The work blurs the boundaries between identities, opening up a reflection on affection, our relationship with nature, and beauty as a poetic space of resistance.

 Without masks

Risography print
2 colours risograph prints
29,7x 42 cm / 21x 29,7 cm size



This illustration functions as a mirror. The questions at its core are: what does it mean to show oneself without masks? What does it mean to hide? What does it mean to be seen? What does it mean to hold one’s own vulnerability before another? What does it mean to look at oneself and recognize oneself in the gaze of the other?

Presence: Studies of form

Drawings










Inner journey

Drawings




These drawings represent four mares going through adversity together. Through the non-superposition and superposition of bodies, we reflect on mutual support, the importance of the network and the power of not having to walk the path in solitude.

Learning to be wild

Small ink drawings


Landscapes

Small marker drawings


Primate

Pastel and graphite pencil



All of a suddenly, the beast

Graphic Novel


Self-published book | Winner of the Junceda Award for Emerging Creators (2019) and 1st Prize Eva Toldrà - General Category (2018)

“In a city dominated by noise, haste and relentless consumption, isolation and individualism shape the lives of its inhabitants. A girl finds herself trapped in an daily routine until she is suddenly drawn into a mysterious forest, where a series of experiences transform the way she sees herself and the world around her. When she returns, the city seems unchanged — but inside her, everything is different.”


Otro músculo secreto 

El libro de los abrazos. Eduardo Galeano
Illustrated book


A series of illustrations for Eduardo Galeano's poignant story (included in The Book of Embraces). The story tenderly intertwines old age, exile, the echo of geographical distances, the enduring nature of affection, and memory in the face of inevitable farewells.

Leave me alone

Micro Fanzine





Novecento

Alessandro Baricco
Illustrated book





Selected for the 9th Ibero-American Illustration Catalogue | Unpublished project (Escola Massana)

A series of illustrations based on Alessandro Baricco’s novel Novecento.

“In the interwar years, an ocean liner, the Virginian, traversed the routes between Europe and America. Aboard the Virginian, an extraordinary pianist named Novecento played every night with a wonderful technique, capable of striking magical, unheard-of notes. It was said that the melancholic pianist was born on the ship, which he had never stepped off, and that no one knew why.”

Photography | Editorial Design | Art Direction 







Self-published book | 2nd Prize Arts Byblio Award - ArtsLibris Fair (2018)

Experimental project based on the meteorological phenomenon of wind, exploring it through graphic investigation and reflection. The project is grounded in both the scientific and poetic aspects of wind.

The project takes shape as a special edition composed of several pieces, each using a different medium of expression: photographic, graphic, and typographic.



Poster I / Fragments

Two colours risograph print


Poster II / Fragments

Two colours risograph print





Counterforms

1 colour risograph prints


Counterforms

One- ink Silkscreen print 
35x 50 cm size










© Alexandra Badia — All rights reserved






© Alexandra Badia
All rights reserved