Preview 17 September 6:30 - 8:30pm.
Cooke Latham Gallery are delighted to present Tornapiel, a solo exhibtion by Blanca Gracia.
The word Tornapiel is a Spanish re-interpretation of the Latin 'versipellis' which means shapeshifter but translates more literally to "skin-turning".
Continuing her exploration of the 'monstrous' female body Gracia explores the boundaries between inside and outside, creating an internal landscape, a uterine cosmology through which she explores and challenges female archetypes.
Blanca Gracia (b. 1989, Spain) lives and works between Barcelona and Madrid. Gracia's work uses myths, folklore and popular culture to construct new cosmologies that seek to address various contemporary socio-political and philosophical issues. The construction of utopias, using language as a form of creation and nature as a space for transformation are all recurring themes within her practice. Gracia's work uses drawing, audio-visual materials, installation and scenography to transform space and construct her own contained heterotopic worlds.
Recent solo and group exhibitions include Prats Nogueras Blanchard (2025), Spanish Academy in Rome (2025), Fabra i Coats, (2024); MUSE, (2024); Casal Solleric, (2024); Kottinspektionen, (2023); Casa de Iberoamérica, (2023); Sala de Arte Joven, Madrid (2022); Twin Gallery, Madrid (2020); Citadel of Pamplona (2020); Naves del Matadero, Madrid; Centro Parraga, Murcia (both 2019); ArcoMadrid (2018); Centro de Arte de Alcobendas, Madrid (2016); Bombon Projects, Barcelona (2018); La Casa Encendida, Madrid (2017).
Gracia is the recipient of several prizes and scholarships including Primera Fase scholarship (2022), CRA Matadero (2019), Generaciones (2017) or Mario Antolín Scholarship for the BMW Painting Prize (2017). She was an artist in residency at the Spanish Academy in Rome (2024-25) and at Gasworks, London, from (April - June 2023).
