Andrea Villalón
Biography
Andrea Villalón's (b. 1995, Mexico) figurative paintings and stained glass works emerge from a highly personal and transformative exploration of identity, representation and self-reflection in the 21st Century. Every painting is considered a self-portrait and is reflective of Villalón's personal experience. While reminiscent of Mexican masters such as Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera and Rufino Tamayo in both her portrayal of the everyday and the symbology of objects, Villalón also utilises her practise as a kind of psychological investigation more akin to how Pedro Reyes use and promotes therapy as an agent for positive and enlightening change.
"I live for the moments when I feel real, aware, present, part of this world and owner of my skin. I've discovered that for me to be able to reach this state of harmony and synchronicity, first I have to know who I am; which I think I do, but whenever I paint, something unexpected and unknown reveals in front of me. It's my subconscious sublimating. It's the inside projecting itself on the outside, it gives me a little glimpse of what's going on with me and it also works as a record of who I am at every age. The images end up being like the results of a blood test, the elements in them are universal symbols I later translate, I am a doctor and not an artist, now I know how to cure myself." - Andrea Villalón
Selected Works
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Andrea VillalónHoney Thief is Apples Old , 2023Oil on canvas50 x 40 cm
19 3/4 x 15 3/4 in -
Andrea VillalónPit Stop, 2023Oil on canvas40 x 50 cm
15 3/4 x 19 3/4 in -
Andrea VillalónLa casa se la va a comer, 2022Oil on canvas
Natural oak frame97 x 157 cm
38 1/4 x 61 3/4 in -
Andrea VillalónInner core, 2021Acrylic and oil on canvas
Framed in natural oak100 x 100 cm
39 1/4 x 39 1/4 in -
Andrea VillalónThe darkest light, 2021Acrylic and oil on canvas100 x 100 cm
39 1/4 x 39 1/4 in -
Andrea VillalónThe search for meaning, 2021Acrylic and oil on canvas
Natural oak frame100 x 100 cm
39 1/4 x 39 1/4 in
Exhibitions
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8 October - 11 November 2021Tomaso Binga I Poesia Muta
Brigade is proud to present the first Scandinavian exhibition of the Italian artist Tomaso Binga (b. 1931, Salerno, lives and works in Rome). The artistic identity of Tomaso Binga came...Read more -
4 June - 11 July 2021Andrea Villalón I The Shelter of Meaning
Villalón's figurative paintings and stained glass works emerge from a highly personal and transformative exploration of identity, representation and self-reflection in the 21st Century. Every painting is considered a self-portrait...Read more
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