My practice is about - and inspired by - the sublime, which I see as the overwhelming quality of nature and our relation to it. Working on this subject in the urban landscape of London, I realized how construction materials are probably the most significant disconnection between nature and me. Furthermore, living at this time of climate emergency, I feel an urgency to create art consistent with my concerns for the future of the planet: I use construction site materials to make art about nature; I transform discarded building materials into art that questions the problems of our economy in relation to the environment.
Please visit my online Graduate Show at: https://artacademy.org.uk/graduate-show-2020/
mercedesballequiroga@gmail.com
CV
Based between London and Majorca
EDUCATION
2016-2020 Fine Art (Hons) BA at The Art Academy, London
EXHIBITIONS
2021 Riparian, Proposition Studios Gallery.
2021 Breaching the Boundary, Gravesham Estuary Fringe, Online Show.
2021 Breaching the Boundary, Estuary 2021 Associated Programme, Online Show.
2021 Facade, The Holy Art, London
2020 Art Academy London Graduate Show, Former Newington Library, London
2020 Art Jove 2020, Casal Solleric, Palma de Majorca.
2020 NOT The Grad Show, Online Exhibition.
2019 Untitled, Former Newington Library, London.
2019 Culture Shock, Cookhouse Gallery, London.
2019 JoanArt 2019, Calvià Council, Majorca.
2019 Art Academy Graduated Show, Haywards Heath.
2018 Configuration, The Old Newington Library, London.
2018 Decke, Brondo Architect Hotel, Majorca.
2018 Two-person Show, Taylor & James Ltd, London
2016 Sóller Nit de L'Art, Majorca.
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
2018 Two-person Mural with Maitak, at CEIP Bendinat School, Majorca.
PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
2019 Mural at The Great Get Together Festival, Bankside Open Spaces Trust, London
AWARDS
2020 Art Jove 2020, Spain.
2020 Semi-finalist at LSM Art Awards
2017 Runner up in Peers Prize at The Art Academy, UK.