ABOUT
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Ivana Larrosa is a visual artist, performer and educator from Spain living in New York City. She creates video installations in response to spatial environments, often merging elements of fantasy, humor, and daily life into performances and photo-based objects. Larrosa is interested in conceptual strategies that have to do with the body as an object of study and a medium to approach memory, trauma, architecture and ecology.
Her Love for the Arts developed while working as an art writer for the Spanish newspaper ‘Diari de Tarragona’ in 1997, culture writer of Barrios de Iruña Magazine in 1998 and as founder and creator of the photo magazine ‘Zero Zone’ in 2006.
Most recently, her film Beach Birds: The Shaman, The Guardian, The Journey has been selected as part of the on-demand performance and video art platform, PerformVu/ Lucid.
Her past work has been shown at art venues and museums including Anthology Film Archives, International Center of Photography, The Exponential, Queens Museum, The Center for Fine Art Photography, Espacio Aglutinador of Havana, Plana Space in São Paulo, Project Space Kleiner Salon in Berlin, Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera, Soler Blasco Archaeological and Ethnographic Museum, and Galeria Sicart, among others. Larrosa's work is at the permanent collection of foundations and art institutions such as Bassat Private Collection and Spanish National Museum of Sculpture.
Larrosa’s work has been published at The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, National Geographic, El Pais, BBC, and many others.
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Ivana Larrosa has received several grants such as Lluís Carulla Foundation Individual Artist Grant, City Artist Corps Grant of New York and Museum of Tortosa Artist in Residency, and numerous awards, including Ramon Aloy International Photographic Award and Camera Club of New York Baxter St, Annual Juried Competition.
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In New York, she has curated shows for Save Art Space and Plaxall Gallery. She is a performer collaborator with Generator: Pestilence by Allied Productions at La MaMa Theater and the collective The Commons Choir.
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She has been a dedicated NEW INC Mentor at the New Museum of Contemporary Art from 2020 to 2023 (Y7, Y8, & Y9), and also a panelist of the Brooklyn Arts Fund Interdisciplinary Panel of Brooklyn Arts Council '2022, Queens Arts Fund of Queens Council on the Arts '2020, 21 & 22, BRIO Visual Art panel of Bronx Council on the Arts '20, as well as a mentor of the Youthworks performance program at Brooklyn Arts Exchange '2020 & 21.
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Ivana holds a BA in Film and Media Studies from University of Navarra (Spain) and a Master of Fine Arts at Bard College-International Center of Photography (New York, 2016), where she was awarded with the ICP Director’s Scholarship and taught video installation and performance.
EDUCATION
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MFA Bard College - International Center of Photography. New York, NY. 2016
BA Film and Media Studies. University of Navarra. Pamplona, Spain, 1997.
Minor in Psychology. Spanish National Distance Education University, UNED. Madrid, 2004.
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SOLO SHOWS
2021
The Colony. Live multimedia and performance at Le Petit Versailles, Dept. of Parks. New York, NY
The Colony. Online exhibition. Organized by Persona Land, NY.
2020
Cruelty. 'The Exponential Festival' at Parallel. Brooklyn, NY.
NY y la inspiración de la Imagen en Movimiento. Video Art Solo Screening. Cortabitarte Gallery. Spain.
#SeeHowISee. Online solo showcase. An artist a day organized by Dr. Chia-Ling Lee
​2019
Cruelty. 'Itinerant' Performance Art Festival NYC, at Queens Museum. Queens, NY.
Climate Change: art, design & practice. Solo Screening and Performance at Museum of Rural Life. Spain.
Emotional Architecture. JH Art. Jackson Heights, NY
​2018
Cruelty. FEVER. The Plaxal Gallery. Long Island City, NY.
2016
I am not your mother. Video installation. ICP-Bard MFA Studio Gallery. New York, NY.
2015
Repose. Cloister of Escola Pía, III International Photo Festival Fineart Igualada.
2014
Numinous. Galeria Sicart. Barcelona.
Repose.
Museum of Tortosa,
University of Lleida,
Biennal of Olot,
Passanant Foto Festival, Spain.
Stillness. Public Library of Zaragoza.
Seny.
Renovarte. Art Festival of Sobrarbe,
Arqueological Museum of Ontinyent,
Ethnological Museum of Oliva,
Museum of Anchovy and Salt.
City Hall of Amposta​
2013
Seny.
Soler Blasco Archaeological and Ethnographic Museum,
University Museum of Alicante,
Arqueological Museum of Ontinyent,
Finca La Barbera del Aragonés Museum, Villajoyosa Arts Council
Peniscola Castle.
2012 - 2010
The Ancient Power of Men's Hand.
The Carolina Asheville,
I International Photo Festival Fineart Igualada,
Museum of Rural Life.
Seny.
Diputacion de Tarragona (Tarragona County Council),
Museum of Aran Valley,
Ecomuseum of Àneu Valleys,
Ethnographic Museum of Ripoll,
Museum of Pagesia in Mataro,
Art Gallery Torre Vella of Salou City Hall, Spain.
Lagares Afines.
Gallery at The Breast Center at Hope at Asheville, NC,
Art Gallery La Gota de Leche of Logroño City Hall,
Amézola de la Mora Winery Rioja, Spain.
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COLLABORATIVE PERFORMANCES
2021
Art in Odd Places' Bravura Outbreak for The Rashid Johnson Red Stage. Organized by Creative Capital. New York, NY.
2020
GENERATOR: Pestilence Part 1 - A meditation on the AIDS epidemic as cultural phenomenon. Produced by Allied productions at La Mama. New York, NY.
A Remedy for Constitutional Crisis: Part 2- A public performance reading of the
U.S. Constitution organized by Maya Ciarrocchi at Smack Mellon. Brooklyn, NY.​
2018 - 2017​
Daria Faïn & The Commons Choir. Sam Miller Memorial.
Danspace Project, New York, NY.
The Commons Choir: mayday heyday parfait. Lead by Daria Faïn and Robert Kocik:
Gibney Dance. (American Realness PROCESS: In the Works 2018) New York.
Dancespace Project (Movement Research Festival 2017). New York, NY.
BRIC House Ballroom. Brooklyn, NY, 2017.
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SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS​
2025
Plàstic. Museu Terra Sala Barcelona. Lluís Carulla Foundation. Barcelona, Spain Oct 3, 2024 - Jul 12, 2025
Art Is. CICA Museum. Seoul, Korea. Feb 19, 2025 - March 30, 2025
2024
Revelando el Subconsciente. Yila'ob Centro Cultural Digital. Xalapa, Mexico.
Broken Forms curated by LoosenArt. Millepiani Gallery. Rome, Italy. Nov 8 - Dec 12
Lift-Off Sessions. Organized by Lift-Off Global Network - Pinewood Studios. United Kingdom.
Danger Zone. Aedra Fine Arts Gallery. Jersey City, NJ​
2023
Revisiting the Family Album: Stories That Bind Us. The Center for Fine Art Photography. Curated by Aline Smithson. Fort Collins, CO.
Off Brand. Art Retail Therapy (A.R.T.). A group of 27 Queens artists making site-specific work for A.R.T. Curated by Stephanie Beck, Linda Ganjian, Paul Krause and Deborah Wasserman. Jackson Heights, NY
2022
Alliances of Care and Desire. The Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance (BAAD).Curated by Andres Senra & Nicolas Dumit Estévez Raful Ovalles Mirror. Bronx, NY
Alternative Processes: Other Ways of Seeing. Culture Lab LIC. Curated by Orestes Gonzalez & Pierre-Yves Linot. Long Island City, NY.
2021
Waiting Room. American Jewish University. Los Angeles, CA
Digital Time Capsule - An Archive for Queens Memory Project in collaboration with LIC-A, Culture Lab LIC, and the Queens Library at Hunters Point. NY
2020
10 Under the Subway Video Art Night. Online.
Art in the Time of Pandemic. Exhibition organized by Personaland, New York
ICP Alumni Online Print . International Center of Photography, NY.
2019
​Plàstic. Museu Terra. L'Espluga de Francolí. Spain
​NOW is the Future. Local Project, Long Island City, NY
July Summer Residency Showcase. Con Artist Gallery. New York, NY.
​2018
Future Past: Experiments in Photography. Tracey Morgan Gallery. Asheville, N.C.
FEVER. The Plaxal Gallery. Long Island City, NY.
Connections: four visions. Umbrella Arts Gallery. Curated by Harvey Stein. New York, NY.
2017
In Search of Lost Time. Rita K. Hillman Gallery - International Center of Photography. Curated by Miles Goscha, Mohammed AlMannai and Mengwen Cao. New York, NY.
Broken Senses. 2017 Winter/Spring Flaherty NYC at Anthology Film Archives. Curated by Ruth Somalo. New York, NY.
The Artists Body. Studio Duo. Curated by Justine Kurland. Long Island City, NY.
2016
The Ties that Bind. Baxter St Camera Club NY. Curated by Charlotte Cotton. New York, NY.
ALL AT ONCE. Rita K. Hillman Education Gallery, ICP, New York, NY.
Animal World. Umbrella Arts Gallery. Curated by Harvey Stein. New York, NY.
Festival SCAN OFF Tarragona. Curated by Pep Escoda. Tarragona, Spain.
2015
Sala Petita. Galeria Sicart. Curated by Ramon Sicart. Barcelona.
7 Under The Subway Video Art Night. The Local NY -New York; Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera -Milano, Italy; Centro Cultural PLANA –Sao Paulo, Brazil; and in Spain at Centre del Carme of Valencia, Centre Cultural i de Creació Casa Planas of Palma de Mallorca, La Casa Amarilla in Malaga, FAC. Feria de Arte en Casa in Madrid. Curated by Antonio Ortuño.
New York Art Book Fair with Printed Matter. PS1, New York, NY.
2014
Witches, but also Wizards. Espacio Aglutinador. Curated by Sandra Ceballos.Havana, CUBA
Portfolio Showcase Vol. 7, The Center for Fine Art Photography. Curated by Alexa Becker - Kehrer Verlag and Hamidah Glasgow. Fort Collins, CO.
Kids (Not Cute). Umbrella Arts Gallery. Curated by Harvey Stein. New York, NY.
2013
An Imaginary Museum of Sculpture. National Museum of Sculpture. Curated by The Ministry of Culture of Spain. Valladolid, Spain.
Next, New Photograhy Visions. Castell Photography Fine Art Gallery. Curated by collector Allen Thomas Jr. and Dr. Larry Wheeler, Director of North Carolina Museum of Art. Asheville, NC
Proximitat. Institute of Studies of Lleida. Curated by Josep Bou. Lleida, Spain.
2012 - 2010
15th & 6th Rotating Exhibit Spotlighting Western North Carolina Artist. Art in the Airport Art Gallery .Asheville, NC.
​Tell me that you love me even if it’s true (Dime que me quieres aunque sea Verdad) Contemporary Vilafranca Festival, Sicart Gallery. Barcelona, Spain.
Painting Poetry, Athenaeum of Logroño. Rioja, Spain.
XXVI Youth Art Show of Rioja, Rioja Youth Institute. Rioja, Spain.
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SELECTED AWARDS/ GRANTS
2021
2018
Con Artist Collective - Artist in Residency
Save Art Space - Curator of New York Art Billboard
2015
International Center of Photography - Director's Fellowship
Honorable Mention 2015 Annual Juried Competition, Baxter St, Camera Club of New York
2014
Historical and Archaeological of Terres de l’Ebre Museum - Artist in Residence
2013
1st Prize. International Photographic Ramon Aloy Award
Passanant Produeix Passanant Foto - Production Grant
Finalist. I Photography of Sculpture International Award. Spanish National Museum of Sculpture
2011
Honorable Mention. The Aperture Light Photo of the Year 2010 Award
2010
Lluís Carulla Foundation - Individual Artist Grant
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PRESS
Soul Stash Studio. Artist Spotlight. September 15, 2024
Epicenter NYC. February 15, 2022
Clavo Ardiendo: Alternative Processes: Otras Formas de Ser, Ver y Hacer. January, 18, 2022
Art Magazineium. Issue 13 Magazine. March 2022. Pages 8-11. March, 2022
Ginger Magazine. Issue 23: Winter 2021. Pages 30-35. December, 2021
Fundació Carulla: Ecofeminisme és treballar per un món més igualitari i saludable”. March 7, 2020
Baxter Street CCNY: 2015 Annual Juried Competition and Exhibition​. August, 2015
Carnegie Museum of Art: Hillman Photography Initiative. March, 2015
Tens un Racò: Microliteratura i art: Ivana Larrosa. January 28, 2015
Passanant Foto: Ivana Larrosa: Exposició Repòs, Tarragona, 2015
Plataforma del Voluntariado: 2015 Calendar. December, 2015
Wall Street Journal. Review: Shows of Contemporary Mexican Photographers, Not-Cute Kids’ Photos and Vintage 20th-Century Industrial Photography. December 26, 2014
El Pais: El (pequeño) ARCO de otoño. September 19, 2014
Radio 3. Radio Nacional de España: Fluido Rosa. March 24, 2014
The Center for Fine Art Photography: Showcase Vol. 7. Catalogue published by The C4FAP. Fort Collins, CO, July, 2013
Auth Spirit: Chrysalis Veils. . Madrid. April 19, 2013
El Periódico de Catalunya: Artesans a traves de l'espiell . Barcelona. September 19, 2010
El Perxe Magazine: Ramon Martí Biel. Issue 3. Fall, 2010
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BOOKS​
BAX 30th Anniversary Recipe Book. Published by Brooklyn Arts Exchange. New York, 2021
Cosmos Trilogy (Gravity, Orbit, Eclipse) Books. Allied Productions & Le Petit Versailles at Printed Matter Virtual Art Book Fair. New York, 2021
Emergency INDEX: an annual document of performance practice. Vol. 9 Book. Pages 226-277. Edited by Zoe Guttenplan & Published by Ugly Duckling Presse, 2020. Edition of 10. ISSN 2376-4287
now & again # 1 / #3 . Zines published by Minny Lee Fine Art, The Honolulu Print & Book Fair, Honolulu, 2019 and New York, 2020
Double Vision Thesis Book (M.A.). ICP Bard MFA Program 2016. Conveyor Arts, New York, 2016. TR6 .L3776 2016
After The Fact. Published by After The Fact Group: New York, 2016. ISBN 978-09904447-5-6
Shift Vol. 11. Published by International Center of Photography. New York, 2016. ISBN: 978-0-9904447-4-9
Chrysalis Veils. Edited by Chema Conesa and Published by Ed. Copia, Barcelona, 2013
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COLLECTIONS
PerformVu / Lucid. New York
Sculpture Museum of Spain. Museo Nacional de Escultura. Valladolid
International Center of Photography Library. New York.
Bassat Private Collection. Col·lecio Bassat. BarcelonaLluis Carulla Foundation. Fundació Lluís Carulla. BarcelonaFernando de Castro Foundation. Madrid
The Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins
Espacio Aglutinador. Havana
Castellon Council on the Arts. Diputación de Castelló. Valencia
Passanant i Beltall City Hall, Tarragona
Diputació de Tarragona - Tarragona Arts Council