At the heart of Cristina Lama’s attitude towards painting is an abstract sensibility that deals with narrative only loosely. Although figures appear, the representational value of her work is mostly subordinate to the material aspects of paint and the fluidity of language, which are the artist’s primary concerns. She relies on intuition more than anything else and insists that realistic imagery is only a pretext to her experimentation with different arrangements of line, form, and color, a constellation of elements within the picture plane that have equal significance. She compares her process to that of a composer; a successful picture depends on striking the right chords and creating a certain kind of harmony.

Cristina Lama (Seville, Spain, 1977) currently lives and works in Seville. Recent solo exhibitions include Música para un murciélago, Amanita and Villa Magdalena, New York (2023); Vigilia, Galería Veta, Madrid (2022); Room with a View, Villa Magdalena, Donostia-San Sebastian (2021), among others.

Cristina Lama's work has been shown in national and international contemporary art centers such as the CAAC in Seville; the CAC Málaga; the MIAM in Sète, France; the Giorgio Cini Foundation in Venice, Italy; as well as in galleries in Italy, Portugal, Germany, Sweden, USA, Mexico and Canada.