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 (Cy Schnabel)

Cristina Lama (Seville, Spain, 1977) currently lives and works in Seville. Recent solo exhibitions include Música para un murciélago, Amanita, New York (2023); Entretanto, CAC, Málaga (2022); Vigilia, VETA by Fer Francés, Madrid (2022); Room with a View, Villa Magdalena, Donostia-San Sebastian (2021). Her work has been exhibited in contemporary art centres such as CAAC Sevilla, CAC Málaga, Museo de la Diputación de Huelva, MIAM de Sète, Giorgio Cini Foundation, as well as in galleries all over the world (Italy, Portugal, Germany, Switzerland, USA, Mexico, Canada...). Her work is in both private and public collections such as the CAAC Sevilla, CAC Málaga, Benetton Art Spain Collection, Julian Schnabel in New York, Irwan Pean in Hong Kong, Cordeiros Collection in Oporto or Carragosela Collection in Lisboa, among others.