Regina Gimenez

Barcelona Spain 1966

REGINA GIMÉNEZ (BARCELONA, SPAIN, 1966) LIVES AND WORKS IN BARCELONA. THROUGH THE APPROPRIATION OF ELEMENTS EXTRACTED FROM THEIR ORIGINAL CONTEXT—SUCH AS OLD BLANK MAPS OR GEOGRAPHY AND COSMOLOGY BOOKS—AND THEIR REORGANIZATION INTO NEW COMPOSITIONS, REGINA GIMÉNEZ EXPLORES THE AESTHETIC AND FORMAL ASPECTS OF GRAPHIC REPRESENTATIONS THROUGH HER WORK. HER EXPLORATION RESULTS IN A WORLD OF COLORS AND GEOMETRIC FORMS OF GREAT BEAUTY AND SIMPLICITY, MATERIALIZING UNIVERSAL DIALOGUES SUCH AS ABSTRACTION AND FIGURATION, COLOR AND BLACK-AND-WHITE, OR THE WHOLE AND THE FRAGMENT. HER BODY OF WORK IS VERSATILE, COMPRISING OBJECTS OF VARIED NATURE: FROM PAINTINGS ON CANVAS AND COLLAGES ON PAPER TO TEXTILE WORKS, AS WELL AS PIECES MADE WITH OTHER MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUES SUCH AS ACRYLIC GLASS AND PHOTOGRAPHY. IN ADDITION TO HER PAINTING PRODUCTION, IT IS WORTH HIGHLIGHTING THE ARTIST'S INTEREST IN THE CREATION OF ARTIST BOOKS AND PRINT EDITIONS, AS WELL AS HER ROLE AS A UNIVERSITY EDUCATOR IN THE FIELD.

HER WORKS ARE PART OF SIGNIFICANT COLLECTIONS SUCH AS THE MUSEO NACIONAL CENTRO DE ARTE REINA SOFÍA, MADRID; THE MUSEU D'ART CONTEMPORANI DE BARCELONA (MACBA); THE "LA CAIXA" FOUNDATION; THE BANC SABADELL FOUNDATION; THE VILA CASAS FOUNDATION; THE MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART OF CASTILLA Y LEÓN (MUSAC); THE CENTRO GALLEGO DE ARTE CONTEMPORÁNEO (CGAC); AND THE COLLECTION OF THE FONDATION COMPRIME IN PARIS. HER WORKS ALSO BELONG TO PRIVATE COLLECTIONS, INCLUDING THOSE OF LAWRENCE B. BENENSON IN NEW YORK, ADRIANA CISNEROS IN NEW YORK AND MIAMI, THE JAMESTON GROUP IN NEW YORK AND ATLANTA, AND ISABEL MARANT IN PARIS.