"In a globalised and technological world, my art becomes a safe haven where I can explore and question human identity".
In her constant research on how to portray a person's soul, Alicia is fascinated by the role of the subconscious in the process of creating our own identity. She recognises how all irrational forces are subtly channelled, revealing timeless symbols and myths, similar to those unveiled in a poetic tragedy of ancient Greece. The iconography of her work becomes an allegory of the fragility of the human condition.
Alicia Arlanda, bordering on caricature as an artistic style, finds in this expressive form the perfect vehicle to convey her feelings. Her work is developed in a dreamlike language, where humour and symbolism play an important role. Through her proposal, Alicia invites to self-acceptance, bursting the dangerous corset of self-deception and reaching free expression, thus awakening the deepest feelings.
Her work invites us to reflect on the importance of preserving our authenticity and connecting with our emotions in an environment that often challenges us to hide our true voices. Through her art, Alicia urges us to open our inner windows and find the courage to face vulnerability and the process of defining our own identity.
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Alicia ArlandaPyromaniac I, 2017Oil on canvas100 x 81 cmView more details -
Alicia ArlandaPyromaniac III, 2017Oil on canvas100 x 81 cmView more details
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Alicia ArlandaLimb os Passage, 2021Oil on canvas122 x 91 cmView more details
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Alicia ArlandaSelf Deception VI, 2022Oil on canvas122 x 91 cmView more details
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Alicia ArlandaSelf Deception III, 2022Oil on canvas122 x 91 cmView more details
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Alicia ArlandaSelf Defeat, 2022Oil on canvas122 x 91 cmView more details
Alicia Arlanda studied Fine Arts at the Complutense University of Madrid while obtaining her degree in Technical Architecture from the Polytechnic University of Madrid. A few years into her technical career, Alicia gave herself fully to her passionate inner calling to be a painter. Her first international experience came through a COMETT scholarship. Alicia lived in Bristol for a year, working on the research programme between Arts For Health, Bristol Hospital and the University of the West of England, studying the connection between art and health.
Driven by her fascination with painting, she moved to San Francisco to develop her career as an artist. She studied at the California College of the Arts (CCA), worked with artists such as Mary Snowden and Hifumi Ogawa, obtained her Master in Fine Arts from the Academy of Art University (AAU) and had exhibitions with the New Artists' Guild of San Francisco. Back in Spain, Alicia had her first solo exhibition at the renowned Galería Orfila in Madrid. Over the next few years, she was selected by the Red de Arte Joven to participate in solo travelling exhibitions in Spain, joined the Triball project, with more exhibitions in Madrid, and participated in the Annual Transformer Silent Auction at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington DC.
Until very recently, Alicia has lived in Dubai where she was chosen by the Dubai Culture & Arts Authority, exhibiting in various programmes such as the Sikka Art and Design Festival, which is one of the main events of the Dubai Art Season, and in galleries such as the Tashkeel Art Gallery by Lateefa bint Maktoum and in the Dubai Design District. In Abu Dhabi, she was part of the artist-in-residence programme in the Liwa Desert.
