Born in Menorca, Spain
Living and working in London & Menorca
luisa.mascaro@network.rca.ac.uk
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Education
Currently I am doing a postgraduate course in printmaking at RCA.
2020-2021 MA Sculpture, Camberwell University of the Arts, London.
2019-2020 Graduate Diploma in Fine Art, Royal College of Art, London.
2018-2019 HNC, Kensington and Chelsea College, London.
2015-2016 Drawing and Etching Diploma, Prince drawing school, London
2013-2015 The international school of Graphic Art, Il Bisonte, Florence.
2011-2013 Painting and Drawing Lorenzo de Medici International institute, Florence.
2004-2005 Short course in Painting and Drawing, School of Visual Arts, NY.
2001-2002 Foundation course, Central Saint Martins, London.
1993-1997 Ceramic design, Llotja Art school, Barcelona.
Selected exhibitions
2022 The damage is done, Groupshow at Pump house Gallery, London
2021 Regroup, Group Show at No format Gallery, London.
2021 MA fine art Graduate Showcase, South London Gallery, London.
2021 Unmute, Group Show at Copeland Gallery, London.
2019 Above the Ballet, Kensington and Chelsea College of Art, London.
2018 Expanded field of drawing, Slade University, London.
2016 Digging in, Branching out, Kew Gardens, London.
2015 Group show, Number 57 art Gallery, London.
2014 Solo presentation, Packs Gallery, Vienna.
2014 BCN Art fair, Casa Batllo, Global Art Agency ltd:Barcelona.
2014 Group show, Brick Lane Gallery, London.
2011 Group show, Archivio Storico, Florence.
I am an interdisciplinary practitioner, printmaker and painter whose work also extends into ceramics and sculpture.I experiment with various techniques and express myself using a wide range of materials and processes. Through the intuitive nature of my work the element of discovery is of most significance, allowing accidents and mistakes to occur. Although, sometimes I deliberately provoke them, my interest is to develop flexible thinking and to improve my visual language challenging at the sametime the hegemony of the two-dimensional art disciplines.
Often my interestis revolving around the simplification of abstract forms that arise from the interpretation of the figurative image. A process that, I believe, allows the viewer to make their own interpretation of a piece of art. I strive to create a space where the public can interact with their imagination and to realise the fictionality of the perception created by our unconscious.
My work is an ever-evolving process, it can start with collages made up of discarded defective prints, or it can derive from collected, exhibition, ephemera. I manipulate my elements, I choose one print and work in various ways. I dissolve, push, pull, deconstruct, construct and collapse the image resulting in a process of constant abstraction andfiguration. As I don’t have a preconceived idea it’s a call and response outcome.
The 2D collages reach out in relief, they feel sculptural in themselves, I take the opportunity from this 2D collages to go into 3D sculpture and them back to the 2D painting, is a back and forth process mirroring the work of Michael Lady and his collages.
I perceive my work as spontaneous and playful, intuitively mixing gelements from both observation and imagination. My future plans include working on a larger prints and incorporating the idea of scale in my work. Lastly, Iwould like to expand my practice into the space and transform my pieces into three-dimensional installations that will have haptic and sculptural qualities as well as sound elements.