@alb.casas
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Alba Casas é unha artista multidisciplinar e investigadora pre-doutoral con base en Galicia, España. Naceu nas Neves, unha aldea situada na brumosa fronteira con Portugal. Cun forte vínculo co territorio, medrar como persoa queer nunha paisaxe rural marcada por fronteiras políticas, sociais e xeográficas acabou por moldear o seu camiño.
Vivir entre límites alimentou a capacidade de Alba para cruzar disciplinas, conceptos e xeografías, dando lugar a unha práctica híbrida que disolve os límites tradicionais. O seu traballo rastrexa corpos e seres que desafían as ordes impostas no contexto galego, detectando as fendas das lóxicas hexemónicas binarias para redefinir a realidade. A través da entrelaza entre a creación artística e a investigación académica, busca elevar o cotián, configurando novos espazos rurais, colectivos e redes de solidariedade.
Alba Casas emprega técnicas audiovisuais e instalacións para capturar o entorno, honrando a súa esencia mentres procura momentos de transformación. Como investigadora, publicou traballos en revistas como Re-visiones (Ediciones Complutense), Mazarelos e coa editorial Holigráfica. O seu traballo tamén foi presentado en diversos congresos nacionais e internacionais sobre estudos iberoamericanos e disidencia sexual. Como artista, os seus proxectos foron expostos en espazos como o MUA durante a IV Bienal de Artes Visuais, a Cidade da Cultura de Santiago de Compostela e o Círculo de Belas Artes en Madrid.
Alba Casas is a multidisciplinary artist and pre-PhD researcher based in Galicia, Spain. They were born in As Neves, a village located on the misty border with Portugal. Deeply connected to the territory, growing up queer in a rural landscape marked by political, social, and geographical frontiers would come to shape their path.
Living in between has nurtured Alba’s ability to cross disciplines, concepts, and geographies, leading to a hybrid practice that dissolves traditional limits. Their work traces bodies and beings that defy imposed orders within the context of Galicia, detecting the fissures of binary hegemonic logics in order to redefine reality. Through the interweaving of artistic creation and academic research, they seek to elevate the everyday, shaping new rural spaces, collectives, and networks of solidarity.
Alba Casas employs audiovisual and installation techniques to capture the environment, honoring its essence while seeking moments of transformation. As a researcher, their work has been published in journals such as Re-visiones (Ediciones Complutense), Mazarelos, and by the publisher Holigráfica. Their work has also been presented at various national and international conferences on Ibero-American studies and sexual dissidence. As an artist, their projects have been exhibited at venues such as the MUA during the IV Visual Arts Biennial, the Cidade da Cultura de Santiago de Compostela, and the Círculo de Bellas Artes in Madrid.
(1996, As Neves)
Formación Académica
2022–Presente. Doutoramento en Creación e Investigación en Arte Contemporánea. Universidade de Vigo
2022–2024. Mestrado en Xestión Cultural, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela (USC)
2021–2022. Mestrado en Estudos Culturais e Artes Visuais (perspectivas feministas e queer). Universidade Miguel Hernández de Elche (UMH)
2017–2021. Grao en Belas Artes, Universidade Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Recoñecementos e premios
2023. VII Doutoramento en Belas Artes da UCM. Premio de Mención Honorífica
2023. Premio Extraordinario de Fin de Carreira da UMH polo curso académico 2021/2022 de máster
2022. Bolsa MUECA UMH-IMIO da Secretaría de Estado de Igualdade e contra a Violencia de Xénero, Ministerio de Igualdade
Residencias
2025. Residencia nas Illas San Simón co Colectivo RPM (España)
2025. Residencia artística na Fundación Eugenio Granell, Santiago de Compostela (España)
2025. BONFIRE. Residencia artística con Pat Lemos e Lukas Lehmann (Islandia)
2022. XII Encontro de Novos Artistas. Cidade da Cultura, Santiago de Compostela (España)
Exposicións propias
2025. Narrativas do futuro. As ruínas do rural con Adrián R. Riveiro. Museo Etnolóxico de Ribadavia (España)
2024. Ruína e Xénese, instalación performativa. GDR Terra e Auga, Condado-Paradanta (España)
2025. A senra. Rituais e contraculturas rurais. Exposición FULGOR por INTERSECCIÓN. Festival Internacional de Cinema da Coruña (España)
2025. Rituais e contraculturas rurais. PLURI-IDENTITATS. IV Convocatoria Bienal de Artes Visuais. MUA, Museo da Universidade de Alacante (España)
2021. El país de los tuertos. Círculo de Belas Artes, Madrid (España)
Publicacións
2024. Traces of the monstrous. Activation of cuir archives in Galician culture. Dossier na revista Re-visiones. Nº 14, pp. 82-87. ISSN-e: 2173-0040
2024. Unha viaxe de ida e volta. Do sexilio á nova ruralidade. Artigo na publicación Matorralex. Editorial Holográfica. ISBN: 978-84-127534-3-1
2024. Rede Galega de Estudos Queer. Un espazo de investigación sobre xénero e sexualidade en Galiza. Artigo en Mazarelos: Revista de historia e cultura. Nº 13, pp. 68-74. ISNN-e: 2695-6276
Comunicacións Públicas
2025. Outlined Monstrosities: Living on the Border. Conferencia de investigación | Destruíndo fronteiras, construíndo pontes: Estudos Queer en Galiza e Portugal
2025. Mulleres-loba transgredindo os binarismos de xénero na literatura galega do século XX. IV Congreso Internacional de Iniciación á Investigación en Estudos de Literatura e Cultura. USC, Santiago de Compostela
2024. Comité de avaliación e moderación de mesa no congreso Post-Sexualities II, UCM
2024. As pegadas do monstruoso en Galiza. Activación de arquivos queer. MariCorners. IV congreso internacional de estudos LGTBIA+ e queer interdisciplinares en español. UVA, Valladolid
2024. A licantropía como forma de resistencia na cultura galega. Outros arquivos da disidencia sexual e de xénero. CIEDSI. VI Congreso Internacional de Estudos sobre Diversidade Sexual en Iberoamérica. UdG, Xirona
2024. Memoria e resistencia queer no rural. Cameros Cuir. Nieva de Cameros, A Rioxa
2024. Lobos salvaxes. Cartografía da resistencia queer en Galiza. Congreso Post-Sexualities, UCM, Madrid
2024. Aterrando no rural. O queer máis alá da metronormatividade. Matorralex. Seminarios Queer/desde a ruralidade. UCLM, Cuenca
2023. Seres máxicos e monstruosos en Galiza desde unha perspectiva queer/maronda. Concello das Neves, Pontevedra
2023. Cara ao salvaxe. Activación e recuperación de arquivos queer mediante a práctica artística. Do Thesis/Make Thesis, UCM, Madrid
Academic Formation
2022–Present. PhD in Creation and Research in Contemporary Art. University of Vigo (UVigo)
2022–2024. Master's Degree in Cultural Management, University of Santiago de Compostela (USC)
2021–2022. Master's Degree in Cultural Studies and Visual Arts (feminist and queer perspectives). Miguel Hernández University of Elche (UMH).
2017–2021. Bachelor's Degree in Fine Arts, Complutense University of Madrid (UCM)
Recognitions and awards
2023. 7th PhD in Fine Arts at the UCM. Honorable Mentioned Prize.
2023. UMH Special Graduation Award for the 2021/2022 academic year of MA
2022. MUECA UMH-IMIO Scholarship from the State Secretariat for Equality and the Fight Against Gender Violence, Ministry of Equality.
Residencies
2025. Residencie in Illas San Simón by RPM Colective (Spain)
2025. Art Residencie in Eugenio Grannel ‘s Foundation, Santiago de Compostela (Spain)
2025. BONFIRE. Artistic Residency with Pat Lemos and Lukas Lehmann. (Iceland)
2022. XII New Meeting of Artists. City of Culture, Santiago de Compostela (Spain)
Solo Exhibitions
2025. "Future Narratives " with Adrian R.Riveiro. Ethnological Museum of Ribadavia (Spain)
2024. “Ruína e Xénesis” performative installation. GDR, Terra e Auga, Condado- Paradanta (Spain)
Group Exhibitions (Selection)
2025. “A senra. Rituals and rural countercultures” . FULGOR exhibition by INTERSECCION. International Festival of Cinema of A Coruña (Spain)
2025. “Rituals and rural countercultures” PLURI-IDENTITATS. IV Biennial Call for Visual Arts. MUA, Museum of the University of Alicante (Spain)
2021. “El país de los tuertos .” Circle of Fine Arts, Madrid (Spain)
Publicactions
2024. "Traces of the monstrous. Activation of cuir archives in Galician culture." Dossier for Re-visiones magazine. No. 14, pages 82-87.ISSN-e: 2173-0040
2024. "A round trip. From sexile to the new rurality." Article for the Matorralex publication. Holographic Publishing House. ISBN: 978-84-127534-3-1
2024. "Galega Network of Queer Studies. A research space on gender and sexuality in Galiza." Article for Mazarelos: Magazine of history and culture. Num 13, pp-68-74.ISNN-e 2695-6276
Public Communications
2025. “Outlined Monstrosities: Living on the Border“. Research Conference | Destroying Borders, Building Bridges: Queer Studies in Galicia and Portugal.
2025. “Women-wolf transgressing the gender binarisms in Galician literature of the 20th century.” IV International Conference for Initiation into Research in Literature and Culture Studies. USC, Santiago de Compostela
2024. Evaluation Committee and panel moderation during the Post-Sexualities II congress, UCM.
2024. "The footsteps of the monstrous in Galicia. Activation of queer archives" MariCorners. IV international conference of interdisciplinary LGTBIA+ and queer studies in Spanish. Uva, Valladolid
2024. “Lycanthropy as a Form of Resistance in Galician Culture. Other Archives of Sexual and Gender Dissidence.” CIEDSI. 6th International Conference on Studies of Sexual Diversity in Ibero-America. UdG, Girona.
2024. “Queer Memory and Resistance in Rural Areas.” Cameros Cuir. Nieva de Cameros, La Rioja
2024. “Wild Wolves. Cartography of Queer Resistance in Galicia.” Post-Sexualities Conference, UCM, Madrid
2024. “Landing in Rural Areas. Queerness Beyond Metronormativity.” Matorralex. Queer Seminars/from Rurality. UCLM, Cuenca
2023. “Magical and Monstrous Beings in Galicia from a Queer/Maronda Perspective.” Municipality of As Neves, Pontevedra
2023. “Towards the Wild. "Activation and Recovery of Queer Archives through Artistic Practice." Do Thesis/Make Thesis, UCM, Madrid