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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)
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Academic Formation
2024–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.
2022. MUECA UMH-IMIO Scholarship from the State Secretariat for Equality and the Fight Against Gender Violence, Ministry of Equality.
Exhibitions
2025. "Future Narratives. As rural ruins" with Adrian R.Riveiro. Ethnological Museum of Ribadavia (Spain)
2025. “Myths and rural countercultures” PLURI-IDENTITATS. IV Biennial Call for Visual Arts. MUA, Museum of the University of Alicante (Spain)
2024. “Ruína e Xénesis” performative installation. GDR, Terra e Auga, Condado- Paradanta (Spain)
2021. “El país de los tuertos .” Circle of Fine Arts, Madrid (Spain)
Residencies
2025. Art Residencie in Eugenio Grannel ‘s Foundation, Santiago de Compostela (Spain)
2025. BONFIRE. Artistic Residency with Pat Lemos and Lukas Lehmann.
2022. XII New Meeting of Artists. City of Culture, Santiago de Compostela (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."Resistance and subversion. A category of the abxecto in Pel de lobo (2002), by Xosé Miranda." International Congress 1950-2010: Six decades of literature and society in Galiza. USC, Santiago de Compostela
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