74.02 x 35.43 in / 188 x 90 cm
Charcoal on paper
About the artwork
The Storm series features full-body figures in dynamic, contorted poses. Displayed around the walls, these figures surround the viewer, evoking a sense of falling. The series delves into themes of physicality, vulnerability, and fragmentation. The contorted poses and segmented body parts reflect the struggle and disjointed nature of the human experience. These poses hint at defeat but also suggest the possibility of change. Falling becomes an opportunity to stand differently, evoking empathy and highlighting our shared human fragility.
Each of these works uses abstract and exaggerated forms to convey deep emotional and psychological themes, offering a powerful visual commentary on human experience and perception.
About the artist
Susanna Inglada (b. 1983, Banyeres del Penedès, Spain) graduated in Fine Arts from the Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona. She participated in an Erasmus program at the Willem de Kooning Academy in Rotterdam and completed a Master's degree at the Frank Mohr Institute in Groningen.
Her practice focuses on the analysis of power relations, authority, corruption, complicity, and gender inequality, examining the cultural and political relationship between Catalonia and Spain. She primarily works with installations, creating scenarios with twisted characters set up as theatrical scenography, where the audience intermingles with her actors.
Her recent exhibitions include renowned institutions and art fairs such as Kunsthal Rotterdam (NL), Museum CODA (NL), Escher in Het Paleis (NL), Biennale Into Nature Drenthe (NL), Azkuna Zentroa (ES), BOZAR (BE), Dordrechts Museum (NL), La Casa Encendida Madrid (ES), Museum Folkwang (DE), Drawing Now Paris (FR), Centraal Museum Utrecht (NL), Stedelijk Museum Schiedam (NL), and Kunstencentrum Ten Bogaerde (BE), among others.
She has been a resident at HISK (2017-18), EKWC, Akademie Schloss Solitude (DE), Lottozero (IT), Kunst & Complex (NL), LaEmbassy in Mexico City (MEX) and 18th Street Arts Center Los Angeles (USA) among others. She has recently received the 2nd Prize Guasch Coranty (ES), the Montresso Marrakesh Award (MAR, 2023), Generaciones Award (ES, 2019), and the Scheffer Prize (NL, 2020). Her work is part of various museum collections, including Museum Folkwang, Museum Valkhof, Stedelijk Museum Schiedam as well as private collections in Belgium, the Netherlands, France, Italy, Germany, and Spain.
She currently lives and works in the Netherlands.
