Born in 1987 in El Prat, Barcelona, Spain
Lives and works in Brooklyn, USA
Cristina BanBan's paintings are firmly centered on the female form. She depicts voluptuous figures in a palette of fleshy hues whose forms often overlap and stretch expansively toward the canvas' edge. BanBan’s work combines elements associated with modernist European figuration with traces of gestural abstraction. Energetic forms emerge and withdraw from the canvases amidst a rapid attack of loose brushstrokes, punctuated by fields of color that build into layered textured compositions full of expressive motion.
education
2010 BFA, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
solo shows
2023
- La Matrona, Skarstedt, London, UK
- Figura, Perrotin, Tokyo, Japan
2022
- Mujeres, Skarstedt, New York, USA
- Perrotin, Paris, France
2021
- Melancolía, Perrotin, Shanghai, China
- Del Llanto,1969 Gallery, New York, USA
- Del Llanto, Albertz Benda Gallery, New York, USA
2020
- Changelings, curated by Case Studyo, Woaw Gallery, Hong Kong
- Tigre y Paloma, 1969 Gallery, New York, USA
2019
- 24-hour Booth, 1969 Gallery, NYC, USA
- I’ve Got Nothing to Lose, 68 Projects, Berlin, Germany
2018
- My Dear Demons, the Dot Project, London, UK
2017
- Richer House, Miscelanea, Barcelona, Spain
- A Spoonful of Charcoal, Stour Space, London, UK
2016
-Pounds for Bread, Unit G Gallery, London, UK
group shows
2023
- In Dialogue with Picasso, Skarstedt, New York, NY
- The Echo of Picasso, curated by Éric Troncy, Museo Picasso Málaga, Malaga, Spain
- The Echo of Picasso, curated by Éric Troncy, Almine Rech, New York, NY
- Faces and Figures, Skarstedt, New York, NY
2022
- In New York, Thinking of You, FLAG Art Foundation, New York
2021
- Present Generations, Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH
- Summer Sun, The Journal Gallery at Van de Weghe, East Hampton, NY
- This is America, Hamburg Kunsthalle, Germany
2020
- Miami is a Beach, 1969 Gallery, New York, NY
- Hybrids, curated by Daniel Sundin, Nico Meckelnburg & Nils Muller, CFHILL, Stockholm, Sweden
- Monster/Beauty: An Exploration of the Female/Femme Gaze, curated by Marcelle Joseph, Lychee One Gallery, London, UK
- Body in Motion/Travelling Bodies, Stems Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
- Black & White vs. Color, Richard Heller Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
- Auguries of Innocence, Fredericks & Fresier, New York, NY
2019
- Give it to Me Good, 1969 Gallery, New York, NY
- Paper View, The Hole, New York, NY
- The Hort Family Collections, New York, NY
2018
- Extra, The Hole, New York, NY
- Specially Normal, with Audun Alvestad, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, London, UK
- Forms, Cob Gallery, London, UK
2017
- Griffin Art Prize, Griffin Gallery, London, UK
- Candy, The Dot Project, London, UK
- Inside Out, curated by Gavin Turk and directed by Anna Maloney, Here East, London, UK
- Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2017, Royal Academy of the Arts, London, UK
- Creekside Open 2017, selected by Jordan Baseman, A.P.T. Gallery, London, UK
public collections
Columbus Museum of Art, OH, USA
FLAG Art Foundation, New York, NY, USA
Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris, France
Marquez Art Projects, Miami, FL, USA
Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami, FL, USA
Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection, Madrid, Spain
Pérez Art Museum, Miami, FL, USA
awards
2019
- Palazzo Monti, Brescia, Italy
2018
- 68 Projects, Berlin, Germany
- 1969 Gallery, New York, NY
2017
- The Arts Club Prize, Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK