Alicia Reyes McNamara

Between Their Thighs

Year 2024
Medium Pastel on paper
Dimensions 29.7 x 21 cm
Top pick Selected by Roger Malbert, curator & writer, & Emma Cousin, artist

About the work

As a Mexican-Irish American and culturally mixed person, I am invested in opening up the concept of an in-between space, where identity is fluid and where cultures and their languages intersect. My drawings are investigations into the queering of folklore and rituals in which beings and landscapes mutate and shape-shift, creating a personal imaginary in forms of embodiment.

Date and country of birth

1989, GB

Career Highlights

Women to Watch UK: New Worlds, Christie’s, London, UK (2023)
Feast, Niru Ratnam Gallery, solo show, London, UK (2023)
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture Residency, USA (2022)
The London Open, Whitechapel Gallery, London, UK (2022)
New Contemporaries Studio Residency and Grant in partnership with Hospitalfeild Residency, Arbroath, Scotland (2021)
Conduit’s Call, Lismore Castle Arts, solo show, Lismore, Ireland (2021)
From Within, Niru Ratnam Gallery, solo show, London, UK (2021)
A New Art World, Guts Gallery, London, UK (2021)
Jerwood Bursary, Jerwood Arts, London, UK (2020)
Gasworks Fellowship at Kiosko Galería through Triangle Network, Santa Cruz, Bolivia (2018)