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Alana Iturralde
Born in 1988, Chicago, United States
Lives and works in Bayamón, Puerto Rico
Overview
Alana Iturralde is an artist who works in sculpture and craft. She considers craft-based processes and histories which present a source of knowledge and collective identity. Iturralde’s vases merge into each other, while ceramic tiles and embroidered textiles appear timeless and contemporary at the same time. During her 2019 residency at Gasworks, Iturralde was studying the Kindred of the Kibbo Kift, a youth back-to-the-land movement that was active in the UK after WWI. The artist is interested ...Read more