Alana Iturralde

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 in how the group was trying to find an alternative, collective mode of being, specifically in times of crisis. She is inspired by the use of symbols and motifs, which commonly feature across her multidisciplinary practice. Studying the group’s rituals performed at English landmarks, such as Stonehenge and Silbury Hill, Iturralde creates work that taps into materialism, spirituality and collectivity.