Tania Alcala transforms brightly hued acrylic paint into large abstract artworks—one-of-a-kind jewel colored paintings that she meticulously coats with resin acting like a mirror’s reflecting surface. “Spirit Lines” are in the background of her work, creating past, present and future in a tapestry of flow and movement representing that, everything in the world, and everything in the person is connected. This is very important for Tania since she is concerned with the divisive events that have been occurring in our country.
The Mexico City born artist is influenced in her work by the colors of her native country, and she uses these with creative abandon. She is enchanted by her country’s folklore and by its Mexican markets.
Her artwork is presently being exhibited as part of the “Abstract Energies” exhibit at The Gallery in San Diego, Little Italy, CA. The exhibit runs from October 13th through December 6th. Her bright colors are captivating. Tania is exhibiting along the amazing Mexican Artist Armando Alvarez Compean and the very talented American artist, Kym De Los Reyes. This show is about the harmony between Mexico, the USA and all nations. We can help and support each other in harmony and peace.
Alcala was classically trained in figurative art during her teenage and college years. She then received a Masters Degree in “Art and Consciousness and Transformative Arts” from John F, Kennedy University, Berkeley, CA. Attending classes at this school, with its emphasis on spirituality, she gradually segued toward abstraction in her paintings.
“Working this way is very freeing, “she says. As she embraced abstraction, she became captivated with artists Mark Rothko, Robert Rauschenberg, and William De Kooning. She looked to them for inspiration in her use of color, freedom of expression, shapes and forms.
Alcala approaches each of her paintings in a meditative state. Beginning with a large wood panel—which she uses as her canvas—she spreads various tubes of paint around her until, “the colors intuitively pull me in,” as she says. She applies wide swaths of paint to each panel, one color after another, maintaining the purity of the various hues, then blends the edges of the colors.
Tania Alcala has been in numerous solo and group exhibitions including: Jorge Mendez Gallery, Palm Springs; RB Stevenson Gallery, La Jolla; Sergott Contemporary Art, Rancho Santa Fe; Palm Springs Fine Art Fair; Art Palm Beach; Spectrum Miami; Art Context, NYC; Art South Hampton, NYC; Oceanside Museum of Art; Galleria Wannabee, Milan, Italy and many more. She has won several awards including the “Juror’s Choice Award” from the San Diego Art Institute.
“Abstract Energies Art Show”
Where: The Gallery, 1970 Columbia Street, San Diego, 92101
When: October 13th – December 6th
Hours: Monday-Friday from 8:30 am to 8 pm
Saturday-Sunday 8:30 am to 1:30 pm
Admission: Free
Phone: 619 550-1267
Online:
www.TaniaAlcala
www.Thegallerysandiego.org
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