Tag: valencia
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Photos from the Opening Night of Dirty Pink Art Exhibition, Russafa
‘Dirty Pink’, a new exhibition curated by Tina McCallan, opened last night in Russafa. Bay is excited to be showing her paintings ‘Allegory’ and ‘Confession’ alongside work by twelve international women artists. The exhibition will be open at Sporting Club Russafa every weekend until 31st July 2021. With sincere thanks to photographer Rosie Mayell for […]
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Bay Backner Exhibiting In ‘Dirty Pink’, Sporting Club Russafa, Valencia
Bay is delighted to be exhibiting in this summer’s collective show ‘Dirty Pink’ in Sporting Club Russafa, Valencia. The exhibition, curated by Tina McCallan is an exhibition of thirteen international women artists responding to the controversial colour pink. The exhibition opens on Friday 2nd July at 18.00 until 22.00 and will run until 31st July. […]
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Bay Backner to show embroidered paintings about solitude, isolation and hope at Jan Royce Gallery
For new exhibition ¡Abril Despierta! Bay has made five figurative artworks in oil paint and hand-embroidery. These explore how identities are being shaped by this year’s pandemic, specifically how its experiences affect our subconscious minds.
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‘Blancanieves’ embroidered oil painting in art exhibition at Galeria Cuatro, Valencia
Bay is now showing Blancanieves, her new large-scale embroidered oil painting at Galeria Cuatro, Valencia. The work is part of collective exhibition Sexto Sentido, on show at the gallery until 3rd March 2021.
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Galeria Cuatro exhibition “Sexto Sentido” to show new large-scale embroidered painting by Bay Backner
Bay is showing new work in the latest exhibition at Valencia gallery Galería Cuatro. The show, Sexto Sentido, will open this Thursday, 29th January. Bay will debut her latest large-scale embroidered painting Blancanieves (Snow White), a 114×146 canvas. Galería Cuatro’s director Miguel Castello was yesterday interviewed by newspaper Las Provincias….
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Why Covid Made Me Start a New Mailing List for Art Events in Valencia (And Cancel my Meetup Membership)
When I moved my studio from London to Valencia in 2017, the city’s art scene was almost entirely hidden from fresh immigrants like me. There was IVAM and the extraordinary Bellas Artes Museum, but smaller galleries and arts festivals like IntraMurs seemed entirely impenetrable. Websites were infrequently updated, emails were unanswered and press releases were […]
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Curation of Masks on Miércoles, covid-responsible art events in Valencia
Bay curated a series of weekly covid-responsible art events throughout October 2020. In collaboration with art collective Colonia Roma, the events included artist talks, art workshops and discussions. Highlights were artist Emma Shapiro’s discussion on social media censorship and Tina McCallan’s workshop on shamanistic journeys into the subconscious.
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