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Ira Torres (Zaragoza, Spain, 1991) is a visual artist who studied Fine Arts at the University of Salamanca. Working across painting, sculpture and installation, she combines traditional processes with references drawn from anime, video games, kawaii aesthetics and digital culture. Her practice explores how images and technologies shape identity and our relationship with memory.
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Contrasts between materials, techniques and visual worlds run through her work. References to art history and mythology coexist with visual codes associated with the Internet and generations raised among screens. Through these encounters, Torres examines the relationship between physical experience and its virtual representation, as well as the tensions between belonging and individuality.
From September 2026 to July 2027, she is undertaking a residency at the Casa de Velázquez, supported by a scholarship from the Diputación de Zaragoza. Her project, Neonarcissism. Myths and Mainstream, connects classical myths with contemporary forms of self-representation. Her exhibition history includes the Museo Pablo Gargallo and the IAACC Pablo Serrano, and she received Second Prize in the 2024 Fundación Ibercaja Young Painting Award.
Documented career
Highlights
Residency at the Casa de Velázquez
2026–2027 · Recipient of a Diputación de Zaragoza scholarship for September 2026–July 2027, developing the project Neonarcissism. Myths and Mainstream.
SourceExhibition at the IAACC Pablo Serrano
2026 · Participated in Habitar la materia. Artistas y creación contemporánea, a group exhibition curated by Ana Revilla, from April 22 to June 7, 2026.
SourceSecond Prize, Fundación Ibercaja
2024 · Second Prize in the 2024 Fundación Ibercaja Young Painting Award for La era del vacío. The work entered the Foundation's collection.
SourceKawaii! at the Museo Pablo Gargallo
2023 · Her work formed the central thread of Kawaii! Pasado, Presente, Futuro. Ira Torres, alongside other works and collections, from September 14 to December 17, 2023.
SourceAACA Award 2022
2022 · awarded in 2023 · Recognition for the artistic achievement of an Aragonese or resident artist under 35, awarded jointly with Alba Lorente. The decision was announced in January 2023.
SourceCall for Artists winner
2022 · Won the second edition of the competition organized by Universidad San Jorge and Galería Carmen Terreros with Piedad.
SourceCV and career
Selected highlights
Education
- Fine Arts · University of Salamanca.
Solo exhibitions
- 2023 · Sound Memories. Impact Hub, Zaragoza.
- 2023 · La Iríada. Renace Contemporary Art, Baeza, Jaén.
- 2022 · Wasted(?) Youth. Sala i_10, Centro Joaquín Roncal, Fundación CAI, Zaragoza.
Group exhibitions and art fairs
- 2026 · Habitar la materia. Artistas y creación contemporánea. IAACC Pablo Serrano, Zaragoza. Curated by Ana Revilla.
- 2023 · Kawaii! Pasado, Presente, Futuro. Ira Torres. Museo Pablo Gargallo, Zaragoza. Curated by Alejandra Rodríguez Cunchillos.
- 2023 · Glocalisms. 0Km: cuatro artistas aragoneses. ENATE art space, Salas Bajas, Huesca.
Awards, grants and residencies
- 2026–2027 · Diputación de Zaragoza scholarship. Residency at the Casa de Velázquez, Madrid. Ongoing.
- 2024 · Second Prize, Fundación Ibercaja Young Painting Award, for La era del vacío.
- 2023 · A3RTE production grant, ENATE and Impact Hub Zaragoza.
- 2022 · AACA Award 2022 for an artist under 35, shared with Alba Lorente. Awarded in January 2023.
- 2022 · Winner of the second Call for Artists competition, Universidad San Jorge and Galería Carmen Terreros, for Piedad.
Collections
- Fundación Ibercaja
- Fundación CAI
- Bodegas ENATE