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Gema Polanco (Valencia, 1992). Her work integrates installation, textiles, and drawing to articulate a symbolic language built from recurring elements that generate coherence throughout her entire practice. She appropriates and aligns herself with aesthetics drawn from punk and rock & roll — traditionally male-dominated spaces — which she merges with the mystical and the surreal in order to question the female legacy that confines and categorizes women. Her practice seeks to create new spaces and alter egos that allow us to become who we want to be, opening paths toward honest, accessible, and peaceful forms of care. She holds a degree in Photography from the London College of Communication (London, 2015), a postgraduate degree from PHotoEspaña (Madrid, 2016), and a Master’s degree in Visual Arts and Education from the University of Barcelona (2017). Her work has been presented at festivals such as Circulation(s) in Paris, PHotoEspaña, PhotoAlicante, Art Nou, Loop Barcelona, the Miami New Media Festival, and Aragón Park. Recently, her work has entered the collections of the CA2M Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo, the IVAM Institut Valencià d'Art Modern, and the Universitat Politècnica de València. Over the past year, she has participated in the exhibitions Babel. Matter and Language.

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