Lucía Vergara
Castellón, Spain, 1979
About
Lives and works in Barcelona, Spain.
Lucía Vergara’s practice emerges from a desire to root the present in the depth of tradition, resisting art’s anxiety for novelty in favor of a more essential search for continuity and meaning. Her work is guided by a sincere anthropological curiosity: an attention to cultures, techniques, and ways of inhabiting the world that avoids exoticism and instead seeks intimate forms of connection. Through drawing, textile explorations, and the repurposing of humble materials, Vergara creates a space where the ordinary reveals the presence of the transcendent. Nature, folklore, and craftwork are recurring sources of inspiration, not as objects of nostalgia but as living languages that retain symbolic and spiritual resonance. Her methodology is holistic, intertwining practice, intuition and manual work. Myths, symbols, and the accidental often enter her process, resulting in works that balance fragility, intensity, beauty and impermanence. In her hands, discarded or overlooked materials are transfigured into vehicles of meaning, where the intersection of the metaphysical and the material becomes a site of quiet revelation.
Lucía Vergara studied Audiovisual Communication before turning to a self-taught artistic practice rooted in intuition and craft. She identifies strongly with the lineage of artisans in her family, especially her grandfather, a carpenter, whose devotion to manual work has profoundly shaped her sensibility. In 2009, she founded Après Ski, a Barcelona-based accessories and objects studio where her vision of design as a dialogue with tradition, folklore, and material experimentation continues to unfold. Her creative process often involves travel, solitary observation, and immersion in museums and libraries, feeding both her artistic and design practices. Today she lives and works in Barcelona, where she continues to explore textiles, drawing, and everyday objects as thresholds to deeper forms of presence and understanding.
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SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Llegué a la luna y me senté, Alzueta Gallery, Barcelona, Spain (2025)
