Ángeles Agrela: Camino y Paz

Ángeles Agrela (b. 1966, Úbeda, Spain) has resided in Naples, La Habana, and Berlin, and currently lives and works in Granada. Agrela's recent work uses a contemporary lens to update the role of women within art history. One of the key features of her drawings is hair, which is central to cultural and historical connotations with feminine representation. Using the symbolic charge of hair, she creates colorful exaggerated masses that frequently hide portions of the face. This playful diversion from the face draws our understanding towards the many ways women choose to represent themselves. Exhibitions include Camino y Paz, Nicodim, Los Angeles (2026, solo, forthcoming); Ángeles Agrela, June Canedo de Souza, Æmen Ededéen, Samantha Joy Groff, Teresa Murta, Daniel Pitín, Nicodim, New York (2026); THE BODY DOES NOT EXPLAIN ITSELF, Nicodim, Los Angeles (2026); The Amber of this Moment, Galeria Nicodim, Bucharest (2025); SOLEDAD, Galería Yusto Giner, Marbella (2025, solo); The Ballad of the Children of the Czar, Galeria Nicodim, Bucharest (2024); Self-portrait as a Schoolgirl, Nicodim, New York (2024, solo); The Paradoxes of the Aura, CICA, Vancouver (2023, solo); Immaculate Heart of Margaritaville, curated by Devendra Banhart, Nicodim, Los Angeles (2023); MATERNITY LEAVE: NONE OF WOMEN BORN, Nicodim in collaboration with the Green Family Art Foundation, Dallas (2023); Kiaf Seul, Galería Yusto Giner (2023); Art Busan, Galería Yusto Giner (2023); Art Chicago, Galería Yusto Giner (2023); Art Basel Miami, Nicodim Gallery (2022); Le Regard, Perrotin, Dubai (2022); FAUNA, Anat Ebgi, Los Angeles (2022, solo); Facial Recognition, Fabien Fryns Fine Art, Dubai (2022); DISEMBODIED, Nicodim, Bucharest (2022); Summer Nights, Stems Gallery, Paris (2022); Around the world, WOAW Gallery, Hong Kong (2022); Fanzination, Galería Yusto Giner, Madrid (2021, solo); Art021 Shanghai, Galería Yusto Giner (2021, solo). Agrela is collected by CAC Málaga; Colección Banco de España; the National Library of Spain; the L´Oréal Collection; and many others.