284 - SILVIA SERRA (Barcelona, 1978).

SILVIA SERRA (Barcelona, 1978). Untitled. Photograph. Dimensions: 148 x 99 cm; 158 x 109 cm (frame). Silvia Serra began her career as a model and in analog photography in 1999. In the Netherlands, where she lived, she began developing other photographers’ work in the darkroom. Using borrowed cameras, she began taking her first photographs, and it was then that she decided to study photography. Her travels took her to Asia. She bought her first camera in 2001 and has been taking pictures ever since. She has exhibited in several emerging galleries in Asia, specifically in Bangkok, a city where she lived for a long time. Her early works captured more of the essence of improvisation; she would wait for the moment to present itself and then take the photo. In her most recent works, she creates the images in her mind, then gathers what is necessary to bring them to life and share them with the world. Her work is characterized by her analog black-and-white photographs—authentic and vivid. Her color photography is hypnotic, as if taken from a dream or a story… She has exhibited at several national and international galleries, including: Ida Sennacheribbo, Barcelona; Whitespace; Gallery BKK, Thailand; Galeria Maxó, Barcelona; Gallery Montacada, Barcelona; The Attic Gallery; and Antiques Barcelona.