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about.
Juanita Zaldua has recently graduated from Edinburgh College of Art, The University of Edinburgh with a BA in Painting. As an artist Juanita has always been interested in taking something ordinary and making it extraordinary through the technical process creating an unusual perspective of banal urban landscapes. Her work focuses on Edinburgh from her own view point as she feels it is important to make work that is honest and familiar and relates to her personally. She explores areas in Edinburgh up close, drawing attention to different aspects of the city that often go overlooked and unnoticed in day to day life. Her recent focus this year has been on the texture and details in building walls, doors, pipes and window frames and specifically the detail in the painted surface - capturing the way the paint is layered up and peeled off or cracked on these surfaces. The drawings and paintings she produces are small scale which accentuates the detail and draws the viewer into looking closely at the compositions.
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Upcoming exhibitions:
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RSA NEW CONTEMPORARIES 2018
RSA Upper & Lower Galleries, The Mound, EH2 2E
24 March - 18 April 2018
(www.royalscottishacademy.org/exhibitions/rsa-new-contemporaries-2018)
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Previous Exhibitions:
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ESAF 2017
GENIUS LOCI//THE TEXTURE OF LONGING
City Arts Centre, Edinburgh
OPENING FRIDAY 24th Feb 7-9pm
Exhibition runs Sat 25th – Sun 6th March
Wed - Sat: 10:00 - 17:00, Sun: 12:00 - 17:00
Programme: http://www.edinburghstudentartsfestival.com/city-art-centre
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ECA DEGREE SHOW 2017
Edinburgh College of Art
Exhibition runs Sat 3rd - Sun 11th June
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Affordable Art Fair
Battersea Autumn
Battersea Evolution, London SW11 4NJ
19 - 22 October 2017
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Press:
Affordable Art Fair - (https://affordableartfair.com/inspiration/meet-the-curator-cassie-beadle/)
The Scotsman - Art Review: ECA Degree Show 2017 (http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/culture/art/art-review-eca-degree-show-2017-1-4469114)
'Among the most notable painters, Juanita Zaldua paints small pictures which record in exquisite close-up small areas of flaking plaster, peeling paint or other evidence of wear and tear in buildings, finding richness of texture and colour in unremarkable fragments of the environment.'
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The List - Degree Show: Edinburgh College of Art (https://www.list.co.uk/article/91875-degree-show-edinburgh-college-of-art/)
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Degree Show awards season begins with RSA New Contemporaries selection - (https://www.eca.ed.ac.uk/news/degree-show-awards-season-begins-rsa-new-contemporaries-picks)
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ESAF - (http://www.edinburghstudentartsfestival.com/city-art-centre)
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