Francesca Llopis was born in Barcelona and she still lives there.

In 1981 she did her first exhibition. She started her painting career in architecture, as a representation of urban culture, close to the neo-expressionism of the eighties. The maze is a metaphor of the city, which she represents in her paintings, leading to another significant space: hollows, which are the representation of counter-spaces and, at the same time, a representation of her own identity. In 2002 she shows her video installation 2 habitacions amb vistes (“two rooms with a view”) at the arts centre Santa Mònica in Barcelona.

Later on, her use of space as an artful device develops into a new image: nature, where woods, fog and water are the main characters. Precisely the later element, water, plays a very significant role in her latest works. Her project in this artist-in-residence programme is focused on icebergs, so she is still interested in nature.

Francesca Llopis is very much concerned for getting the audience involved: she asks the audience to be faced with her landscape imaginary, being caught in a web of poetry.

Among other exhibitions and works of art, her most outstanding performances are in the creation of the Catalan National Award 2008; Drums, desire, after summer, in collaboration with Barbara Held, at Experimental Intermedia in New York (2008); Fons, forat, figura, N2 Gallery Ignacio de Lassaletta, Barcelona (2008); Flux, Video Festival, CaixaForum, Barcelona (2007); 2 habitacions amb vistes, Cetre d’Art Santa Mònica, Barcelona (2003); Habitaciones con vistas, Sonar Festival, Barcelona (2002); Pliegues perforados, Kulturforum, Lübeck, Germany (1999).

Biography written in 2010