Details

First Name

Celia

Last Name

Garcia

Username

celiagarcia

Website

http://www.celiagarcia.co.uk

Disciplines

Drawing, Installation, Photography, Printmaking, Sculpture

Statement

Statement

My work is situated in the everyday. Our whole existence takes place in everyday life, a constructed realm of routine and normality defined by our significant others; all that we take for granted. As Henri Lefebvre stated: “Man must be everyday or he will not be at all”.

Observing the inherent need of human beings to externalise their experiences, I collect Everyday Remnants, inspired by seemingly insignificant repeated behaviours such as specific food preparation or how we structure our daily time. The underlying motivation for such action can be unexpectedly profound, thus providing a gratifying duality with the mundane.

Using formations of multiples across various media, I produce aggregates of Everyday Remnants which celebrate the plurality of humankind: “Man’s uniqueness his non-repeatability, is an ontological fact” (Agnes Heller). At first glance, each multiple may appear the same, however on closer inspection each one is unique, the continual repetition echoing daily routine

Biography

Biography

Celia Garcia is a contemporary artist based in Glasgow exploring the everyday as an embodied reality with philosophical implications. Working across photography, drawing, casting and printmaking, aesthetically her work often engages repetition, seriality and the multiple.

A lecturer in Contemporary Art Practice at City of Glasgow College/UWS, she curated annual student exhibitions at Glasgow Project Room and was awarded an Art Foundation Commission for the New College Campus.

A graduate of Glasgow School of Art’s Fine Art Photography, she returned to GSA completing a Master of Research in Creative Practices examining the links between an everyday creative practice, agency and sustained wellbeing. She has exhibited in Berlin, Singapore and across Scotland.