For each series, she selects images thematically related to each other, dealing with issues such as public and private memory, the representation of identity or the mechanisms of control imposed through the visible.
Cristina Toledo (Gran Canaria, 1986) graduated in 2004 in Fine Arts at the Complutense University of Madrid, where she currently lives. Her work stems from an interest in the transformation of the photographic image into a pictorial image. In a world full of visual stimuli, painting appears to her as a suitable mechanism to give certain images a much more corporeal dimension, and reactivate their ability to convey meanings or raise questions. Within these parameters, her work consists of rescuing photographic material from different sources and elaborating pictorial representations that encourage new readings. For each series, she selects images thematically related to each other, dealing with issues such as public and private memory, the representation of identity or the mechanisms of control imposed through the visible. Her most recent solo exhibitions have been: "Ocultar y desvelar", ATC Gallery, Santa Cruz de Tenerife (2020); "Delusion", Cámara Oscura, Madrid (2020); "Archivo de sombras", Sala Robayera, Cudón, Cantabria (2020); "Una busqueda infinita", Pep Llabrés Art Contemporani, Mallorca (2020); "El síndrome de Norma Desmond", Centro de Cultura Antiguo Instituto, Gijón (2019); "Lo que se oculta", Galería Javier Silva, Valladolid (2019); "La emoción secuestrada", Galería Tournemire, Madrid (2019); "Una historia victoriana", DA2 (DOMUS ARTIUM 2002), Salamanca (2018); and "Sacrifice", Galería Javier Silva, Valladolid (2017).