“With my practice I look into what happens in the private and intimate spaces within the household. I take and modify the objects present in these spaces, as they are the silent testimonies of the lives being lived and the only ones who can reveal parts of the stories we otherwise would miss.”
Laia Ribas Valls born in 1987. El Prat de Llobregat, Catalonia.
Education:
September 2020- June 2021 Research Lab. Konstfack, Stockholm.
January 2019 Open University Student. Saimaa University of Applied Sciences, Imatra.
2014-2016 MFA CRAFT! With focus in Jewellery and Corpus at Konstfack, Stockholm.
2010-2011 Erasmus Student at Saimaa University of Applied Sciences, Imatra.
2008-2010. Higher Education in Art Jewellery. Escola Massana, Barcelona.
2005-2011 BA in Arts and Design, with a focus on Art Jewellery and Textile Design. Escola Massana, Barcelona.
Workshops:
2019: Rud Petters, Radical, Saimaa University of Applied Sciences. Imatra, Finland.
2010: Bettina Dittleman and Myra Mimlitsch-Gray, To Hot to Eat. Oslo National Academy of Arts. Oslo, Norway.
2010 Enamel is a Bitch! With Karen Pontopidan. Saimaa University of Appiled Sciences.
2010 Traditional Casting Techniques Escola Massana, Serradui.
Solo Shows:
March 2017 A Taula! Un procés de Laia Ribas Valls. Centre d’Art Torre Muntadas. El Prat de Llobregat, Barcelona.
Group Shows:
October 2024 Crafting Connections Around the Kitchen Table. Stockholm Craft Week.
October 2022 Crafting Connections Samsen Takeover. Stockholm Craft Week.
September 2022 Jeong Kwang x Steinbeisser. Gemeenlandshuis Amsterdam.
October 2020 Cooking Community. Stockholm Craft Week.
April - August 2020 Renegotiating Material Culture. Research Lab CRAFT! Konstfack in collaboration with the Etnografiska Museum, Stockholm.
March 2018 Objects on a coffee break Die Waldmeister.
6-8 October 2017 Steinbeisser at the Lloyd Hotel & Cultural Embassy, Amsterdam
June 2017 L’escola Com a Context. Escola d’Arts del Prat. El Prat de Llobregat, Barcelona.
May 2016 Konstfack Graduate Spring Show. Stockholm.
March 2016 Taking Space. Stockholm.
2011 Looking Good Finland. Helsinki.
2009 Imagine Book. Plaça de Sant Just. Barcelona.
2008 El Múltiple en l’Art. Sala Busquets, Escola Massana. Barcelona.
Curated Shows:
2018 Violències. Centre Cívic Matas i Ramis. Horta, Barcelona.
Cultural Facilitator:
March 2019-January 2020 Work for the exhibition Third Gender. Centre d’Art Torre Muntadas, El Prat de Llobregat.
(03/04. 2019) Creator and facilitator of the project Receptari Comunitari for the opening of the Palmira Domènech community center. El Prat de Llobregat, Spain.
Teaching:
March 2022: Enameling technique course at Folkuniversitetet, Stockholm.
October 2019 - present Woodcraft teacher in middle school
April 2021 We Are What We Eat workshop BICCS conference, Mariestad.
Mach - May 2017 Substitute teacher at the enameling and jewelry workshop at Escola d’Arts. El Prat de Llobregat, Spain.
Exhibition Jury:
May 2020. Jury for the Mirada Pilot II. CC. Matas I Ramis Barcelona.
Publications:
2016 CRAFT! Catalogue. Self published. Stockholm.
2009 Imagine a Book exhibition catalogue. Associació ILDE.
Residencies:
October 2016. Artist in residence at L'Escola d'Arts. El Prat de Llobregat, Catalonia.