My name is Maria Fallada Llandrich (with pronouns she/they). I am a visual artist, graphic designer, cultural worker and aspiring gardener born in Barcelona, currently based in Berlin.
My practice is rooted in the enigmas of the mundane and inspired by human-non-human encounters and relationships. It develops through the exploration and co-creation of spaces for resilience, mending, critical thinking and community. Drawing is for me a mother language and, as other creative practices, a means to connect with people and my surroundings, re-enchant worlds and engage in counter-narratives.
© Photo by Josef Gehrke
Exhibitions
2024: Collective exhibition Friction by MA Raumstrategien students at Floating University Berlin.
2024: Collective exhibition Radiant Opacity by MA Raumstrategien students at Kunsthalle am Hamburgerplatz, Berlin.
2023: Solo exhibition Converstations within Transitions and Secret Gardens in C*SPACE, Berlin.
2023: Collective exhibition Ongoing Strategies by MA Raumstrategien students at Rundgang Weißensee Kunsthochschule Berlin.
2022: Solo exhibition Markttage am Maybachufer in Café Zart, Berlin.
2021: Collective exhibition Mit Viel Gefühl in St. Hedwig Krankenhaus, Berlin.
2017: Collective Sound Installation Transit Zone Pavillion (UdK) led by Prof. Daisuke Ishida at Berlin Hauptbahnhof.
Publications and Awards
2023: Manifesto Figurar: A HumanNo presented at Miss Read Art Book Fair in HKW Berlin.
2018: Illustrations in collaboration with Studio Clase Bcn for Arper.
2016: Conclusion of the BA Thesis The Non-City: An Observation and Interpretation of Urban Space with honors.
2016: Publication Com Sobreviure a un Gat Negre, Mig Cec i Bipolar? (Kit de supervivència) and Ceci est mon corps (both collective projects) for PRINTed Barcelona #2.
2016: Covers for Le Cool Barcelona.
2015: Flueix, Illustration Award of Aigües de Barcelona.
2015: Breakfast fanzine for PRINTed Barcelona #1.
Workshops
2024 (upcoming): Poetry-Chapbook with Velvet Zunge Collective (Maria Fallada, Mia Alonso, Zoé Manel) at Café Zart, Berlin.
2023: Extraordinary Ordinary with Velvet Zunge Collective (Cécile Thomas, Maria Fallada, Mia Alonso, Zoé Manel) at Café Zart, Berlin.
2022: Spielraum/Playground: A Discovery Day for Kids in Langhanskiez with Josef Gehrke and Katya Romanova as part of the KIEZ:MOBIL project and in collaboration with C*SPACE Berlin, Bezirksamt Pankowin and HejJaLa-Land.
2021 (October): Wilde Knete with Laura Hagenbuch and Yun-Chu Liang at Café Zart.
2021 (Juli): Wilde Knete with Katrin Koch at Wilde Möhre Festival, Brandenburg.
2021 (November): Herbst Stillleben with Yun-Chu Liang at Café Zart, Berlin.
2020 (Oktober): Herbst Stillleben with Yun-Chu Liang at Café Zart, Berlin.
2020 (August): Das Porträt with Yun-Chu Liang at Café Zart, Berlin.
2020 (Juni): Stillleben with Josef Gehrke and Yun-Chu Liang at Café Zart, Berlin.
Education and Work
2024: Cultural Manager for Catalan Arts at ICEC (Catalan Institute of Cultural Enterprises) Berlin.
2022 - 2024: Graphic Designer, Art Director and Project Manager at C*SPACE, Berlin.
2022: Assistance to Sharjah Art Foundation at Miss Read Art Book Fair, HKW Berlin.
2021 - now: MA Raumstrategien (Spatial Strategies) at Weißensee Kunsthochschule Berlin.
2021: Art Therapy Intern at März Atelier, Berlin.
2020 - 2023: Visual Artist for fashion studio Atelier Park 217 Berlin.
2017 - 2019: Illustrator for Artist-Designer Eva Maria Offermann.
2017 - now: Freelance Visual Artist and Designer.
2016 - 2017: Curatorial Assistant with Prof. Lluís Nacenta for Mark Bain's installation Wave Shift at Mies van der Rohe Pavilion, Barcelona. In collaboration with Sónar+D.
2016 - 2017: Curatorial Assistant with Prof. Lluís Nacenta for Brian Eno’s exhibition Lightforms/Soundforms at Arts Santa Mònica, Barcelona. In collaboration with Sónar+D.
2014: Design and Illustration Intern at Game Solution Asia, Shanghai.
2012 - 2016: BA Design at Eina University School of Design and Arts of Barcelona.
2009 - 2011: Technological Baccalaureate at Escola Garbí - Pere Vergés, Esplugues de Llobregat, Barcelona.