Mireia Sallarès

Mireia Sallarès, Barcelona (Spain) 1973

Mireia Sallarès is an artist and independent documentary filmmaker. She lives and works between Barcelona, Mexico City and other foreign cities where she develops artistic research projects, thus establishing her immigrant status as an integral aspect of her work. The Monuments an exhibition at the Ca_Tarragona Centre d’Art brings the five most important projects made by the artist over the last ten years illustrating her research processes and artistic production. Monuments includes five projects carried out within very diverse geographical locations: Le camion de Zahïa, conversations après le paradis perdu (France, 2002-2005); Mi visado de modelo (United States, 2003-2005), Las muertes chiquitas (Mexico, 2006-2009), Las 7 cabronas e invisibles de Tepito (Mexico, 2009) and Se escapó desnuda, un proyecto sobre la verdad (Venezuela, 2011-2012).