I link fragments and join the disjointed world, day by day. This fragmented beauty could crystallise for a moment into something akin to an alphabet. Cover oneself briefly in this fabric which, revealing what it conceals, concedes us its touch. The exercise is to hold on to this moment. To breath and hold on to it. Public collections: Rotasa Foundation, Mill Valley, CA. US | CODA Museum. Apeldoorn, NL | Young Talent Collection. Françoise van den Bosch Foundation. NL | Muzeum Ceského ráje v. Turnov. CZ | Röhsska Museum, Goteborg. Awards: 2008: Study abroad award. Generalitat de Catalunya. Award for artistic creation for the project Excessive Plural. Generalitat de Catalunya. | Award for artists traveling abroad. Institut Ramon Llull. Generalitat de Catalunya. | Peter S. Reed Foundation Grant, New York | Robert H. Daisley Memorial. Cranbrook Merit Scholarship | Annual Scholarship Awards & Exhibition. Detroit Artists Market. | SNAG Endowment Honorable Mention. 2007: Award for artistic research for the project Healing Cuts. Generalitat de Catalunya. 2005. Award for artists traveling abroad. Institut Ramon Llull. Generalitat de Catalunya. 2003: Carta Blanca grant for the project “ the jewel of this body” | ARTFAD Prizes. Special metion of jury for the piece “12 tools for assimilation” 2001: Enjoia’t. First prize “body installation” category. Solo exhibitions: 2011 Lake Fortitude. Gallery Goldfingers. Copenhagen 2010 The Floating Knot & The Nuptial Suite. Galleri Hnoss. Gotëborg. 2008: Parties under bridges (part 2). Wittenbrink Zeigt Schmuck project. Munich. | Parties under bridges. Galerie Rob Koudijs. Amsterdam. 2006: cordial changes. Galleria Norsu. Helsinki. 2005: bliss-à-bliss. Galeria Al65. Vilanova i la Geltrú. Barcelona. 2004: aflordepiel. Galeria Alea. Barcelona. [+]

Gemma Draper, 1971, born in Barcelona / Spain. Artist that lives and works in Barcelona, studied a Master in Fine Arts at Cranbrook Academy of Art. Bloomfield Hills, MI. US, Jewellery. Escola Massana, Barcelona and degree in Philosophy at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and has works at the following collections: Rotasa Foundation, Mill Valley, CA. US | CODA Museum. Apeldoorn, NL | Young Talent Collection. Françoise van den Bosch Foundation. NL | Muzeum Ceského ráje v. Turnov. Czequia. New concepts, new languages, new gallery [November 08, 2007] The Beauty & The Best [January 20, 2010]