Alba Somoza

Lives and works in New York, NY, USA

Artist statement

Alba was born in New York City in 1983 and has cerebral palsy. She has been passionate about art since she was a child and attended The School for the Future until age 21 where she completed a multimedia portfolio. Alba has been attending Pure Vision Arts in New York City since 2007 where she creates abstract expressionistic paintings characterized by a vivid sense of color and rich surface textures. Her paintings are included in numerous private collections. In addition to being an artist, Alba worked as a docent at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. She worked in close collaboration with a facilitator to give tours to children, adults, and special needs audiences using her augmentative communication device. She also teaches art to young children who have cerebral palsy at the International Academy of Hope in Harlem.

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