Miriam Dema

Miriam Dema graduated in Fine Arts at the University of Barcelona in 2017, where she explored several disciplines before focusing on painting. From an early age she spent much of her time painting and drawing, although she did not harbour any professional ambitions until sometime after finishing her degree.

In the course of her studies, Miriam Dema experienced an emotional block that led her to stop painting and instead focus on other disciplines and languages such as conceptual art and cooking. When she finished her degree, she decided to move to Lima (Peru) with the idea of studying Peruvian cuisine. However, being far from home and with the stimuli of such a different environment helped her to find a pictorial language that characterises her work to this day.

Dema finds inspiration in people and in our way of relating, gesturing and showing affection. The human need to share and the creativity to find a way to do it. She uses cooking and food as a tool to create, nurture and transform the relations, colours and textures of nature.