Inés Urquijo + Nuria Mora
Inés Urquijo has been working in the landscape design and floral decoration field since 1990, long before the floristry sector even dreamt of reaping the attention it currently draws. Her flower workshop creates all kinds of assemblies and projects stamped with her personal hallmark, in compositions that are natural and wild, using structures that are often themselves made of elements taken from nature, and paying special attention to respect for the environment. She grows her own flowers in a traditional, sustainable manner, and her garden, known as Huerto de Pomona, produces unique, off-the-beaten-path, local and natural flowers, which she uses in special compositions, bridal bouquets or simply as a distinctive element in her work.
This personal style has led her to be included in floral events like Chelsea in Bloom and to collaborate with institutions such as the Thyssen-Bornemisza and Prado museums or Teatro Real de Madrid. Labels like Valentino, Chanel, Chaumet and Salvatore Ferragamo rely on her work, and she also designed the floral installations on Paseo del Prado in Madrid for the wedding of the Prince and Princess of Asturias.
Nuria Morais a contemporary artist who is one of the forerunners of the Post-Graffiti current, although her work is not easily categorised, as she is constantly open to reinvention, to trying out new materials and confounding the viewer. Mora’s work can be found everywhere from the walls of a museum to an advertising space on the busiest street of the city centre, at a high-end art gallery or on the walls of a neighbourhood building. She works shapes and organic and geometric elements into public spaces and their furnishings in a constructive, non-invasive way.
Surprise and disorientation are part of her poetic language. Everything she touches has a hint of something breaking open to reveal the beauty inside. Journalist Carlos Risco uses a precise floral metaphor to explain it: “Nuria’s explosions are miraculous in this way because they are an earthly spectacle that bursts open to bring forth calm, like beautiful wet flowers after the storm”. Her work has been exhibited in galleries and museums around the world such as the Tate Modern (London), Fundación Joan Miró (Barcelona), Le Pilori (Niort, France) and the Johannesburg Contemporary Art Gallery. She is also a member of the group called “Equipo Plástico”, along with SixeArt, Eltono & Nano4814. Inés Urquijo and Nuria Mora will combine their visions of contemporary and floral art in FLORA 2021.
