ARTIST FOCUS
Proud moment
3rd year student Anna Floto is currently on an artist residency at the prestigious Can Serrat in a farmhouse located in El Bruc (Montserrat), 45 km outside of Barcelona.
Anna’s application statement
Firstly, I believe that within the co-living and co-working atmosphere in the residency with the other international artists I will be exposed and challenged in a lot of multicultural and multidisciplinary ways. I am excited and ready to embrace the experiences and conversations that it will give me.
Recently within the work I’ve been focused and involved in, there is such an integral social and communal element that I feel when fully explored and activated in an environment like this one, would absolutely expand my own practice.
Additionally, to be away from the city and to be in the countryside close to nature, in a pastoral environment will offer me a way to take a new step and garner a new outward perspective on not only my life and my practice within the city but most importantly to grant me clear and consistent time to research, reflect, and engage completely in my practice.
Being immersed in a new community would enrich my art practice focused on relational artwork. From curating to communal activations, painting, or drawing/tattoo this opportunity would broaden my experiences to share with the community at 200CENT in Barcelona. Right now my day to day life does not allow me to have time and space to truly immerse myself in my practice, this residency would provide me with that time. Along with an experience that I would be incredibly grateful for.
Artist bio
Anna Floto is a British multidisciplinary artist based in Barcelona. She is a co-founder, director, and curator of 200cent, a gallery and creative space in Barcelona that hosts exhibitions blending local and international artists. She has previously resided in London and Edinburgh, where she studied and practiced architecture. Currently, she is completing her diploma at Metáfora.
Her artistic practice spans various mediums and is united by her deep connection to community and everyday human experiences. Recently, she has been inspired by the art movement relational aesthetics and the idea of curating situations and circumstances, as a catalyst for the artwork with at most times the material being the general public itself.
Her work also takes forms as drawings and oil paintings- inspired by her surroundings and a way of digesting interactions. Recently she has begun to incorporate poems in catalan- a language she is learning while working at her hospitality job in Barcelona. Other forms of her work include tattooing , where she explores the architecture of the human body and its relationship with other natural forms and modernism architecture. Anna finds inspiration in absorbing and interpreting moments and social interactions, which drive her creative process. Collaborating with a diverse range of international artists informs both her work and artistic discourse.
www.annafloto.com
The Can Serrat
Art Residency Program
The international residency program at Can Serrat invites writers and contemporary artists from around the world for short- and mid-term residencies. Open calls are held throughout the year, with selected projects chosen by a jury. Each call includes one full grant and several partial stipends (except for the ‘ongoing call’). Opportunities are promoted on Can Serrat’s website, social media, and platforms like Transartist, Art Connect, Art Jobs, Call for Entries, Bandadas, and Rivet.
Since 1989, the residency has supported work-in-progress projects, providing time, space, individualized and group support, and a professional network. Monthly activities foster project development and local connections, including conversations, book club readings, community dinners (summer only), studio visits, and project presentations. Events emphasize engagement with the creative process, encouraging curiosity and debate.
Can Serrat offers an ideal rural environment for production, community living, collaboration, and artistic support. A finished product is not required, but residents are asked to submit a process summary before departure. Rather than organizing gallery shows, the residency creates a downloadable digital catalog highlighting work made on-site.
Residents are encouraged to self-organize activities, with staff occasionally arranging additional events based on interests. As a live-work space, Can Serrat emphasizes sustainable communal living, with all residents participating in cleaning personal and shared areas.
www.canserrat.org
