Laura Canal (b. 1993, Barcelona) works with found plastic, sand, and oil paint to create textured surfaces that oscillate between painting and sculpture. Rooted in Abstract Expressionism, her practice brings gesture and matter into dialogue, transforming discarded materials into new skins that speak of duality, resilience, and metamorphosis.

Through chemical processes and layering, Canal reconfigures industrial waste collected from natural environments, exploring the tension between control and chance, and between the natural and the artificial. Her work examines how waste inhabits both inner and outer landscapes, revealing what we try to ignore and how it may be transformed.

Her work has been exhibited internationally at Reial Cercle Artístic (Barcelona, Spain), Galería Castelló 4 (Madrid, Spain), the Sala de Exposiciones of Centro Cultural La Vaguada (Madrid, Spain), Cercle Artístic Sant Lluc (Barcelona, Spain), Ateneu de Mataró (Mataró, Spain), Copelouzos Family Art Museum (Athens, Greece), W Soul (Munich, Germany), and Parcus Gallery (Aistersheim, Austria).

In 2025, she completed a residency at Haba Art Lab. Her work has also been shown at Le Carrousel du Louvre (Paris, 2023).

She was a finalist in the painting category for the City of Barcelona Award at the Reial Cercle Artístic (2025) and for the XI Salón de Arte Abstracto Painting Award, Madrid (2026).

Her practice has been featured in Forbes España and Europa Press.

CONTACT: infolauracanal@gmail.com