Alba Yruela
Heraclitus
Alba Yruela comes from the Catalan region of Empordà, where she developed her passion for nature. She began photographing her surroundings, friends, and lovers from an intimate and delicate yet direct perspective, as well as her own solitude, movingly portrayed in multiple self-portraits.
She has been published in Vogue, Die Zeit, Apartamento, Lula, The Plant, among other magazines. Her personal work has been shown in group exhibitions in Paris, Los Angeles, London, and Barcelona, and she has published several books: Diaris 2009–2019 (2021), Ojama Shimasu and Bound 2 (2018), Coco (2015), Flora (2014), Laura Amanda escribe Alba (2013), Estaría bien poner un título aquí (2011), and Cherry Blossom, Don’t Cry (2025). Individually, her work was included in the Xavier Miserachs Photography Biennial (2012), and in 2022 she held her first solo exhibition at Chiquita Room titled Diaris. In 2023, she participated in the group exhibition Entre dos azules. Conmovidos, which celebrated the 10th anniversary of the Blueproject Foundation. In 2024, she took part in the Opening section of ARCOmadrid with Chiquita Room, as well as in the Art Nou Festival in Barcelona with the solo exhibition Sembla tot com un sol dia, also at the same gallery. In November 2026, she will present her latest project at Paris Photo through Chiquita Room once again.
