Crossing Water brings together the work of four female artists and a curator who met in early 2023 at an artist residency in Andalucia, Spain (Joya:AiR). During this ecological residency, the artists worked in contact with the landscape – an arid environment subject to sudden floods – and with each other. They embarked on a project that would extend these lines of connection.

After working together online for a year, developing the project, the group met for the second time in March 2024, in Extremadura, Spain. At a residency in the Sierra de Gredos National Park (Ras de Terra), the artists lived and worked together, responding to the impressive terrain of mountains and thunderous rivers. This phase of collaboration culminated in an exhibition in the Ras de Terra Gallery.

The project addresses the transformative act of crossing water from different perspectives – and nods to their literal journeys across oceans and rivers to meet and work together:

Lindsey Creel Cherry (Texas), Ima Montoya (Bilbao/Barcelona), Aileen Harvey (London/Lisboa),  Anna Franke (Berlin/A Coruña), Coordinated by Stefania Fenu (Sardinia/Madrid)