Roberta Lobeira Alanís, also known as Roberta Lobeira (born June 25, 1979, in

Monterrey Monterrey (, , abbreviated as MtY) is the capital and largest city of the northeastern Mexican state of Nuevo León. It is the ninth-largest city and the second largest metropolitan area, after Greater Mexico City. Located at the foothills of th ...

, Mexico), is a Mexican painter and visual artist. She works in artistic genres such as

magical realism Magical realism, magic realism, or marvelous realism is a style or genre of fiction and art that presents a realistic view of the world while incorporating magical elements, often blurring the lines between speculation and reality. ''Magical rea ...

and

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Early life and education

Roberta Lobeira Alanis is a Mexican painter born on June 25, 1979, in

Monterrey, Nuevo León Monterrey (, , abbreviated as MtY) is the capital and largest city of the northeastern Mexican state of Nuevo León. It is the ninth-largest city and the second largest metropolitan area, after Greater Mexico City. Located at the foothills of th ...

, Mexico. She started painting at an early age when she was five, with art lessons in her home town. She continued her studies with an arts major degree at the University of Monterrey, then at the

New York Academy of Art The New York Academy of Art is a private art university in the Tribeca neighborhood of New York City. The academy offers a Master of Fine Arts degree with a focus on technical training and critical discourse, as well as a post-baccalaureate Cer ...

and at the

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Career

She is currently an independent artist. Lobeira has also lived, studied, and worked in New York, California,

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, Paris, Mexico City and, Spain. Her surreal and magical style has been influenced by artists such as

René Magritte René François Ghislain Magritte (; 21 November 1898 – 15 August 1967) was a Belgium, Belgian surrealist artist known for his depictions of familiar objects in unfamiliar, unexpected contexts, which often provoked questions about the nature ...

Salvador Dalí Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dalí i Domènech, Marquess of Dalí of Púbol (11 May 190423 January 1989), known as Salvador Dalí ( ; ; ), was a Spanish Surrealism, surrealist artist renowned for his technical skill, precise draftsmanship, ...

Leonora Carrington Mary Leonora Carrington (6 April 191725 May 2011) was a British-born, naturalised Mexican Surrealist painter and novelist. She lived most of her adult life in Mexico City and was one of the last surviving participants in the Surrealist movem ...

, and Remedios Varo. Also influenced by other

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such as

pop surrealism Lowbrow, or lowbrow art, is an underground visual art movement that arose in the Los Angeles, California area in the late 1960s. It is a populist art movement with its cultural roots in underground comix, punk music, tiki culture, graffiti, and ...

and

. She has had art shows in Mexico, USA, and Spain. Her work was last shown in 2022 at "El Triunfo de la Pintura" in La Pinacoteca de Nuevo León and the show "Art of the Present Future" in Madrid. Lobeira's work includes the ''Family Portraits'' (2018–2020) made for '' La Casa de las Flores'', a TV series directed by Manolo Caro on Netflix. She is known for her large format paintings of imaginary worlds with fantastic characters and landscapes, inspired in nature with a poetic style of expression in which nature becomes unnatural and surreal. She recently featured her work at Estampa 2021 in Madrid with Reiners Contemporary Art Gallery, and with the NFT platform Vira in Art Basel Miami.

Art projects

Some of her other projects include: * 2022'':'' Solo show "Retrouvailles", La Pinacoteca de Nuevo Leon, Monterrey, México. * 2022'':'' Art show "Art of the Present Future" Chapter No. 2, Madrid, Spain. * 2022'':'' Art show "Objeto Femenino", Madrid, Spain * 2022'':'' Art show "Art of the Present Future" Chapter No. 1, Madrid, Spain. * 2021'':'' NFT for VIRA Platform, Art Basel, Miami, USA. * 2021'':'' Art fair "Estampa Madrid" with Reiners Contemporary Art Gallery, Madird, Spain. * 2021'':'' Campaign for "Starlite 10th Anniversary",

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, Spain. * 2021-2022'':'' Art show "El Triunfo de la Pintura", La Pinacoteca de Nuevo Leon, Monterrey, México. * 2021'':'' "La Casa de las Flores: La Pelicula", introduction design. * 2018-2021'':'' Artwork shown in the three seasons of "La Casa de las Flores" series directed by Manolo Caro for Netflix. * 2018'':'' Art auction "Painting Bridges", United Nations, New York City, NY, USA. * 2013'':'' Work shown in the Mexican film " No se si cortarme las venas o dejarmelas largas," written and directed by Manolo Caro. * 2012'':'' Solo Show, "Romanic Mind", Museo del Centernario, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. * 2012'':'' Art show "Art Takes Times Square", New York City, NY, USA. * 2010-2012'':'' Art shows, Project Paz, 82 Mercer St, New York City, NY, USA. * 2006'':'' Art show, School of Visual Arts, New York City, NY, USA. * 2005'':'' Art show "Feel Grow", Monterrey, NL, Mexico. * 2003'':'' Art show, Casino Monterrey, Monterrey, NL, Mexico. * 2002'':'' Art show "Expresa la Mujer", Dataflux, Monterrey, Mexico. * 2001'':'' Art show "Hijos de la Gubia", UDEM, Monterrey, NL, Mexico. * 2000'':'' Art show "NYC@MTY", Cachagua, Monterrey, NL, Mexico. * 1999'':'' Art show, Club Deportivo San Agustín, Monterrey, NL, Mexico.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lobeira Alanis, Roberta Living people Mexican painters 1979 births People from Monterrey University of Monterrey alumni

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