Alba Somoza

Alba was born in New York City in 1983 and has been passionate about art since she was a young child. She attended The School for the Future until age 21 where she completed a multimedia portfolio. Alba has been attending Pure Vision Arts since 2007, where she creates abstract expressionistic paintings characterized by a vivid sense of color and rich surface textures. Her paintings are included in numerous private collections. In addition to being an artist, Alba has been an intern at the Metropolitan Museum of Art since 2006. She works in collaboration with a facilitator studying art history and gives tours to children, adults, and special needs audiences. She also teaches art to children who have cerebral Palsy at the Standing Tall School in Manhattan.

2016
Birds of a Feather, Pure Vision Arts, NYC
Visions from the Edge, Brattleboro Museum & Art Center, Brattleboro, VT

2015
BEAUTIFUL MINDS pure vision, ROCA, West Nyack, NY
Somoza Palooza, Metropolitan West, NYC

2014
Savant-Garde, Pure Vision Arts, NYC
Al Fresco, LWR Fine Art, NYC
Transit on the Spectrum: The Art of Pure Vision, The New York Transit Museum, NYC

2013
Personal Space, Pure Vision Arts, NYC

2012
Pure Folk, American Folk Art Museum, NYC20th Annual Outsider Art Fair, The Mart, NYC Visions from the Edge, MCLA, Gallery 51, North Adams, MA

2011
Innocence & Experience, Pure Vision Arts, NYC6^th Annual Outsider Art in The Hamptons, Galerie BelAge, Westhampton, NY

2010
Labor of Love, Pure Vision Arts, NYC Pure Vision Arts @ JBFCS, NYC
Outsider Art Fair, NYC 5^th Annual Outsider Art in the Hamptons, Galerie BelAge, Westhampton, NY
Outsider Art Fair, NYC What is a Disability, VSA, Washington, DC

2009
Paradise Found Pure Vision Arts, NYC 4th Annual Outsider Art in the Hamptons, Gallerie BelAge, Westhampton Beach, NY
Pure Vision Arts at Marlborough Gallery, NYC Outsider Art Fair, The Mart, NYC

2008
Modern Primitive Pure Vision Arts, NYC
Dia De Muertos, Rocking Horse Cafe, Benefit for Pure Vision Arts, NYC
Pure Vision Arts @ JBFCS, NYC
Pure Vision Arts at Marlborough Chelsea, NYC

2007
City Folk, Pure Vision Arts, NYC