Sevilla, 1985

Llerena completed her BFA studies at the University of Seville, the University of Barcelona and the Florence Academy of Fine Arts (2003-2008). In 2014 she earned an MA in Research in Art and Creation from the Complutense University of Madrid.

In 2017 she won a Circuitos award in Madrid and a place in the Blueproject Foundation residency programme in Barcelona. She also participated in the exhibitions L’efecte vora, curated by Anna Dot at SAC/Sant Andreu Contemporani (Barcelona), and DISRUPT, curated by Marlon de Azambuja at Rodriguez Gallery (Poznan, Poland). She also created a site-specific work for the National Museum of Natural Science that same year. In 2016 her work appeared in the group shows ¿Qué sienten, qué piensan los artistas andaluces de ahora? at the CAAC/Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo (Seville), 3+3 at the Embassy of Spain in Tokyo, Un lugar y el tiempo at Espacio Odeón (Colombia), and in the ABC stand at ARCO. In 2015, she was one of the artists featured in the exhibition Buscadores de Oro at OTR (Madrid). In 2014 she received the Injuve Prize and was selected to exhibit at Galería Espacio Mínimo after winning the Entreacto competition. She also participated in the Intransit (c arte c) programme and ATELIER, a workshop activity in connection with RETROALIMENTACIÓN, curated by Tiago de Abreu Pinto and Francesco Giaveri at the Sala de Arte Joven managed by the Regional Government of Madrid. In 2013 she showed her work at Mediterranea 16, the Young European Artists Biennial in Ancona, Italy, and participated in the Young Spanish Artists Post-Biennial at the Centro de Arte Contemporáneo of Salamanca (Da2).

Photo by por Irene Clementina