{"id":2299,"date":"2026-02-26T09:59:54","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T09:59:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fm-connect1.fortmindz.in\/wp-pva\/?post_type=artist&p=2299"},"modified":"2026-02-26T11:16:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T11:16:09","slug":"alba-somoza","status":"publish","type":"artist","link":"https:\/\/fm-connect1.fortmindz.in\/wp-pva\/artist\/alba-somoza\/","title":{"rendered":"Alba Somoza"},"content":{"rendered":"

2016
\n<\/strong>Birds of a Feather, Pure Vision Arts, NYC<\/em>\u00a0<\/em>
\n<\/strong>Visions from the Edge,\u00a0<\/em>Brattleboro Museum & Art Center, Brattleboro, VT<\/p>\n

2015
\n<\/strong>BEAUTIFUL MINDS\u00a0<\/em>pure vision,\u00a0<\/em>ROCA, West Nyack, NY
\nSomoza Palooza,\u00a0<\/em>Metropolitan West, NYC<\/p>\n

2014
\n<\/strong>Savant-Garde<\/em>, Pure Vision Arts, NYC
\nAl Fresco<\/em>,\u00a0LWR Fine Art<\/em>, NYC
\nTransit on the Spectrum: The Art of Pure Vision,\u00a0<\/em>The New York Transit Museum, NYC<\/p>\n

2013
\n<\/strong>Personal Space,\u00a0<\/em>Pure Vision Arts, NYC<\/p>\n

2012
\n<\/strong>Pure Folk<\/em>, American Folk Art Museum, NYC20th Annual Outsider Art Fair,\u00a0<\/em>The Mart, NYC\u00a0Visions from the Edge,\u00a0<\/em>MCLA, Gallery 51, North Adams, MA<\/p>\n

2011
\n<\/strong>Innocence & Experience,\u00a0<\/em>Pure Vision Arts, NYC6th<\/sup>\u00a0Annual Outsider Art in The Hamptons<\/em>, Galerie BelAge, Westhampton, NY<\/p>\n

2010
\n<\/strong>Labor of Love<\/em>, Pure Vision Arts, NYC\u00a0Pure Vision Arts<\/em>\u00a0@ JBFCS, NYC
\nOutsider Art Fair<\/em>, NYC\u00a05th<\/sup>\u00a0Annual Outsider Art in the Hamptons<\/em>, Galerie BelAge, Westhampton, NY
\nOutsider Art Fair<\/em>, NYC\u00a0What is a Disability<\/em>, VSA, Washington, DC<\/p>\n

2009<\/strong>
\nParadise Found<\/em>\u00a0Pure Vision Arts, NYC\u00a04th Annual Outsider Art in the Hamptons<\/em>, Gallerie BelAge, Westhampton Beach, NY
\nPure Vision Arts at Marlborough Gallery<\/em>, NYC\u00a0Outsider Art Fair<\/em>, The Mart, NYC<\/p>\n

2008
\n<\/strong>Modern Primitive<\/em>\u00a0Pure Vision Arts, NYC
\nDia De Muertos, Rocking Horse Cafe<\/em>, Benefit for Pure Vision Arts, NYC
\nPure Vision Arts @ JBFCS<\/em>, NYC
\nPure Vision Arts at Marlborough Chelsea<\/em>, NYC<\/p>\n

2007<\/strong>
\nCity Folk,<\/em>\u00a0Pure Vision Arts, NYC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2317,"template":"","class_list":["post-2299","artist","type-artist","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fm-connect1.fortmindz.in\/wp-pva\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist\/2299","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fm-connect1.fortmindz.in\/wp-pva\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fm-connect1.fortmindz.in\/wp-pva\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/artist"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fm-connect1.fortmindz.in\/wp-pva\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fm-connect1.fortmindz.in\/wp-pva\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}