Welcome to the world of Alma Singer
10 June - 6 August 2023
‘A For Effort’ is the first solo show from Cambridge-based artist Alma Singer. Exploring value, art, identity and female sexuality, the exhibition is a humorous and personal exploration of the world the artist.
Alma Singer, the pseudonym of gallerist Carla Nizzola. It was only at the beginning of this year that Carla began making work, and from the first post on Instagram there was an immediate audience of collectors. To date, every piece posted has sold, and her list of commissions is now so long that there is a waiting list until October.
View the artist’s collection of available works here
The title ‘A For Effort’ refers to comments on Nizzola’s school reports for art class. Nizzola went on to study fine art at Lancaster University and spent a few years in her early twenties making self-proclaimed ‘pretentious paintings that no-one, except my parents, wanted’, before putting the idea of being an artist to one side to pursue a career as a gallerist. It wasn’t until 15 years later that Carla was inspired to start making art again.
In the first month of showing her work Carla was invited to show at London Art Fair and offered solo exhibitions in London and the US. Her first prints were released in March at The Original Print Fair and both editions sold out on the opening night. Her work has since been included at prestigious auction houses alongside Damien Hirst, Jeff Koons, and Tracey Emin.
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“Working under a pseudonym has given me the confidence to show my work and overcome my insecurities a little. Being a thirty-six-year-old woman who makes badly drawn stick figures that are quite personal I thought I’d be laughed at for considering myself an artist. As Carla I’m a bit shy and insecure, but Alma Singer is the little part of me that couldn’t care less what people think.”
“It took me until my mid-thirties to stop trying to make what I thought I ought to make, and just start making whatever I wanted. Turns out I want to make silly drawings of stick women, and I’m ok with that. As a young woman I was paralysed by a fear of not being taken seriously. Now, thankfully, even I don’t take myself seriously.”- ALMA SINGER
