Meet the Artist

Juanita

Alba

Printmaking

“I’m a printmaker working with large-scale linocuts and artist books. My work is grounded in art history and engages with Catholic imagery and Latin American visual culture to explore what happens after faith is lost, and how belief systems, memory and identity continue to shape us.

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Juanita Alba is a Colombian artist and Printmaking and Publications student at OCAD University in Toronto, Canada. Her practice is rooted in relief printmaking and artist books, with a focus on large-scale linocut and installation. Working at the intersection of art history and Latin American visual culture, she invites viewers into contemplative encounters with images that are both personal and collective. Through printmaking, she explores how belief, history, and identity continue to shape the self.Influenced by religious iconography and Colombian traditions, her research-driven practice takes form through material processes. She examines memory and identity, paying particular attention to how cultural belief systems persist beyond personal conviction.
OCAD U - Faculty of Art
Printmaking & Publications
Major In progress, 2026
OCAD U - Faculty of Arts & Science
Art History
Minor In progress, 2026

Printmaking Art History

2024, Project Crea Group Exhibition Showcase
The Creative School TMU
2025, Steve Sutton Memorial Bursary
Steve Sutton Memorial
2024, Ernie & Rivette Herzig Bursary
Ernie & Rivette Herzig Bursary
2024, Printmaking & Publications Scholarship
Printmaking and Publications Ocad University
2024, Project Crea Mentorship program for Latin Youth Creators
Project CREA
2024, Printmaking& Publications Scholarship
Printmaking& Publications OCADUniversity
2023, Canadian Fed. of University Women North Toronto Bursary
Canadian Fed. of University Women North Toronto
2023, Printmaking & Publications Scholarship
Printmaking & Publications OCAD University
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