Virginia Arregui’s recent work has concentrated on a varied range of large scale ceramic tile paintings. The concept of these paintings has been inspired by the amazing tile murals that Arregui admired throughout Europe. Arregui feels that her work is a modern day version of this old world ceramic art.

Arregui is captivated by the urban environment and always return to create works that in some way depict this. Arregui’s love the colours and repetitive forms in these environments around the world, they aren’t always what you’d first imagine them to be. Arregui feels that the use of ceramic tiles as her canvas reinforces the ‘urban’ feel as it is essentially a building material. It also gives a unique, glossy, industrial look that I really love.

The collection she is currently working on is an exciting exhibition of ceramic paintings celebrating our urban environment. Investigating cities, the repetitive form of the man-made environment and the uniqueness of how and where we live around the world. Exposing the beauty and colour of our everyday environment and showcasing different architecture old and new in bright, bold, large scale ceramic tile paintings.