Alba Torres Robinat
Tarrega, 1981
Artist and transdisciplinary art therapist
Degree in Fine Arts from the University of Barcelona (2005), with fourth year of the degree at the University of Guadalajara, Mexico .
CAP, Pedagogical Adaptation Course, at the UB, (2004-05)
Transdisciplinary artistic training : drawing, painting, sculpture, contemporary dance, shadow theatre, playback theatre, Batik clothing printing
Master in Transdisciplinary Art Therapy and Human Development (2008-10), Professionalization Course (2010-11) at the Institute of Art Therapy of Barcelona - IATBA , Certificate of Advanced Graduate Studies CAGS : preparation for the doctorate, supervision skills, community art, research and leadership in the field of art therapy, at the European Graduate School (Switzerland) (2014-18)
As an art therapist I have experience in the field of mental health . I started in the adolescent field, at the Eating Disorders Treatment Center (Khepra, Bcn). In the adult field, in the Psychiatric Addiction Rehabilitation Unit (Interfaith Medical Center, New York) where I did my internship. From 2015 to 2025, there have been 10 years of group art therapy at the Ondara-Sió Mental Health Association in Cervera. From 2020 to 2025, 5 years of art therapy at the Mentalia Psychiatric Hospital (currently Vitalcor) in Lleida. Since 2019 I have been doing art therapy projects with the Community Rehabilitation Services SRC Tàrrega (since 2019), SRC Mollerussa (2020), Lleida (since 2020), La Seu d'Urgell (2020) which depend on the Psychiatry, Mental Health and Addictions Service of the University Hospital of Santa Maria de Lleida. Since 2024 I have been at the Mental Health Association Pla d'Urgell, Mollerussa. And since March 2025, at Hospital Sant Joan de Déu Terres de Lleida, accompanying an Aging group, one of young people with so-called Behavioral Disorders and another group of hospital residents. Apart from group art therapy, I also provide private individual consultations.
I have experience in the educational field with children , teaching art therapy workshops in preschools, for students and also for teachers, where I can detect and act in situations that need therapeutic attention, such as in the case of bullying . Emotional management work in school is essential to improve individual and group learning.
I am passionate about working on the creative and poetic approach to the human condition , and all the challenges that come with ensuring the integrity of the person . I work on this creative approach based on the foundations of deep, humanistic and systemic psychology and operative psychotherapy . Using the diversity of artistic languages.
Another aspect that I am passionate about and to which I also dedicate myself for seasons is research in the Anthropology of Art , investigating the origin and function of art in the human condition , studies from which the training I give called The Artist in Me is derived, supported by my own field research in the Djola, Bobo and Dagara ethnic groups (Senegal and Burkina Faso). Also in the traditional art of Sri Lanka, India and Indonesia. Expanding my knowledge in Africa and Asia.
My artistic work is influenced by all these currents that nourish the soil underground where I germinate my seeds.