Laura Cid Sagarra

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As a visual artist, physician, and ergonomics expert, Laura brings a singular perspective to the intersection of art and health. Her creative journey, rekindled through illustrating educational stories and painting emotive portraits of her children, was profoundly transformed by a personal crisis that led her to channel her emotions into her art—embracing resilience as a path toward change. Inspired by the Japanese technique and metaphor of Kintsugi, which finds beauty in the mending of fractures, and the pioneering legacy of Lygia Clark in relational and sensory art, Laura conceives the body not merely as a physical vessel, but as a conduit for perception, memory, and healing. Through her practice, she transforms art into a living dialogue between body, mind, and environment, creating works and participatory experiences open to the co-creation of shared meaning.

Her approach lies at the crossroads of contemporary art, medicine, and health promotion, exploring the power of creative activity to empower individuals through reflection, active participation and self-care. Grounded in positive psychology, she champions creativity’s ability to foster connection, enhance well-being, and nurture a vital sense of purpose—even in the face of adversity.

Drawing inspiration from initiatives such as Paintings in Hospitals, she shapes her work for environments where art transcends mere decoration and instead becomes a vital resource for empowerment, education, and resilience. Her mission aligns with international evidence, including the WHO Health Evidence Network report (2019), which affirms the transformative role of the arts in fostering self-awareness, promoting health and sustaining well-being across the lifespan.

With over 25 years of experience in health and workplace well-being, she combines her medical expertise with a genuine passion for the arts to address social and health challenges within organizational, corporate, and community settings. Through exhibitions, workshops and collaborations, she embodies the artist as both a catalyst for change and a facilitator of collective well-being. During 2024 and 2025, she advanced occupational health through creative organizational psychology initiatives, achieving measurable improvements showcased at leading national and international academic forums in health and ergonomics.

In recent years, she has broadened her artistic practice to incorporate recycled, sustainable materials and sculptural elements, designing installations that promote sensory well-being and immersive experiences. Each work and project is flexibly adapted to suit its context, cultivating safe spaces for holistic care and reaffirming the role of contemporary art as a driving force for change, healing and personal growth.

Experiences

Active and Upcoming Activities and Exhibitions

• 2026 Collective exhibition. “Plant Life. Growing, Dwelling, Flourishing, Views and Shapes of the Green World”. Centre Cívic la Barceloneta, Barcelona (January)

Arts and Health

• 2025 XV International and XIX National Congress of Ergonomics and Psychosociology. Ergonomics and Psychosociology in action in the Company’s value chain. Experiences of Arts & Health at enterprise. Gijón, Spain. (5-7 November)
• 2025 V International Congress Prevencionar. Madrid, Spain (24-26 September)
• 2025 International Symposium on Safety and Health in photojournalism, media, artistic and audiovisual sector. Pola de Laviana, Spain (22-23 May 2025)
• 2024 Arts and Health. IX International Conferences of Music and Neurology. “Music therapy in the hospital environment of Catalonia: scientific foundations and quality of care”. ESMUC. Barcelona (Spain) (8 -9 November).
• 2024 Congress “The future of Music and Arts in Medicine and Health”. Berlin, Germany (17-21 September).
• 2024 14th International Congress and 18th National Ergonomics and Psychosociology. Gijon (Spain)
• 2023 Something more than the social value of work. 13th International and 16th National Congress of Ergonomics and Psychosociology. Gijón, Spain (9-10 November)

Awards and others

• 2025 “The concert: Color”. Performance, music and visual art project in collaboration with Nuria Rossy. Valldoreix, Barcelona (April)
• 2023 Painting of the Year finalist. The Netherlands
• 2023 Collaborative project “Triangulus”. University of Barcelona (Spain), Puebla University (Mexico) and Superior Dance Conservatory of Valencia
• 2021 Painting of the Year nominated. The Netherlands
• 2021 “Color”. Music and visual art project created by Nuria Rossy. Montmaneu, Barcelona
• 2021 Artistic Excelence Award in Circle Foundation for the Arts
• 2020 Painting of the Year finalist. The Netherlands
• 2009 “El hechizo de la plastilina”. INSST. Ministerio de Trabajo y Economía Social. Spanish Government.

Solo Exhibitions

• 2024 Can Punyetes, Barcelona (September – December)
• 2024 Dry gardens. Centre Cívic Sarrià, Barcelona (February)
• 2023 Be reborn. Painting from the soul. Acadèmia de Ciències Mèdiques I de la Salut de Catalunya i Balears. Barcelona. September- December
• 2023 Souls. Can Punyetes, Barcelona (February-March)
• 2022 In praise of shadows. Centre Cívic Sarrià, Barcelona (7-30 November)
• 2022 An overcoming diary. Col·legi Oficial de Metges de Barcelona (17-30 June)
• 2020 Dreaming in Tough Times. Can Punyetes, Barcelona
• 2019 Gothic Quarter. Can Punyetes, Barcelona

Group Exhibitions

• 2025 Collective exhibition. “Miniworks international exhibiliton”. Balikesir University, Turkey (October-November).
• 2025 Collective exhibilion. “Only collage VII: second skin”. Centre Cívic la Barceloneta, Barcelona (October-November
• 2025 Collective exhibition. “Artistas diversos”. Museu Marítim, Barceona (18-19 June)
• 2025 Collective exhibition. “Navigating resilience”. Centre Cívic la Barceloneta, Barcelona (March)
• 2024 Collective exhibition. “If the bodies were bodies”. Centre Cívic la Barceloneta, Barcelona (March)
• 2024 Collective exhibition. Art and Exclusion. Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra (Barcelona) (March- May)
• 2024 Collective exhibition Art Eindhoven 2024, Eindhoven (The Netherlands) (3-4 February)
• 2024 Collective exhibition. Galerie RRMND. Roermond (The Netherlands) (20 January- 2March)
• 2023 Anual Art Exhibition. Cultural Montjuic Art Center, Barcelona (Spain). The Wentworth Norton Group, Non-profit Organization (18-25 September 2023).
• 2023 Hispano-American art exhibition. Perugia (Italy) (July- August 2023)
• 2023 ¿Y si dibujamos barcos? Collective exhibition at Espacio Pirineos, Graus (Spain) (13 May-10 June)
• 2023 Collective exhibition Art Eindhoven 2023, Eindhoven (The Netherlands) (4-5 February)
• 2022 Collective exhibition. “Body phobia”. Centre Cívic la Barceloneta, Barcelona (24 November- 29 December)
• 2022 Collective exhibition. Alder Art Studio. Barcelona (2-9 October)
• 2022 Collective exhibition. Exilis. Centre Cívic la Barceloneta, Barcelona (April)
• 2022 Collective exhibition. Eindhoven Art Fair (9-10 April)
• 2021-2022 Collective exhibition of Contemporary Art Autumn and Winter. Abartium Gallery.
• 2021 Collective exhibition. SIDAV 21 – International Hall of Visual Arts. Barcelona Provincial Council and Abartium Gallery. Montesquiu Castle (Barcelona) (7-29 August)
• 2021 Collective exhibition. Europ Art Fair. Amsterdam (2-4 July)
• 2021 Collective exhibition. Abartium Gallery. Calldetenes – Vic (Barcelona) (12 June-3 July)
• 2021 Collective exhibition. Dones Transitant. Centre Cívic Barceloneta
• 2020 Sexist Violence Fundrraising Campaign. Reus
• 2020 Homelessness. Fundraiser for Art Exhibit Event. Wentworth Norton Group Fundation
• 2020 Together we are one. Swiss Art Expo, Zurich Central Station
• 2020 Habitar l’espai. Centre Cívic la Barceloneta, Barcelona
• 2020 Dones Transitant. Centre Cívic la Barceloneta, Barcelona
• 2019 Gajos de Mandarina. Nau Bòstik, Barcelona
• 2018 Felipas y Leticios. Nau Bòstik, Barcelona