Education
2015 – 17. Master of Fine Arts in Studio. School of the Art Institute of Chicago, USA. Sculpture Department.
2011 – 12. BFA studies at The University of Ottawa, Canada.
2010 – 11. BFA studies at the Academie Minerva of Groningen, Netherlands.
2007 – 12. Bachelor of Fine Arts. Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain.

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Scholarships
2015 – 17. Obra Social La Caixa Foundation. Full Graduate Research Fellowship for MFA studies at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
2012. Fundación Banco Santander. UCM International Agreements Scholarship for BFA studies in Canada.
2010 – 11. UCM Fellowship for BFA studies in The Netherlands.

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Solo Exhibitions
2023. Voice of coral. GAR. Galveston Artist Residency. Galveston, Texas. USA
2023. While I breathe and the moon drifts away from Earth. Off Photoespana. Galería Lucía Mendoza. Madrid, Spain. Catalogue essay by Maria Ptqk.*
2023. Geo-Botanic Cartographies. Museo Fundación Díaz Caneja. Palencia. Spain.*
2022. Other Voices Share the Same Story. VOGA art projects. Bari, Italy.
2022. High Tide. LMNO Gallery. Brussels, Belgium.
2021. Art on Paper Art Fair. BOZAR, Centre for Fine Arts. LMNO. Brussels, Belgium.
2020. In Front of Our Eyes. National Prize Art Nalon /Premio Certamen Nacional Art Nalón. Pinacoteca de Langreo Eduardo Úrculo. Asturias, Spain.*
2020. Arqueologías Climáticas. Galería Álvaro Alcázar. Madrid, Spain.
2018. Site-Specific Works. Vegas del Horno. Gredos, Spain
2015. Find Your Stone. CEART. Tomás y Valiente Art Center. Fuenlabrada, Spain.
2014. Lluvia. Espacio Hábitat. Madrid, Spain.
2012. Collecting Rain. Gardens of the Superior Engineering Forestry School, UPM. Madrid, Spain.
2011. Atmósfera. Gallerie Minerva. Groningen, The Netherlands.

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Group Exhibitions (selection)
2023
ISLA. Ideario de Sostenibilidad y Laboratorio de Arte. Robledo de Chavela. Curation by Blanca de la Torre.
Camiños Creativos. Museo Centro Gaiás de Santiago de Compostela. Galicia, Spain. Curated by Monserrat Pis Marcos.*
Points of Return – A La Luz. The Umbrella Arts Center. Concord, Massachusetts. USA. Curated by David Cass and Gonzaga Gomez-Cortázar.
El Valor de la Sal. Centre d’Art Lo Pati. Curated by Juan Guardiola. Tarragona, Spain. *
Enter Art Fair. Copenhaguen. Galería Lucía Mendoza. Denmark.
Estampa. Galería Lucía Mendoza. Madrid.
Estación Total. Galería Lucía Mendoza. Curated by Núria Montclús. Madrid, Spain. *
2022
Fabular un Mundo Diferente. CCE Montevideo, Uruguay. Curated by Blanca de la Torre. (access 360 view here)
Estampa. Galería Lucia Mendoza. Madrid, Spain.
Bahía. Sala Concepción Arenal. Santander, Spain. Curated by Dilalica.
Enter Art Fair. Copenhagen, Denmark. Galería Lucía Mendoza.
The sea was walking the Earth with a heavy heel. Locust Projects. Miami, USA. Curated by Ombretta Agró Andruff.
ARCOMadrid’22. LMNO Gallery. Madrid, Spain.
Hiperobjectos. CEM Can Felipa. Barcelona, Spain. Curated by Patricia Marqués.*
Fabular Un Mundo Diferente. Museo del Agua de Quito, Ecuador. Curated by Blanca de la Torre.
Experimental Garden. LMNO gallery. Bois de Fa, Belgium.*
Drawing Now’22. LMNO Gallery. Paris, France.
Fabular Un Mundo Diferente. CCESV. El Salvador. Curated by Blanca de la Torre.
LEAF. Boghossian Foundation. LMNO Gallery. Brussels, Belgium.
2021
Fabular un Mundo Diferente. Centro Cultural España. Lima, Perú. Curated by Blanca de la Torre. (Access virtual environment here)
Maritima01. Es Baluard Museum. Palma de Mallorca, Spain. Curated by Elena Posokhova.
Agents of Change. LMNO Gallery. Brussels, Belgium.
Caminar, Orbitar, Levitar. La Imaginable. Nadie Nunca Nada No. Madrid. Spain.
Six feet of Connection. Back to Our Roots. Ojai Arts Commission/Building Bridges Art Exchange, Los Angeles, USA. Curated by Marisa Caichiolo.
Spoleto 64th Festival dei DueMondi. Windows. Chiostro di San Nicoló. Spoleto, Italy. Curated by Teodora di Robilant.
Limited Edition Art Fair. Boghossian Foundation. LMNO Gallery. Brussels, Belgium.
2020
Biophilia. Asia Culture Center. ACC. Gwangju, South Korea.
ARCO’20 Madrid. Galeria Alvaro Alcazar. Madrid, Spain.
Depictions of Living. Art in Time of Climate Crisis. Curated by Samuel Ivan Roberts and Roshanak Khakban. The Art Pavillion, Mile End. London, United Kingdom.
Librarte. Feria del Libro de Artista de Castilla y Leon. Burgos, Spain.
2019
Tierra. Cielos Abiertos. Arte y procesos extractivos de la Tierra. CDAN Museum. Center For Art & Nature. Curated by Juan Guardiola and Maria Luisa Grau. Huesca, Spain.*
Vital Signs, Twisted Oyster. IONION Center for the Arts and Culture. Kefalonia, Greece. Curated by Pia Cruzalegui.
3Piedras. 3 Piedras Foundation, Huesca.
ARCO’19 Madrid. Galeria Alvaro Alcazar. Madrid, Spain.*
Beyond Walk Like a Glacier. CEART. Tomás y Valiente Art Center. Fuenlabrada, Madrid.
2018
Vital Signs, Twisted Oyster. Zhou B Art Center. Curated by Pia Cruzalegui. Chicago, USA.
Circuitos de Artes Plasticas XXVIII. Laboral Centro de Arte y Creación Industrial. Gijón, Spain.
Around/Here. Astra, Spoleto. Italy.
Open. BilbaoArte Foundation. Bilbao. Spain.*
ARCO’18. Galería Álvaro Alcázar. Madrid, Spain.*
Circuitos XXVIII. Sala Borrón. Curated by Carlos Delgado. Oviedo, Spain.
Madrid Open Studio V. Spain.
Una Colectiva. Galería Alvaro Alcazar. Madrid, Spain.
2017
XXVIII Circuitos de Artes Plásticas Comunidad de Madrid. Sala Arte Joven. Madrid, Spain.*
XVII Contemporary Art Encounters / Encuentros de Arte Contemporáneo. MUA. Museum of the University of Alicante, Spain. Curated by Irene Ballester Buigues.*
MFA Show. Sullivan Galleries. Curated by Julie Rodrigues Widholm. School of the Art Institute of Chicago, USA.
Devenir Mundo. URG3L. Curated by La Colmena. Madrid, Spain.
Lively Forests / La foresta animada. Galería Álvaro Alcázar. Madrid, Spain.*
Post / Natural. The Joan Flasch Artists’ Book Collection. School of the Art Institute of Chicago. USA. Curated by Kayla Anderson. *
Biographies of a thing. Hyde Park Art Center. Chicago, USA. Curated by Lan Tuazon.
JustMad ArtFair. La Colmena. COAM, Madrid, Spain.*
2016
Transmorphed Realities: the abdication of the visual realm. Korea Foundation Gallery. Seoul, South Korea. Curated by Iury Lech. *
EXPO CHICAGO. Galería Álvaro Alcázar. Chicago, USA.*
Paratissima Lisboa. Santa Maria Maior, Lisbon, Portugal.
La Colmena II. Espacio URG3L. Madrid, Spain.
Emerging Illinois Artists Triennial. MCAC Brandt Gallery. Curated by Kelly Shindler. Bloomington IL, United States.
Too dark for a light show. Tom Robinson Gallery. Chicago, United States.
2015
De-construcciones. Espacio Hábitat. Madrid, Spain.
2014
Espora | Masquelibros. CaixaForum. Madrid, Spain.
Trisomía en el Uno Tres Cinco. Espacio Hábitat. Madrid, Spain.
2013
Incubarte VI. Museum Centre el Carme, Valencia. Spain.*
Imagen a Dos. UCM. Madrid, Spain.
2012
The Collection, TAKE 5. Independent Filmmakers Cooperative of Ottawa – IFCO Film Art Centre. Ottawa, Canada.
MilesKm. Bussey Building. London, United Kingdom.
The Falldown Gallery. Ottawa, Canada.
Photographic Herbarium. University of Ottawa. Canada.*
2011
de-CONSTRUCTIONS. Gallerie de Stomerij. Groningen, The Netherlands.
The Oneminutes. Netherlands Institute for Media Art. Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

*Exhibitions with published catalogues.

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Grants and Awards
2023. EKWC. European Ceramics Workcentre. Sundaymorning Grant. Oisterwijk, Netherlands.
2022. VEGAP. Ayudas a la creación.
2021. Matadero Madrid DKV Arte y Medio Ambiente. Becas de Residencia.
2021. Becas de Residencia en el Extranjero, Artes Visuales. Comunidad de Madrid, Spain.
2019. Madrid Art Funds “Ayudas a la Creación” Madrid. Spain.
2019. Art Nalón National Prize. Certamen Nacional Artes Plásticas Art Nalón. Spain.
2017. Circuitos de Artes Plásticas XXVIII Grant. Comunidad de Madrid, Spain.
2017. Professional Development Award. School of the Art Institute of Chicago. USA.
2017. EAC 2017. XVII Encuentros de Arte Contemporáneo. IAC Spain.
2016. Dedalus Foundation Sculpture nominee. School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
2016. La Colmena. II Artist Program. Spain
2016. Emerging Illinois Artists Triennial. USA
2013. Incubarte VI Adquisition Prize. The Davis Museum.
2013. Incubarte VI Representation Prize. Artnobel.
2012. Photographic Herbarium Project Ottawa. Permanent Collection.
2011. One Minutes Film Festival Art Amsterdam. 1st prize.

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Art Residency programs (sel.)
2021. Matadero Madrid – DKV, Artist in Residency.
2021. Boghossian Foundation. Brussels, Belgium.
2020. Karstica. La Neomudejar – Arthouse Spain. Cuenca, Spain.
2019. Asia Culture Center, South Korea. International Art Residency Grant.
2019. 3Piedras. Art&Environment Residency Grant. Huesca, Spain.
2018. BilbaoArte Foundation. Art Residency Production Grant. Bilbao, Spain.

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Works in Museums and Institutions
Asia Culture Center Gwangju. South Korea.
Colección DKV. Spain.
BilbaoArte Foundation. Spain.
The One Minutes Foundation, Amsterdam. Netherlands.
Langreo City Hall. Art Nalón/Eduardo Úrculo Collection. Spain.
The Davis Museum. Barcelona, Spain.
University of Ottawa, Canada.

Artist Book Collections
School of the Art Institute of Chicago. The Joan Flasch Artists’ Book Collection.
Yale University. Haas Library Special Collection.
CDAN Museum Indoc, Artists’ Book Collection.
University of California San Diego. Geisel Library Special Collection.
Swarthmore College Library. Special Collection.
University of Wisconsin-Madison. Kohler Library Artists Book Collection.
Harvard University Fine Arts library. Artist’s Book Collection.
Franklin Furnace Artists’ Book Collection, NYC.

 

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Imparted Symposia, Seminars and Conferences
2023. Excursión a paso geológico. A performative history of the Earth. Art-science workshop for adults and children. Caixaforum Madrid.
2022. Viaje Al Fondo del Mar. Marine Ecology and Coral Reef Ecosystems. Workshop. Caixa Forum, Madrid.
2022. Colonial Botany, Invasive Species and Ecosystem Management. Bois de Fa. In conversation with diplomat-essayist Luis Martinez Montes and Scientist Loïc Dahan.
2022. Taller Mutante. Buj Studio. Coral Reef Ecology and Restoration Initiatives. Conference. Matadero Madrid. Spain.
2021. II International Forum. HerbArt: art and science at confluence. Roots and Seeds XXI. Universitat de Barcelona & Institut Botànic de Barcelona. Symposium.
2021. CRA-IMNA Matadero Madrid. Postnatural Environments. On Coral Reef Restoration Initiatives. Conference.
2020. Sostenibilidad (o no tanta) en la Creación Artísitica y sus Instituciones. University Complutense of Madrid. Symposium.
2020. Karstica. Laneomudejar X BuildingBridges Foundation L.A. Conference.
2019. Edible Geology. Asia Culture Center. South Korea. Conference.
2018. Technofossils of the Anthropocene. BilbaoArte Foundation. Conference.
2018. Ethics for Making in the Anthropocene. La Colmena. Seminar.
2018. Walking in Geologic Time. Cultura Comunidad de Madrid. Workshop.
2017. Truth Climate Now. Conversations on Art and Science. School of the Art Institute, Chicago. Symposium Panelist.
2016. Sculpture Dialogues. School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Conference.
2015. Intercambiador Acart, AIR program. Madrid. Spain. Visiting artist. Conference
2013. Academie Minerva of Groningen, Netherlands. Invited Artist. Conference.

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Publications and interviews (selection)
2022. A post Colonial Inquiry of Invasive Species. Entre Plantes i Paraules. Art Botánica Ciutadania. Universitat de Barcelona. Edicions MMV. Book.
2022. Fair Planet. Points Of Return: Art In The Age Of Climate Crisis. Written by Abby Klinkenberg.
2022. Umbigo Art Magazine. Issue #80. From Geological Time to Colonial Botany. Interview by Mattia Tosti.. Interview by Mattia Tosti.
2021. VAST Art Magazine. Issue 2. International Visual Art and Photography Magazine. 
2021. Ki Culture. Sustainable practices in art-making: An interview with Miguel Sbastida. 
2021. We Are Our Environment. Interview by Manuela Klekx with Miguel Sbastida for Gallery Viewer.
2021. Fundación La Caixa. Arte que despierta conciencias.
2020. Covid-19 & Mother Earth’s day. Journal of Negative and No Positive Results. JNNPR. Co-authored by scientist Francisco J Sanchez Muniz and Miguel Sbastida.
2020. In Front of Our Eyes. Art Nalon National Prize. Catalogue essay by Blanca de la Torre.
2020. Desatados Radio3. Radio Nacional de España. Video interview.
2018. Antennae. The Journal of Nature in Visual Culture. Issue #43.
2018. Emergency INDEX. Annual Document of Performance Practice. Volume 7.
2018. Technofossils of the Anthropocene. Bilbaoarte.
2018. Artnobel Contemporary Art Magazine Review. Issue 12.
2018. The Blue Notebook Journal. Issue 12, no. II. University of West England, Bristol.
2018. School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Sculpture Catalogue 2017-18.
2018. ARCO en Atmosfera. Radio3, RNE. Atmósfera. Radio interview.
2017. Walk Like a Glacier Book. Chicago, USA.

 

Bibliography
While I breathe and the Moon drifts away from Earth. OFF Photoespaña. Galería Lucía Mendoza. catalogue essay by María Ptqk.
Caminos Creativos. Cidade da Cultura de Galicia, Museo Centro Gaias. Curated and written by Monserrat Pis Marcos. 
In Front of Our Eyes. Art Nalón National Prize. Catalogue essay by Blanca de la Torre. 2020. Art Nalón National Prize. Catalogue essay by Blanca de la Torre. 2020.

Tierra. Cielos Abiertos. Arte y Procesos Extractivos. CDAN Museum. Huesca, Spain. Catalogue essay by Juan Guardiola. 2019.
BilbaoArte Open. BilbaoArte Foundation. Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain. 2018.
XXVIII Circuitos de Artes Plásticas de la Comunidad de Madrid. Catalogue essay by Carlos Delgado Mayordomo. 2017.
XVII Encuentros de Arte Contemporáneo. EAC. Catalogue essay by Irene Ballester Buigues. 2017.
16/19. Asia Culture Center. South Korea. 2019
Slow Violence. A look into the process. Artist book. 2020
Walk Like a Glacier. 2017  +

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