born in Ronda, Málaga, Spain, 1974
lives & works in Madrid, Spain

Courtesy
SPECTA
Peder Skrams Gade 13
DK-1054 Copenhagen K
www.specta.dk
+45 3313 0123
info@specta.dk

Education
1992-1997 Bachelor in Fine Arts, Faculty of Fine Art Alonso Cano, Granada, Spain
1997-2001 Master in European Arts and Cultures. Leicester University (UK) and AVB, Tilburg, The Netherlands
2000-2001 De Pont Atelier, De Pont Museum, Tilburg, NL
2001-2003 HISK. Hoger Institute Schone Kunsten, Antwerp, Belgium
2004-2005 MA in Photography, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
2004-2008 PhD in Arts, Faculty of Fine Art Alonso Cano, Granada, ES

(cat = catalogue)

Solo exhibitions (selected)
2024
ArtSG2024 (presented by Sabrina Amrani Gallery), Sands Expo & Convention Centre, Singapore
2023
EL MUNDO, Sabrina Amrani Gallery, Madrid, ES
2022
I will Die… As Will You, Zilberman Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
Cry Me A River, Ani Molnar Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
2020
Nothing New, ADN Galería, Barcelona, ES
2019
Sweet Dreams Are Made Of This, Museo Cerralbo, Madrid, ES
Centre d’Art et de Photographie / Maison de Saint-Louis, Lectoure, FR
2018
Summertime, and the Livin’ is Easy, SPECTA, Copenhagen, DK
2017
Mar Negro, CDAN, Huesca, ES
2016
Sweet Dreams Are Made Of This, El Tanque, Tenerife, ES
2015
Sweet Dreams Are Made Of This, Mauroner gallery, Vienna, Austria
2014
This Is Not Just Fucking Business, ADN Galería, Barcelona, ES
2013
Luto, Centro de Arte Alcobendas, Madrid, ES (cat)
Bilis Negra, MAS - Museo de Bellas Artes de Santander, Santander, ES (cat)
2012
Es Pain, Casal Sorrellic, Palma de Mallorca, ES (cat)
Love Is In The Air (remix), CDA Projects, Istanbul, Turkey (cat)
Opening Night, CAC, Contemporary Art Centre, Malaga, ES (cat)
2011
Let’s Get Physical, ADN Galería, Barcelona, ES
I’ve Got You Under My Skin, Aeroplastics Contemporary, Brussels, BE
2010
Pena, Penita, Pena, Alvaro Alcazar Gallery, Madrid, ES
Golden Tears, Mario Mauroner Gallery, Vienna, CH
2009
Danzad, Danzad, Malditos, They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?, ADN Galería, Barcelona, ES
Non Si Uccidono Così Anche I Cavalli?, Allegra Ravizza Gallery, Milan, Italy
2007
A Night Without Sunshine Is Like Night, Aeroplastics Contemporary, Brussels, BE
2006
Y Fueron Felices, Sandunga Gallery, Granada, ES
As Hard As It Can Get, Brakke Grond, Amsterdam, NL
2005
Cataracts, OSU, Hitchcock Hall, Columbus, Ohio, USA
2004
Happily Ever After, Kusseneers Gallery, Antwerpen, BE
2003
Continuará, Caja San Fernando, Itinerante, ES (cat)
2002
Mister Hyde, Palacio de los Condes de Gabia, Diputación de Granada, Granada, ES (cat)


Group exhibitions (selected)
2024
Art Basel, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Wan Chai, Hong Kong, CN
ARCOlisboa (presented by Sabrina Amrani Gallery and ADN Gallery), Lisbon, PT
2023
Landscape of Memories, Zilberman Gallery, Miami, FL
Temporal Echoes, Zilberman Gallery, Miami, FL
CHART Art Fair (presented by SPECTA), Copenhagen, DK
ARCOlisboa (presented by Sabrina Amrani Gallery), Lisbon, PT
Art Düsseldorf (presented by Sabrina Amrani Gallery, Düsseldorf, DE 
Art Brussels, Contemporary Art Fair, Brussels, BE
Art Basel, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Wan Chai, Hong Kong, CN
Art and Antique (presented by Ani Molnár Gallery), Budapest, HU
ARCOmadrid (presented by Sabrina Amrani Gallery), Madrid, ES
Art Herning (presented by SPECTA), Herning, DK
2022
I Only Have Eyes For You, SPECTA, Copenhagen, DK
Un point rouge dans la nuit (curated by Émilie Flory), Le Bel Ordinaire Art Center, Billère, FR
Happily Ever After series at Centro de Arte Alcobendas, Alcobendas, Madrid, ES
In the glass darkly installation, BOZAR Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels, BE
2021
Art on Video, Church of Sant'Apollonia, Salerno, IT
Estado de Sitio, Sala Amós Salvador, Logroño, ES
2020
Bajo Superficies (miedos, monstruos, sombras), Conde Duque, Madrid, ES
Foto no Foto, PhotoEspaña 2020, CAA, Centro de Arte de Alcobendas, Madrid, ES
El Sueño de la Razón, Goya’s influence in Contemporary Art, Kubo-kutxa, San Sebastian, ES
X Encontro de Artistas Novos: #EAN10, Cidade da Cultura de Galicia, Santiago de Compostela, ES
El Sueño de la Razón, Goya’s influence in Contemporary Art, Kubo-kutxa, San Sebastian, ES
Vu(e)s De Dos, Le Delta, Namur, FR
Passion, Obsession, Collection, Galila’s P.O.C, Brussels, BE
2019
5994 Is Just A Number, ADN Galería, Barcelona, ES
Antwerp Queer Arts Festival, Antwerp, BE
El Sueño de la Razón, La Larga sombra de Goya en el arte contemporáneo, Fernán Gómez Center, Madrid, ES
Picasso and the Exodus. Sweet dreams!! Les Abattoirs Museum. Toulouse, FR
Black Mirror, Mario Mauroner Gallery, Wien, AT
Bailar de Arquitectura, Fernán Gómez Center, Madrid, ES
Spain is Art, Residence of the Embassy of Spain, Brussels, BE
Más allá de la imagen. Colección de fotografía Alcobendas, PhE19 Santander, Palacio de la Magdalena, Santander, ES
Hisk @ Tick Tack, Antwerp, BE
A la manera de, Galería Rafael Ortiz, Sevilla, ES
Die Farbe Blau, Mario Mauroner Gallery, Salzburg, CH
2018
A short century: MACBA Collection, MACBA, Barcelona, ES
XXV años de la Colección Alcobendas, Centro de Arte Alcobendas, Madrid, ES
Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin, Forum des images, Centre Pompidou, Le Carreau du Temple, Luminor Hôtel de Ville, Cité internationale des arts, Paris, FR
Sweet Dreams Are Made Of This, Aeroplastics – the chapel, Brussels, BE
Abierto-Abierto, Estudios Los Guayabamos, Guadalajara, México
Black Disguises, MMSU - Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Rijeka, Croacia
Issues of Uncertainty, Ani Molnár Gallery, Budapest, HU
2017
EDGY, International video exhibition, Galerija Umjetnina, Museum of Fine Arts, Split, Croatia
Private Choice, Centrale for Contemporary Art, Brussels, BE
Shit, it’s Christmas again (from Jesus to Santa Claus), Gabrielle Maubrie Galerie, Paris, FR
Cartografías Líquidas, Artium Museum, Vitoria-Gasteiz, ES
The Raft. Art is (not) Lonely, different locations, Mu.ZEE, Ostende, BE
Algo Más Que Palabras, Feria del Libro de Guadalajara, Guadalajara, MX
On Desire, B3 Biennial of the Moving Image, Frankfurt, Germany
Me duele España, Espacio Dörffi, Arrecife, Lanzarote, ES
Transition, Mario Mauroner Contemporary Art, Salzburg, CH
COMM / ALT / SHIFT, Aljira, A Center for Contemporary Art, Newark, New Jersey, USA
Nuestro Deseo Es Una Revolución, Centro Centro, Madrid, ES
Abstracted #2, Aeroplastics Contemporary, Brussels, BE
The Chapel, Aeroplastics Contemporary, Brussels, BE
React, Peanut Gallery, NY, USA
El Borde de la Herida, Centro Centro, Madrid & Centro de Arte y Naturaleza, Huesca, ES
To Die Out Laughing, 23rd International Biennial of Humor and Satire in Art, “House of Humor and Satire”, Museum Gabrovo, Bulgaria
Cartografías Líquidas, Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil, Mexico DF, MX
2016
WePorn, Galerie Levy-Deval, Brussels, BE (cat)
Pavilion de L’Exile, Paris, FR
Acts of Sedition, WhiteBox, NYC, NY, USA
PIGS, Galeria Municipal do Porto, Portugal (cat)
Mundos (im)possibles, Centre d’Art la Panera, Lleida, ES
El Impacto de lo Viejo, Fundación Cajasol, Seville, ES
Quién es ese Hombre?, TEA - Tenerife Espacio de las Artes, Tenerife, ES (cat)
PUNK, MACBA, Barcelona, ES (cat)
Forever, BuBox, Kortrijk, BE
PIGS, Artium, Basque Museum-Center of Contemporary Art, Vitoria, ES (cat)
Partner/You, Performance/Collaboration with choreographer Chantal Yzerman, MUKHA, Antwerp, BE
Solo es Sexo, Galería Fernando Pradilla, Madrid, ES
InterraCtion, Centre dárt de Cugnaux, Toulouse, FR
2015
Andante Giocoso, Mario Mauroner Gallery, Vienna, CH
Dark Ages, Aeroplastics Contemporary, Brussels, BE
TIME is love 8, International video art program, Itinerary for different countries
From Madonna to Madonna, M100, Centro Cultural Matucana, Santiago, Chile
El llano en llamas, Festival de Arte Cotemporaneo de Saltillo, MX
PUNK, Sus Rastros en el Arte Contemporáneo, Artium, Vitoria, ES (cat)
5th Thessaloniki Biennale of Contemporary Art, State Museum of Contemporary Art, Greece (cat)
Les Mondes Inverses, B.P.S. 22, Charleroi, BE (cat)
Nel Mezzo del Mezzo, Palazzo Riso, Contemporary Art Museum of Sicil, IT
The Trick in the Smile, Artium Collection, Artium, Vitoria, ES (cat)
Cine X. Me gusta Mirar, M100, Centro Cultural Matucana 100, Santigo, CL
Tomorrow Today “It’s Money Jim, But Not As We Know It”, Mario Mauroner Gallery, Vienna, CH
Imago Mundi, Luciano Benetton Collection, Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venice, IT
Éros c’est la vie, Javier Lopez Gallery, Madrid, ES
Wild Open Space/ Les moissons de la cité, Grand Curtius, Liege, BE
Icône(s), Maison Particulière, Brussels, BE (cat)
PUNK, CA2M, Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo, Mostoles, Madrid, ES. Curated by David G. Torres (cat)
Flatlander, Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Boulder, Colorado, USA
Engagements: Collectionner /Partager, Musée Sainte-Croix, Poitiers, FR
2014
The Remarkable Lightness of Being, Aeroplastics Contemporary, Brussels, BE
Neighbours II, CAC - Contemporary Art Centre, Malaga, ES
Relatos de Bellas Cosas Falsas, Arts Santa Monica, Barcelona, ES
Tiempo de progreso, Museo Barjola, Gijón, ES
BB6, Bucharest International Biennal for Contemporary Art, Bucarest, Rumania (cat)
V Bienal de Arte Contemporáneo Fundación ONCE, Centro Centro, Madrid, ES (cat)
Fernelmont Contemporary Art Festival, Fernelmont, BE (cat)
Partner/You, Collaboration with choreographer Chantal Yzermans, Extra City, Antwerp, BE
Flatland, The Guadalupe Cultural Art Center, San Antonio, Texas, USA (cat)
Colonia Apócrifa, MUSAC - Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León, León, ES (cat)
50 years of Hell, Art Elite vs Power Elite, Positive Propaganda Art Space, Münich, DE
Confirmación de la Alternatica, Tendido 11, Plaza de toros de las Ventas de Madrid, ES
2013
Inner Journeys, Maison Particulière, Brussels, BE (cat)
Relats de Belles coses falses, Lo Pati, Centre d’Art de les Terres de l’Ebre, ES
De Madonna a Madonna, DA2, Domus Artium, Salamanca, ES (cat)
Din A33, Galería Louis 21, Palma de Mallorca, ES
Matar al Mensajero, Galería Fernando Pradilla, Madrid, ES
Viaje de Vuelta a Flandes, La Naval, Cartagena, Murcia, ES
2012
Nuevas Adquisiones 2009-2012, Centro de Arte Alcobendas, Madrid, ES
SChriftuur/Scripture, De Bond Museum, Brugge, BE
Die Erfindung des Jenseits, Residenzgalerie Salzburg, Mario Mauroner Gallery, Salzburg, CH
Mundos Propios, Fundación Madariaga (Sevilla) y CAF (Almeria), ES
Intersections on paper, Galería Sherin Najjar, Berlin, DE
GOLD, Exposición Colectiva, Belvedere Palace, Vienna, CH (cat)
Knives For Dark Nights, Iselp, Brussels, BE (cat)
Struggle(s), Maison Particulière Art Center, Brussels, BE (cat)
2011
Humanos: Acciones, Historia y Fotografía, Centro de arte Alcobendas, Madrid, ES (cat)
Espiritu de época, MIAC - Museo Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo, Lanzarote, ES (cat)
Space collection, Halle aux Viandes, Liege. De Brandweer, Maastricht, NL
2010
That’s all Folks, Stadshallen, Brugge, BE (cat)
Kontroversen, Kunst Haus Wien. Museum Hundertwasser, Vienna, CH (cat)
Cinema X: I like to watch, Canada Contemporary Art Museum, Montreal, Canada (cat)
Colors of Sound (collaboration with Sonia Rykiel), Parcour Saint Germain. Paris, FR (cat)
Presente Perfecto, Centro Cultural Caja Granada, Granada, ES
Tardor de l’art festival. ADN Galería, Barcelona, ES (cat)
After Post: Mas alla de la Fotografía, Espacio Iniciarte, Junta de Andalucía, Sevilla, ES (cat)
Dreams, Mario Mauroner Gallery, Salzburg, CH
Artium Collection, based on real events, Artium Contemporary Art Museum, Vitoria, ES (cat)
El Pensamiento en la Boca, Salas Vimcorsa, CajaSol Bank, Córdoba, ES (cat)
La Palabra Visual, Sala Puerta Nueva, Córdoba, ES (cat)
2009
How Innocent Is That?, Pavilion Unicredi. Bucharest Biennale. Bucarest, RO
JERK OFF, Festival des Cultures Alternatives, Paris, FR
II Muestra de Vídearte Andaluz Survideovisiones, Espacio Iniciarte, Sevilla, ES (cat)
Eutopía 09. II Muestra de Videarte Andaluz, Filmoteca de Andalucía, Córdoba, ES (cat)
Scarpia, Proyectos en espacios públicos, El Carpio, Córdoba, ES
ALTERARTE, Festival de Arte Emergente, Museo Arqueológico, Murcia, ES
Fuori Nonluego, Novalis Contemporary Art, Turin, IT (cat)
Colección de fotografía Alcobendas, Centro Andaluz de la Fotografía, Almería, ES (cat)
Procesos del Paisaje, Sala de Exposiciones Caja Sol, Jerez, ES. Itinerante (cat)
2008
The Trickster, Art Extra Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa
Generación 2008, Caja Madrid, La Casa Encendida, Madrid, ES. Itinerante (cat)
Now or Die, Spac Collection, Hôtel de Ville, Liège, BE
Espejos del alma, El retrato fotográfico en la España de nuestros días, Itinerante.
Red Itiner, Concejalía de Cultura de la Comunidad de Madrid, Madrid, ES (cat)
Premios Unicaja, Palacio Episcopal, Málaga, ES (cat)
The No Problem Show, Colectiva, First floor Gallery, Amberes, BE
Inicial 08, Selección de obras colección Iniciarte, Junta de Andalucía, Espacio Iniciarte, Sevilla, ES
Rock my Religion, Museo Domus Artium, Salamanca, ES (cat)
Deadly Serious, Festival de Arte Contemporáneo “Printemps de Septembre”, Exprmntl Gallery, Toulouse, FR
Uit-thuis-eten, Spanish artists in Holland, Spanish Embassy, The Hague, NL (cat)
Certamen Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo, Itinerante, Junta de Andalucía, Sevilla, ES (cat)


Grants and awards (selected)
2016
Fellowship for Artistic Excellence, OMI residency, NY, USA
2015
Spain’s Public Agency for Cultura Action (AC/E), 5th Thessaloniki Biennale of Contemporary Art, Greece
1st Award Generación, Caja Madrid, Spain
2008
1st Award Young Andalusian Artists Awards, Instituto Andaluz de la Juventud, Spain
2005
Edith Fergus Gilmore Award, Department of Art, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
2º Price Young Belgian Artist Awards (Prix de la Jeune Peinture Belge) Palais des Beaux–Arts, Brussels, Belgium
2004
Fulbright Fellowship, Master in photography, The Ohio State University, Ohio, USA
Ministerio de Educación y Cultura Español, Madrid, Spain
2003
Fulbright Fellowship to study in USA, Ministerio de Educacion y Ciencia, Madrid, Spain
2001
Walter Debrock Price, AZ-VUB, Brussels, Belgium
1st Award, Arts (1998) and Photography (2001) Muestra de Jóvenes Creadores Malagueños, Área de Cultura, Ayuntamiento de Málaga, Málaga, Spain
Art Premier, Annual prizes of European artists, Dodrecht, The Netherlands
First Prize Young Artist 2001, San Fernando Bank, Spain
2000
Manuel Rivera grant, Diputacion de Granada, Spain
CERA Bank Subsidy for Art Projects, Brussels, Belgium
Artistic Production, Nord Brabant Fonds, Breda, The Netherlands
De Pont Prize, De Pont Museum, Tilburg, The Netherlands
Studentenfinanciering, Scholarship for accomplishment of studies in Holland, Dutch government (2000-2002)
Artistic production, Nord Brabant Fonds, Breda, The Netherlands
Master in European Arts and Cultures, Fontys Academie, Tilburg, The Netherlands
1998
1st Price Jovenes Creadores Malagueños (Young Malaga Artists). Malaga, Spain 1998
1997
Fulbright Fellowship Sculpture Alfonso Ariza, La Rambla, Córdoba, Spain

Public collections
ARTIUM, Museo Vasco de Arte Contemporáneo, Álava, Spain
MACBA, Barcelona, Spain
Foundation Francès, Senlis, France
ARTER, Istanbul, Turkey
CAC - Centro de Arte Contemporáneo, Malaga, Spain
Maison Particuliere Art Center, Brussels, Belgium
MAS, Santander, Spain
Museum Biedermann, Donaueschingen, Germany
Ministerio de Cultura de España, Spain
Progress Art, Saudi Arabia
Caja Madrid Collection, Spain
National Belgium Bank, Belgium
21c Museum, USA
DKV Collection, Spain
Colección de fotografía de Alcobendas, Spain
Iniciarte, Junta de Andalucía, Spain
MAK, Vienna, Austria
CAC - Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo, Sevilla, Spain
Frans Masereel Centrum, Belgium
Caja Sol, Sevilla, Spain
Fondazione Benetton, Italy
Diputación de Huelva, Spain
Diputación de Málaga, Spain
Ayuntamiento de Málaga, Spain
IAJ - Instituto Andaluz de la Juventud, Spain
Space Collection, Belgium
Unicaja Bank Collection, Spain