MARIA GIMENO
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Performance : Si muere el soñador mueren los sueños, 2015, Paramo (Antigua Dieresis) Guadalajara, Mexico
Solo exhibition at Cutlog, Paris 2012
Exhibition: Voyage sans Frontières, May - June 2011
Biography
Born in 1970, Zamora, Spain
Lives and works in Madrid, Spain.
Education
1996- Fine Art license (painting), University Complutense, Madrid
1991-92 - Fotografia C.E.V., Madrid
1990-91 - Video, T.A.I., Madrid
1990- Lorenzo de Medici Institute, Florence
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2022 - The Advantages of Being an Afghan Woman (Today), Solo project, Arte Santander, Galería Caicoya, Spain
2021 - Queridas viejas, La edición,, Museo del reloj antiguo Grassy, Madrid, Spain
2020 - Queridas viejas, Summerhall, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
2020 - Entre platos y zancos anda el juego, Guillermina Caicoya Art Projects, Oviedo, Spain
2019 - Habitando ausencias, Museo Nacional Del Prado, Madrid, Spain
2016 - Entre Hilos y filos, Galeria Rafael Pérez Hernando, Madrid, Spain
2015 - Si muere el soñador mueren los sueños, Páramo (Antigua Diéresis) Guadalajara, Mexico
2012 - The Hidden Side of the Moon. Women in Landscape, Cutlog art fair, with Gowen Contemporary, Paris
2012 - Walking Sana'a , 2 weeks residency and solo show at the Spanish Embassy Residence in Sana'a, Yemen
2011 - Voyage sans Frontières, Gowen Contemporary, Geneva
2011 - Destejiendo el Tiempo, performance in Grassy, Madrid Abierto Festival
2010 - Mar Interior, Cervantes Institute, Belgrade
2009 - Il Buco/Saturno, Lucas Carrieri Art Gallery, Berlin
2008 - Mar Interior, Palacio de la Alhondiga, Zamora
2008 - Tejido de Fragilidades, Fragil Arte Contemporaneo. Curated by Giulietta Speranza
2007 - Mapa Personal, Esfera del Arte, Madrid
2006 - 223 Running Horses, Pilar Parra y Romero Gallery, Xanxenxo
2005 - Solo Puedo Ser Yo, Pilar Parra y Romero Gallery, Madrid
2004 - Mapa Personal II, Catálogo General Art Gallery, Bilbao
2004 - Estudios Para un Mapa Personal, Artificial Gallery, Madrid
2002 - En Blanco y Negro, Catálogo General Art Gallery, Bilbao
2001 - La Bestia Negra, Gallery de arte Espacio F, Madrid
1999 - Una imagen al Pasar, Gallery La Fábrica, Madrid. Curated by Eugenio Ampudia
2000 - Del Proyecto Escultórico, Art Center Joven, Madrid. Curated by J. Marín Medina
Selected Group Exhibitions
2022 - Bienal de la ONCE, Madrid, Spain
2021 - Adquisiciones CAAM, Centro Atlantico de Arte Moderno, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
2021 - Sin límites, Centro cultural los Arenales, Santander, Spain
2020 - Colección XIX, Performance, Centro de Arte CA2M, Madrid, Spain
2020 - Historia de dos pintoras: Sofonisba Anguissola y Lavinia Fontana, Museo Nacional de Prado, Madrid, Spain
2018 - Blue Hour, Gowen Contemporary, Geneva, CH
2017 - Beirut Art Fair, with Gowen Contemporary, Beirut
2017 - Every day an Artist, Gallery Collectionair.com artgenève, Geneva
2016-17 - Artists of the Gallery, Gowen Contemporary, Geneva
2016 - Equilibrio IV, Espacio Valverde, Madrid.
2015 - Cuerpo y Poder, Pasaje de Fuencarral, Madrid
2014 - Maniera, (Una formula para perder la identitad) MURA Museo Raul Anguiano, Guadalajara Mexico.
2014 - 'Mil caras'Fondation Musée Slaoui, Casablanca, Morocco
2013 - Mil caras, Centro de Arte de Moderno de Tetuán, Morocco. Exhibition’s catalogue
2013 - Confessios Sessions,Kasko, Basilea.
2013 - Correspondencia II, Palazzo Lucarini contemporanea. (in connection with the workshop ‘Jannis Kounellis’ in 2009) Curated by Maurizio Cozzia. Trevi, Italia.
2012 - Cortar Lastres: Poligamia, Rafael Perez Hernandez Gallery, Madrid
2011 - Correspondencia (in connection with the workshop ‘Taller Jannis Kounellis’ in 2009), Antico Municipio, San Donato Val di Comino, FR. Curated by Bruno Corrà. Exhibition’s catalogue
2010 - Diálogo a Tres ( y +), Madrid.
2009 - Encuentro, La Nave Gallery, Altamira, Gijon
2009 - Taller Jannis Kounellis, Villa Iris, Santander
2009 - X Bienal de La Habana, Cuba. Exhibition’s catalogue
2009 - El Espejo Canalla, Artificial Gallery, Madrid
2009 - ARCO, Pilar Parra & Romero Gallery, Madrid
2008 - Ajenos, Palacio San Isidoro, Palermo
2008 - ARCO, Pilar Parra & Romero Gallery, Madrid
2007 - Premio Bancaja. IVAM. Exhibition’s catalogue
2007 - Sawb. Barcelona, Pilar Parra Gallery
2007 - Duesseldorf Contemporary. Alemania Galería Pilar Parra
2007 - ARCO, Pilar Parra & Romero Gallery, Madrid
2006 - ARCO, Pilar Parra & Romero Gallery, Madrid
2005 - ARCO, Pilar Parra & Romero Gallery, Madrid
2004 - XIV certamen Gregorio Prieto, Valdepenas
2004 - Painting Identities, Pilar Parra Gallery
2004 - Generaciones 04, itinerant exhibition for Spain. Exhibition’s catalogue
2002 - Generaciones 02, Caja Madrid. Itinerant exhibition for Spain. Exhibition’s catalogue
2000 - Circuitos de artes Plasicas XIII, edition, Arte Joven Center, Madrid. Exhibition’s catalogue
1998 - Art Futura, Estacion del Norte, Madrid
1998 - Homeless, video performance, Tenerife, Madrid, Cordoba
Selected Actions and Performances
2018 - Queridas viejas, editando a Gombrich, performative conference, University of Valladolid, Spain
2017 - Queridas Viejas, BBAA (UCM)
2016 - Equilibrio de zancos y platos. Espacio Valverde, Madrid
2016 - Queridas Viejas, Galería Rafael Perez Hernando, Madrid
2015 - Círculo Cromático o el equilibrio del artista. Madrid
2015 - Si muere el soñador mueren los sueños, Páramo, Guadalajara, Mexico
2014 - Queridas Viejas ciclo de tres conferencias y performance, Los Martes del Arte, Santa Isabel, Madrid.
2014 - 'Cuando seas padre comerás dos huevos' Fondation Slaoui, Casablanca, Marruecos.
2013 - La Mirla, Palazzo Lucarini contemporanea. Trevi, Italia.
2012 - Un-tittlede Unweaving a cage?, Gowen Contemporary, Cutlog art fair , París.
2012 - Lugares Sagrados, intervención en Calle Veneras, Madrid.
2012 - Es una mujer, podría ser yo,Local Gastronómico, Madrid
2011- Destejiendo el tiempo, Grassy Madrid with the collaboration of Justin Randolph Thompson
Awards
2016 - Selected in X Convoctoria Mulier Mullieris, MUA2007 - Selected for the 34th painting, sculpture and digital art Bancaja bank’s Award. Exhibition Catalogue
2005 - Mention of honour in the competition of artistic creation by the Gª Jiménez Foundation. Exhibition catalogue
2004 - Mention of honour by Caja Madrid Generaciones 04. Exhibition catalogue
1999 - First price in sculpture, Creative Young Artists Award, Madrid. Exhibition catalogue
Grants
2014 - Residency Diéresis/ MURA Guadalajara México2013 - Residency Palazzo Lucarini, Trevi, Italy
2011 - Residency in Sann’a Yemen, Spanish Embassy.
2011 - Le Murate, Florence, Italy
2009 - Resident at the Jannis Kounellis workshop, Foundation Marcelino Botin, Santander, Spain
Collections
Colección Diéresis
Juan Entrecanales Foundation
UBS Collection
Coca-Cola Foundation
Caja Madrid Foundation
Museum Arte Huete Cuenca
Collection of the Museum of Old and New Art, Hobart, Tasmania