Almudena Lobera

BIO | SELECTED WORKS

In her oeuvre Almudena Lobera (1984, ES) reflects on the making of images and connects three important periods in the history of representation: that of the Renaissance, analogue photography and virtual reality. She investigates how we perceive images and studies the relationship between the subject, the object and the space and time in which both exist. The artist translates her findings into a unique narrative with its own context and language, a system of codes that attempts to reveal the relationship between reality and the image produced. The Technical Images series originated during a residency in Japan and was influenced by Lobera’s reading of Vilém Flusser’s Into the Universe of Technical Images. The philosopher predicted a drastic change in our perception and understanding of the environment through the creation of technical images. By transcribing language through different media and technologies and conversely translating the mechanical and digital into traditional and analogue actions, the artist travels from the physical to the digital, through space and time. For instance, the vase-like sculptures remind us of objects from traditional Japanese domestic altars, but they were made using technical drawings (as is shown in their deconstruction). In another work as well, Lobera unites the present with the past, the virtual with the analogue. Non-volatile memory is a fragment of a Greek sculpture, a female face wearing lenses used by the artist. In this way the artist imposes her contemporary perception of reality on an ancient sculpture.

Almudena Lobera

Madrid (ES), 1984

EDUCATION
2015-2016. HISK, Higher Institute for Fine Arts. Ghent, Belgium
2009-2011. MA Art, Creation and Research. UCM Complutense University of Madrid, Spain 2007-2009. BA Fine Arts, Prof. Christiane Möbus (Erasmus grant). UdK Berlin, Germany 2002-2008. BA Fine Arts, Faculty of Fine Art, UCM Complutense University of Madrid, Spain 2003-2006. Degree in Graphic Art. FNMT Royal Mint School. Madrid, Spain

RESIDENCIES
2018. TOKAS Tokyo Arts and Space. Tokyo (JP)
2015. International Residence Récollets. Paris (FR)
2014. Spanish Academy in Rome. Rome (IT)
2013. Foundation B.A.D. Rotterdam (NL)
2011. FAAP Artistic Residency. São Paulo (BR)
2010. UCL Slade Summer School Residency. London (UK)

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2020. Technical Images. Cur. Marta Ramos-Yzquierdo. Tabacalera. La Fragua. Madrid (ES) 2020. Stories. Espacio CDMX. Mexico City (MX)
2019. Epiphany. Mise-en-scène. Max Estrella Gallery. Madrid (ES)
2018. Véase Ibíd. Island. Arroniz Gallery. México City (MX)
2018. Storage Memory. Alimentación 30. Madrid (ES)
2017. What is lost. Island. Brussels (BE)
2017. Practices Surfacing. Flora ars+natura. Bogotá (CO)
2016. A Latent Revelation. Max Estrella Gallery. Madrid (ES)
2015. Visionary Instruments. Perspectogrph, Post-praeteritum. Chiaroscuro. ECCO. Cádiz (ES) 2015. A Particular Claim to Truth. Arroniz Gallery. México City (MX)
2013. Superficial Reading. La Taller. Bilbao (ES)
2013. Superficial Reading. Museo ABC. Sala 4 Project. ARCO’13. Madrid (ES)
2013. Portadores. Centro Cultural de España en México. México City (MX)
2013. Portadores. Diablo Rosso Gallery. Panamá City (PA)
2012. Somewhere between. Eva Ruiz Gallery. Madrid (ES)
2011.. Manual of the Mental Image. Galería Rafael Pérez Hernando. Madrid (ES)
2011.. Reflection-Reflexion. UCL Slade School of Fine Art, Londres (UK)
2011.. Desvelatorio. Galería Brita Prinz. Madrid (ES)

COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS [SELECTION]
2021 Future Tense Of The Past, Barbé Urbain, Ghent (BE)
2020. Aragon Park. Abandoned building on the outskirts of Madrid (ES)
Lichtblick. Video Exhibition. KHHP. Kunsthalle am Hamburger Platz. Berlin (DE)
2019. Body Language (2 m2, 5 kg). La Nave Sánchez-Ubiría. Madrid (ES)
Presencia lúcida. Cur. Ana Torres Valle. ESPAC. Mexico City (MX)
Juegos Artificiales. Group show. Cur. Pepe Murciego. CC Isabel de Farnesio. Aranjuez, Madrid (ES) 2018. Transatlántica. Cur. F. Carpio. Galería Fernando Pradilla. Madrid (ES)
TOKAS Open Studio. Tokyo Arts and Space Residency. Tokyo (JP)
DRIFT. Miradas cruzadas: Design & Art. Cur. David Barro. MAC-Fund. Naturgy. A Coruña (ES) Zomerveiling. Museum Dhondt Dhaenenes. Deurle (BE)
Premio Internacional de Gráfica Máximo Ramos. CC Torrente Ballester. Ferrol (ES)
Mystic Properties, Cur. Elena Sorokina. Art Brussels (BE)
Videoarte Agora Videoarte. Cur. Anna Bella Geiger. A Gentil Carioca. Rio Janeiro (BR) WORKFLOW. Cur. Wim Wauman. Cultural Centre of Sint-Niklaas. Sint-Niklaas (BE)
Miradas ausentes. Gestos presentes. Colección CA2M. Sala Al-Artis. Alalpardo, Madrid (ES) Con-secuencias. Colección DKV. Fundación Eugenio Granell. Santiago de Compostela (ES)
2017. Los Juegos del Capricornio. Cur. Caroline Montenat. Arróniz. México City (MX)
Fuente de sombras (Shadows Fountain). Centro Párraga. Murcia (ES)
Kunst om het lijf. Cur. Roxanne Baeyens. Emergent. Veurne (BE)
El Escorial. Art in Public Spaces. Max Estrella. El Escorial, Madrid (ES)
Where the artworks inhabit. Max Estrella Gallery. Madrid (ES)
Prelude to a Landscape. Cur. Martim Dias. Carlos Carvalho Gallery. Lisbon (PT)
2016. The Empty Foxhole. Cur. Philippe Van Cauteren. HISK. Ghent (BE)
Reflector. Nate Lights Editions. Plus One Gallery. Antwerp (BE)
Breves episodios. Fundación Luis Seoane. A Coruña (ES)
Rehabiting space: present, past and future. Museo Lázaro Galdiano. Madrid (ES)
In other terms. Cur. Pauline Hatzigeorgiou. Art on Paper. BOZAR. Brussels (BE)
YART. Crypt of the Duivelsteen. Ghent (BE)
Air and Time: The Dance of Multiplicities. Cur. Sur Noir. Sala Amadís. Madrid (ES)
ConTexto: Word, writing and narration. MUUA Museum. Antioquia (CO)
INDEX Roma. Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando. Madrid (ES)
2015. And no matter that the phone rings, Fabrika. Moscow Biennale Special Projects (RU)
Faena Art Comissions. Art Basel week. Faena Miami Beach. Miami, Florida (USA)
A narrative and a punchline. PAK. Platform voor Actuele Kunsten. Gistel (BE)
Puertas Abiertas. Residency 2014-2015. Real Academia España en Roma. Rome (IT)
Hacia la geometría desde la abstracción. Sala Vimcorsa. Córdoba (ES)
HISK Open Studios. HISK. Ghent (BE)
2014. History is Written by the Victors. Cur. Marta Ramos-Yzquierdo. OTR Art Space. Madrid (ES) Present Indicatiu. Miquel Casablancas Award. Fabra i Coats. Barcelona (ES)
13. Cur. Isabel Martínez Abascal. La Conservera. Murcia (ES)
Contemporary Drawing DKV Collection. Museo Domus Artium DA2, Salamanca (ES)
Private Papers. Instituto Cervantes Munich (DE)
2013. Site Specific Squat. Cur. Heena Kim. Foundation B.a.d. Rotterdam (NL)
South Explorer. Foundation B.a.d. Rotterdam (NL)
(Un)making the Image: The Echoes of the Visible. Cur. 1erEscalón. Artnueve. Murcia (ES)
Només llibres / Only Books. Estrany de la Mota Gallery. Barcelona (ES)

The Skin I Live In. Cur. Mónica Espinel. Curatorial Lab. SP-Arte Fair. São Paulo (BR)
Dúplex. Cur. Sara García & Daniel Silvo. Collector’s house, Guadiana 29. Madrid (ES) 2012. Suporte. PIVÔ Space of Art and Research. Copan building. São Paulo (BR) Multiverses. Eva Ruiz Gallery. Madrid (ES)
ICEBERG. Spanish young artists. Nave 16, MATADERO, Madrid (ES)
Arrivals and Departures-Mediterranean. III Biennial. Mole Vanvitelliana. Ancona (IT) Peregrinatio. Art in the chapels. Cur: Fernando Castro Flórez. Sagunto, Valencia (ES) Summer Calling’12. 3+1 Arte Contemporânea. Lisbon (PT)
DKV Drawing Collection. Spanish Contemp. Drawing. Archivo Municipal. Málaga (ES)
A work in search of empathy. Cur. Emma Brasó. Sala Arte Joven. Madrid (ES)
Gravity, Money, Concrete, Fabric. Cur. Vappu Jalonen. Galerie Suvi Lehtinen. Berlin (DE) INJUVE’11 Young creation. Roaming: CCE Rosario (AR) / CCE Montevideo (UY) Generation 2012. La Casa Encendida Madrid (ES)
Circuitos 2011. Sala de Arte Joven Avenida de América. Madrid (ES)
2011. Arqueologías temporales. Teatro de la Aurora. Santiago de Chile (CL)
Projeto Imóvel. Edificio Copan, Bloco A. Cur. Alessandra Terpins. São Paulo (BR) Creación INJUVE 2011. Old Tabacalera Building. Madrid (ES)
Aventuras de líneas. Cur. Juan Manuel Bonet. Eva Ruíz Gallery. Madrid (ES)
Do not disturb. Mi alma en otra parte. Centro Galileo. Madrid (ES)
XII Premios ABC de Arte. Museo ABC. Madrid (ES)

AWARDS AND GRANTS
2018. Fundación BBVA Leonardo Grant for Researchers and Cultural Creators (ES) Residency Grant MATADERO Madrid to TOKAS. Madrid-Tokyo (ES-JP)
2015. Grant for artists in foreign study programmes 2015 Comunidad de Madrid (ES) International Residence at Récollets, laureate 2015. Institut Français. Paris (FR)
2014. MAEC-AECID Grant, Royal Spanish Academy in Rome. Rome (IT)
ESTAMPA 2014 Accésit Award. Comunidad de Madrid (ES)
Finalist. Miquel Casablancas Award. Barcelona (ES)
Acquisition award. VI María José Jove Foundation Award. A Coruña (ES)
2013. ABC Award. Solo-project Superficial Reading at ARCO’13. Madrid (ES)
Casa de Velázquez Residency Grant. Bourses - Académie de France à Madrid (ES) Finalist. City of Palma Award-Visual Arts. Palma de Mallorca (ES)
2012. Del Plano Al Cubo Award. OCEMX / INJUVE / CCE_MX. México City (MX)
Celeste Prize 2012. Shortlisted, by curators: Michael Connor & Jack Persekian. Roma (IT) Aid for Artistic Production 2012 Comunidad de Madrid (ES)
Summer Calling. Open call for a group show. 3+1 Gallery, Lisbon (PT)
2011. Generación 2012 Award. Art projects - Caja Madrid (ES)
XXI Circuitos de Artes Plásticas. Madrid (ES)
FAAP Artist Residence. São Paulo (BR)
Awards for Young Creation INJUVE, Prize in the modality of Visual Arts Projects. Madrid (ES) FIBArt 11. Grant for artistic interventions in public spaces. FIB Benicàssim, Castellón (ES)

FAIRS
2020. ARCO. Max Estrella. Madrid (ES)
DRAWING ROOM. Ogami Press. Madrid (ES)
2019. ARCO. Max Estrella. Madrid (ES)
DRAWING ROOM. Ogami Press. Madrid (ES)
2018. ARCO. Max Estrella. Madrid (ES)
Salón ACME. Arróniz. Mexico City (MX)
ARCO Lisboa. Max Estrella. Lisbon (PT)
UNTITLED Miami Beach. Max Estrella. Miami, Florida (USA)
2017. ARTEBA. Arróniz. Buenos Aires (AR)
ARCO. Max Estrella. Madrid (ES)
ESTAMPA. Max Estrella. Madrid (ES)
ARTBO. Bogotá (CO)
IFPDA Fine Art Print Fair. Arróniz. New York (USA)
2016. ZONA MACO. Arróniz. Mexico City (MX)
ARCO. Max Estrella. Madrid (ES)
PARC. Arróniz. Lima (PE)
ARTBO. Max Estrella. Bogotá (CO)
UNTITLED MIAMI. Max Estrella. Miami (USA)
2015. ARCO 2015. Max Estrella. Madrid (ES)
ART BRUSSELS. Max Estrella. Madrid (ES) / HISK. Ghent (BE)
ARTBO. Arróniz. Bogotá (CO)
ARTISSIMA. Arróniz. Torino (IT)
2014. ARCO 2014. Max Estrella. Madrid (ES)
ART BRUSSELS. Max Estrella. Brussels (BE)
ARTBO. Max Estrella. Bogotá (Colombia)
UNTITLED Miami Beach. Max Estrella. Miami, Florida (USA)
2013. VOLTA9 Basel’s cutting-edge art fair for new and emerging art. Pro Gallery. Basel (CH) ZONA MACO. Pro Gallery. Mexico City (MX)
SP-ARTE. Curatorial Lab. Cur. Mónica Espinel. São Paulo (BR)
ARCO 2013. Booth: ABC Museum. Madrid (ES)
2012. JUSTMAD-MIA. Contemporary Art Fair. Repr. Eva Ruiz. Miami (USA)
THE SOLO PROJECT. Eva Ruiz. Basel (CH)
2011. JUSTMAD2 Contemporary Art Fair. Ogami Press. Building Velázquez 29. Madrid (ES) ARTELISBOA. Galería João Esteves de Oliveira. Lisbon (PT)
MULTIPLIED Christie’s. Contemporary Editions Fair. Ogami Press. London (UK)

COLLECTIONS
Aníbal Jozami Collection, Buenos Aires (AR)
Ayse Umur Collection (TR)
Biblioteca Nacional, Madrid, (ES)
Cabildo Insular de La Palma, Islas Canarias (ES)
Calcografía Nacional, Madrid (ES)
Claves de Arte Fundación, Madrid (ES)
Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo, Comunidad de Madrid (ES)
DKV Collection, Valencia (ES)
Dirección General de la Mujer, Comunidad de Madrid (ES)
Frieda & Rudy Joseph Collection (BE)
Fundación María José Jove, A Coruña (ES)
Fundación Montemadrid, Madrid (ES)
Fundación Pilar Banús, Marbella (ES)
JoAnn Gonzalez Hickey Collection, New York (USA)
Museo ABC, Madrid (ES)
Museo del Grabado Español Contemporáneo, Marbella, Málaga (ES) Olor Visual Collection, Barcelona (ES)
PAMM, Pérez Art Museum. Jorge Pérez Collection, Miami (USA)
Real Academia de España en Roma (IT)
Real Casa de la Moneda, Madrid (ES)
UCM Universidad Complutense, Madrid (ES)
UdK Universität der Künste, Berlin (DE)
PUBLICATIONS AND PRESS [SELECTION]

“Almudena Lobera at Tabacalera”. Artviewer.org. 17.06.2020. https://artviewer.org/almudena-lobera-at- tabacalera/

Abascal, Isabel. ‘Almudena Lobera: Stories’. Artishock. Revista de Arte Contemporáneo. 26.04.2020
Espino, Luisa. ‘Almudena Lobera y Rosana Antolí, dibujos en movimiento’. (Artículo / entrevista). El Cultural. El Mundo. 15.05.2015
Portada El Cultural. Imagen obra ‘Beauty Filter Masks’, 2020. El Mundo. 10-16 Abril, 2020
“Technical Images” (Texto Marta Ramos-Yzquierdo). Ed. Ministerio de Cultura y Deporte. Febrero 2020. Cat. Exp. Tabuenca, Cinta. ‘Lost in Digital Translations’. Revista ‘FLORÆ #4 Traducción/Traición’ (Págs. 84-93). Ed. Flora ars+natura. Bogotá (Colombia). Sept. 2018.
“Almudena Lobera” (Entrevista y Reportaje). Harper’s Bazaar Korea. Abril 2016
“The Empty Foxhole” (Entrevista con Raimundas Malasauskas). Ed. Higher Institute for Fine Arts. 2016, Ghent (Belgium). Cat. Exp.
VV.AA. “HISK 2016”. HISK Ed. Higher Institute for Fine Arts. 2016, Ghent (Belgium). Cat. Open Studios
Lucchetti, Matteo, ́Teclear imágenes ́ en “INDEX Roma”, AECID, Madrid, 2016. Cat. Exp.
VV.AA. “HISK 2015”. HISK Ed. Higher Institute for Fine Arts. 2015, Ghent (Belgium). Cat. Open Studios
D’Acosta, Sema. ‘Almudena Lobera, en perspectiva’. El Cultural. El Mundo. 15.05.2015
Diaz Guardiola, Javier. ‘Tres capas de pintura’. ABC Cultural. 09.05.2015
Castro Flórez, Fernando, ́La mirada reveladora de Almudena Lobera ́. Alternativa. Extrart.es. 21.02.2013. Horcajada Ricardo / Torrego Graña, Joaquín Francisco. “Cuadernos de Bellas Artes / 03”. (Pág 31, 35, 46, 48). Madrid, 2013
“Arrivi e Partenze. Mediterraneo” (Textos Elettra Stamboulis). Mole Vanvitelliana. Ancona (Italy) 2012. Cat. Exp. Castro Flórez, Fernando, ́Index hipertélico ́ en “Generación 2012. Proyectos de Arte Caja Madrid”, La Casa Encendida, Madrid, 2012. Cat. Exp.
Hernández Navarro, Miguel Ángel, ‘Mirada dialéctica: Almudena Lobera y el lugar de las imágenes’ en “Lugar entre. Almudena Lobera”. Galería Eva Ruiz. Madrid, 2012. Cat. Exp.
“Sacrificio. Peregrinatio 2012” (Textos textos, Fernando Castro Flórez, Pedro A. Cruz Sánchez). Sagunto. Generalitat Valenciana, 2012. Cat. Exp
“Una obra en busca de empatía” (Textos Emma Brasó), Sala de Arte. Comunidad de Madrid, 2012. Cat. Exp.
“XII Circuitos de Artes Pláticas 2011” (Texto Javier Hontoria) Sala de Arte Joven. Comunidad de Madrid, 2012. Cat. Exp.
Marti, Silas. ‘Artistas criam desenhos para tatuar na pele de obras vivas’ en Folha de São Paulo (Brazil), 18.11.2012 “Artes Visuales Creación INJUVE 2011” (Pág. 164-173). Ediciones INJUVE. Madrid, 2011. Cat. Exp.