Born 1972 in Krefeld, Germany
Lives and works in Valencia, Spain
Solo Exhibition
2023
Duality, LOOM gallery, Milan, Italy
Bartha Contemporary, London, UK
Selected works from the Schroth Collection, drj art project, Berlin, Germany
Century. idee Bauhaus, Palais Dubniczay, Veszprém-Balaton, Hungary
Straigth Flush, Philipp von Rosen Galerie, Cologne, Germany
Personal Showcase, Galerie Rolando Anselmi, Roma, Italy
2022
Milano Drawing Week, LOOM gallery, Milan, Italy
Ingacio Uriarte: Office Work, Museum Ostwall im Dortmunder U, Dortmund, Germany
Sequential operations, GAEP Gallery, Bukarest, Romania
The Domino Effect 3, GAEP, Bucharest, Romania
Revelacions sobre una esfera informe, NoguerasBlanchard, Girona, Spain
Les Denaides, The Bridge by Christian Berst, Paris, France
(UN)COMMON VALUES, National Bank of Belgium counter hall, Brussels, Belgium
Repetitive Forms (Sometimes Singular), Wilhelm Morgner Museum, Soest, Germany
2021
Movimiento Circolare, Loom gallery, Milan, Italy
Campos de texto, NoguerasBlanchard, Madrid, Spain
2020
Meaningful repetitions: Marta Marcé – Ignacio Uriarte, Palma Dotze, Barcelona, Spain
Raumteilungen, Philipp von Rosen Galerie, Cologne, Germany
Secuencias, Sala Polvorín, La Ciudadela, Pamplona, Spain
2019
Three ways to draw and one to call for attention, GAEP Bucharest, Romania
Ignacio Uriarte – 210 x 297 cm, Kunstraum Lakeside, Klagenfurt am Wörthersee, Austria
Verwaltungstakte, Kunstmuseum Reutlingen Konkret, Reutlingen, Germany
2018
X, Y, C, Museo ABC, Madrid, Spain
artissima disegni, Galleria Gentili & Philipp von Rosen,
Ignacio Uriarte, Rolando Anselmi, Berlin, Germany
Divisions and reflections, i8, Reykjavik, Iceland
Apropos Papier: Ignacio Uriarte, Bürokünstler, Leopold Hoesch Museum Düren, Germany
2017
How to Define Space, White Space, Beijing, China
Gesammelte Schriften, Filsers, Mainburg, Germany
Form und Farbe – Analyse und Synthese, Philipp von Rosen Galerie, Cologne, Germany Muro e Parete (with Sol Lewitt), Galleria Gentili, Florence, Italy
Tipología de Dibujo Escultórico, Nogueras Blanchard, Madrid, Spain
2016
COFA Contemporary, Cologne, Germany
Four parts divided, i8, Reykjavik, Iceland Particiones, Ladera Oeste, Guadalajara, Mexico
Disegni Scritti, Rolando Anselmi, Rome, Italy
2015
Tres, Mies van der Rohe Pavillion, Barcelona, Spain
Valores numéricos, L21, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
/ – (with Fiene Scharp), 401 Contemporary, Berlin, Germany
Bürozeit, Kunstmuseum Bergisch Gladbach, Bergisch Gladbach, Germany
Diagonale Gleichung, Sperling, Munich, Germany
2014
Ignacio Uriarte, White Space, Beijing, China
Unos y Ceros, MARCO, Vigo, Spain
Arbeit auf Papier, Munich RE, Munich, Germany
Acht Stunden zählen, Berlinische Galerie, Berlin, Germany
Ignacio Uriarte, i8, Reykjavik, Iceland
Writing Drawings, Figge von Rosen Galerie, Cologne, Germany
Zona MACO SUR, Nogueras Blanchard, Mexico City, Mexico
2013
Tres Colores, Altxerri, San Sebastián, Spain
Hard Facts, Nogueras Blanchard, Barcelona, Spain
Productive Inefficiency, Galerija Skuc, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Writing, Interisland Terminal, Honolulu, USA
Infinity, The Contemporary, Austin, USA
Binaries, UMOCA (Utah Museum of Contemporary Art), Salt Lake City, USA
Line of Work, The Drawing Center, New York City, USA
2012
Fold Fluctuation, Louis 21, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
Arbeitsraum, DAZ (Deutsches Architekturzentrum), Berlin, Germany
ASDFGHJKLÖ, ABC (Art Berlin Contemporary), Berlin, Germany
Líneas Generales, Et Hall, Barcelona, Spain
Generative Klang- und Zeichenkunst, Sametitled, Berlin, Germany
Sequential Drawings, Galleria Gentili, Prato, Italy
Arbeitsrhythmus, Figge von Rosen Galerie, Berlin, Germany
WORKS, Centre d’Art La Panera, Lleida, Spain
2011
Rotation 2, Ruler Space, Helsinki, Finland
Quatre sets de geometria i un full de paper, Arts Santa Mónica, Barcelona, Spain
WORKS, Sala Rekalde, Bilbao, Spain
Preferiría no hacerlo, Casa del Lago, Mexico City, Mexico
Ignacio Uriarte, Licovny Salon, Celje, Slovenia
Letters and Numbers, Sariev Gallery, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Puntos expansivos, Espacio Marte, Mexico City, Mexico
2010
Ignacio Uriarte, i8, Reykjavik, Iceland
Auf dem Papier, Kunstverein Arnsberg, Arnsberg, Germany
Aufzählungen und Abrisse, Vierter Stock, Berlin, Germany
60 Sekunden, Lichthaus Arnsberg, Arnsberg, Germany
The invention of letters, PICA Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts, Perth, Australia
2010
Typologies, Galerie Feinkost, Berlin, Germany
The history of the typewriter by Michael Winslow, Nogueras Blanchard, Barcelona, Spain
2009
The Michael Winslow typewriter experience, Art Positions, Art Basel Miami Beach, USA
I am making art (with Wilfredo Prieto), Taka Ishii gallery, Tokyo & Kyoto, Japan
Trabajos sobre (el) papel, La Fábrica Galería, Madrid, Spain
9 to 5, Galerie Feinkost, Berlin, Germany
2008
Incidental arrangements (with Wolfgang Berkowski), Galleria Gentili, Prato, Italy
Trabajos en serie, Huarte Centro de arte, Pamplona, Spain
Tan sencillo como una línea ó un círculo, Laboratorio 987, MUSAC, Leon, Spain
Atasco de papel, Casa Encendida, Madrid, Spain
Alfa & Omega, Capella de Sant Roc, Valls, Spain
2007
About lines and circles, Nogueras Blanchard, Barcelona, Spain
O debuxo por diante, CGAC, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
2005
Lo que pasa cuando dejas la oficina para dedicarte al arte, Casa Soler i Palet, Terrassa, Spain
Out of office, Damenundherren E.V., Düsseldorf, Germany
Group Exhibition
2023
Straight Flush, Philipp von Rosen Galerie, Cologne, Germany
2022
Milano Drawing Week, LOOM Gallery, Milan, Italy (forthcoming)
Revelacions sobre una esfera informe, NoguerasBlanchard, Girona, Spain
Les Denaides, The Bridge by Christian Berst, Paris, France
(UN)COMMON VALUES, National Bank of Belgium counter hall, Brussels, Belgium Repetitive Forms (Sometimes Singular), Wilhelm Morgner Museum, Soest, Germany
2021
Una historia del arte reciente (1960-2020). Colecciones DKV y Fundación Juan March, Museo de arte abstracto Español, Cuenca
Kein Tag ohne Linie. Werke aus der Sammlung Marli Hoppe-Ritter, Museum Ritter,
Waldenbuch, Germany
Works on Paper, Galila’s collection, Musée Juif de Belgique, Brussels, Belgium
A game on orderless and orderliness, 201 space, Nali Patio, Sanlitun, Beijing
All that is solid…, Galerie Georg Notherfer, Berlin
Turno de réplica. Construcción/Composición, Museo Patio Herreriano, Valladolid, Spain
Una historia del arte reciente (1960-2020). Colecciones DKV y Fundación Juan March, Museo de Arte Abstracto Español, Cuenca, Spain
2020
The Domino Effect, GAEP, Bucharest
Grand Opening, Galerie Rolando Anselmi, Rome, Italy
Neu aufgestellt, Kunstmuseum Villa Zanders, Bergisch Gladbach
Papier skulptural, Verein für aktuelle Kunst Ruhrgebiet, Oberhausen, Germany
Km 0: actividades de repliegue, Espacio Cruce, Madrid, Spain
Den Zufall ordnen, Kaiser Wilhelm Museum, Krefeld, Germany
Étude, Aranya Art Center, Qinuhangdao, China
Das Blatt, Curated Affairs, Düsseldorf, Germany
Wieder und Wieder, Deutsche Gesellschaft für christliche Kunst, Munich, Germany
2019
“la Caixa” Collection of Contemporary Art, Whitechapel Gallery, London, UK
Drawing Positions, Centro de Arte Caja de Burgos CAB, Burgos, Spain
Speaking Images, Fluentum, Berlin, Germany
Drawing Wow, BcmA, Berlin, Germany
Between Them: An Installation composed of Drawings, Holsfeldt Gallery, San Francisco, USA A Day ́ s Work, Stiftung für konzeptuelle Kunst, Soest, Germany
A Whitespace Odyssey, White Space Beijing, Beijing, China
Nine Qwerty Bells. Fiction for live voice, Whitechapel Gallery, London, United Kingdom
A Day’s Work, Stiftung Konzeptuelle Kunst, Soest, Germany
2018
Mensaje de arecibo 2074, Etopía Centro de Arte y Tecnología, Zaragoza, Spain Soñando una posibilidad, Fundació Vila Casas, Barcelona, Spain
Measurements, Société, Brussels, Belgium
Dark was the night. Works from the Artists-in-Residence, CCA Andratx, Mallorca, Spain Black Garden (20 mg de fluoxetina al día), L21, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
The Reconfigured Landscape, Centro Botín, Santander, Spain
Die Zahl als Chiffre in der Kunst, DZ Bank Kunstsammlung, Frankfurt am Main, Germany Germany is not an island, Bundeskunsthalle Bonn, Germany
Horizonte de sucesos, OTR, Madrid, Spain
La perspectiva esencial, Centro de arte Alcobendas, Madrid, Spain
Borderline Relation, Eastwards Prospectus, Bucarest, Romania
Out of office. Büro-Kunst oder Das Büro im Museum, Städtische Galerie Bietigheim-Bissingen, Germany
Flatland, Nogueras Blanchard, Barcelona, Spain
2017
Every cult its Castle, Sammlung Philara at Spinnerei Leipzig, Germany
K.I. – Künstliche Intelligenz, CRONE, Vienna, Austria
Conversation Piece, La Galleria Nazionale, Rome, Italy
Art and Alphabet, Kunsthalle Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
FORMASOBREFONDO, Proyectos Monclova, Mexico City, Mexico
Punto de Partida, Ana Mas Projects San Juan, Puertorico
Conversation_Piece, La Galleria Nazionale, Rome, Italy
Tempo líquido, Arquipélago Centro de artes contemporaneas, The Azores, Portugal
Social Geometrism, Kunst am Spreeknie, Berlin, Germany
Out of Office. Büro-Kunst oder Das Büro im Museum, Museum für konkrete Kunst, Ingolstadt, Germany
Loom Gallery Biennale, Loom Gallery, Milan, Italy
2016
AEquilibrium, LOOM Gallery, Milano, Italy
Immer.Wieder – Prozess und Wiederholung in der Kunst, Kunstverein Pforzheim, Germany Concret, nationalmuseum, Berlin, Germany
Q&A, MunichRe, Munich, Germany
Cut, Folded, Pressed & Other Actions, David Zwirner, New York, USA
3/1/1, Zak Branicka, Berlin, Germany
In correspondance with the drawing, Michael Fuchs, Berlin, Germany
Achtung Kulturgut, Die Sammlung Kunst aus Papier, Städtische Galerie Villa Zanders, Bergisch Gladbach, Germany
EchtZeit – Die Kunst der Langsamkeit, Kunstmuseum Bonn, Germany
Point to Line, Jewelvary Art and Boutique, Shanghai, China
Disfonías, Centro Párraga, Murcia, Spain
Forjando el espacio, Colección DKV, Museo del Patrimonio Municipal, Málaga, Spain
Let them draw, Sariev Gallery, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Modelos Posibles, OTR, Madrid, Spain
2015
Grafización: Bocetos, mapas y partituras: representaciones gráficas para la
Interpretación, Espacio Trapézio, Madrid, Spain
Meditaremos em silêncio a diferença entre nós, Nogeuras Blanchard, Madrid, Spain
Plou, neva, pinta, Centre d’art La Panera, Lleida, Spain
Ri-pensare il medium: il fantasma del disegno, Casa Masaccio Valdamo, Italy
Drawing – The bottom line, S.M.A.K. Ghent, Belgium
Take part – Sammlung Schroth, VSU Saarbrücken, Germany
Especies de Espacio, MACBA, Barcelona, Spain
Ceramics and Graphite, Chert, Berlin, Germany
Fuera de Lugar, Design HUB, Barcelona, Spain
Drawing Now, Albertina Museum, Vienna, Austria
Listening to the Lines, Maison Hermès, Tokyo, Japan
Oeuvres, Gallery Slewe, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Á maquina de escribir, Colección Sirvent, Casa das Artes, Vigo, Spain
The Future of Memory, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria
A man walks into a bar, Me Collectors Room, Berlin, Germany
2014
Dibujo contemporáneo en la colección DKV, DA2, Salamanca, Spain
Collective Collection, BBB centre d’art, Toulouse, France
Pencil / Line / Eraser, Carroll Fletcher, London, Great Britain
Kunst nach 1945, Lenbachhaus, Munich, Germany
A Private View präsentiert: Die Rocca Stiftung, Autocenter, Berlin, Germany
Contratiempos, Fundación La Caixa, Barcelona, Spain
das Büro / zwischen Kunst- und Wissensraum, Universität zu Köln, Cologne, Germany
Playtime, Lenbachhaus, Munich, Germany
This Page intentionally Left Blank, Akbank Sanat, Istanbul, Turkey
Tiempos Abiertos, Colección Artium, DA2, Salamanca, Spain
Rumor… historias decoloniales en la Colección “La Caixa”, Fundación La Caixa, Barcelona, Spain Una pausa para reflexionar, MUSAC, León, Spain
2013
Episode 0: Introducing Insitu, Berlin, Germany
Voyages Intèrieur, Maison Particulière, Brussels, Belgium
For my Eyes only, VJP of Contemporary Art and Design,
UGM Maribor Art Gallery, Maribor, Slovenia
Drawing Up!, Josée Bienvenu Gallery, New York City, USA
Art Mòbil, Arts Santa Mónica, Barcelona, Spain
Analogital, UMOCA (Utah Museum of Contemporary Art), Salt Lake City, USA
DIN A33, Louis 21, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
Origo (am Nullpunkt des Standpunkts), Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Vienna, Austria
2012
La imagen especular (Tirar del hilo. Colección ARTIUM), ARTIUM, Vitoria, Spain
Media-Scape Biennale, HDLU, Zagreb, Croatia
Reality Show, Tiziana di Caro, Salerno, Italy
Expanded Drawing 012, Casal Solleric, Palma de Mlallorca, Spain
Each Memory Recalled Must Do Some Violence To Ist Origins, Utah, USA
Not by default – Post Internet Art aus Berlin, DAM
Video/Choreo, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, USA
PICA Salon, Pearth Insitute of Contemporary Art, Pearth, Australia
Cantastoria, Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, Salt Lake City, USA
Nymphius Projekte at CCAndratx, Mallorca, Spain
Unterm Strich. Abstract works on paper, Figge von Rosen Galerie, Cologne, Germany
FAX, Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, Salt Lake City, USA
one and the other are another, Ludlow 38, New York City, USA
Letter, Institute for Neo Connotative Action, Detroit, USA
2011
Barcelona Col·lecciona, Fundación Francisco Godia, Barelona, Spain
The even covering of the field, FFAR forum för arkitektur, Stockholm, Sweden
Travesías, La Lonja, Alicante, Spain
All work and no play, Galerie Mikael Andersen, Berlin, Germany
Resonance: Looking for Mr. McLuham, Pratt Manhattan Gallery, New York City, USA
O´Clock – Design del tempo Tempo del Design, Triennale Design Museum, Milano, Italy
It´s a wonderful life, Collectors Comtemporary, Singapore
Die Linie überschreiten, Westwendischer Kunstverein, Gartow
2010
The Winter Show, I8, Reykjavik, Iceland
World is Work, Kwadrat, Berlin, Germany
Jahresgabenausstellung, Kunstverein Arnsberg, Arnsberg, Germany
Feinkost Triennale, Galerie Feinkost, Berlin, Germany
ING Discerning Eye, The Mall galleries, London, Great Britain
The Cutting Edge, Galeria Valle Ortí, Valencia, Spain
Courier, University Art Museum, Albany, New York State, USA
Art-O-Rama, Marseille, France
Drawing Time, FRAC Lorraine, Galeries Poirel, Nancy, France
The Atrocity Exhibition, Galerie Feinkost, Berlin, Germany
Itinerarios 2008/2009, Fundación Marcelino Botín, Santander, Spain
2009
Zeigen, Temporäre Kunsthalle Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Huesped – Colección del MUSAC en el Museo Catagnino y Macro, Rosario, Argentina
25 obras, 17 artistas, 4 relatos, Centre d´Art la Panera, Lerida, Spain
Desdibujados, Fundación Botí, Córdoba, Spain
28th biennial of graphic arts, Skuc Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Huesped – Colección del MUSAC en el MNBA, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Print Matters, Global Gallery, Sidney, Australia
Sleeper, Brown Gallery, London, Great Britain
Back to the future, Coma, Berlin, Spain
Collezione FRAC Piemonte, Cittadellarte – Fondazione Pistoletto, Biella, Italy
2008
Crazycurators Biennale II, Bratislava, Slovakia
Nuova Collezione del Frac Piemonte, Centro Culturale Cittadella Boves, taly
Fullscreen, Foro Artistico – International Media Art Forum, Hannover, Germany
Tilted Balance, Collectors Contemporary, Singapore
13. Marler Video-Kunst-Preis, Skulpturenmuseum Glaskasten, Marl, Germany 1ª Mostra della nuova collezione FRAC Piemonte, Arca, Chiesi di San Marco, Vercelli, Italy
2007
Nogueras Blanchard – Thermal comfort, Artnews projects, Berlin
Existencias, MUSAC, Leon, Spain
Paisajismos Land_Scapes, Espacio Abisal, Bilbao, Spain
Exposició Final PO_4 Oficina, Sala Muncunill, Terrassa, Spain
Mirador 07, Intermediae/Matadero, Madrid, Spain
XLIV Certamen internacional de artes plásticas, Museu de Pollença, Mallorca, Spain
PO_4 en Bayonne, Estudio de Samuel Labadie, Bayonne, France
Temperatura ambient – Premi Miquel Casablancas, Can Fabra, Sant Andreu – Barcelona, Spain
Artefactos y decibelios, Sala Can Felipa, Barcelona, Spain
Premis Ciutat de Palma Antoni Gelabert d’Arts Plàstiques, Mallorca, Spain
Premio joven, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain
2006
Bienal de Vic, Col.legi d’Aparelladors, Vic – Tarragona, Spain
CMYK: un proyecto de exposiciones latentes, Sala Can Felipa, Barcelona, Spain
Born 2, Galería Casa Born, Antequera, Spain
Poblenou Obert, Hangar, Barcelona, Spain
Off-loop, Galería dels Àngels and Sala d´Estar, Barcelona, Spain
2005
La ciutat desitjada, Hangar, Barcelona, Spain
Se busca, Hangar, Barcelona, Spain
Living landscape, West Cork Arts Center, Skibbereen, Irland
Explorando lo próximo, Sala Can Felipa, Barcelona, Spain
In my mind´s eye, Sala d’Estar. Barcelona, Spain
Hangar en Pandemolden, Sala Pandemolden, Santander, Spanien
2004
4ª Bienal de Vic, Casino, Vic, Spain
L’estat de les estructures, Hangar, Barcelona, Spain
Workshop
2010
Scribble – the unbearable lightness of scribbling, Municipal Library, Arnsberg, Germany
Scribble seminar, Otras cosas de Villarosas, Barcelona, Spain
2009
Seminar on the square for employees of the city´s Culture and Sports Deparmtent, Sassari, Italy
2008
Coral Terpsícore sings the Windows startup and shutdown melody, Valls, Spain
2007
Sculpture workshop for employees of the public library, Terrassa, Spain
Seminar on the line for employees of the city´s Culture and Sports Department, Terrassa, Spain
2005
Office art workshop for employees of the public library Skibbereen, Ireland
Screenings
2013
Videoabend, galerie januar, Verein zur Förderung junger Kunst, Bochum, Germany
2012
Eloge de Brut, Festival Chhhhhut, La Compagnie, Marseille, France
LOOP, Barcelona, Spain
In the Shadow of the Sun, Kino Babylon, Berlin, Germany
2011
Nuit Blanche, Les Trinitaires, Metz, France
Of Birds and Wires, ShiftFestival, Haus für Elektronische Künste, Basel, Switzerland
2010
FID, 21ème festival international de documentaire du Marseille, Marseille, France
Enlace 48 Cal Cego, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain
2. AllArtNow Festival, Goethe Institut, Damascus, Siria
2009
P.A.L. (Línea de Acción Permanente), Contemporary 09, Pamplona, Spain
Sztuka Nowych Mediów, Akademia Sztuk Pieknych, Lodz, Poland
13. Marler Videokunst-Preis, ZKMax, Munich, Germany
Archivo de creadores de la comunidad de Madrid, Matadero & ARCO, Madrid, Spain
2008
Cosmopolitan Barcelona, Dia Art Foundation & The Hispanic Society, Nex York, USA
Lingüísticas de la imagen, Casa Asia Barcelona & CIGE art fair, Beijing, China
Awards
2013
Arbeitsstipendium Stiftung Kunstfonds, Bonn, Germany
2011
GAC award for the best gallery exhibition in 2010, Barcelona, Spain
2008
Crazy Curators Award, Bratislava Biennial, Slowakia
Fundación Marcelino Botín production grant for visual arts, Santander, Spain
2007
CAM project grant for visual arts, Alicante, Spain
2006
international art price ‘Born 2’, Galería Casaborne, Antequera, Spain
MUSAC production grant, Leon, Spain
2004
Artist in residency at Hangar, Barcelona, Spain
Publication
2013
Line of Work, The Drawing Center, New York City, USA
2012
Three Hundred Sixty, Automatic Books, Venice, Italy
2011
Four Geometry Sets, The Flames, Barcelona
Works, Sala Rekalde, Bilbao & Centre d’Art La Panera, Lleida, Spain
11 forms, Celje Centre of Contemporary Art Centre & Impress, Celje, Slovenia
2009
An expansion followed by a contraction, Onestar Press, Paris, France
2008
Alfa & Omega, Museu de Valls, Tarragona, Spain
Collections
Colección La Caixa, Barcelona, Spain
Colección La Panera, Lleida, Spain
Colección CAM, Alicante, Spain
Colección DKV Arte y Salud,Spain
Colección Meana Larrueca, Madrid, Spain
Colección JUMEX, Mexico City, Mexico
MUSAC, León, Spain
ARTIUM, Vitoria, Spain
Fundación Marcelino Botín, Santander, Spain
Fundación Barrié, La Coruña, Spain
FRAC Piemonte, Torino, Italy
FRAC Lorraine, Metz, France
Sammlung Schroth, Soest, Germany
Lembachhaus, Munich, Germany
Berlinische Galerie, Berlin, Germany
Kupferstichkabinett der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Berlin, Germany
When I quit my last administrative job in order to work as a full-time artist, I realized that the new- gained freedom implied a great deal of responsibility. Under no circumstance did I want to abuse art for the sake of a personal liberation, which would have turned me into a marginal cliché-artist. On the contrary, I decided to stay in my own personal “petit-bourgeois” reality in order to deal with it from the inside, using the expertise acquired over the years. That is why I have not stopped using the same tools and methods, similar to those of any office employee, working in a routine way and with routine as my major thematic focus.
My starting point is the little creative moments within office-routines, which mostly have a ridiculously small ‘artistic‘ aspect to them. Examples: When we scribble during a phone conversation (Aparición/Desaparación, 2013) or when we fold a sheet of paper before putting it into an envelope (Fluctuating Folds, 2012) we are performing small painterly and sculptural gestures. The systematic repetition of these actions according to predefined rules turns them into meta-routines, into re-enactments of the Sisyphus myth. The only difference is that the resulting pieces register in detail the methodical and repetitive labour that was necessary for their creation. This way, the routine survives, enabling the audience to read and mentally recreate it.
Esthetically, my work shows clear references to the conceptual and minimal art of the 60s and 70s. In those years the dematerialization of the art object in the art world and the substitution of products by services in the business world occurred almost simultaneously. Maybe that is why the esthetics also started to look alike, e.g. in the chromatic limitation or in the formal simplicity, which would signalize how both, commercial products and art objects now would be generated in a (blank) mind. We could even speak of a mutual fetichization which led for instance to the use of neon light and the archive as artistic media and to the preferred use of minimalist art as decoration in offices.