CV
1972
Born in La Garriga, Barcelona. Since 1997 lives permanently in Brooklyn, New York
- 1998
Visual Arts Diploma, Hochschule der Künste, Berlin
- 1996
MFA Sculpture, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona
- 1990-92
Eina, School of Art & Design, Barcelona
- Ester Partegàs: Ooze (Rebava)
Galería Nogueras Blanchard, Barcelona
- The Invisible
The Aldrich Museum for Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT
- Colapso Cotidiano
Galería Helga de Alvear, Madrid
- Saturated Fat
Galería Nogueras Blanchard, Barcelona
- what you are, the world is
Christopher Grimes Gallery, Santa Monica
- Invaders
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid
- Saturated Fat
Foxy Production, New York
- We the People
Christopher Grimes Gallery, Santa Monica
- Less World
Uplands Gallery, Melbourne
- Fixed and Hazardous Objects
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Va
- Les coses més importants
Cercle Cultural CajaMadrid, Barcelona
- Las cosas más importantes
16 Proyectos de Arte Español, ARCO, Madrid
- Barricades
Galería Helga de Alvear, Madrid
- Barricades
Galería Nogueras Blanchard, Barcelona
- Same
Icon South Beach, Miami Beach, FL
- The most important things
Salina Art Center, Salina, KS
- Civilization is overrated
Foxy Production, New York
Project Spaces at Art Chicago, Chicago, IL
- Els somnis són més poderosos que els malsons i viceversa
Centre d’ Art Santa Mònica, Barcelona
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Everyday feels like Sunday
Casas Riegner Gallery, Miami, FL
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Hollowmess
Hallwalls, Buffalo, NY
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Samesation
Rice University Art Gallery, Houston, TX
- Yo Recuerdo
Montenmedio Arte Contemporáneo, Cádiz, Spain
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Nosotros tenemos razón
La Casa Encendida, Madrid
- to from from at across to in from. The centerless feeling
De Chiara/Stewart Gallery, New York
Galería Helga de Alvear, Madrid
2000
- from one fleeting wish to another
De Chiara/Stewart Gallery, New York
1998
- So lost…
Kunstruimte Galerie, Berlin
- Why do I feel sometimes so lost?
DFN Gallery Project Room, New York
- Fissures
La Capella, Barcelona

2009
- New York Minute
Macro Future/Depart Foundation, Rome, Italy, 2009
- Zonas de Riesgo: Colección de Arte Contemporáneo Fundación "la Caixa"
CaixaForum, Barcelona, Spain
- 2009 "Lecturas Transversales: Colección de la Fundación Marcelino Botín"
Villa Iris, Santander
- Next Wave Art
Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brookly, NY
- The Global Land: Identity and Oblivion
Espacio Center, Canary Islands
- Revolviendo en la Basura
Koldo Mitxelena Kulturenea, Donostia
- Problem Solving (Express Yourself)
Uplands Gallery, Melbourne
- Costa Brava Segle XXI
Centre Cultural Caixa de Girona, Girona
2008
- El Papel del Artista/ Colección Fotocopia
Doméstico '08, Madrid
- Order. Desire. Light. An exhibition of contemporary drawings.
Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin
- Close Encounters: Facing the Future
American University Museum, Washington D.C.
- NY Motion 0.1
Instituto Cervantes, NY
- Art & Entrepreneurship/Credit Suisse
Dubai, traveling to other international venues
- Parangolé. Fragments from the 90's: Brazil, Portugal, Spain
Museo Patio Herreriano, Valladolid
- Levantamiento Libertad y Ciudadanía
Centro de Arte, Móstoles
2007
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Experiencias 2
Museo de Bellas Artes de Santander
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Thermal Comfort
Artnews Projects, Berlin
- Cart (ajena)
Cartagena, Colombia
- 2 Moscow Biennale
Federation Tower, Moscow
- Cuestión Xeneracional
Centro Galego de Arte Contemporanea CGAC
Santiago de Compostela, Spain
- Consumption Junction
Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus, OH
2006
- Papel
Galería Casas Riegner, Bogotá
- Tale of Two Cities. Busan Bienale of Art
Museum of Modern Art, Busan
- Six Degrees of Separation
Stux Gallery, New York
- Art on Paper 2006
Weatherspoon Art Museum, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Greensboro, NC
- Please Love Me
Walkers Point Center for the Arts, Milwaukee, WI
- Iª Bienal de Arte, Arquitectura y Paisaje de las Islas Canarias
Gobierno de Canarias
2005
- OverAwe
Foxy Production, New York
- Make it now. Sculpture in New York
Sculpture center, Long Island City, New York
- Mira cómo se mueven
Telefónica, Madrid
2004
- Some Exhaust
Lehman Maupin Gallery, New York
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Mediascapes
Centre Cultural de La Caixa, Lleida (travelling in 2005)
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Long Term Installations
PS1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, New York
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Dibujos Hoy
CAC Málaga
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A Level of Trust. After Kurt Cobain
Galleria More Fools in Town, Torino
2003
- The Paper Sculpture Show
Sculpture Center, Long Island City, New York
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World Speak Less Dumb
Uplands Gallery, Melbourne
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Harlem Postcards
The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York
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Proyectos Especiales
Queens Museum of Art, New York
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Tekhne: Ancestral Techniques and Contemporary Practices
in the SURO workshop of Tlaquepaque.
The Buena Vista Bldg, Miami Design District, Miami, Fl
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TransEat
FoodCultureMuseum, Mmiami, FL
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ReLAX
DCKT Contemporary, New York
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Yours Truly
Nils Staerk Contemporary Art, Copenhagen
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Street Level
The Center for Curatorial Studies Museum, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson,
NY
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Not to scale
Dorsky Curatorial Program, Long Island City, New York
- Stand By. Listos para actuar
Laboratorio Arte Alameda, Mexico D.F.
2002
- 40 Jahre: Fluxus und die Folgen
Kunstsommer Wiesbaden, Wiesbaden
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Americas Remixed
Fabrica del Vapore, Milan
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Outer city, Inner Space
Whitney Museum of American Art at Altria, New York
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View Finder
Arnolfini, Bristol
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The passions of good citizens
apexart curatorial program, New York
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Art for living again
Galeria Estrany-de la Mota, Barcelona
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Narrando espacios, Tiempos, Historias
XXVII Bienal de Arte de Pontevedra, Diputación de Pontevedra
2001
- Brooklyn!
Palm Beach Institute of Contemporary Art, Lake Worth, FL
- Surplus
Centro Cultural de España en Lima, Perú
- Temporary Residents
Public Art Fund at MetroTech Center, Brooklyn, New York
- Paper
The Aldrich Museum, Ridgefield, CT
- The good, the bad and the ugly: a Spaghetti Western
Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, CO
- Hospitality a Constructed World Project
Foxy Production, Brooklyn, New York
- Twisted
Aaron America, Brooklyn, New York
- Formas del Exilio
Galería Claramunt, Barcelona 2001
- Counter II
AVCO, London
- Ads, Logos and Videotapes
Galería Helga de Alvear, Madrid
- Ester Partegàs/Laura Torrado
Galería Trinta, Santiago de Compostela
2000
- Search for Art 2000
Area Bovisa/Mandarina Duck, Milano
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Anywhere But Here
Artists’ Space, New York
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Puntos de Encuentro
Cruce, Madrid
-
Figured Out
Spencer Brownstone Gallery, New York
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Escenarios
Instituto de la Juventud, Madrid, 2000
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Inter/Zona. Arts Visuals i Creació a Barcelona
La Virreina, Barcelona
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Generación 2000
Real Jardin Botánico, Cajamadrid (travelling), Spain
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Itinerarios 99-00
Fundación Marcelino Botín, Santander
1999
- Keep Fit/Be Happy
De Chiara/Stewart Gallery, New York
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Club, Arts & Lounge
Museu de Granollers, Barcelona
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Happy Holidays
Star 67, Brooklyn, New York
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Babel
Roebling Hall, Brooklyn, New York
-
And on a lighter note…
Venetia Kapernekas Fine Arts, New York
1998
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Arte Joven 98
MEAC, Museo Español de Arte Contemporáneo, Madrid
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Cartes a Milena. Visions de Futur
Can Palauet, Mataró, Barcelona
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Siesta Over. Spanish Art in the late 90’s
Sideshow 195 Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
1996
- La Capella at Transmission
Transmission Gallery, Glasgow
-
Lento
Galería Gingko, Madrid
Biennial of European and Mediterranean Young Artists
Balmes 21, Galeria de la Universitat de Barcelona
2006
- Propuestas'06 Grant, Fundación Arte y Derecho, Madrid
2004
- The Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant, New York
2003
- Generación 2004 Award, Caja Madrid, Madrid
1999
- Fundación Marcelino Botin, Santander
- III Certamen Ártes Plásticas para Jóvenes, Saloni, Castelló
1998
- Arte Joven 98 Award, Instituto de la Juventud, Madrid
2009
- Visiting artist at Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
- Faculty / Artist in Residence at Skowhegan School of PAinting and Sculpture, Madison, ME
2008 - 2009
- Senior Critic at the Sculpture Department at Yale University School of Art, New Haven, CT
2006
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Visiting artist at Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VG
- Visiting artist at Victorian College of the Arts, The University of Melbourne,
Victoria
2005
- Fundació Fornells-Pla, La Garriga, Barcelona
2004
- Visiting faculty of the Sculpture Department at Yale University,
New Haven, CT
- Centre Cultural de La Caixa, Lleida
- Salina Art Center, Salina, KS
- Sculpture Center, Long Island City, New York
2003
- Center for New Design, New School University, New York
- Casas Riegner Gallery, Miami, FL
- Sculpture Center, Long Island City, New York
- Rice University Art Gallery, Houston, TX
2002
- Workshop at Centro Cultural Español, Iquitos, Amazonia, Perú
- Whitney Museum of American Art at Altria, New York
- apexart curatorial program, New York
2001
- Workshops at the Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgfield, CT
- Centro Cultural de España en Lima, Perú
2005
- Chinese European Art Center, Xiamen University Art College, Xiamen
City, Fujian Pr., China
2000
- International Studio and Curatorial Program, New York
1996
- Quinzena d’Art del Castell de Montesquiu, Barcelona
2003
- SoftCell
Foxy Production, Brooklyn, New York