Belén Rodríguez
Belén Rodríguez (b. 1981, Valladolid, Spain) is a sculptor at the intersection of the natural and manmade world, harnessing and describing the elegance of organic phenomena while remaining highly attuned to formalism and display. Represented by Josh Lilley since 2009, her work has been part of exhibitions in institutions such as CA2M, Tabacalera, Matadero and La Casa Encendida, Madrid; Can Felipa, Barcelona; Das Weisse Haus, Vienna; Yokohama Creative Center; and the Concert Gebouw, Bruges.
Belén Rodríguez lives and works in Madrid.
Education
2010, MA, Akademie der Bildende Künste, Vienna
2007, MFA, Universidad Complutense de Madrid
2003, Diploma in Graphics Arts and Design, Real Casa de la Moneda School, Madrid
Solo Exhibitions
2024
Itinerarios XXIX, Centro Botín, Santander
Installation, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León, León
Serena Y Firme Como La Madera, Galería Alarcón Criado, Sevilla
2023
I Danced Myself Out of the Womb, Galería Juan Silió, Madrid
Sal Metalica, Museo Patio Herreriano, La Capilla hall, Valladolid
2019
Algodón naranja en la bella sombra, Galería Alarcón Criado, Seville
Como materia dotada de su propia forma, Galería Juan Silió, Santander
I turn Chilli Red, Josh Lilley, London, UK
2018
Sal metálica, Museo Patio Herreriano, Valladolid
2016
Rodriguez, Galería Bacelos, Madrid
PINTRUA, Galería Fúcares, Almagro
Tras Sputnik, Museo Antón de Candas, Asturias
2014
El Milagro es que el Unidiverso está, Galería Javier Silva, Valladolid
2013
After Sputnik, Josh Lilley Gallery, London, UK
2011
circa, Das Weisse Haus, Vienna, Austria
2010
XXXXX, Galeria Parra & Romero, Madrid
2009
Mixtilínea, Josh Lilley, London, UK
Kore Sore Are - Österreichisches Künstler Atelier – Arakawa Ku, Tokyo, Japan
2006
Mirar la realidad no directamente, Estampa Art Gallery, Madrid
2004
Soy mi ausencia, Universidad Complutense, Madrid
Group Exhibitions
2025
Clear, Lucid, and Awake Sonje Art Center, Seoul, Korea
Whispers From Tides and Forests, Kunsthaus Baselland, Basel, Switzerland
2024
Coalition: 15 ans d’art et d’écologie, La Gaîté Lyrique, Paris, France
To Weave the Sky: textile Abstractions from the Jorge M. Perez Collection, El Espacio 23, Miami, Florida, USA
El árbol de lo que aún no sabes, Fundación LaCaixa, Barcelona
Viceversa: Posiciones y perspectivas de una colección, Bogota Museum of Modern Art, Bogata, Colombia
Joaquín Sorolla: Light in Motion, Glyptoteket, Copenhagen, Denmark
2023
¡Doblad mis amores! Collegium, Arévalo
Hasta la Madrugada, Centre d’art contemporain d´internêt national à Saint-Gaudens, Chapelle Saint-Jacques, Saint Gaudens, France
Devenir Pintura, Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo (CAAC), Sevilla
2021
Textiles instalativos: del medio alugar, CAAC, Sevilla
Pintura: Renovación permanente, Museo Patio Herreriano, Valladolid
El gran Banquete, Sala Las Francesas, Valladolid
2020
8th Anglet-Côte Basque International Contemporary art Biennal, Anglet
La cuestión es encontrar ese camino, Cultural Center of Spain, Mexico City, Mexico
2019
Stains on a Decade, Josh Lilley, London, UK
2018
Querer parecer noche, CA2M, Madrid
Horizonte de sucesos, Espacio OTR, Madrid
2017
Tentativas para agotar un espacio, Tabacalera, Madrid
Leaning Tower of Pisa, DXIX Projects, Los Angeles, California, USA
V Premio Mardel, Centre del Carme, Valencia
Doblar la Tierra, Solo show by Javier Arce with works by Belén Rodríguez, The Goma, Madrid
Promotora, Can Felipa, Barcelona
Nave Oporto + Mundo Dios, Nave Oporto, Madrid
2016
16. Mostra Unión Fenosa, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Gas Natural Fenosa (MACUF), A Coruña
Water Biscuit, Josh Lilley Gallery, London, UK
The Flag and the Galaxy, Artista X Artista, Havana
The Dance of the Entropic Elements, Irma Álvarez-Laviada & Belén, Galería Bacelos, Vigo
Air & Time, sala Amadís, Madrid
Naveoporto Greatest Hits, Galeria T20, Murcia
We don´t know how to get back alone, El Ranchito, Matadero Madrid
2016
Human Abyss, Las Francesas, Valladolid
2015
Significant Other, Korea Kulturhaus, Vienna, Austria
El Público, Centro Federico García Lorca, Granada
The City and me, Kunstuniversität Linz, Linz, Austria
Kristallin #22, Atelier Salzamt, Linz, Austria
Sunset ©, Hooper Projects, Los Angeles, California, USA
De la mano, Centrocentro, Madrid
The City and me, House of Jonah, Eastbohemian Gallery of Pardubice, Pardubice, Czech Rupublic Fresh, CCA Kunsthalle Andratx, Mallorca
Corte, Galeria ArtNueve, Murcia
2014
Ecological Thinking, IEBB6, Mogosoaia Cultural Center, Bucharest, Romania
Room to move, project by Isabella Kohlhuber and Imre Nagy, Korea, Kulturhaus, Vienna, Austria
OpenStudios, Noestudio, Madrid
La memoria in tasca, Rolli Days, Palace Fattinanti Cambiaso, and Museo di Villa Croce, Genoa, Italy (touring)
2013
Exfullmoon, CCA Andratx, Mallorca
En La Zona Gris, García Galería, Madrid
National Engraving, Real Academia Bellas Artes San Fernando, Madrid
Transfronterizos (Crossborders), Las Francesas, Valladolid
2012
Reality Show, Gallerie Tiziana di Caro, Salerno, Italy
XII Mostra Unión Fenosa, Macuf, La Coruña
Mostra Finale, Academia de España en Roma, Rome, Italy
Spazi aperti, Accademia di Romania, Rome, Italy
Work in progress, Academia de España en Roma, Rome, Italy
2011
Nuit Black, Galerie Les Singuliers, Paris, France
Generacion 2011, La Casa Encendida, Madrid; Institut de Cultura de Barcelona; La Capella, Barcelona and Santa Inés, Seville (touring)
Do not disturb, Sala Galileo, Madrid
XV Biennale de la Mediterranée, representing: Austria- Thessaloniki, Greece (two-person presentation with Axel Koschier)
2010
Gifted, Josh Lilley Gallery, London, UK
Open Studios, GlogauAir, Berlin, Germany
The Mac gyver problem, Galerie im Regierungsviertel, Berlin, Germany
Digital Encounters, C arte C, Madrid
The Art Books Project, Galerie Esquina, Madrid
Sin Formato, Museo Patio Herreriano, Valladolid
2009
Next Reality, Yokohama Creative City Center, Yokohama, Tokyo
Hacerlo solo no es lo mismo, Espacio Menos1, Madrid
subvision. kunst. festival. off., Hafencity Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
Moskau Tokyo Wien New York Berlin, Galerie Nikola Vujasin, Vienna, Austria
Artendencias, Pozuelo, Madrid
Second hand, Engholm Engelhorn, Vienna, Austria
Generación 2009, La Casa Encendida, Madrid
Rundgang, Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Vienna, Austria
2008
Columns- Aula, Akademie der bildenden Künste, Vienna, Austria
Desvelados, Night in white, AVAM, Madrid
X Mostra Unión Fenosa, MACUF, La Coruña
Skulptulln, Open Air Sculpture Project, Tulln, Austria
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