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


CV

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Installation View: Sal metálica, Museo Patio Herreriano, Valladolid by Belén Rodríguez, 2023
Japanning by Belén Rodríguez, 2020
Installation view: Hasta la Madrugada, Chapelle Saint-Jacques Centre d’art contemporain, Saint-Gaudens, France by Belén Rodríguez, 2022
Flame Stitch by Belén Rodríguez, 2021
Spanish Meteorite (table construction) by Belén Rodríguez, 2013
Pelotonos (detail) by Belén Rodríguez, 2013
Installation view: After Sputnik by Belén Rodríguez, 2013
I turn Chilli Red by Belén Rodríguez, 2019
Timeline by Belén Rodríguez, 2009
Timeline by Belén Rodríguez, 2009
Timeline - Detail by Belén Rodríguez, 2009
Plancton by Belén Rodríguez, 2019
Installation View: I turn Chilli Red by Belén Rodríguez, 2019
Installation View: I turn Chilli Red by Belén Rodríguez, 2019
Sun Dyed II by Belén Rodríguez, 2019
CP03 by Belén Rodríguez, 2008
CP03 by Belén Rodríguez, 2009
CP03 - Detail by Belén Rodríguez, 2008
Moon Rock by Belén Rodríguez, 2019
Installation View: After Sputnik by Belén Rodríguez, 2013
Fig by Belén Rodríguez, 2019
Guanabana by Belén Rodríguez, 2019
Dust by Belén Rodríguez, 2019
Pelotonos by Belén Rodríguez, 2013
Sumo by Belén Rodríguez, 2011
Untitled by Belén Rodríguez, 2013
Untitled by Belén Rodríguez, 2013
Macro by Belén Rodríguez, 2013
Untitled by Belén Rodríguez, 2013
Micro by Belén Rodríguez, 2013
Tito by Belén Rodríguez, 2013
Installation View: After Sputnik by Belén Rodríguez, 2013
Macrokosmos by Belén Rodríguez, 2012
Circa by Belén Rodríguez, 2011
Untitled by Belén Rodríguez, 2010
CP01 - Sketches by Belén Rodríguez, 2009
Swiss Notebooks by Belén Rodríguez, 2009
Swiss Notebooks by Belén Rodríguez, 2009
Timeline (Projection as viewed from outside) by Belén Rodríguez, 2009
CP01 - Sketches - Detail by Belén Rodríguez, 2009
Timeline (As viewed from inside) by Belén Rodríguez, 2009
Simple Projector by Belén Rodríguez, 2008
Simple Projector - Detail by Belén Rodríguez, 2008

Exhibitions

Here We Are in Croydon at Josh Lilley,presenting Belén Rodríguez, Ruairiadh O’Connell, Gabriella Boyd & Sula Bermúdez-Silverman

Here We Are in Croydon

Group Show

Stains on a Decade at Josh Lilley,presenting Tom Anholt, Brian Bress, Peter Linde Busk, Gareth Cadwallader, Sarah Dwyer, Derek Fordjour, Nick Goss, Nicholas Hatfull, Christof Mascher, Rebecca Nassauer, Sarah Pichlkostner, Benedetto Pietromarchi, Belén Rodríguez, Kathleen Ryan, Analia Saban, Vicky Wright, Ryan Mosley, Celeste Rapone, Hurvin Anderson, Jack Burton, Ian Davis, Svenja Deininger, Holly Hendry, John Houck, Aliza Nisenbaum, Conrad Shawcross, Leon Kossoff, Tal R, Paula Rego, Euan Uglow & Kaari Upson

Stains on a Decade

Group Show

I turn Chilli Red at Josh Lilley,presenting Belén Rodríguez

I turn Chilli Red

Solo Show

Water Biscuit at Josh Lilley,presenting Belén Rodríguez, Carla Busuttil, Kathleen Ryan, Matt Lipps, Nicholas Hatfull, Nick Goss, Peter Linde Busk, Rebecca Nassauer, Sarah Dwyer, Sarah Pichlkostner, Vicky Wright & Yana Naidenov

Water Biscuit

Group Show

After Sputnik at Josh Lilley,presenting Belén Rodríguez

After Sputnik

Solo Show

Something New at Josh Lilley,presenting Analia Saban, Nicholas Hatfull, Belén Rodríguez, Christof Mascher, Nick Goss, Gabriel Hartley, Marita Fraser, Ruairiadh O’Connell & Robert Pratt

Something New

Group Show

Gifted at Josh Lilley,presenting Nick Goss, Rebecca Nassauer, Belén Rodríguez, Benedetto Pietromarchi, Sarah Dwyer, Carla Busuttil, Christof Mascher, Analia Saban, Michael Huey & Clara S Rueprich

Gifted

Group Show

Mixtilínea at Josh Lilley,presenting Belén Rodríguez

Mixtilínea

Solo Show