curriculum
Lara Almarcegui

Zaragoza, Spain, 1972.
Vive y Trabaja en Rotterdam/Lives and works in Rotterdam

Obra en Madrid Abierto
Bajar al subterráneo recién excavado
EXPOSICIONES INDIVIDUALES/SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2008
  • Ruins in Nederlands, Gallery Ellen de Bruijne Projects, Amsterdam.
  • Bilbao Wastelands, Cabineta, Sala Rekalde, Bilbao.
  • Ruinas de Holanda, Gallery Pepe Cobo, Madrid.
  • La Box ENSBA, Bourges.
2007
  • CGAC, Santiago de Compostela.
2004
  • FRAC Bourgogne, Dijon.
2003
  • INDEX The Swedish Art Foundation, Stockholm.
  • Chantiers ouverts au public, Centre D'Art Le Grand Café, Saint Nazaire.
EXPOSICIONES COLECTIVAS/SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2009
  • Radical Nature, Barbican Art Center, London. (by Francesco Manaconda)
  • Athens Splendid Isolation, 2nd Athens Biennale (by Can Sophie Rabinovitz)
  • Monument to transformation, Tranzit, Praha.
  • Evento, Biennale de Bordeaux. (by Didier Faustino)
  • 3rd Riwaq Biennale : a geography of 50 villages , Ramallah. (by Khalil Rabah, Charles Esche, Reen Fuda)
  • Utopia and Monument, Sterische Herbst, Graz. (by Sabine Breitwieser)
  • Sloop gebouw SFF, Flux-s, Eindhoven (by Annie Fletcher)
  • The Boundary Layer, The Prairie Art Gallery, Grand Prairie, Alberta. (by Catherine Dean)
  • Liquid Times, Westfälischer Kunstverein, Münster.
2008
  • Annual Report, 7th Gwangju Biennale. (By Okwui Enwezor)
  • Taipei Biennale 2008, (By Manray and Vasif Kortum).
  • Matiere à Paysage, Biennale de la Seine, La Gallerie, Noissy-le-Sec.
  • Greenwashing, Environment: Perils, Promises and Perplexities", Fondazione Sandretto Rebaudengo, Turin. (by Ilaria Bonacossa and Latitudes, Max Andrews & Mariana Cánepa Luna).
  • Estratos, PAC Murcia. (Curated by Nicolas Bourrieau)
  • Lofoten International Arts Festival, Svolvaer, Norge.
2007
  • Sharjah Art Biennial 8 : Still life, Art, Ecology and Politics of Change, Sharjah Art Museum, United Arab Emirates. (By Jonathan Watkins and Eva Schaer)
  • Shelter, Haarderwijk. ( by Henk Slager)
  • Mimetic, Chateau de Tanlay, Yonne Art Center. (curated by Jean Marc Huitorel)
2006
  • Momentum, Festival of Nordic Art, Moss. (by Marc Sladen and Annete Kiefluk)
  • 27 Biennial of Sao Paulo, (by Rosa Martinez, Lisette Lagnado, A Pedrosa)
  • Frieze Projects, Frieze Art Fair, London. (by Polly Staple)
  • Biacs, Sevilla Biennale, Sevilla. (by Okwui Enwezor)
  • Theater of Life, Galeria Civica d'arte Contemporanea, Trento ( by Fabio Cavaluzzi)
2005
  • Public Act, Kunsthalle, Lund, Lund. (by Mats Stjernstedt)
  • Le genie du lieu, Musee des Beaux Arts, Dijon Delicious , Sint-Truiden. (by Luk Lambrecht)
2004
  • International Liverpool Biennial, Tate Liverpool. (by Cuauthemoc Medina)
  • VI Werkleitz Biennale, Common propierty, Halle, Deutschland. Le Prochaine et le Lontaine, Domein de Kerguennec, Bignan, France. LAB, Kröller Müller Museuma, Otterloo. (by Nathalie Zonneberg).
  • Catastrofi Minime, Museo di Arti Provincia di Nuoro, Nuoro, Cerdeña.
2003
  • Idealism, De Appel, Amsterdam. Sin Título, Sala Montcada de la Caixa, Barcelona. (by Moritz Kung).
  • 1:1 x temps, quantités, proportions et fuites, Frac Bourgogne, Dijon.
  • Dispersion, Bas Museum of Art, Miami.
2002
  • Lost Past, Yeper. (by Moritz Kung)
  • Bigtorino 2002, Torino Biennial. (by Pistolleto, Corinne Disirennes)
2000
  • Scripted Spaces, Witte de With, Rotterdam. (by Bartomeu Mari)
  • Espacio como Realidad, como Proyecto, Pontevedra Biennal (by Maria del Corral).
1999
  • Stediljk Museum Bureau, Amsterdam.
RPOYECTOS EN ESPACIOS PÚBLICOS/PROJECTS IN PUBLIC SPACE
2009
  • Relocated houses, One Day Sculpture, Wellington, New Zealand. (by Claire Doherty).
  • Scavo, PAV, Torino.
2006
  • Het braakliggend terrein van de Norfolkline open voor het publiek, Den Haag. Comisioned by STROOM, Den Haag and SKOR, Amsterdam.
2003
  • Allotment Gardens, Urban Festival, Zagreb.
  • Een brakliggend terrein, Europoort Rotterdam, Rijksgebouwdienst, Rijkswaterstadt.
2002
  • Wastelands Tour, British Architectural Week, FACT, Liverpool.
2000
  • Opening of a wasteland, Container Project Nicc, Bruxelles.
BIBLIOGRAFÍA/BIBLIOGRAPHY
2009
  • Pablo Llorca, Lara Almarcegui, Art Forum # February.
  • Rachel Wolff "Runing over a new leaf", Artnews, New York # april.
2008
  • Katherina Deschka-Hoeck: Brachland der Freiheit, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, #27 Oktober.
  • Tijs van den Boomen, Ruine als dankbaar object, NRC, Rotterdam # 10 June.
  • Jean-Max Colard : Lara Almarcegui, Ruines in Nederland, Inrocks # 656.
  • Pei-Tsen: Dig into the enviroment, Lara Almarcegui ARTCO, Taipei # july.
  • L'art, le territoire, espace public, urbaine, Veduta, Biennale de Lyon, Ed Certu.
2007
  • Tom Morton: City Limits: Lara Almarcegui, FRIEZE pages 124-127 #
  • Summer 20. Anna minton, Down to a fine art, The Guardian, London, 10th January.
  • Francis Alys: Artists Favourites, Spike Art # 11, Wien.
  • Ecology, Luxury and Degradation, Edited by Lattitudes, Uovo # 14, Torino.
  • With/Without, Cultures of Space in the Middle east" Edited by Antonia Carver, Shumon Basar and Markus Miessen, New York.
  • Design and Landscape for people, Edited by Clare Cumberlidge and Lucy Musgrave.
  • Thames & Hudson. 2006 Land Art.
  • A Cultural Ecology Hand Book, Edited by Max Andrews. RSA, London.
2005
  • Jean Marc Huitorel, Entropic promise: Lara Almarcegui, Art Press February.
  • Binna Choi, A Statute of the inhabitable, Reader: Contributions to a topical artistic discourse, De Appel.
2004
  • Ole Bouman: The emancipation of nowhere land, Pasajes de Arquitectura y crítica, Madrid, # February.
  • Lara Almarcegui, l'idealisme en déconstruction, Bénédicte Ramade. L'œil, Paris summer.
2003
  • Carole Smidt, La Force de l'abandone, A+ architecture, urbanism, design and art. # agust-september, Bruxelles.
  • Thorsten Smiededrecht, Art and Architecture a reciprocal relationship?, Architectural Design, London # may/June.
2002
  • Santiago Cirugeda: Lara arreglatodo, Subrosa, editions la Letre Volé, Bruxelles.
2001
  • Anne Pontégnie, Lara Almarcegui takes apart the gallery, Artforum digital, May.
PUBLICACIONES/WRITINGS
1999
  • Wastelands Map Amsterdam, a guide to the empty sites of the city, Stedelijk Museum
    Bureau, Amsterdam.
2006
  • Guide of wastelands Sao Paulo, Edited by Biennial Sao Paulo.
2007
  • Guide to Al Khan, An empty village in the city of Sharjah, Edited by Sharjah Art Biennial.
2008
  • Ruins in the Netherlands, XIX- XX, Episode publishers, Rotterdam.
2009
  • Ruins in Bourgogne, XIX-XXI, Le Press du Reel, Dijon.
OBRAS EN COLECCIONES PÚBLICAS/WORKS IN PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
  • Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterloo (Arnheem).
  • FRAC Piamonte, Torino.
  • Les Abattoirs, Toulousse.
  • FRAC Bourgogne, Dijon. FRAC Alsace, Sélestat.
  • Fundación La Caixa, Barcelona.
  • MUSAC, León.
  • CGAC, Centro Gallego de Arte Contemporáneo, Santiago de Compostela.
  • Marcelino Botin Foundation, Santander.
  • La Panera Art Cenrtre, Lérida. CAM Foundation.
  • Yeh Rong Jai Culture & Art Foundation, Hsinchu City.
BECAS Y PREMIOS/AWARDS AND GRANTS
2007
  • UNESCO art prize.
2006
  • Sculpture art prize given by the Madrid Municipality.
TALLERES/GUEST TEACHER AND WOKSHOPS
  • Studio visits as guest teacher in De Ateliers, postgraduate art program, Amsterdam.
  • Dutch Art Institute, postgraduate art program, Enschede.
  • Workshops at Piet Zwart Intitute, postgraduate art program, Rotterdam.
  • Art in Public space master of Art School, Geneve.
  • Umea Art School, Umea; Minerva Art Academy, Groningen.
  • Annecy Art School.
  • Centro Atlántico de Arte Contemporáneo, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.
  • Art School of Universidad Europea, Madrid.
  • Cuenca Art School; Hangar, Barcelona.
  • La Casa Encendida, Madrid and Graduation jury at Art in Public Space.
  • La Cambre Art School, Brusels.
  • Design of Public Space, Lyon Art School.