→Maria Gimeno

Biography

Maria Gimeno: Born in Zamora, 1970. Lives and works in Madrid. BFA from Universidad Complutense de Madrid. PHD Student at UCM. A multidisciplinary artist, she works across media to concretely express the concepts that interest her, engaging with the situation of women in the 21st century and the commitment of being an artist. Her practice blurs boundaries between installation, performance, and video, and classical techniques like drawing, embroidery, and sculpture. Since 2014 she has developed the performative project Queridas Viejas, an uncensored, gender-conscious revision of art history, backed by institutions including the Prado, Reina Sofía, and Belvedere Vienna. She has exhibited widely since her formative years, with solo shows in Spain, Switzerland, Germany, Argentina, and Mexico, and group exhibitions across Europe, the Americas, and North Africa. Her work is held in collections including the Comunidad de Madrid, Museo de Teruel, Museo Kaluz, CAAAM, UBS, Fundación Coca-Cola, and Colección Diéresis. She works independently, and collaborates with Casa Amarilla and Guillermina Caicoya Art Projects (Spain) and Páramo Galería (Guadalajara, Mexico). She has taken workshops with Yannis Kounelis and Esther Ferrer, and residencies in Spain, Italy, and Mexico. In 1998 she founded the Madrid alternative art space "Espacio F."