Cristina Almodovar

HACER Y DESHACERSE

Biography

C R I S T I N A   A L M O D Ó V A R

Madrid, 1970

Training

 1994

Bachelor of Fine Arts. Specialty of Sculpture. Complutense university of Madrid.

Honorable mention in the National Awards of Bachelor's degree.

1995

A fellow of the Casa de Velázquez, Madrid.

Erasmus scholarship at the Statens Kunstakademi in Oslo, Norway.

Solo exhibitions

2000

Studio Gallery In Solana, Madrid.

2001

Gallery Rina Bouwen, Madrid.

Museum of los Angeles, Turégano.

2004

“Cambio de medio”. Galería Rina Bouwen, Madrid.

2005

“Secuencias aéreas”. Galería Rina Bouwen, Madrid.

2007

Gallery Ar+51, Toledo.

2008

“Arquitectura tejida”. Instalación. Galería Alfara, Oviedo.

“Levedad”. Galería Rina Bouwen, Madrid.

2009

“Invisible”. Galería Rina Bouwen, Madrid.

2010

“Arquitectura tejida – Invisible”. Galeria Nuevoarte, Sevilla.

2011

“Recorrido”. Espacio Pepe Pisa, Madrid.

“Ciclos”. Galería Rina Bouwen, Madrid.

2012

Artmadrid. One Project. “Disintegration”. Gallery Rina Bouwen.

“Colonizaciones”. SET ESPAI D’ART. Jávea. Alicante.

2013

“Frágil”. Galería Rina Bouwen. Madrid

2014

“Frágil”. SET ESPAI D’ART. Festival Miradas Mujeres. Valencia

2016

“Transformaciones platónicas” AP Gallery. Riaza, Segovia.

“Racionalidad orgánica” Fundació Setba, Barcelona

“Líneas platónicas” SET ESPAI D’ART. Jávea. Alicante

2017

Artist of the month. Astarte Artistic Initiatives. Madrid.

2018

SETUP Artfair. Invited Artist. Bologna, Italy. Gallery SET ESPAI DART.

“Proliferaciones” (Comisaria: Silvia Tena). SET ESPAI D’ART. Valencia.

2019

“Dibujando la palabra”. Museo Lázaro Galdiano. Madrid

2020

“Interrupciones”. Espacio Mados. Madrid

2021

“Ordenar el caos”. Furiosa Gallery. Madrid

2022

“La Naturaleza del Paisaje”. Espacio La Madame. Madrid

“Límites”. Fundación Cristina Enea. San Sebastián

“The whisper of petals”. Gallery Gärna. Madrid

2023

“Plenitud y vacío”. Galería Fernández-Braso. Madrid

“La inconsistencia de los límites”. Bolit. Girona

2025

“Au-delà de la matière”. Galeria DUTKO. París

“Inamovible”. Galería Antonia Puyó, Zaragoza.

2026

“Hacer y deshacerse”. Galería Fernández-Braso, Madrid

Group exhibitions

 2005

Royal Mirage Resort Dubai. The United Arab Emirates.

2007

Stamp. Gallery Rina Bouwen, Madrid

2008

“Home within home”. Gallery Rina Bouwen, Madrid.

“FIBRES 08 – 09”. Museo del Traje, Madrid.

Fundación Caja Madrid. Aranjuez and Zaragoza.

2009

Stamp. Gallery Rina Bouwen, Madrid.

2010

Galería Rayuela, Madrid.

Galeria Ansorena, Madrid

2011

Atlantic Space. Vigo. Gallery Rina Bouwen.

Mostra Premio Internazionale Francesco Messina. Casalbeltrame. Italia.

2012

Rarity Gallery. Summer Show. Mykonos. Grecia.

2013

Gallery Alicia Winters. Arnhem, The Netherlands

Stamp. SET ESPAI D'ART. Madrid

CasaArte. SET ESPAI D'ART. Madrid

Collective exhibition SET ESPAI D'ART. Jávea, Alicante

2014

XII Biennale d sculpture of Meliana, Meliana, Valencia

Paints. SET ESPAI D'ART. London

Collective exhibition SET ESPAI D'ART. Jávea, Alicante

Stamp. SET ESPAI D'ART. Madrid

Context Art Miami. SET ESPAI D'ART. Miami

2015

Masters of the art. Reales Atarazanas. Valencia

Beyond the constructive spirit. Sculpture. SET ESPAI D'ART. Valencia

Arts Libris. SET ESPAI D'ART. Barcelona

IV exhibition of Contemporary Art from Morocco. Casablanca.

Context Art Miami. SET ESPAI D'ART. Miami

2016

Point Broken. Museum Jorge Rando. Malaga.

Estampa. SET ESPAI D’ART. Madird.

Context Art Miami. SET ESPAI D’ART. Miami.

2017

Stamp. SET ESPAI D'ART. Madrid

Natura. Fundació Setba. Barcelona

Drawing Room. SET ESPAI D'ART. Madrid

Collection Bassat Contemporary Art. Center Cogresos and Exhibitions. Room Canvas North. Ávila.

2018

Stamp. SET ESPAI DART. Madrid

Justmad. AP Gallery, Madrid

SCULTO. Logroño, La Rioja. Astarte Artistic Initiatives.

2019

Paper Valencia. Salón de Arte y Poesía. SET ESPAI D´ART

VOLTA15. SET ESPAI DART. Basel, Switzerland.

“Tempus Quietare”. Voluntat contemplative and art. Acquisition Prize Collection Cañada Blanch. Commissioner: Ricard Wild. Centre Cultural La Nau, Valencia.

“Imago Vocis. Echo of the Visible”. Commissioners: Ada Sbriccoli and Arola Valls. Center of the Carmen of Contemporary Culture. Valencia

2021

“VULNERABLE”. Space Or-Lumen, Madrid

STAMP. Space Taken. Madrid

STAMP. Furious Gallery

2022

“Sculpture”. Ansorena Gallery. Madrid

2023

Estampa. Galería Fernández-Braso. Madrid

ARCO Madrid y Lisboa. Galería Fernández-Braso.

2024

Estampa. Galería Fernández-Braso. Madrid

ARCO Madrid y Lisboa. Galería Fernández-Braso.

Art & Gavarras. Festival de arte y paisaje.

2025

ARCO. Galería Fernández-Braso

“Instante eterno en el jardín”. CENTRO CENTRO. Madrid. Comisaria: Lola Durán Úcar

Work in collections

Foundation The Secret of Philanthropy

Foundation Hortensia Herrero

Collection By Gandia Blasco

Collection DKV

New Collection Of Pilar Citoler

Collection Smell of visual

Collection Bassat

Box of Castilla-La Mancha.

Junta de comunidades de Castilla-La Mancha.

BMW

Artphilein Foundation. Vaduz, Liechtenstein.

Materima, Casalbeltrame. Italy.

Collection Principe d ' Aremberg

University of Quotes

Collection Bed Sun

Collection John Entrecanales

Publications

 1995

“ENCOUNTER” with Françoise Mènard. Published by Casa de Velázquez.

2001

“Birds.” Published by the Gallery Rina Bouwen. Madrid .

Cristina Almodovar. Published by the Museum of the Angels.

2004

“Change of environment”. Published by the Gallery Rina Bouwen.

2005

“Sequences air”. Pubicado by the Gallery Rina Bouwen.

2008

“Fiber 08-09”. Published by the Fundación Caja Madrid.

“Lightness”. Published by the Gallery Rina Bouwen.

2010

“La inspiración y el artista”. Publicado por  BMW.

2011

“Ciclos”.Publicado por la  Galería Rina Bouwen.

Premio Internazionale Giovane Scultura. Published by the Fundación Francesco Messina. Texts of Lorena Corral.

2013

“Within the walls”. Published by the Gallery Alicia Winters, Arnhem, the Netherlands.

2014

“Cristina Almodovar. Feeling the depth of the Nature”. Published by the Gallery SET ESPAI DART.

2015

“The masters of the art.” Reales Atarazanas, Valencia. Published by the Generalitat Valenciana.

2016

“Cristina Almodovar. Rationality organic”. Published by the Foundation SETBA. Barcelona.Text DanielGiralt-Miracle

Imágenes para portada de la  revista INSULA, nº 798, 813 y 838. Publicado por Grupo Espasa.

 

2017

Collection Bassat. Exhibition Palace of Congresses of Avila. Published by the Junta de Castilla y León.

2018

PAPERWORK. Magazine for Contemporary Drawing, published by the Fair Drawing Room.

“Proliferations”. Published by the Gallery SET ESPAI DART. Text by Silvia Tena.

THE plastic as a work of art”. Article of Silvia Torres. The World, 14 October

2019

“Tempus Quietare. Will contemplative and art”. Published by the Collection Cañada Blanch. Commissioner: Ricard Wild.

“Imago Vocis. Echo of the Visible” Commissioners: Ada Sbriccoli and Arola Valls. Published by the Centro del Carmen. Valencia.

“Drawing the word”. Book-object. Cristina Almodovar and Juan Fernández-Aceytuno. Published by the publishing house Bed Sun.

2020

“My work favorite”. Article Semiramis Gonzalez for the magazine “Discover the art” March 2020

“The charm simple”, with text by Christian Bobin. Published by the publishing house Bed Sun.

“Beauty in the face of adversity”. Cristina Almodovar. Article written for Harper's Bazaar Spain. May 2020

2021

“The vulnerability in the art. A spiritual journey”. Bert Daelemans. Edited by PPC.

“Contemporary artists of Madrid”. Digital publication of Shell Butler and Mareta Espinosa.

Front and back covers of the special issue of the 75th Anniversary of the magazine Insula, edited by Group Espasa.

2022

“The sculpture's organic state”. Article of Fatima Poppe published in The objective.

“Sculpture”. Catalogue published by the Gallery Ansorena.

“Art, sustainability, and education.” Collaboration in a book edited by the Faculty of education of the Valencian Community

Workshops. Conference attendance

 “The artist of the month”. Talk weekly organized by the Gallery of Astarte. 2017

“Drawing the word”. Presentation in dialogue with Juan Fernández-Aceytuno, and Olga Basin in the Museo Lázaro Galdiano. 2019

Presentation of the book “The vulnerability in art” by Bert Daelemans, in dialogue with Peter Millet, theologian. Space Volume. Madrid 2021

“The objetualización the landscape.” Presentation at the conference on art and sustainability of the Master of Sculpture. Faculty of Fine Arts. Universidad Complutense. 2021

I Jornadas de cultura sostenible. Mesa de debate junto a Evelio Acevedo y Manuel Borja-Villel, moderada por Jaime de los Santos. Teatro Real. 2022.

“Trascender a través de la materia”. Conferencia. Centro Pignatelli, Zaragoza. 2025

“Transformarse transformando”. Taller creativo. Centro Centro, Madrid. 2025

Jornadas “UNICOS”. Junta de Castilla y León. Zamora. 2025

Awards

Premio Internazionale Giovane Scultura. Fondazione Francesco Messina. Casalbetrame. Italy

Award SETUP CONNECTION. Bologna. Italy.

Award Caixa Popular the Best Exhibition Open Valencia 2018

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