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
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
Belén Rodríguez, Galería Alarcón Criado, Seville
Como materia dotada de su propia forma, Galería Juan Silió, Santander
I turn Chilli Red, Josh Lilley, London

2018
PAINTUNG, Museo Patio Herreriano, Valladolid

2016
Rodriguez, Galería Bacelos, Madrid, Spain
Pintrua, Galería Fúcares, Almagro, Spain
Tras Sputnik, Museo Antón, Candas, Asturias, Spain

2014
El Milagro es que el Unidiverso está, Galería Javier Silva, Valladolid

2013
After Sputnik, Josh Lilley, London

2011
Circa, Das Weisse Haus, Vienna

2010
XXXXX, Galeria Parra & Romero, Madrid

2009
Mixtilínea, Josh Lilley, London
Kore Sore Are, Österreichisches KünstlerAtelier, Tokyo

2006
Mirar la realidad no directamente, Estampa Art Gallery, Madrid

Group Exhibitions

2024
To Weave the Sky: Textile Abstractions from the Jorge M. Pérez Collection
, Miami, FL
El árbol de lo que todavía no, curated by Caterina Almirall, Fundación LaCaixa, Barcelona
Escultoras y sus objetos, curated by Lola Iglesias and Beatriz Pérez, Red ITINER, Madrid (forthcoming)

2023
Joaquin Sorolla. La luz en movimiento
, curated by Enrique Juncosa, Copenhagen
Hasta la Madrugada, Chapelle Saint-Jacques Centre d'art contemporain, Saint-Gaudens, France
¡Salvad mis amores!, curated by Chus Martínez, Collegium, Arévalo

2022
Futuros abundantes,
C3A, Córdoba
Tomar la casa, Academia de España en Roma, Rome

2021
Biennale d´Anglet, Anglet, France
Textiles, CAAC Museum, Seville

2020
COLECCIÓN XVIII: TEXTIL, Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo, Madrid
La cuestión es ir tirando, Centro Cultural de España en México, Mexico

2019
One day I stumbled upon a mateorite, Fabra i Coats, Barcelona
La caza del faisán, Sala Nonell Alcolea, Barcelona (SP 
Breve catálogo de pensamientos y otros invasores, Estudio Pablodelillo, Oviedo
Stains on a Decade, Josh Lilley, London

2018
Querer Parecer Noche, CA2M, Madrid
Horizonte de sucesos, Tabacalera, Madrid

2017
Tentativas para agota un espacio, Tabacalera, Madrid
Leaning Tower of Pisa, DXIX Projects, Los Angeles
V Premio Mardel, Centre del Carme, Valencia
Doblar la Tierra: Solo Show by Javier Arce, The Goma, Madrid
Promotora, Can Felipa, Barcelona
Nave Oporto + Mundo Dias, Nave Oporto, Madrid

2016
Water Biscuit, Josh Lilley, London
The Flag and the Galaxy, Arista X Artista, Havana
The Dance of the Entropic Elements, Galería Bacelos, Vigo
We Don't Know How to Get Back Alone, Matadero, Madrid
Human Abyss, Las Francesas, Valladolid

2015
Signiäcant Other, Korea Kulturhaus, Vienna
El Publico, Centro Federico Garcia Lorca, Granada
The City and Me, Kunstuniversität Linz, Linz
Kristallin #22, Atelier Salzamt, Linz
De la Mano, Centrocentro, Madrid
The City and Me, Eastbohemian Gallery of Pardubice, Pardubice
Fresh, CCA Kunsthalle Antratx, Mallorca
Corte, Galleria ArtNueve, Murcia

2014
Ecological Thinking, IEBB6, Mogosoaia Cultural Center, Bucharest
Room to move, Kulturhaus, Vienna
The memory in the pocket, Palace Fattinanti Cambiaso, Genoa
La memoria in tasca, Museo di Villa Croce, Genoa

2013
Exfullmoon, CCA Andratx, Mallorca
En La Zona Gris, García Galería, Madrid
National Engraving, Real Academia Bellas Artes San Fernando, Madrid
ransfronterizos (Crossborders), Las Francesas, Valladolid

2012
Reality Show, Gallerie Tiziana di Caro, Salerno
XII Mostra Unión Fenosa, Macuf, La Coruña
Mostra Finale, Academia de España en Roma, Rome
Spazi aperti, Accademia di Romania, Rome
Work in progress, Academia de España en Roma, Rome

2011
Nuit Black, Galerie Les Singuliers, Paris
Generacion 2011, La Casa Encendida, Madrid

2010
Gifted, Josh Lilley, London
The Art Books Project, Galerie Esquina, Madrid
Sin Formato, Museo Patio Herreriano, Valladolid

2009
Second hand, Engelhorn Galerie, Vienna
Generación 2009, La Casa Encendida, Madrid
Rundgang, Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Vienna

2008
Columns: Aula, Akademie der bildenden Künste, Vienna
Desvelados: Night in white, AVAM, Madrid
X Mostra Unión Fenosa, MACUF, La Coruña
Open Air Sculpture Project, Tulln, Austria
Circuitos, Young Art Center, Madrid
Calypso, Sala Rekalde, Bilbao
UCM Young Price, The National Library, Madrid
Work in progress, Concert Gebouw, Brugges, Belgium
Young Artist Award, Burgos and Patio Herreriano Museum, Valladolid

2007
Frisch von Friseur auf der Suche nach der Modernen, AKBILD, Vienna
Sala de lectura, Marzana Art Space, Bilbao
ArtMart, Künstlerhaus, Vienna

2006
Injuve Art Exhibition, Círculo de Bellas Artes, Madrid
Miradas, Universidad Complutense, Madrid
Sprich zu mir – Mluv ke me, Vytvarnych Umeni V Praze, Prague
Rundgang, Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Vienna

2005
Rundgang, UdK, Berlin
Art Meeting, UdK, Berlin

2003
Gregorio Prieto Drawing Price, City´s Museum, Madrid
Carmen Arozena International Graphic Award, Santa Cruz de la Palma

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