Asunción Molinos Gordo[edit]

Asunción Molinos Gordo^[1] (born 1979 in Aranda de Duero, Burgos, Spain) is a Spanish visual artist and cultural researcher.

Her artistic work focuses on the study of rural and peasant cultures from an international perspective. She has worked around the financial markets of cereal, the bureaucratic regulation of the territory, the use of biotechnology in food, the labor transformation of the peasantry, the rural exodus and nomadic architecture. She currently lives and works between Madrid (Spain) and Cairo (Egypt).

Biography[edit]

Early life[edit]

Born into a family of farmers in the Duero river basin, she is the first person in her family with a university education. The first years of her life take place in the village of Guzmán, where she experiences first-hand the consequences of the Green Revolution, the industrialization of agriculture and the mechanization of agricultural labor. During her childhood she becomes a direct witness of the rural exodus, which causes her to develop from a young age a strong awareness of belonging to an interrupted and endangered culture. At 16, she moved to the city of Madrid, where she first came into contact with contemporary art and had access to art museums and exhibition spaces.

Adulthood and career[edit]

She graduated from the Faculty of Fine Arts at the Complutense University of Madrid in 2003, where she later completed a Master's degree in Theory and Practice of Contemporary Fine Arts in 2006. She trained in Cultural Anthropology at the UNED during the years 2007, 2008 and 2009, while working for the art production and cultural heritage conservation company Factum Arte.

Invited by Egyptian-Lebanese artist Lara Baladi, she arrives in Egypt in February 2010. With the support of the Townhouse Gallery, she moves to the city of Cairo, which is a turning point in her career as she has the opportunity to dedicate herself exclusively to continuous research on Egyptian peasant culture, one of the oldest and richest in the world. During her research she is fortunate to meet the Tunisian geographer Habib Ayeb, who introduces her the work of La Vía Campesina and their fight for Food Sovereignty. The result of her research is translated into her project WAM (World Agricultural Museum) which was scheduled to conclude on January 25, 2011, the date that marks the beginning of the Egyptian revolution of 2011.

Art Practice[edit]

In her artistic practice, Asunción Molinos Gordo relies heavily on decolonial theory to understand country-city relations and clear the forms of direct, political, social and intellectual domination established by the urban over the rural. Her work is strongly influenced by disciplines such as anthropology, sociology and cultural studies through which she has learned to question the categories that define 'innovation', 'progress' and 'development'.

Driven by a strong desire to share the wealth of peasant culture, she employs photography, video, installation, and other means to enhance visibility of the cultural production of rural societies and destroy the boundaries that keep it invisible and marginalized.

Solo exhibitions[edit]

2020: IN TRANSIT (Botany of a Journey, Jameel Arts Centre, Artist's Garden, curated by Dawn Ross and Nadine El-Khoury, Dubai, UAE^[2]
2019: Accumulation by Dispossession, Delfina Foundation, The Politics of Food, London, UK^[3]
2019: De Campesino a Campesino, XIII Bienal de La Habana, Cuba
2018: El Santísimo, CAB, Burgos, Spain
2017: Hambre, Un Objeto Hecho por el Hombre, MAZ Museo de Arte Zapopan, Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico
2017: Description de L’Égypte. Travesía Cuatro, Madrid, Spain
2015: The Holiest. Travesía Cuatro, Art Basel Miami Beach, US
2014: Hunger, A Man-Made Object. PhotoEspaña, Travesía Cuatro, Madrid, Spain
2012: El Matam El Mish-masry (The Non-Egyptian Restaurant). Artellewa, Cairo, Egypt
2010: World Agriculture Museum (WAM). The Townhouse Gallery, Cairo, Egypt
2008: Untitled 1 (Chozos de Pastor), Nomad architecture intervention. Guzmán, Spain
2005: Ciudades 2099, Madrid. La Fábrica, Madrid, Spain
2004: Ciudades 04, London. Colchester Arts Centre, Saint Martin’s Church, UK

Group exhibitions[edit]

2020: Desorientalismos. CAAC Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo, Sevilla, Spain
2019: Measures. Fundación Cerezales Antonino y Cinia, Cerezales del Condado, Spain^[4]
2019: De Campesino a Campesino. XIII Bienal de La Habana, La Construcción de lo Posible, La Habana, Cuba^[5]
2019: Food, bigger that the plate. V&A Museum, Londres, UK^[6]
2019: Otros Campos. CDAN, Huesca, Spain
2019: Crear Sin Prisa. Tabacalera, Madrid, Spain
2018: Submerged, on rivers and their interrupted flow. Contemporary Image Collective (CIC) Cairo, Egypt
2018: When Animals Talked to Humans, Juan canela, Travesía Cuatro, Madrid, Spain^[7]
2017: Cartografías Líquidas, Museo Carrillo Gil, Mexico DF, Mexico and Museum Artium, Vitoria, Spain
2017: Correlaciones, Centro de Holografía y Artes Dados Negros, Villanueva de los Infantes, Spain
2017: Forms of Action, CCA-Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland
2017: Festival of Political Photography, Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki, Finland
2016: Fotograf Festival, Tranzit Display, Prague, Czech Republic
2016: Let Us Cultivate Our Garden. Cappadox Festival, Let Us Cultivate Our Garden, Uchisar, Turkey
2016: The Empire Remains Shop, ERS, London, UK.
2016: Alive in the Dead Sea, Darat Al Funun, Amman, Jordan
2015: Sharjah Biennial 12, The Past, the present and the possible, Sharjah Art Foundation, UAE.
2015: Primary Sector, MUSAC, León, Spain
2015: Mutis, mutare, Matadero Madrid, Spain
2015: Objeto Frontera, CA2M Madrid, Spain
2014: The Politics of Food, Delfina Foundation, London, UK.
2013: Hiwar, Conversation in Amman, Darat al Funun, Amman, Jordan
2013: A la sombre del árbol. Otro Arte, Palacio de Quintanar, Segovia, Spain
2013: Generación 2013, La Casa Encendida. Madrid, Spain
2013: Inland, Matadero, Madrid, Spain
2011: The Museum Show, ARNOLFINI, Bristol, UK
2008: Generaciones 08, La Casa Encendida, Madrid, Spain
2008: Generaciones 08, La Capella, Barcelona, Spain
2007: JACYL. CAB Centro Arte Contemporaneo, Burgos, Spain
2007: JACYL. Museo Patio Herreriano ,Valladolid, Spain
2005: III International Festival Urban Ecology. La Casa Encendida, Madrid, Spain
2005: Mirador. Visual Arts and New Media Biennial. Berzosa de Lozoya, Spain
2005: ESTAMPA. XIII International of Printmaking and Contemporary Art Fair, Madrid, Spain
2005: International Printmaking & Graphic Arts Biennial. Cáceres, Spain
2004: Originals 04. The Mall Galleries, London, UK

Awards and Honours[edit]

2020: Premio ArtSituacions, ARCO, Madrid, España
2019: Premio ARCO Comunidad de Madrid, ARCO, Madrid, España
2018: Premio Arte Sostenible Solán de Cabras en ARCO, Madrid, España
2015: Sharjah Biennial Prize. Sharjah, EAU
2012: Winner, Caja Madrid Art Award, Generaciones 2013, Madrid, España.
2010: Production grant, Spanish Embassy in Cairo. Egipto
2010: Production grant, Matadero Madrid, Madrid, España
2008: Shortlisted project, Caja Madrid Art Award, Generaciones 08, Madrid, España
2008: Premio JACyL Caja Burgos, Burgos, España
2005: Contemporary Printmaking National Award. Dirección General de la Mujer, Madrid, España

Residencies[edit]

2019: Felipa Manuela, Madrid, Spain
2018: Contemporary Image Collective CIC, Cairo, Egypt
2018: Wonder/Wander, Spring Sessions, Jordan
2018: CCA Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland
2018: Nieuw Dakota Art Space, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2017: PAOS Museo Taller Jose Clemente Orozco, Guadalajara, Mexico
2017: Niew Dakota Art Space, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2016: SSW Scottish Sculpture Workshop, Lumsden, Scotland
2016: Meetfactory, Prague, Czech Republic
2015: El Ranchito. Matadero Madrid, Madrid, Spain
2014: Delfina Foundation, London, UK
2013: Darat Al Funun, Amman, Jordan
2012: Campo Adentro - Inland. Interregional, Spain
2011: Nau Coclea Art Centre, Camallera, Girona, Spain
2010: The Townhouse Gallery, Cairo, Egypt

Lectures, talks, workshops[edit]

2020: Seed Saving and Dispersal - Artist talk between Asunción Molinos Gordo & Christina Battle, ISHTAR's International Network of Feral Gardens organized by SAVAC (South Asian Visual Arts Centre), Toronto, Canada
2020: Conversation between Asunción Molinos and Elvira Djangani Ose, Festival OFF (online) PhotoEspaña, Spain
2020: IN TRANSIT (Botany of a Journey) - Conversation between Asunción Molinos, Dawn Ross and Nadia Christidi, Jameel Arts Centre, Dubai, UAE
2019: Escuelaboratorio 2019: Arte, comunidad y territorio, Fundación Entretantos, Sedano, Burgos, Spain
2019: What is in a name?. Art_Catalyst, London, UK
2018: Oficina de arqueología imaginaria, La Casa Encendida, Madrid, Spain
2017: Post Food, Stoa gallery, Helsinki, Finland
2016: Cultural Sovereignty, CCA Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
2016: Socially Engaged Art Practices, CCA-Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
2016: Cultural Sovereignty, MPDL, Donostia/San Sebastian, Spain
2015: Peasant Thinking, Spring Sessions, Amman, Jordan
2015: Rural in action, Vessel, Bari, Italy
2014: YAYA Awards Jury member, Qattan Foundation, Ramallah, Palestine
2014: On Museums, Moscow Curatorial Summer School. V-A-C Foundation, Moscow, Russia
2014: The Culinary Turn Symposium. SOAS (School of Oriental & African Studies) University of London, London, UK
2014: World Agriculture Museum lecture. Casa Árabe, Madrid, Spain
2013: Camera, as a tool for social interaction. CIC (Contemporary Image Collective) El Cairo, Egypt

References[edit]

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↑ "Asunción Molinos Gordo Official Website". Retrieved 2020-11-23.
↑ "Artist's Garden by Asunción Molinos Gordo". Jameel Arts Centre. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
↑ "Asunción Molinos Gordo Accumulation by Dispossession". Delfina Foundation. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
↑ "Measures exhibition at Fundación Cerezales, 2019". Retrieved 2020-11-23.
↑ "Asunción Molinos Gordo De campesino a campesino XIII Bienal de la Habana, 2019". Retrieved 2020-11-23.
↑ "FOOD. Bigger than the Plate exhibition at V&A Museum, 2019". Retrieved 2020-11-23.
↑ "When Animals Talked to Humans exhibition at Travesía Cuatro, 2018". Retrieved 2020-11-23.

[1] "Asunción Molinos Gordo Official Website". Retrieved 2020-11-23.

[2] "Artist's Garden by Asunción Molinos Gordo". Jameel Arts Centre. Retrieved 2020-11-23.

[3] "Asunción Molinos Gordo Accumulation by Dispossession". Delfina Foundation. Retrieved 2020-11-23.

[4] "Measures exhibition at Fundación Cerezales, 2019". Retrieved 2020-11-23.

[5] "Asunción Molinos Gordo De campesino a campesino XIII Bienal de la Habana, 2019". Retrieved 2020-11-23.

[6] "FOOD. Bigger than the Plate exhibition at V&A Museum, 2019". Retrieved 2020-11-23.

[7] "When Animals Talked to Humans exhibition at Travesía Cuatro, 2018". Retrieved 2020-11-23.

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