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Carlos Aires was born in Ronda, Spain in 1974.
He obtained a bachelor in Fine Arts at the University of Granada in Spain. Upon graduating in 1997, he moved to the Netherlands and completed his postgraduate studies at Fontys Academy (Tilburg, Netherlands), HISK (Antwerp, Belgium) and Ohio State University (Ohio, USA).
He was honored with prestigious grants and awards, including the OMI Residency (USA), Edith Fergus Gilmore Award (USA), Generation2008 Caja Madrid (Spain), Young Belgian Art Prize (Belgium), 1st Award Young Andalusian Artists (Spain), Fulbright (USA) and De Pont Atelier (the Netherlands).
He has participated in numerous exhibitions in national and international institutions, such as: CAC (Malaga, Spain), MACBA (Barcelona, Spain), Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art (USA), Imperial Belvedere Palace (Vienna, Austria), MUSAC (Leon, Spain), BB6 Bucharest International Biennale (Bucharest, Romania), B.P.S. 22 (Charleroi, Belgium), 5th Thessaloniki Biennale (Thessaloniki, Greece), Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil (Mexico City, Mexico), Canada Contemporary Art Museum (Montreal, Canada).
His work can be found within significant public collections: ARTIUM (Spain), MACBA (Spain), Fondation Francès (France), ARTER (Turkey), CAC (Spain), Maison Particulière (Belgium), Ministry of Culture of Spain, Progress Art (Saudi Arabia), National Belgium Bank (Belgium), 21c Museum (USA), MAK (Austria) among others.
Ronda, Spain, 1974
Lives and works in Madrid
Studies
2004-2008
Faculty of Fine Art Alonso Cano, Phd, Granada, Spain
2004-2005
The Ohio State University, photography, MA, Columbus, Ohio, USA
2000-2001
HISK (Hoger Institute Schone Kunsten,), Antwerp, Belgium
2000-2001
De Pont Atelier, De Pont Museum, Tilburg, Netherlands
1997-2001
Leicester University (UK) and AVB, european culture and art, MA, Tilburg, Netherlands
1992-1997
Faculty of Fine Art Alonso Cano, fine art, BA, Granada, Spain
Grants and awards
2016
Fellowship for Artistic Exellence, OMI residency, NY, USA
2015
Spain´s Public Agency for Cultura Action (AC/E)., 5th Thessaloniki Contemporary Art Biennale, Greece
1st Award Generación, Caja Madrid, Spain
2008
1st Award Young Andalusian Artists Awards. Instituto Andaluz de la Juventud, Spain
2005
Edith Fergus Gilmore Díj, Department of Art, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
2th Price Young Belgian Artist Awards (Prix de la Jeune Peinture Belge) Palais des Beaux–Arts. Brussels, Belgium
2004
Ministerio de Educación y Cultura Español. Madrid, Spain
2001
Art Premier. Annual prizes of European artists. Dodrecht, Netherlands
First Prize Young Artist 2001. San Fernando Bank, Spain
2000
Manuel Rivera grant. Diputacion de Granada, Spain
CERA Bank Subsidy for Art Projects. Brussels, Belgium
Artistic Production. Nord Brabant Fonds. Breda, Netherlands.
De Pont Prize. De Pont Museum. Tilburg. The Netherlands
Studentenfinanciering. Scholarship for accomplishment of studies in Holland. Dutch government
Artistic production. Nord Brabant Fonds. Breda, Netherlands
Master in European Arts and Cultures. Fontys Academie. Tilburg, Netherlands
1999
Artslink/APEX studio program
1998
1st Price Jovenes Creadores Malagueños (Young Malaga Artists). Malaga, Spain
1997
Fulbright Fellowship Sculpture Alfonso Ariza. La Rambla, Córdoba, Spain
Solo exhibitions (selection)
2022
Cry me a river, Ani Molnar Gallery, Budapest
2020
Nothing new. ADN gallery, Barcelona, Spain
2019
Nada Nuevo/Nothing New, ADN Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
Centre d’Art et de Photographie /Maison de Saint-Louis, Lectoure, France
2018
Summertime, and the livin’ is easy, SPECTA Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
Sweet dreams are made of this. Aeroplastics Contemporary-The Chapel, Brussels, Belgium.
2017
Mar Negro, CDAN. Huesca, Spain
2016
Sweet dreams are made of this. El Tanque, Tenerife, Spain
2015
Sweet dreams are made of this. Mauroner gallery, Vienna, Austria
2014
This is not just fucking business. AND gallery. Barcelona, Spain
2013
Luto. Centro de Arte Alcobendas, Madrid, Spain
Bilis Negra. MAS. Museo de Bellas Artes de Santander, Santander, Spain
2012
Es Pain. Casal Sorrellic, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
Love is in the air (remix). CDA Projects, Istanbul, Turkey
Opening Night. CAC. Contemporary Art Museum, Malaga, Spain
2011
Let’s get Physical. Galería ADN. Barcelona, Spain
I´ve got you under my skin. Aeroplastics Contemporary. Brussels, Belgium
2010
Pena, Penita, Pena. Alvaro Alcazar gallery. Madrid, Spain
Golden Tears. Mario Mauroner gallery. Vienna, Austria
2009
Danzad, danzad, malditos. They shoot horses, don’t they? ADN gallery. Barcelona, Spain
Non si uccidono così anche i cavalli?. Allegra Ravizza gallery, Milan, Italy
2007
A night without sunshine is like night. Aeroplastics Contemporary. Brussels, Belgium
2006
Y Fueron Felices. Sandunga gallery. Granada, Spain
As hard as it can get. Brakke Grond. Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2005
Cataracts. OSU. Hithcock Hall. Columbus, Ohio, USA
2004
Happily Ever After. Kusseneers gallery. Antwerpen, Belgium
2003
Continuará. Caja San Fernando. Itinerante, Spain
2002
Mister Hyde. Palacio de los Condes de Gabia. Diputación de Granada. Granada, Spain
Collective shows (selection)
2022
Parade, Radicale 1924, village of Saint-Cirq Lapopie, France.
My One and Only, Galerie Mam – Mario Mauroner Salzburg, Austria.
What’s in an artwork?, Gosset Site, Brussels, Belgium.
(Un)common values. Banco de España y Banque Nacional de Bélgica.
Two Corporate collections of Contemporary Art, Brussels, Belgium.
The Circus We Are, Musée Félicien Rops y Museo Le Delta, Namur, Belgium. Palimpsesto Barroco, Museo de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain.
Overdose, Desing Museum Holon, Holon, Israel.
4×4. WARP, Contemporary Art Platform. Sint-Niklaas, Belgium
2021
Malaga Contemporanea, MUPAM, Malaga, Spain
Dialecto CA2M, CA2M, Móstoles, Madrid, Spain.
Résistances. Ateliers Les Arques, Les Arques, France.
Come what may. Aeroplastics Contemporary New Space, Brussels
The Eyes Have it. Lehman College Art Gallery/The City Universtity of New York, USA
Art on Video, Saint Apolonia’s Chapel, Salerno, Italy.
Rivum Pro Me Plora (performance in collaboration with La Rioja’s Vocal Ensemble), Sala Amós Salvador, Logroño, Spain Estado de sitio. Sala Amós Salvador. Logroño. Spain. Curated by Blanca de la Torre & Fernando Gomez de la Cuesta.
Takeover España. Marion Art Gallery, San Francisco, California, USA
Canciones para la revolución. Centros Culturales de España. El Salvador
Bajo la Superficie (miedos, monstruos, sombras). Conde Duque, Madrid, Spain.
2019
El sueno de la razón. La larga sombra de Goya en el arte contemporáneo. Teatro Fernán Gómez, Centro Cultural de la Villa de Madrid, Spain
A la manera de… Galeria Rafael Ortiz, Sevilla, Spain
Die Farbe Blau. Mario Mauroner Gallery, Salzburg, Austria
Picasso and the Exodus. Sweet dreams!! Les Abattoirs Museum. Toulouse, France
Bailar de arquitectura. Fernán Gómez Center. Madrid, Spain
Sin fronteras. “más allá de la imagen”. Colección pública de fotografía Alcobendas, Santander, Spain
Spain is Art, Spanish Embassy, Brussels, Belgium
Black Mirror, Mario Mauroner Gallery, Wien, Austria
2018
A short century: MACBA Collection. MACBA, Barcelona, Spain. (cat.)
XXV años de la Colección Alcobendas. Centro de Arte Alcobendas, Madrid, Spain (cat.)
Proyector. Different locations, Madrid, Spain.
Historia. Miradas de artistas. Club Matador, Madrid, Spain.
Schilling, mark, dollar, euro and… money in art. Galerie im Traklhaus, Salzburg, Austria.
Black Mirror. Mario Mauroner gallery, Salzburg, Austria.
Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin.
Forum des images, Centre Pompidou, Le Carreau du Temple, Luminor Hôtel de Ville, Cité internationale des arts. Paris, France.
Sweet Dreams are made of this. Aeroplastics –the chapel, Brussels, Belgium.
Abierto-Abierto. Estudios Los Guayabamos, Guadalajara, México.
Black Disguises. MMSU, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Rijeka, Croatia
Issues of Uncertainty. Ani Molnár Gallery, Budapest, Hungary.
2017
EDGY. International video exhibition. Galerija Umjetnina. Museum of Fine Arts, Split, Croatia
Private Choice. Centrale for Contemporary Art, Brussels, Belgium
Shit, it´s Christmas again (from Jesus to Santa Claus). Gabrielle Maubrie galerie, Paris, France
Cartografías Líquidas. Artium, Vitoria Spain
The Raft. Art is (not) Lonely Different locations. Mu.ZEE, Ostende, Belgium
Algo más que palabras. Feria del Libro de Guadalajara. Guadalajara, Mexico
B3. On Desire. Biennial of Moving Image. Frankfurt Main. Germany
Me duele España. Espacio Dörffi, Arrecife, Lanzarote, Spain
Transition. Mario Mauroner Contemporary Art, Salzburg, Austria
COMM / ALT / SHIFT. Aljira, A Center for Contemporary Art, New Jersey, USA
Nuestro deseo es una revolución. Centro Centro, Madrid, Spain
Abstracted # 2. Aeroplastics Contemporary. Brussels, Belgium
The Chapel, Aeroplastics Contemporary, Brussels, Belgium
React, Peanut Gallery, NY, USA
El borde de la herida. Centro Centro. Madrid,
España y CDAN. Huesca, España
To Die Out Laughing. 23rd International Biennial of Humor and Satire in Art, “House of Humor and Satire”, Museum, Gabrovo, Bulgaria
Cartografías Líquidas, Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil, Mexico DF, Mexico
2016
WePorn, Galerie Levy-Deval. Brussels, Belgium (cat)
Pavilion de L’Exile. Paris, France
The Act of Seditio, WhiteBox, NY. New York, USA
PIGS.Galeria Municipal do Porto, Portugal (cat)
Mundos (im)possibles. Centre d’Art la Panera, Lleida, Spain
El impacto de lo viejo. Fundación Cajasol. Seville, Spain
Quién es ese hombre? TEA, Tenerife Espacio de las Artes. Tenerife, Spain (cat)
PUNK. MACBA, Barcelona,Spain (cat)
Forever, BuBox, Kortrijk, Belgium
PIGS. Artium. Basque Museum-Center of Contemporary Art. Vitoria, Spain (cat)
Partner/You. Performance/collaboration with choreographer Chantal Yzerman. MUKHA. Antwerp, Belgium
Solo es Sexo. Galería Fernando Pradilla., Madrid, Spain
InterraCtion. Centre dárt de Cugnaux, Toulouse, France
2015
Andante Giocoso. Mario Mauroner gallery, Viena, Austria
Dark Ages. Aeroplastics Contemporary. Brussels, Belgium
TIME is love 8. International video art program. Itinerary for different countries
From Madonna to Madonna. M100. Centro Cultural Matucana. Santiago, Chile
El llano en llamas. Festival de Arte Cotemporaneo de Saltillo, Mexico
PUNK. Sus rastros en el arte contemporáneo. Artium. Vitoria (Cat)
5th Thessaloniki Biennale of Contemporary Art. State Museum of Contemporary Art, Greece (cat)
Les Mondes Inverses. B.P.S. 22, Charleroi, Belgium.(cat)
Nel Mezzo del Mezzo. Palazzo Riso, Contemporary Art Museum of Sicil, Italy
The Trick in the Smile. Artium collection. Artium, Vitoria, Spain. (cat)
Cine X. Me gusta Mirar. M100. Centro Cultural Matucana 100. Santigo, Chile
Tomorrow Today “It´s Money Jim, but not as we know it”. Mario Mauroner gallery, Vienna, Austria
Imago Mundi. Luciano Benetton Collection. Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venice, Italy
Éros c’est la vie. Javier Lopez gallery. Madrid, Spain
Wild Open Space/ Les moissons de la cité. Grand Curtius, Liege, Belgium
Icône(s). Maison Particulière, Bruselas, Bélgica (cat)
PUNK. CA2M, Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo, Mostoles, Madrid. Curated by David G. Torres.(cat)
Flatlander. Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Boulder, Colorado, USA
Engagements: collectionner /partager. Musée Sainte-Croix, Poitiers, France
2014
The Remarkable Lightness of Being. Aeroplastics Contemporary, Brussels, Belgium.
Neighbours II. CAC, Contemporary Art Museo Malaga, Spain.
Relatos de Bellas Cosas Falsas. Arts Santa Monica, Barcelona, Spain.
Tiempo de progreso, Museo Barjola. Gijón, Spain.
BB6. Bucharest International Biennal for Contemporary Art, Bucarest, Romania.
V Bienal de Arte Contemporáneo Fundación ONCE. Centro Centro, Madrid.
Fernelmont Contemporary Art Festival. Fernelmont, Belgium.
Partner/You. Collaboration with choreographer Chantal Yzermans. Extra City, Antwerp, Belgium.
Flatland. The Guadalupe Cultural Art Center, San Antonio, Texas, USA.
Colonia Apócrifa. MUSAC, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León, León, Spain.
50 years of Hell. Art Elite vs Power Elite. Positive Propaganda Art Space, Munich, Germany.
Confirmación de la Alternatica. Tendido 11, Plaza de toros de las Ventas de Madrid.
2013
Inner Journeys. Maison Particulière, Bruselas, Belgium (cat)
Relats de Belles coses falses, Lo Pati, Centre d’Art de les Terres de l’Ebre, Spain
De Madonna a Madonna. DA2, Domus Artium, Salamanca, Spain (cat)
Din A33. Galería Louis 21, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
Matar al Mensajero. Galería Fernando Pradilla, Madrid, Spain
Viaje de vuelta a Flandes. La Naval, Cartagena, Murcia, Spain
2012
Nuevas Adquisiones 2009-2012. Centro de Arte Alcobendas. Madrid, Spain
SChriftuur/Scripture. De Bond museum, Brugge, Belgium
Die Erfindung des Jenseits. Residenzgalerie Salzburg, Mario Mauroner gallery, Salzburg, Austria
Mundos Propios. Fundación Madariaga (Sevilla) y CAF (Almeria), Spain
Intersections on paper. Galería Sherin Najjar. Berlin, Germany
GOLD. Exposición colectiva. Belvedere Palace ,Vienna, Austria (cat)
Knives for dark nights. Iselp, Brussels, Belgium (cat)
Struggle(s). Maison Particulière art center. Brussels, Belgium (cat)
2011
Humanos: acciones, historia y fotografía. Centro de arte Alcobendas, Madrid, Spain (cat)
Espiritu de época. MIAC. Museo Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo. Lanzarote, Spain (cat)
Space collection.Halle aux Viandes. Liege. ´T Brandweer. Masstricht, The Netherlands
2010
That´s all Folks. Stadshallen, Brugge, Belgium (cat)
Kontroversen. Kunst Haus Wien. Museum Hundertwasser. Vienna, Austria (cat)
Cinema X: I like to watch. Canada Contemporary Art Museum. Montreal, Canada. (cat)
Parcour Saint Germain. Collaboration with Sonia Rykiel. Paris, France (cat)
Presente Perfecto. Centro Cultural Caja Granada.Granada, Spain
Tardor de l’art festival. Adn gallery, Barcelona, Spain (cat)
After Post. Mas alla de la fotografía. Espacio Iniciarte. Junta de Andalucía. Sevilla, Spain (cat)
Dreams. Mario Mauroner gallery. Salzburg, Austria
Artium Collection. Based on real events. Artium Contemporary Art Museum, Vitoria, Spain (cat)
El Pensamiento en la Boca. Salas Vimcorsa. CajaSol Bank. Córdoba, Spain (cat)
La Palabra Visual. Sala Puerta Nueva. Córdoba, Spain (cat)
2009
How innocent is that? Pavilion Unicredi. Bucharest Biennale. Bucarest, Romania
JERK OFF. Festival des Cultures Alternatives. Paris, France
IIª Muestra de Videarte Andaluz SURVIDEOVISIONES. Espacio Iniciarte, Sevilla, Spain(cat)
Eutopía 09. IIª Muestra de Videarte Andaluz. Filmoteca de Andalucía. Córdoba, Spain (cat)
Scarpia. Proyectos en espacios públicos. El Carpio, Córdoba, Spain
ALTERARTE. Festival de Arte Emergente. Museo Arqueológico. Murcia, Spain
Fuori Nonluego. Novalis Contemporary Art. Turin, Italy (cat)
Colección de fotografía Alcobendas. Centro Andaluz de la Fotografía. Almería, Spai. (cat)
Procesos del Paisaje. Sala de exposiciones Caja Sol. Jerez, Spain. Itinerante (cat)
2008
The Trickster. Art Extra Gallery. Johannesburgo, South Africa
Generación 2008. Caja Madrid. La Casa Encendida. Madrid, Spain. Itinerante (cat)
Now or Die. Spac Collection. Hotel de Vielle Lieja. Belgium
Espejos del alma. El retrato fotográfico en la España de nuestros días. Itinerante
Red Itiner. Concejalía de Cultura de la Comunidad de Madrid. Madrid, Spain (cat)
Premios Unicaja. Palacio Episcopal. Málaga, Spain (cat)
The No problem show. Colectiva. First floor gallery. Amberes, Belgium
Inicial 08. Selección de obras colección Iniciarte. Junta de Andalucía. Espacio Iniciarte. Sevilla, Spain
Rock my Religion. Museo Domus Artium. Salamanca, Spain (cat)
Deadly Serious. Festival de Arte Contemporáneo “Printemps de Septembre”. Exprmntl Gallery. Toulouse, France
Uit-thuis-eten. Artistas españoles en Holanda. Embajada Española. La Haya, Netherlands (cat)
Certamen Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo. Itinerante. Junta de Andalucía. Sevilla, Spain (cat)
Art fairs
2023
Art and Antique, booth of Ani Molnár Gallery
2022
Art Market Budapest, booth of Ani Molnár Gallery
Art and Antique, booth of Ani Molnár Gallery
2019
ARCOmadrid, booth of Ani Molnár Gallery
2018
Artissima, Turin, Italy, booth of Ani Molnár Gallery
Art Market Budapest, booth of Ani Molnár Gallery
Works in public collections
ARTIUM. Museo Vasco de Arte Contemporáneo. Álava,
Spain.
MACBA. Barcelona, Spain.
Foundation Francès. Senlis, France.
ARTER. Istanbul, Turkey.
CAC. Centro de Arte Contemporáneo. Malaga, Spain.
Maison Particuliere Art Center. Brussels, Belgium.
MAS. Santander, Spain.
Museum Art.Plus. Donaueschingen, Germany.
Ministerio de Cultura de España, Spain.
Progress Art, Saudi Arabia.
Caja Madrid Collection, Spain.
National Belgium Bank. Belgium.
21c Museum, USA.
DKV Collection, Spain.
Colección de fotografía de Alcobendas, Spain.
Iniciarte. Junta de Andalucía, Spain.
MAK. Vienna, Austria.
CAAC. Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo. Sevilla,
Spain.
Frans Masereel Centrum. Belgium.
Caja Sol. Sevilla, Spain.
Fondazione Benetton. Italy.
Diputación de Huelva, Spain.
Diputación de Málaga, Spain.
Ayuntamiento de Málaga, Spain.
IAJ. Instituto Andaluz de la Juventud, Spain.
Space Collection. Belgium.
Fundación Hortensia Herrero, Spain.
Unicaja Bank Collection, Spain.
Spanish National Bank
Les Abattoirs, Museum- FRAC Occitanie, Toulouse,
France.
BPS22. Charleroi, Belgium.
CA2M. Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo, Mostoles, Spain.
Cultural Narratives Foundation, Libano.
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