Lara Almarcegui
Lara Almarcegui (Zaragoza 1972) lives and works in Rotterdam. She has built up an artistic practice around exploring the material aspects of land and urban space. For over twenty years, she has worked in different cities, identifying abandoned, unused, or forgotten sites and examining the contemporary transformation processes brought about by social, political, and economic change. In recent years, Almarcegui has turned her attention to construction sites, in particular the composite materials used in the construction of new buildings and the cyclical relationship between land and architecture.
Almarcegui has completed commissions for numerous international biennials and represented Spain at the 55th Venice Biennale (2013). She is represented by Gallery Ellen de Bruijne Projects in Amsterdam, Carreras Múgica in Bilbao and Mor Charpentier, Paris.
In 2013, Almarcegui exhibited at the Spanish Pavilion at the 55th Venice Biennale. She has participated in biennials such as those in Rabat, Cuenca, Lyon, Manifesta IX, Shenzhen, Athens, Taipei, Gwuangyu, Sharjah, Lofoten, Moss, Sao Paulo, Seville and Liverpool.
Her solo exhibitions include Halted Quarry, GfZK, Leipzig, Gravas y Arenas, Museum Patio Herreriano, Valladolid (2024); Stopped Quarry, Ellen de Bruijne Projects Gallery, Amsterdam; Graves, La Panera Art Centre, Lleida; Descampado ex-Rio Tinto, FRAC PACA, Marseille (2021); Lara Almarcegui Deep Inside Out, Graphische Samlung ETH, Zurich; Beton, CAIRN, Digne; Volcán de Agras: Derechos Minerales, IVAM, Valencia (2019). Gravel, Ellen de Bruijne Projects, Amsterdam (2018); Sand, Kunstverein Springhornhof, (2017); Le gypse, Casino Luxembourg (2016); Kunsthaus Baselland; Museum Den Haag (2015); Mineral Rights, Ellen de Bruijne Projects Gallery, Amsterdam (2015); Gisement, Mor Charpenter Gallery, Paris; Por debajo, Parra y Romero Gallery, Madrid (2014); CREDAC, Ivry sur Seine, MUSAC, León and the Spanish Pavilion at the 55th Venice Biennale (2013).
Group shows include 'Learning from the earth’, Art Safiental Biennale, Tenna. XIV Bienal de La Habana. ‘Cycles'. Garagem Sul. Architecture Triennale, Lisboa. ( 2022) 5 Site Encounters, M+ Hongkong, Rabat Biennale ( 2019), Cuenca Biennale (2018), Lyon Biennale (2017), Wohnungsanfrage, HKW, Berlin ( 2015), Manifesta IX, Genk; TRACK, Gent (2012), Radical Nature, Barbican Art Centre London, Shenzhen Biennale, Athens Biennale (2009), Taipei Biennale, Gwuangyu Biennale (2008), Sharjah Biennale (2007), The 27 th São Paulo Biennial, (2006), Seville Biennial (2006) and the Liverpool Biennale (2004).
