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Born in 1986 in Madrid, Spain, Cristina Garrido is a visual artist based in Madrid. She pursued her studies in Fine Arts at the Complutense University of Madrid (Madrid, 2004-2009) and Camberwell College of Arts (London, 2007-2008), subsequently earning an MA in Fine Art from Wimbledon College of Art (London, 2010-2011) with the Fundació “la Caixa” Grant for Postgraduate studies in Great Britain.

Garrido’s artistic projects have been recognized with several awards, including the Generación 2015 Proyectos de Arte Fundación Montemadrid Prize (2015), the Fundación Botín Visual Arts Grant (2017-2018), and the ARCO Award for young artists (2018). Her works have been featured in international exhibitions, showcasing at venues such as Kupferstich-Kabinett, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden in Dresden, The British Museum (London); Museo Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo (Móstoles/Madrid); PHotoESPAÑA Festival; On Curating Project Space (Zürich); Centro Botín (Santander); Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo (CAAC) (Seville); CASS Sculpture Foundation (West Sussex); Centrale for Contemporary Art (Brussels); Contemporary Art Museum of Estonia – EKKM (Tallinn); l´ISELP – institut supérieur pour l’étude du langage plastique (Brussels); MAC Birmingham (Birmingham); Espacio Odeón (Bogotá); Taxispalais Kunsthalle Tirol (Innsbruck); SESC Sorocaba (Sorocaba/Sâo Paulo); La Casa Encendida (Madrid); Spike Island (Bristol) and AKV St. Joost in Den Bosch, among other venues.

She has actively participated in seminars and lectures hosted by international institutions like The Photographers Gallery (London); Van Abbemuseum (Eindhoven), or La Triennale di Milano (Milano), Her artistic contributions have been acquired by collections such as MACBA – Museu d´Art Contemporani de Barcelona (Barcelona); Museo Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo – CA2M (Móstoles/ Madrid); The British Museum (London); TBA21 – Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary Privatstiftung, Kupferstich-Kabinett, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden (Dresden), or Bibliothèque d’art et d’archélogie /Cabinet des estampes (Geneva), among several others.



cristinagarridowork@gmail.com