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Cristina Garrido (1986, Madrid, Spain) is a visual artist whose work critically examines the systems that define and legitimize contemporary art. Using formats such as mockumentaries, artist books, guided tours, and mimetic installations, she explores structures of visibility, value, and institutional authority through strategies of irony, camouflage, and displacement. Her conceptually driven projects often take on a strong material presence—manifesting as sculptures, paintings, or spatial interventions that embody and complicate the very conventions they examine. Functioning as embedded critiques, her works inhabit the aesthetics of the art world while subtly unraveling them from within. Garrido embraces flexibility over a fixed visual language, creating Trojan horse-like pieces that question authorship, exhibition formats, and the performativity of professionalism, inviting viewers to reassess how art is framed, circulated, and consumed today.
She studied Fine Arts at the Complutense University of Madrid and Camberwell College of Arts (London), and holds an MA in Fine Art from Wimbledon College of Art, supported by the Fundació “la Caixa” Grant. Her work has been exhibited internationally at venues including Fondation CAB (Brussels), The British Museum (London), Kupferstich-Kabinett, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Museo CA2M (Madrid), Centro Botín (Santander), CASS Sculpture Foundation (UK), Spike Island (UK), and EKKM (Tallinn), among others. She has participated in public programs and lectures at institutions such as The Photographers’ Gallery (London), Van Abbemuseum (Eindhoven), and La Triennale di Milano. Her works form part of collections including MACBA (Barcelona), Museo CA2M (Madrid), The British Museum (London), and TBA21–Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary.
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Cristina Garrido (1986, Madrid, Spain) is a visual artist whose work critically examines the systems that define and legitimize contemporary art. Using formats such as mockumentaries, artist books, guided tours, and mimetic installations, she explores structures of visibility, value, and institutional authority through strategies of irony, camouflage, and displacement. Her conceptually driven projects often take on a strong material presence—manifesting as sculptures, paintings, or spatial interventions that embody and complicate the very conventions they examine. Functioning as embedded critiques, her works inhabit the aesthetics of the art world while subtly unraveling them from within. Garrido embraces flexibility over a fixed visual language, creating Trojan horse-like pieces that question authorship, exhibition formats, and the performativity of professionalism, inviting viewers to reassess how art is framed, circulated, and consumed today.
She studied Fine Arts at the Complutense University of Madrid and Camberwell College of Arts (London), and holds an MA in Fine Art from Wimbledon College of Art, supported by the Fundació “la Caixa” Grant. Her work has been exhibited internationally at venues including Fondation CAB (Brussels), The British Museum (London), Kupferstich-Kabinett, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Museo CA2M (Madrid), Centro Botín (Santander), CASS Sculpture Foundation (UK), Spike Island (UK), and EKKM (Tallinn), among others. She has participated in public programs and lectures at institutions such as The Photographers’ Gallery (London), Van Abbemuseum (Eindhoven), and La Triennale di Milano. Her works form part of collections including MACBA (Barcelona), Museo CA2M (Madrid), The British Museum (London), and TBA21–Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary.
Cristina Garrido in her studio by Roberto Ruiz, 2024.