Eugenio Ampudia

Eugenio Ampudia - Spanish Landscapes IX

Technique: Intervention photography

Artist Biography: Eugenio Ampudia is a Spanish contemporary artist born in Valladolid in 1958. He studied Fine Arts at the University of the Basque Country and later at the Spanish Academy in Rome. He is known for his work that questions the boundaries of art and life, using a variety of media, from installation to performance and video art.Ampudia has participated in numerous solo and group exhibitions in Spain and around the world, including the Venice Biennale, the São Paulo Biennial and Documenta in Kassel. He has also been awarded several prizes, including the Premio Nacional de Artes Plásticas in Spain.In general, Eugenio Ampudia's work challenges the conventional perception of art and reality, opening up new possibilities for interaction and critical reflection. His work has been recognized by critics and the public worldwide, and has left a significant mark on Spanish and international contemporary art.

 

Eugenio Ampudia (Melgar, Valladolid, 1958) is currently one of the most recognized Spanish artists. His multidisciplinary work received the AECA Award for the best living Spanish artist represented at ARCO18 -which he already won in 2008-, and the ARCO-BEEP Award, Electronic Art Collection. Also in 2008, the Delfina Foundation grant (London). His work investigates, under a critical attitude, about artistic processes, the artist as a manager of ideas, the political role of creators, the meaning of the work of art, the strategies that allow it to stand, its mechanisms of production, promotion and consumption, the effectiveness of the spaces assigned to art, as well as the analysis and experience of those who contemplate and interpret them. His works have been exhibited internationally in places such as ZKM, Karlsruhe, Germany; Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts, Amman, Jordan; Museo Carrillo Gil, Mexico; Boston Center for the Arts, Boston (MA), United States; NCARTE, Bogota, Colombia; Ayala Museum, Manila, Philippines; the Whitechapel in London; the Royal Academy of Spain in Rome; in Biennials such as Singapore, Havana, the Biennial of the End of the World or the Biennial of Cuenca. It is part of collections such as MNCARS, MUSAC, ARTIUM, IVAM, La Caixa, among others.