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Asunción Molinos Gordo
10 Dec 2021 – 28 Feb 2022. XV Bienal de Cuenca. Curated by Blanca de la Torre. Cuenca, Azuay, Ecuador.
10 Dec 2021 – 28 Feb 2022. XV Bienal de Cuenca. Curated by Blanca de la Torre. Cuenca, Azuay, Ecuador.
10 Dec 2021 – 28 Feb 2022. XV Bienal de Cuenca. Curated by Blanca de la Torre. Cuenca, Azuay, Ecuador.
10 Dec 2021 – 28 Feb 2022. XV Bienal de Cuenca. Curated by Blanca de la Torre. Cuenca, Azuay, Ecuador.
10 Dec 2021 – 28 Feb 2022. XV Bienal de Cuenca. Curated by Blanca de la Torre. Cuenca, Azuay, Ecuador.
10 Dec 2021 – 28 Feb 2022. XV Bienal de Cuenca. Curated by Blanca de la Torre. Cuenca, Azuay, Ecuador.
2020. IVAM Institut Valencià d’Art Modern. Curated by Sandra Moros.
2020. IVAM Institut Valencià d’Art Modern. Curated by Sandra Moros.
2020. IVAM Institut Valencià d’Art Modern. Curated by Sandra Moros.
2020. IVAM Institut Valencià d’Art Modern. Curated by Sandra Moros.
2020. IVAM Institut Valencià d’Art Modern. Curated by Sandra Moros.
2020. IVAM Institut Valencià d’Art Modern. Curated by Sandra Moros.
2020. Jameel Arts Centre, Artist Garden Commission. Curated by Dawn Ross and Nadine El Khoury. Dubai, UAE.
2020. Jameel Arts Centre, Artist Garden Commission. Curated by Dawn Ross and Nadine El Khoury. Dubai, UAE.
2020. Jameel Arts Centre, Artist Garden Commission. Curated by Dawn Ross and Nadine El Khoury. Dubai, UAE.
2020. Jameel Arts Centre, Artist Garden Commission. Curated by Dawn Ross and Nadine El Khoury. Dubai, UAE.
2020. Jameel Arts Centre, Artist Garden Commission. Curated by Dawn Ross and Nadine El Khoury. Dubai, UAE.
2019. Delfina Foundation, London, United Kingdom. Curated by Dani Burrows.
2019. Delfina Foundation, London, United Kingdom. Curated by Dani Burrows.
2019. Delfina Foundation, London, United Kingdom. Curated by Dani Burrows.
2019. Delfina Foundation, London, United Kingdom. Curated by Dani Burrows.
2019. Delfina Foundation, London, United Kingdom. Curated by Dani Burrows.
2019. La construcción de lo posible (group show), XIII Bienal de la Habana, Cuba. Curated by Margarita González, Nelson Herrera, Margarita Sánchez, José Manuel Noceda, José Fernández, Ibis Hernández and Lisset Alonso.
2019. La construcción de lo posible (group show), XIII Bienal de la Habana, Cuba. Curated by Margarita González, Nelson Herrera, Margarita Sánchez, José Manuel Noceda, José Fernández, Ibis Hernández and Lisset Alonso.
2019. La construcción de lo posible (group show), XIII Bienal de la Habana, Cuba. Curated by Margarita González, Nelson Herrera, Margarita Sánchez, José Manuel Noceda, José Fernández, Ibis Hernández and Lisset Alonso.
2019. III Cervezas Alhambra Emerging Art in ArcoMadrid. Curated by Alicia Ventura.
2018. Submerged – On Rivers and Their Interrupted Flow (group show). CIC (Contemporary Image Collective), Cairo, Egypt. Curated by Andrea Thal y Ahmed Refaat.
2018. Submerged – On Rivers and Their Interrupted Flow (group show). CIC (Contemporary Image Collective), Cairo, Egypt. Curated by Andrea Thal y Ahmed Refaat.
2018. Submerged – On Rivers and Their Interrupted Flow (group show). CIC (Contemporary Image Collective), Cairo, Egypt. Curated by Andrea Thal y Ahmed Refaat.
2018. CAB (Centro de Arte de Burgos, Fundación Caja de Burgos), Burgos, Spain.
2018. CAB (Centro de Arte de Burgos, Fundación Caja de Burgos), Burgos, Spain.
2017. Festival of Political Photography. Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki, Finland. Curated by Tiina Rauhala.
2017. Festival of Political Photography. Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki, Finland. Curated by Tiina Rauhala.
2017. MAZ (Museo de Arte de Zapopan), Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico.
2017. Festival of Political Photography. Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki, Finland. Curated by Tiina Rauhala.
2017. Festival of Political Photography. Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki, Finland. Curated by Tiina Rauhala.
2015. Sharjah Biennial 12. Sharjah Foundation, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.
2015. Sharjah Biennial 12. Sharjah Foundation, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.
2015. Sharjah Biennial 12. Sharjah Foundation, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.
2015. Sharjah Biennial 12. Sharjah Foundation, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.
2012. Installation in Artellewa Art Space, Cairo, Egypt.
2012. Installation in Artellewa Art Space, Cairo, Egypt.
2012. Installation in Artellewa Art Space, Cairo, Egypt.
2012. Installation in Artellewa Art Space, Cairo, Egypt.
2008. Nomad Architecture Intervention, Guzmán, Burgos, Spain.
2008. Nomad Architecture Intervention, Guzmán, Burgos, Spain.
2008. Nomad Architecture Intervention, Guzmán, Burgos, Spain.
2008. Nomad Architecture Intervention, Guzmán, Burgos, Spain.
Asunción Molinos Gordo (Aranda de Duero, Burgos, Spain. 1979) is a researcher and visual artist strongly influenced by disciplines such as anthropology, sociology and cultural studies. She questions the categories that define “innovation” in mainstream discourses today, working to generate a less urban-centric way of understanding progress.
The main focus of her work is contemporary peasantry. Her understanding of the figure of the small or medium farmer is not merely as a food producer but as a cultural agent, responsible for both perpetuating traditional knowledge and generating new expertise. She employs installation, photography, video, sound and other media to examine the rural realm driven by a strong desire to understand the value and complexity of its cultural production, as well as the burdens that keep it invisible and marginalized.
She has produced work reflecting on land usage, nomad architecture, farmers’ strikes, bureaucracy on territory, transformation of rural labor, biotechnology and global food trade.
Molinos Gordo won the Sharjah Biennial Prize 2015 with her project WAM (World Agriculture Museum). She took part in the XIII Havana Biennial in 2019 and in the Cuenca Biennial in Ecuador curated by Blanca de la Torre in 2021.
Her work has been exhibited in museums and institutions including Art Jameel (Dubai, UAE); IVAM Institut Valencia d’Art Modern (Valencia, Spain); Victoria & Albert Museum (London, UK); Delfina Foundation (London, UK); ARNOLFINI (Bristol, UK); CCA (Glasgow, UK); Darat Al Funun (Amman, Jordan); Tranzit (Prague, CZ); Cappadox Festival (Uchisar-Turkey); The Finnish Museum of Photography (Helsinki, FI); The Townhouse Gallery (Cairo, Egypt); Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil (Mexico City); MAZ Museo de Arte de Zapopan (Jalisco, Mexico); MUSAC (León, Spain); CA2M (Madrid, Spain); CAB (Burgos, Spain); Matadero (Madrid, Spain) and La Casa Encendida (Madrid, Spain), among others.
Her work is part of international collections including Art Jameel Collection, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Spain; Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary Foundation TBA21, Austria; Colección CA2M Comunidad de Madrid, Spain; Colección DKV, Spain; Fundación Calosa, Irapuato, Mexico; Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, Arkansas, US; The Khalid Shoman Collection Darat Al Funun, Amman, Jordan; Aileen Getty collection, US.
Molinos Gordo lives and works in Madrid, Spain.
Wafaa El Nil, 2017. Ritual doll, egyptian cotton. 156 x 55 x 55 cm.
A Mayúscula, b minúscula, 2017.
Fayoum Ceramics.
21 x 23 x 3 cm each, 180 x 70 x 27 cm installation.
A Mayúscula, b minúscula.
2017.
Fayoum Ceramics.
21 x 23 x 3 cm each, 180 x 70 x 27 cm installation.
Profile of debt, 2017. Comb profilometer coated in 24k gold, 3 microns. 8 x 13 x 2cm.
Lake Burullus, 2017.
Fish head and tail belonging to the trays used commonly by egyptian elites in the 1950s, to serve the fish’s body ready to eat.
90 x 20 x 3 cm
Cultivando Desierto, 2017.
Paint on silk drawing from an aerial photograph of the Bahariya desert.
290 x 136 cm.
Buy the rumor, sell the news, 2014. Neón. 26 x 75 cm.
Cultivando Desierto, 2017.
Paint on silk drawing from an aerial photograph of the Bahariya desert.
290 x 136 cm.
Banco, 2014. Digital photograph on paper 120 x 85 cm.
Dumping, 2014. Serigraphed jute sacks, slings, carabiner. Variable dimensions.
HELSINKI BIENNIAL 2023 | Asunción Molinos Gordo
Asunción Molinos Gordo will be part of the 2023 Helsinki Biennal titled New Directions May Emerge, curated by Joasia Krysa. It will take place from 12 June to 17 September 2023.
CASA MUSEO LOPE DE VEGA | Asunción Molinos Gordo
The Community of Madrid presents Mutaciones. Las tácticas barrocas, an exhibition curated by Sergio Rubira. The show will be held at different museums, including Casa Museo Lope de Vega and Centro de Interpretación de Nuevo Baztán, where Asunción Molinos Gordo will exhibit different artworks. On view from April 14 until July 16, 2023.
MUSEO REINA SOFÍA | Asunción Molinos Gordo
The Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia has expanded its collection with the work of 12 Spanish contemporary women artists, including Asuncion Molinos Gordo, at the last edition of ARCOmadrid. ¡Cuanto río más arriba! will now be part of the permanent collection of MNCARS.
COMO SOLÍAMOS… Asunción Molinos Gordo
Artists: Asunción Molinos Gordo
Authors: Nuria Enguita, Sandra Moros, Ferran Esquilache, Asunción Molinos Gordo, Enric Navarro. Poema Ibn Jafaya
IVAM, Spain, 2021
English, Spanish, Valencian
XIII Bienal de la Habana. La construcción de lo posible.
Artists: Jorge Méndez Blake, Sara Ramo, Asunción Molinos Gordo
Authors: Norma Rodriguez Derivet, Nelson Herrera Ysla, Ticio Escobar, Boaventura de Sousa Santos, etc.
Centro de Arte Contemporáneo Wifredo Lam y ArteCubano Ediciones, Havana, 2019.
Bajo la superficie (miedos, monstruos, sombras)
Artists: Teresa Solar, Sara Ramo, Asunción Molinos Gordo
Authors: Javier Martín-Jiménez, Bea Espejo, Agustín Fernández Mallo, Marián López Fdez. Cao, Marta Echaves, Aurora Fernández Polanco, Marta Labad.
Centro de Cultura Contemporánea Condeduque, Madrid, 2021.
IN TRANSIT: Botany of a Journey
Artist: Asunción Molinos Gordo
Authors: Andrea Pacheco González, Antonia Carver, Dawn Ross, Nadine El-Khoury, Asunción Molinos Gordo
Art Jameel, Dubai, 2021
FOOD: Bigger than the plate
Artist: Asunción Molinos Gordo
Authors: Kathrin Böhm, Center for Genomic Gastronomy, Catherine Flood, Mateusz Halawa, Herkes Için Mimarlik, Fabio Parasecoli, Richard Pell, Barbara Penner, May Rosenthal Sloan, Sonja Stummerer and Martin Hablesreiter, Deborah Sugg Ryan
V&A Publishing, London, 2019
Politics of Food
Artist: Asunción Molinos Gordo
Editors: Aaron Cezar and Dani Burrows
Delfina Foundation and Sternberg Press, 2019
