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Asunción Molinos Gordo
Galleries, Jameel Arts Centre, Dubai UAE, 04.16.25 – 28.09.25.
Galleries, Jameel Arts Centre, Dubai UAE, 04.16.25 – 28.09.25.
Galleries, Jameel Arts Centre, Dubai UAE, 04.16.25 – 28.09.25.
Galleries, Jameel Arts Centre, Dubai UAE, 04.16.25 – 28.09.25.
Galleries, Jameel Arts Centre, Dubai UAE, 04.16.25 – 28.09.25.
Galleries, Jameel Arts Centre, Dubai UAE, 04.16.25 – 28.09.25.
CA2M, Madrid, Spain, 2024.
CA2M, Madrid, Spain, 2024.
CA2M, Madrid, Spain, 2024.
CA2M, Madrid, Spain, 2024.
CA2M, Madrid, Spain, 2024.
CA2M, Madrid, Spain, 2024.
CA2M, Madrid, Spain, 2024.
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 is a researcher and visual artist strongly influenced by methods from disciplines such as anthropology, sociology, and cultural studies. In her artistic practice, she questions the categories that define “innovation” in today’s dominant discourses, exploring different forms of intellectual domination from urban to rural areas. The main focus of her work is contemporary peasantry. Her understanding of the figure of the small or medium sized farmer is not limited to that of a food producer but also includes that of a cultural agent, responsible both for perpetuating traditional knowledge and for generating new expertise to face current challenges.
She uses installation, photography, video, sound, and other media to examine the rural environment, driven by a strong desire to understand the value and complexity of its cultural production, as well as the burdens that keep it isolated and marginalized. She has produced work that reflects on land use, nomadic architecture, farmers’ strikes, bureaucracy over territory, the transformation of rural work, biotechnology, and the international food trade.
In 2024, Molinos Gordo participated in the Biennale Matter of Art in Prague, curated by Katalin Erdődi and Aleksei Borisionok, presenting her work El Fellah Ando Fes, and in the 12th Lanzarote Biennial, Gabinete en disolución. In 2023, she took part in the Helsinki Biennial, curated by Joasia Krysa, with her series ¡Cuánto río allá arriba!, which was also included in the Cuenca Biennial in Ecuador, curated by Blanca de la Torre in 2021. She also participated in the 13th Havana Biennial in 2019. In addition, Molinos Gordo won the Sharjah Biennial Prize in 2015 with her project WAM (World Agriculture Museum).
Among her solo and group exhibitions, highlights include: Guggenheim Museum Bilbao (Spain); CA2M, Madrid (Spain); Art Jameel, Dubai (UAE); BOZAR Centre of Fine Arts, Brussels (Belgium); Onomatopee, Amsterdam (Netherlands); Kunstverein Springhornhof (Germany); Art Sonje Center, Seoul (South Korea); Centro Cultural Conde Duque, Madrid (Spain); IVAM Institut Valencià d’Art Modern, Valencia (Spain); Victoria & Albert Museum, London (United Kingdom); Delfina Foundation, London (United Kingdom); Arnolfini, Bristol (United Kingdom); CCA, Glasgow (Scotland); The Townhouse Gallery, Cairo (Egypt); Darat Al Funun, Amman (Jordan); Tranzit Prague (Czech Republic); Cappadox Festival, Uçhisar (Turkey); Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki (Finland); Museo Carrillo Gil (Mexico); MAZ Museo de Arte de Zapopan, Guadalajara (Mexico); MUSAC, León (Spain); CAB, Burgos (Spain); Matadero Madrid (Spain); La Casa Encendida, Madrid (Spain); and Tabacalera Promoción del Arte, Madrid (Spain), among others.
Her work is part of public collections such as the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía (Spain); Fundación Cerezales Antonino y Cinia, León (Spain); Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary Foundation (TBA21); Art Jameel, Dubai (UAE); the CA2M Collection of the Community of Madrid (Spain); the DKV Collection (Spain); Fundación Calosa, Irapuato (Mexico); Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas (USA); the Khalid Shoman Collection – Darat Al Funun, Amman (Jordan); and the Aileen Getty Collection (USA).
Asunción 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.
Guggenheim, Bilbao | Asunción Molinos Gordo
Asunción Molinos Gordo is participating in the group exhibition Artes de la Tierra (Arts of the Earth), which offers a reinterpretation of the transformations that artistic practices have undergone in recent decades against the backdrop of an increasingly evident and overwhelming environmental crisis. The exhibition, which is being held at the Guggenheim Bilbao, will be open to the public from December 5, 2025, to May 3, 2026.
ONOMATOPEE, Amsterdam | Asunción Molinos Gordo
Curated by Silvia Franceschini, Hydrographies is the second group exhibition in the five-year program Systems and Territories presented at Onomatopee, Amsterdam. The exhibition includes works by Asunción Molinos Gordo and it will be on view from June 6th to August 24th, 2025.
Art Jameel Centre, Dubai | Asunción Molinos Gordo
The peasant, The Scholar, The Engineer is a retrospective exhibition of the artist and cultural researcher Asunción Molinos Gordo, curated by Nora Razian, at the Jameel Arts Centre in Dubai. The exhibition will be on view until September 21st, 2025.
DÉJÀ VÉCU
Artist: Asunción Molinos Gordo
Texts by Andrea Pacheco González, Daniel Gil-Benumeya, Anouar Majid, Gabriela Wiener and Asunción Molinos Gordo.
CA2M & Clara Sancho Studio, 2024
Spanish |English
Hunger Machen
Artists: Asunción Molinos Gordo
Authors: Gustavo Duch, Anne Kersten and Asunción Molinos Gordo
Kunstverein Springhornhof in collaboration with State of Lower Saxony and Niedersächsische Sparkassenstiftung
2023
English and German
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
