Pedro Torres (b. 1982) lives and works in Barcelona and articulates his artistic practice around the notion of time, which leads him to become interested in fundamental questions of our reality. Using different media and techniques, Torres’ conceptual projects are visually attractive proposals, where the reflection on the representation and perception of the multiple folds of time is intertwined with a marked interest for the possibilities of the image, language and materiality. Making scientific facts and theories the starting point for his lengthy artistic research, the artist moves away from purely notional or technical interpretations and intuitively brings together theory and poetry to appeal directly to the audience and their individual experience. 

He has recently held solo exhibitions at Fundación MAPFRE (Tenerife), Llum Barcelona, Twin Gallery (Madrid), Centre d’Art Tecla Sala (L’Hospitalet de Llobregat), Spazio Volta (Bergamo), Juan Naranjo Gallery (Barcelona), aarduork (Venice), art3 contemporain (Valence), Centro Párraga (Murcia), CASA SEAT (Barcelona), Chiquita Room (Barcelona), Luis Adelantado (Valencia) and Blueproject Foundation (Barcelona). Among group exhibitions and biennials, highlights include those held at the Royal Academy of Spain in Rome (Italy), the Pavilion of Croatia at La Biennale di Venezia 2024 (Italia), The National Museum of Computing (UK), Krupa Art Foundation (Poland), MACBA (Barcelona), Fotonoviembre, Bienal Internacional de Fotografía of Tenerife, MIRA Festival (Barcelona), the Jinan International Biennale (China), Biennal d’Art Diputació de Tarragona, Anita Schwartz (Río de Janeiro), Centre de les Arts Lliures–Fundació Joan Brossa (Barcelona), Casal Solleric (Palma de Mallorca), Fabra i Coats: Centre d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona, OTR. espacio de arte (Madrid), Bienal de Cuenca (Ecuador), CaixaForum Barcelona, BienalSUR (Buenos Aires), NC-arte (Bogotá), La Casa Encendida (Madrid), Mardin Biennial (Turkey), Bienal de las Fronteras (Mexico) y Fundació Antoni Tàpies (Barcelona). His videos have been projected in different festivals throughout Europe, South America, and Asia.

He has been awarded numerous prizes and fellowships, including, most recently, the Ankaria Artist Book Award, the grant from the Royal Academy of Spain in Rome (2023-24), Barcelona Crea (2023), and, on multiple occasions, research grants from OSIC on behalf of the Departament de Cultura of the Generalitat de Catalunya (2022, 2020, 2013). He was awarded the PostBrossa (2021), the Exchange art3/Homesession grant (2021), the Ayudas a la Creación S.O.S ARTE/CULTURA sponsored by Vegap (2021), the Convocatoria de Producción of Fundación “la Caixa” (2020), the production prize of the Sala d’Art Jove de Barcelona (2013) and the visual arts grant awarded by the Fundación Botín (2007). He was a finalist for the Premio Internacional Obra Abierta (2022) and the Premio Ciutat de Palma Antoni Gelabert de Artes Visuales (2021, 2020). He has completed artistic residencies in Valence (France), Skagaströnd (Iceland), Seoul (South Korea), Berlin (Germany) and Barcelona (Spain). His works belong to the collections of MACBA,  INELCOM, Fundación Botín, Blueproject Foundation, colección olorVISUAL, Colección Untitled, MadridAbierto, ICP New York (artist book), UPV/Colección de libros de artista, and other private collections.


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