Beatriz Olabarrieta was born in Bilbao, Spain.
Lives and works in Berlin.
EDUCATION
2007 MA Sculpture, Royal College of Art, London
2004 BA (Hons) Sculpture, Wimbledon School of Art, London
2002 BA (Hons) Philosophy. Universidad de Deusto. Bilbao, Spain
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2021
Coyote, Galeria Marta Cervera, Madrid, Spain (upcoming)
2020
Medium, Centro Centro, Madrid, Spain. Cur. Rafael Barber Cortell
2019
Stay twice, Bielefelder Kunstverein, Bielefeld, Germany
Faces, Espai 13, Fundación Joan Miró, Barcelona, Spain. Cur. Marc Navarro
Opening times Commission http://otdac.org (upcoming)
2018
Askthedust, BloomProjects, Museum of Contemporary Art of SantaBarbara, California, USA. cur. Alexandra Terry
New Clear Family, Frankfurt Am Main, Berlin
2017
Meeting With a Double Agent, Syntax, Lisbon
The Only Way Out is In, The Sunday Painter, London
Clever to Follow Goat, Antoine Levi, Paris
Book! don ́t tell me what to do, Parallel Oaxaca, Mexico City
2016
DUMBBELLS, Saturdays Live, Serpentine Galleries, London
Pocketful, Platform Artist in Residence, Site Gallery, Sheffield
2015
Cosmic Clap, MOT International, London
Plot Bunny, Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art, Sunderland Cur. By George Vasey
2014
Diagonal Z Jeans, Parallel Oaxaca, Oaxaca
Shifty Show, Cell Project Space, London
Pandora (two-person show) Casado Santapau,Madrid
2013
Ever Curve the weather, solo presentation with Mot International at Opening section, Arco, Madrid
2012
Scene 10 : What happens when all characters leave the stage, cur. by FormContent for the 7th Liverpool Biennal at Royal Standard, Liverpool
Motor Motor, Praxis Programme, Artium Museum, Vitoria
Foliage, MOT International, Brussels
2011
Inarticulado como esa planta que flota, Trayecto Gallery, Vitoria
2010
Artist Of The Day, Flowers Gallery, London
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020
Silenzio, Giorgio Galotti, Italy (upcoming)
The waserman kids, Et Al. San Francisco, CA
Counter Acts, Lethaby Gallery, London, UK
2019
Self preservation with or without applause, Primary, Miami 2019 The fountain show, Sun-DY, London, Uk
One night Stand, horse and pony, Berlin, Germany
2018
Freedom of purpose i, ViS, Hamburg, Germany
Les Bains Douches in Alençon, Normandy, France
Don't come in, Winterfeldtstrasse, Berlin
Los Algoritmos suaves, Centre del Carme, Valencia
All The Beast, Antoine Levi, Paris
Under Over Through, Rita Urso, Milan
2017
Leaning Tower of Pisa, DXIX Projects, Los Angeles
¿PARA QUÉ?, Parque Galeria, Mexico City
Brace Brace, Percy Street. Cur. by Mark Barker and Angharad Davies), London
Assorted Paper, The Sunday Painter, London
2016
All Over, Studio Leigh, London
Speaking in tongues, Helicotrema, Centrale Fies, Italy
2015
The boys the girls and the political, Lisson Gallery, London, cur. Hana Noorali and Lynton Talbot 2015 Sculpture in 4 parts, Grimmuseum, Berlin (Screening curated by Tatiana Echeverri Fernandez) 2015 Dirty Wellness, L’Atelier-KSR, Berlin. cur. Francesca Zedtwitz-Arnim and Liam Tickner
LAST NIGHT, cur. by Attilia Fattori Franchini for Parallel Oaxaca at Material Art Fair, Mexico city
2014
Paradigm Store, Howick Place, London
Have to Hand, by my Hand, oh Handyman, Flood, Dublin
2013
X-Operative, Wysing Arts Centre, Cambridge
The Fresh Air Collection, Space, London
Young London, V22, London
Jerwood Drawing Prize 2013, Jerwood Space, London
Landmark Seizures, Aid & Abet, Cambridge
Perdiendo los Papeles, Adora Calvo Gallery, Spain
2012
Accidental Purpose, Quad, Derby
Sleeping Upright, Nottingham New Contemporary, Nottingham
Swollen Jungle, Union Gallery, London (with Gorka Mohamed and David Ferrando Giraut)
2011
Hospitalarios, Sala Amárica, Vitoria-Gasteiz
At Home With The Ludskis, Rio Cinema, London
Horizon Hypnotique, French Riviera 1988, London
2010
2010 Project, MOT International, London
Fourth Way, 242 Cambridge Heath Road, London
Echo, Sequence #2, Koraalberg Projects, Antwerp
Stand Up, 70 County Street; Cul de sac, London
2008
Otro Espacio Gallery, Valencia
Incursiones/Excursiones, Trayecto Gallery, Spain
2007
Sonic Circuits Festival, Washington DC
2006
Blink, Gasworks, London, cur. by Saskia Olde-Wolbers, Haluk Akace and Nav HAQ
Amor de Maquina, Espacio Abisal, Bilbao
Max 10, Newlyn Art Gallery, Newlyn, UK
AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES
2019 Acción Cultural Española, Spain
2017 EMMA at Syntax, Lisbon
2016 Back to front space, Primary, Nottingham
2016 Joanna Drew Travel Bursary Award, UK
2015 Platform Artist in Residence, Site Gallery, Sheffield
2015 Arts Council Funding, UK
2014 Residency at Museo Experimental El Eco, Mexico City
2011 So Shape Like Roosters (collaborative project with Jenifer Evans), Eremuak Research Funding, Spain
2010 Residency Smart Project Space, Amsterdam
2009 Residency Grant, Fundacion Bilbaoarte, Bilbao
2008 EP Residency, Hoyeswerda, Germany
2007 Artist in Residence, Parco delle Madonie, Palermo
2006 Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris
2005-07 Funding for Master Studies abroad, Education dep., Basque Goverment, Spain