Beatriz Olabarrieta was born in Bilbao, Spain.
Lives and works in Berlin, Germany
Education
2007 MA Sculpture, Royal College of Art, London, UK
2004 BA (Hons) Sculpture, Wimbledon School of Art, London, UK
2002 BA (Hons) Philosophy. Universidad de Deusto. Bilbao, Spain
Solo exhibitions
2021
Coyote, Galeria Marta Cervera, Madrid, Spain
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
2018
Askthedust, BloomProjects, Museum of Contemporary Art of SantaBarbara, California, USA. cur. Alexandra Terry
New Clear Family, Frankfurt Am Main, Berlin, Germany
2017
Meeting With a Double Agent, Syntax, Lisbon, Portugal
The Only Way Out is In, The Sunday Painter, London, UK
Clever to Follow Goat, Antoine Levi, Paris, France
Book! don ́t tell me what to do, Parallel Oaxaca, Mexico City, Mexico
2016
DUMBBELLS, Saturdays Live, Serpentine Galleries, London, UK
Pocketful, Platform Artist in Residence, Site Gallery, Sheffield, UK
2015
Cosmic Clap, MOT International, London, UK
Plot Bunny, Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art, Sunderland Cur. By George Vasey
2014
Diagonal Z Jeans, Parallel Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico
Shifty Show, Cell Project Space, London, UK
Pandora (two-person show) Casado Santapau, Madrid, Spain
2013
Ever Curve the weather, solo presentation with Mot International at Opening section, Arco, Madrid, Spain
2012
Scene 10 : What happens when all characters leave the stage, cur. by FormContent for the 7th Liverpool Biennal at Royal Standard, Liverpool, UK
Motor Motor, Praxis Programme, Artium Museum, Vitoria, Spain
Foliage, MOT International, Brussels, Belgium
2011
Inarticulado como esa planta que flota, Trayecto Gallery, Vitoria, Spain
2010
Artist Of The Day, Flowers Gallery, London,
Selected group exhibitions
2020
Silenzio, Giorgio Galotti, Italy
The waserman kids, Et Al. San Francisco, CA, USA
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, Spain
All The Beast, Antoine Levi, Paris, France
Under Over Through, Rita Urso, Milan, Italy
2017
Leaning Tower of Pisa, DXIX Projects, Los Angeles, USA
¿PARA QUÉ?, Parque Galeria, Mexico City, Mexico
Brace Brace, Percy Street. Cur. by Mark Barker and Angharad Davies), London, UK
Assorted Paper, The Sunday Painter, London, UK
2016
All Over, Studio Leigh, London, UK
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, Mexico
2014
Paradigm Store, Howick Place, London, UK
Have to Hand, by my Hand, oh Handyman, Flood, Dublin, Ireland
2013
X-Operative, Wysing Arts Centre, Cambridge, UK
The Fresh Air Collection, Space, London, UK
Young London, V22, London, UK
Jerwood Drawing Prize 2013, Jerwood Space, London, UK
Landmark Seizures, Aid & Abet, Cambridge, UK
Perdiendo los Papeles, Adora Calvo Gallery, Spain
2012
Accidental Purpose, Quad, Derby
Sleeping Upright, Nottingham New Contemporary, Nottingham, UK
Swollen Jungle, Union Gallery, London (with Gorka Mohamed and David Ferrando Giraut), UK
2011
Hospitalarios, Sala Amárica, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
At Home With The Ludskis, Rio Cinema, London, UK
Horizon Hypnotique, French Riviera 1988, London, UK
2010
2010 Project, MOT International, London, UK
Fourth Way, 242 Cambridge Heath Road, London, UK
Echo, Sequence #2, Koraalberg Projects, Antwerp, Belgium
Stand Up, 70 County Street; Cul de sac, London, UK
2008
Otro Espacio Gallery, Valencia, Spain
Incursiones/Excursiones, Trayecto Gallery, Spain
2007
Sonic Circuits Festival, Washington DC, USA
2006
Blink, Gasworks, London, cur. by Saskia Olde-Wolbers, Haluk Akace and Nav HAQ
Amor de Maquina, Espacio Abisal, Bilbao, Spain
Max 10, Newlyn Art Gallery, Newlyn, UK
Awards and Residencies
2019 Acción Cultural Española, Spain
2017 EMMA at Syntax, Lisbon, POrtugal
2016 Back to front space, Primary, Nottingham, UK
2016 Joanna Drew Travel Bursary Award, UK
2015 Platform Artist in Residence, Site Gallery, Sheffield, UK
2015 Arts Council Funding, UK
2014 Residency at Museo Experimental El Eco, Mexico City, Mexico
2011 So Shape Like Roosters (collaborative project with Jenifer Evans), Eremuak Research Funding, Spain
2010 Residency Smart Project Space, Amsterdam, Holland
2009 Residency Grant, Fundacion Bilbaoarte, Bilbao, Spain
2008 EP Residency, Hoyeswerda, Germany
2007 Artist in Residence, Parco delle Madonie, Palermo, Italy
2006 Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France
2005-07 Funding for Master Studies abroad, Education dep., Basque Goverment, Spain