1972 Born in La Garriga, Barcelona
Lives in Brooklyn, New York
Education
2004 Teacher at the Sculpture department of Yale Univesity, Connecticut
1999/00 International Studio and Curatorial Program, Nueva York
1998 Hochschule der Künste, Berlin. Fine Arts/Multimedia Art post-graduate
1996 Universitat de Barcelona. Fine Arts/Sculpture BA
Solo exhibitions
2007 Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain
Christopher Grimes Gallery, Santa Monica, California
Casas Riegner Gallery, Bogotà, Colombia
Grasses Saturades, NoguerasBlanchard, Barcelona
2006 Saturated Fat Foxy Production, New York
We the people Christopher Grimes, Santa Monica, CA
Less World, Uplands Gallery, Melbourne
Fixed and Hazardous Objects, Virginia Commonwealth University,
School of the Arts Gallery, Richmond
Les coses més importants. Cercle Cultural CajaMadrid. Barcelona.
2005 Barricades, Galería Helga de Alvear, Madrid
2004 Barricades, NoguerasBlanchard, Barcelona
Galeria Ciocca, Milán
The most important things (specific project), Salina Art Center, Salina, Kansas
Civilisation is overrated, Foxy Productions, Nueva York
Same. Icon South Beach, Miami Beach, FL
2003 Els somnis són més poderosos que els malsons i viceversa
Centre d' Art Santa Mónica, Barcelona
Everyday feels like Sunday, Casas Riegner Gallery, Miami Beach, FL
Hollowmess, Hallwalls, Buffalo, New York
Yo Recuerdo, Fundación NMAC, C?diz
Nosotros tenemos razón, La Casa Encendida, Madrid
2002 Samesation, Rice University Art Gallery, Houston, TX
2001 to from from at across to in from, The centerless feeling. De Chiara/Stewart Gallery, New York
Galería Helga de Alvear, Madrid
2000 from one fleeting wish to another, De Chiara/Stewart Gallery, New York
So lost, Kunstruimte Galerie, Berlin
Why do I feel sometimes so lost? DFN Gallery Project Room, New York
Fissures, La Capella, Barcelona
Group exhibitions
2007 Cuestión Xeneracional, Centro Galego de Arte Contemporanea CGAC
Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Consumption Junction,Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus,
Ohio, USA
Cart (ajena), exhibition for the IV International Spanish Lenguage Congress,
Cartagena, Colombia. Curated by Jorge Díez and José Roca.
2 Moscow Biennale, Federation Tower, Moscow, curated by Nicolás Bourriaud
2006 Busan Biennale, Busan Museum of Modern Art, Busan. Comisariado por Manu Park.
Papel. Galería Casas Riegner, Bogotá
Six Degrees of Separation. Stux Gallery, New York
Art on Paper 2006. Weatherspoon Art Museum, Thje University of North Carolina. Greensboro. NC
Please Love Me. Walkers Point Center for the Arts.
Primera Bienal de Arte, Arquitectura y Paisaje de las Islas Canarias. Gobierno de Canarias.
2005 Make it Now, New Sculpture in New York, SculptureCenter, Nueva York
Over Awe. Foxy Productions, New York.
Mira como se mueven. Telefónica, Madrid.
2004 Some Exhaust. Curated by Matthew Lusk. Lehmann Maupin, Nueva York
Paisatges Mediátics. Curated by Montse Badia and Andreas Kaufman. Fundación "la Caixa"
Long term instalations. PS1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, New York
Dibujos Hoy. CAC Malaga
A level of Trust. After Kurt Kobain. Galleria More Fools, Torino
2003 The Paper Sculpture Show. Curated by Mary Ceruti, Matt Freedman y Sina Najafi. Distintos espacios, itineraria por ICI, Nueva York. Sculpture Center/ Cabinet Magazine, Long Island City, New York
World Speak Less Dumb. Uplands Gallery, Melbourne
Proyectos Especiales. Queens Museum of Art, New York
Harlem Postcards. The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York
ReLAX. DCKT Contemporary, New York
Yours Truly. Nils Staerk Contemporary Art, Copenhagen
Street Level. The Center for Curatorial Studies Museum, Bard
College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York
Not to scale. Dorsky Curatorial Program, Long Island City, New York
Stand By. Listos para actuar. Laboratorio Arte Alameda, México D.F.
2002 Outer city, Inner Space. Whitney Museum of American Art at Philip
Morris, New York. Curated by Shamim M. Momim
XXVII Bienal de Pontevedra. Curated by Maria de Corral
40 Jahre: Fluxus und die Folgen. Kunstsommer Wiesbaden,
Americas Remixed. Fabrica del Vapore, Milan
View Finder. Arnolfini, Bristol
The passions of good citizens. Apexart curatorial program, New York
Curated by Shamim M. Momim
Art for living again. Galeria Estrany-de la Mota, Barcelona
2001 Brooklyn! Palm Beach Institute of Contemporary Art, Lake Worth, FL
Surplus. Centro Cultural de España en Lima, Perú
Temporary Residents. MetroTech Center/Public Art Fund, Brooklyn
Paper. The Aldrich Museum, Ridgefield, CT
The good, the bad and the ugly: a Spaghetti Western. Museum of
Contemporary Art, Denver, CO
Hospitality: a Constructed World Project. Foxy Production, Brooklyn, New York
Twisted. Aaron America, Brooklyn, New York
Counter II. AVCO, London
Ads, Logos and Videotapes. Galería Helga de Alvear, Madrid
Ester Partegàs/Laura Torrado. Galería Trinta, Santiago de Compostela
2000 Search for Art 2000. Area Bovisa/Mandarina Duck, Mill?n
Anywhere But Here. Artists' Space, New York
Puntos de Encuentro. Cruce, Madrid
Figured Out. Spencer Brownstone Gallery, New York
Inter/Zona. Arts Visuals i Creació a Barcelona. La Virreina, Barcelona
Generación 2000. Real Jardin Botánico, Cajamadrid (itinerante)
Itinerarios 99-00. Fundación Marcelino Botín, Santander
1999 Keep Fit/Be Happy. De Chiara/Stewart Gallery, New York
Club, Arts & Lounge. Museu de Granollers, Barcelona
Happy Holidays. Star 67, Brooklyn, New York
Babel. Roebling Hall, Brooklyn, New York
And on a lighter note. Venetia Kapernekas Fine Arts, New York
1998 Arte Joven 98. MEAC, Museo Español de Arte Contemporáneo, Madrid
Cartes a Milena. Visions de Futur. Can Palauet, Mataró, Barcelona
Siesta Over. Spanish Art in the late 90's. Sideshow 195 Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
1996 La Capella at Transmission. Transmission Gallery, Glasgow
Lento. Galería Gingko, Madrid
Prizes and Grants
2006 Propuestas ´06, Fundación Arte y Derecho, Madrid
2004 Joan Mitchell Foundation Award
First prize "Generaciones" 2004 of Caja Madrid. Obra Social.
1999 Fundación Marcelino Botin, Santander; scholarship
1998 Prize Arte Joven 98, Instituto de la Juventud, Madrid
1996/97 The European Union Erasmus Programme
Biennial of Young European and Mediterrnean Artists;
prize for the Barcelona selection
Articles and Reviews (selection)
Hurtado Matheu, Joana, Dinero, eslogan, cadenas, Culturas, la Vanguardia, February 7 2007
Puig, Arnau, El mural de la cadena, ABC, February 3 2007, pag 46
Tomás, Enric, Ester Partegàs: Grasses saturades, crítica al consumisme, Bonart, February 2007, pag. 43
Alvarez, Patricia, Cultura i Oci, www.diaridebarcelona.com, January 2007
Molina, Angela, Quadern, EL PAIS, January 2007, pag. 7
Vidal Oliveras, Jaume, El Cultural, EL MUNDO, January 2007, pag. 39
Moya, Eva, EXIT El Periódico de Catalunya, January 2007, pag. 32
Mayer, Mariano, Suite, Nº32, February, 2005, p.19
Sánchez, Alberto, Ester Partegàs, EXIT Express, Nº9, February, 2005, p.20
H. Pozuelo, Abel, Ester Partegàs, El Cultural, El Mundo, February, 2005
Tordesillas, Sandra, Guía de Madrid ABC, Nº283, 11-17 February, 2005, p.57
De Alfonso, Carlota, Ester Partegàs. 'Barricadas' o el ciclo evolutivo del consumismo, El Punto de las Artes, Nº770, 28 January-3 February, 2005
Iñiguez, Antonio, Pachá Madrid Magazine, Nº6, January, 2005, p.14/15
Diaz-Guardiola, Javier, Blanco y Negro Cultural ABC, 29 January, 2005
García, Carolina, Arte y Parte, Nº54, December/January, 2004-2005
Oliver, Conxita, L'espai urbá en l'obra d'Ester Partegàs, AVUI, 11
November, 2004
Duran, José and Suau, Cristina, Huellas urbanas, ELLE, January, 2004
Ávarez Reyes, Juan Antonio, Ester Partegàs, FlashArt, January/February, 2003
Frisach, Montse, Espais de tránsit a Santa Mónica, AVUI, 19 November, 2003
Sesé, Teresa, Cuatro jóvenes creadores europeos confrontan su obra en Santa Mónica, LaVanguardia, 19 December, 2003
Holland, Cotter "Rain or Shine, Residing Outdoors: Public Sculpture", The New York Times, 9 August, 2002, pp. B 27-29
Wilder, Hillary, " Samesation", Glasstire.com, September 2002
Schmerler, Sarah "Outer City, Inner Space", Time Out NY, 1-8 August, 2002
Hunt, David "Ester Partegàs at De Chiara/Stewart Gallery", Artext,January 2002, pp. 84-85
Lombardi, D.D."Ester Partegàs at De Chiara Gallery", Sculpture, April 2002, pp. 73-74
Smith, Roberta "The Passions of the Good Citizen", The New York Times, 3 May, 2002, p. E 30
Castro Flores, Fdo "La soledad de los no-lugares", ABC Cultural #509, octubre 27, Madrid, 2002, p. 34
Rubira, Sergio "Ester Partegàs. Estudio Helga de Alvear", Lapiz, Madrid, November 2001, p. 82
Vogel, Carol "For Public Art, A New Scrutinity", The New York Times, 5 October, 2001, E 28
Walen, A. "Ester Partegàs", Tema Celeste, summer 2001, p. 89
Alaez, Ana Laura "Elective Affinities", ArCo Noticias, September 2000, pp. 13-14
Sonkin, Rebeca "Anywhere But Here", Art News, October 2000, p. 56
Turner, T.T. "Aperto New York", Flash Art International, summer 2000, pp.57-60
Sichel, Berta "Españoles en Nueva York", El Periódico de las Artes, summer 1998, p. 17
Nahas, Dominique "Babel", Review, 1 February, 1999, pp. 18-19
Viveros-Fauné, Christian "Ester Partegàs. Why do I feel sometimes so lost?", zingmagazine, Automn 1998, pp. 208-209
Murria, Alicia "Lento", Lápiz, Madrid, April 1996
Clot, Manel "Espais de Desig", El Guia. Ars Mediterranea. May 1995 p. 19
Bibliography (selection)
Calories, A catalog of works, Ester Partegàs & Slave Magazine, 2006
CASM vol.1, Centro d'Art Santa Mónica, Barcelona, 2005
Generación 2004. Premios y Becas de Arte Caja Madrid. Obra Social, 2004
Montenmedio Arte Contemporáneo. Vejer de la Frontera, Cádiz: Fundación NMAC, 2003
Wonder, Carolina Everyday Feels Like Sunday Casas Riegner Gallery, Miami, FL 2003
Arratia, Euridice. Not to Scale. Long Island City, NY: Dorsky Curatorial Program, 2003
Samesation. Houston, TX: Rice University Art Gallery, 2003
Arratia, Euridice. America's Remixed.
Milan: Comune di Milano/Silvana Editoriale/Artshow Edizioni, 2002
Narrando espacios, Tiempos, Historias. XXVII Bienal de Arte de Pontevedra, Diputación de Pontevedra, 2002
Momin, Shamim, Outer City/ Inner Space.New York: Whitney Museum of Amercian Art at Philip Morris, 2002
Hepworth, Stephen, Shimmering Substance/View Finder, Bristol: Arnolfini, 2002
40 jahre: Fluxus und die Folgen, Wiesbaden: Kulturamt der Landeshaupstadt Wiesbaden, 2002
Kastner, Jeffrey,Temporary Residents. New York: Public Art Fund Publications 04, 2002
Itinerarios'99/00, Santander: Fundación Marcelino Botín, 2001
Hough, Jessica, Paper. Ridgefiled, Connecticut: The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, 2001
Perez, Luis Fco, Formas del Exilio. Barcelona: Galería Claramunt, 2001
Muritu, Milika, Counter. Londres: AVCO, 2001
Escenarios Madrid Instituto de la Juventud, 2000
Clot, Manel, Inter/Zona, Barcelona: Ajuntament de Barcelona, 2000
Bonet, Pilar, Cartes a Milena. Mataró, Barcelona: Ajuntament de Mataró
Arte Joven 98. Madrid: Instituto de la Juventud, 1998
Clot, Manel, Lento. Madrid: Galería Gingko, 1996
Clot, Manel, Fissures. Barcelona: Ajuntament de Barcelona, 1996
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