Miguel Sbastida
Specialty
visual arts
Formation
Harvard University RCC Graduate Fellow
Master in Fine Arts. School of the Art Institute of Chicago (La Caixa Social Work Graduate Fellowship)
Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM)
Career path
Visual artist, educator and independent researcher.
She works with installations and in-situ performances in an investigation of the intersections of cultural ecology, geological phenomena, and climate change. Her work explores the interconnected cycles of matter and environmental processes from philosophical, scientific, ecocritical, and postcolonial perspectives.
His work has been exhibited internationally in galleries, fairs and institutions including the Zhou B Art Center, ARCO, Korea Foundation Gallery Seoul, CDAN, Expo Chicago, Boghossian Foundation, Museo Centre del Carme, BOZAR, Laboral Centro de Arte, Chicago Sullivan Galleries, and the Netherlands Institute for Media Art.
Some of his work can be found in the collections of the Asia Culture Institute of South Korea, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago Joan Flasch Collection, the BilbaoArte Foundation, the Oneminutes Foundation Netherlands, and the NY Franklin Furnace Artist's Book Collection, among others.
Subjects and workshops
Degree in Photography and Audiovisual Creation:
- Portfolio
Awards, mentions and recognitions
International Residency Scholarship from the Asian Cultural Center of South Korea
Art Funds of the Community of Madrid
Matadero Madrid-DKV
EKWC Sunday Morning
Emerging Illinois Artists
Circuits of Plastic Arts
Oneminutes Film Art Amsterdam
National Art Nalon Award
VEGAP
Professional Development Award from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Other merits
He has given lectures at international symposiums and seminars such as Climate-Truth-Now Chicago (2017), Ethics for Making in the Anthropocene (2018), Sustainability (or not so much) in Art Making and its Institution (2020) or II Forum Herbart Roots & Seeds (2021).
He is a contributing member of the Center for Plants and Culture, a platform dedicated to the history of colonial botany and plants as historical and environmental agents.