Sergio Sotomayor
Spain, 1976
Artist attracted by the blending of art and science; the intersection between biology and technology;
origins and development of life, consciousness, language and meaning.
Education
1998. Agricultural Engineering Degree. Miguel Hernández University. Alicante
Grants & Awards
2012
Fellowship Grant, Artist Residency at Guapamacátaro, Michoacán, Mexico
2011
Winner of Cool Stories for when the planet gets hot III. International art video contest on Climate Change
2010
Grant for Parallel Events. MANIFESTA 8. Murcia, Spain
Honorable Mention. IV Concurso de Creación Artística. José García Jiménez Foundation. Murcia
2009
Production Award PHOTOGRAPHICA at ESTAMPA 09. Madrid
Master Gold Award EXPOSÉ 7. Ballistic. Australia
Fellowship Grant, Artist Residency, Casa de Velázquez in Madrid. French Ministry of Higher Education and Research
Training and Production Grant at the Pilar and Joan Miró Foundation. Mallorca
2008
Best Emerging Artist Prize 2008 by the Madrid Association of Art Critics
Selected project for Tentaciones at ESTAMPA 08. Madrid
Finalist at RENDIBÚ. Biennial Video Art Festival. Murcia
2006
Winner at International Animation Contest 3D SICARM 2006. Murcia
Solo Exhibitions
2010
Madera. Centro Párraga. Manifesta 8. Murcia
Madera. Muralla Bizantina Gallery. Manifesta 8. Cartagena, Spain
Neurocosmos. Blanca Soto Gallery. Madrid
Group Exhibitions
2012
¿Quién da la vuelta a la tortilla?. MuBAM. Fine Arts Museum of Murcia
Experimental Media 2012. Artisphere Arts Center. Arlington. Virginia
¿Quién da la vuelta a la tortilla?. León Museum
MAGMART International Videoart Festival. Naples. Italy
Experimental Media 2012. The Phillips Collection Museum. Washington DC
AIVA Ängelholm International Video Art Festival. Skåne. Sweden
¿Quién da la vuelta a la tortilla?. Lugo Provincial Museum
CologneOFF VII. Generation Loss Festival Manila. The Philippines
CeC - Carnival of e-Creativity.
Sattal, India
Imagery Affairs. Coolstories III. Matadero. Madrid
2011
CologneOFF VII.Conaculta. Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes. ExTeresa Arte Actual Museum. Mexico D.F.
They don´t know why, but they keep doing it. Ideas after ideology. Blanca Soto Gallery. Madrid
Cool Stories for when the planet gets hot III. (SJDC) at Parsons The New School for Design. New York
CologneOFF VII Baltic Sea. Videoart Festival. FloatingArt Centers Noass & Betanovuss. Riga, Latvia
Cool Stories for when the planet gets hot III. Film Society of Lincoln Center. Roy and Frieda Furman Gallery. New York
Cool Stories for when the planet gets hot III. Swiss Architecture Museum (SAM). Basel
CologneOFF 2011
International Videoart Festival. Le Musee di-visioniste - the global museum of networked art
El Quirófano Art Center. Murcia
Private Lives. Centro Cultural de Cacais. Portugal
Híbridos. Filmakers #12. H20 Gallery. Barcelona
Híbridos. Niu Contemporary Art Space. Barcelona
JUSTMADRID. Blanca Soto Gallery. Madrid
PINAS The 1st Philippine International Animation Series. DAET. The Philippines
Wallpaper. A&D Gallery. Barcelona
II Festival de Videoarte. El cuarto Simpático. Madrid
2010
10 años de galería. Blanca Soto Gallery. Madrid
FILE
Electronic Language International Festival. Säo Paulo
ArteBA. XIX Contemporary Art Fair. Blanca Soto Gallery. Buenos Aires
IV Concurso de Creación Artística. José García Jiménez Foundation. Murcia
IV Arévalo Contemporary Art Fair. Ávila
Network (xapox) Centro Parraga. Murcia
2009
SCOPE Art Fair. Blanca Soto Gallery. Miami
FRAME. Photographica, Estampa. Madrid
ESTAMPA. Factoría Compostela Gallery. Madrid
ESTAMPA. Casa de Velázquez. Madrid
ZOOM IN. XIX Bienal de Zamora
Becarios de la Casa de Velázquez. Madrid
LOOP The Video Art Fair. Barcelona
Puertas Abiertas ARCO 2009. Casa de Velázquez. Madrid
2008
TENTACIONES. Estampa International Contemporary Art Fair. Madrid
Eco (xapox collective) Victor Villegas Auditorium. Murcia
OPTICA. International Video Art Festival. Paris, Madrid, Gijón
ESPORA Gallery. Madrid. Spain
RENDIBÚ. Biennial Video Art Festival. Murcia
2003
Elements (xapox collective) Espacio Xtra. Murcia
2001
II Muestra de Vídeo Arte Internacional España-México. T20 Gallery. Murcia