Raúl Hidalgo
Artist, Research
Spain
My artistic practice investigates in the everyday to experience the fragility of the body, the instability of materials and awareness of nature. Through installations, actions and scores, I project collaborative situations from which to reflect on how relationships, materiality and social spaces have the power to alter our behavior and attitudes. Ultimately, what I’m looking for is to propose a game that allows us to act in our shared present and imagine the future we want.
A research-based artist, I received a PhD in fine arts from the University of Castilla-La Mancha (UCLM), Cuenca, Spain and an MA in Visual Communication from the Hochschule für Bildende Künste Hamburg, Germany. I have carried out site-specific works in cities such as Berlin, Bogota, London, Stockholm, Madrid and Mexico; and developed interdisciplinary projects in research groups at an international level. I have been a resident at the National University of Colombia, Bogota; the Institute of Fine Arts, Mexico City; the Research Institute of Art, Design and Society, Porto, among others. The grants and awards I received include the Visual Arts Fellowship Marcelino Botín, Premio Proyectos Injuve, Grant for the promotion of contemporary Spanish art – Ministry of Culture, as well as the Mobility Grant PICE-Acción Cultural España.