A co-production by Matadero Madrid, AECID (Spanish Agency for International Cooperation and Development) and proyectoamil
proyectoamil and the Centro de residencias artísticas de Matadero Madrid are pleased to announce that the Spanish artists Pablo García Martínez (AKA Elandorphium) and Rafael Munárriz have been selected for the Matadero Madrid Mobility Program for the Assignation of Artistic Production Residencies.
In conversation with the proyectoamil team, a jury composed by Violeta Janeiro (Independent Curator), Elvira Cámara (Head of the Cultural Activities Department of AECID) and Gema Melgar (Coordinator of the Centro de residencias artísticas de Matadero Madrid), chose as winners, out of fourteen proposals, the projects of García Martínez and Munárriz.
The residency of the Spanish artists at proyectoamil started on 30 September and will run until 10 November. On Thursday 10 October the artists will present their portfolios to our local audience, and in November an Open Studio –during which the public will be able to see the results of the residency– will take place at Proyecto AMIL.
proyectoamil, AECID, and Matadero Madrid will provide the following to the scholarship recipients of this exchange program: travel, accommodation, access to workspaces, and production resources.
Pablo García Martínez AKA Elandorphium (Don Benito, 1992) lives and works in Madrid. He holds a Bachelor in Fine Arts from the Complutense University of Madrid. Through an Erasmus scholarship, he came into contact with drag culture and the queer scene of London. His “production” is focused on working with and from the queer community and the social fabric of the trans community, as well as involvement with an activist network and other direct-action initiatives. He has been part of projects that operate through dance (Furia Queer, Minitel, La Roboterie, Stardust) while conducting talks and workshops at Intermediae and at the CA2M Museum of Móstoles in, Pero, ¿esto es arte?, program curated by Selina Blasco. In 2019 he participated in Hablamos por nuestra diferencia at the Reina Sofía Museum (MNCARS), a project curated by Diego Marchante. He currently combines his individual practice with participation in collectives such as Jornadas Transmaribibollo, Movimiento Marika de Madrid, or CSOT La Pluma.
Rafael Munárriz (Tudela, 1990) lives and works in Madrid. He holds a Bachelor in Fine Arts from the Complutense University of Madrid, with scholarship stays at ABK Stuttgart (Germany), SAIC (USA), and USP (Brazil). He participated in the PIESP Program directed by Adriano Pedrosa in Sao Paulo, a city in which he has also take part in several residences, such as PIVÔ Pesquisa, Artistic Residence FAAP, and Redbull Station. Individually he has exhibited his work at Galeria Pelaires (Palma de Mallorca), Galleria Macca (Cagliari), and Sala de Arte Joven (Madrid), among others. His collective exhibitions in Spanish institutions include Botín Center, La Casa Encendida, Tabacalera, and Casal Solleric. Internationally he has shown in spaces such as Casa do Povo, Ateliê 397, MAB-FAAP, Redbull Station (Brazil); Sullivan Galleries (Chicago); and Mumok (Vienna).
