Consuelo de la Cuadra

Madrid 1955

By: BDE Banco de España

Consuelo de la Cuadra is a sculptor whose work explores the link between art and science. She also works in numismatics and in small-format pieces. She holds a degree in Psychology and a PhD in Fine Arts from the Complutense University in Madrid, where she is currently a tenured lecturer in the Department of Sculpture, specialising in modelling from life, reliefs and small-format work. She has also worked as the coordinator of the Multi-disciplinary Master's Degree in Art, Creation and Research. Her investigative work seeks to establish links between today's art and science. With that in mind, she set up a group called ACN (a Spanish acronym standing for Art, Science and Nature).

She has worked with several architects in the development of public works: with Rafael Moneo on the doors of the National Museum of Roman Art in Mérida and the façade of the Previsión Española building in Seville; with Dionisio Hernández on reproductions of Roman sculptures at the Roman theatre in Mérida; and with Manuel Manzano Monix on recreating the sculptures and restoring the San Cayetano chapel in Madrid.

In the field of numismatics, she has produced several series of medals for universities and other institutions, including a relief for the Banco de España. In small-format work, she has been involved in international events in New York, Sofia and the Polish city of Torun.

She has taken part in a number of exhibitions, including mainly 'Ars Herbaria' at the Botanical Gardens in Madrid (2015), 'BOTANyCA', also at the Botanical Gardens in Madrid (2012) and the Museum of Human Evolution in Burgos (2012), and 'Zoologías' at the C arte C Gallery in Madrid (2013).