Rubén Grilo's work ranges across a wide variety of media, from animation to sculpture. Often heterogeneous, his pieces spring from an interest in exploring subjectivity as a commonplace, confronting individual experience with the pressure exerted by technology.
His solo and group shows include 'Indigo Eye', CentroCentro, Madrid (2019); '360: Nausea' (with Metaphysics VR), Zabludowicz Collection, London, ZKM Center for Art and Media, Karlsruhe (2018); 'I am, etc', Future Gallery, Berlin (2017); 'Everfresh Product Launch', AdK, '9th Berlin Biennale', Berlin (2016); 'Proof of Concept', Union Pacific, London (2016); 'Rubén Grilo', Fundació Joan Miró - Espai13, Barcelona, (2015); 'wow! Woven? Entering the (sub)Textiles', Künstlerhaus Halle für Kunst & Medien, Graz (2015); 'Mit eigener Hand,' Kunstverein Hildesheim (2014); 'Drawings of Alien Control', V4ULT, Berlin (2013); 'Bioscope', Wilfried Lentz, Rotterdam (2012), and 'The Action of Things', CSS Bard, New York (2011). He received a grant from the Fundación Botín, Santander (2013), and has been artist in residence at Gasworks, London (2015), and at the Rijksakademie, Amsterdam (2011-2012). He is represented by Nogueras Blanchard Galleries in Barcelona and Madrid (Spain), and Future Gallery in Berlin (Germany).
Rubén Grilo's work ranges across a wide variety of media, from animation to sculpture. Often heterogeneous, his pieces spring from an interest in exploring subjectivity as a commonplace, confronting individual experience with the pressure exerted by technology.
His solo and group shows include 'Indigo Eye', CentroCentro, Madrid (2019); '360: Nausea' (with Metaphysics VR), Zabludowicz Collection, London, ZKM Center for Art and Media, Karlsruhe (2018); 'I am, etc', Future Gallery, Berlin (2017); 'Everfresh Product Launch', AdK, '9th Berlin Biennale', Berlin (2016); 'Proof of Concept', Union Pacific, London (2016); 'Rubén Grilo', Fundació Joan Miró - Espai13, Barcelona, (2015); 'wow! Woven? Entering the (sub)Textiles', Künstlerhaus Halle für Kunst & Medien, Graz (2015); 'Mit eigener Hand,' Kunstverein Hildesheim (2014); 'Drawings of Alien Control', V4ULT, Berlin (2013); 'Bioscope', Wilfried Lentz, Rotterdam (2012), and 'The Action of Things', CSS Bard, New York (2011). He received a grant from the Fundación Botín, Santander (2013), and has been artist in residence at Gasworks, London (2015), and at the Rijksakademie, Amsterdam (2011-2012). He is represented by Nogueras Blanchard Galleries in Barcelona and Madrid (Spain), and Future Gallery in Berlin (Germany).