Melgar, Valladolid, 1958. Lives and works in Madrid.

Currently one of the most well-known Spanish artists. His multidisciplinary work has recently received the AECA Award for the best living Spanish artist represented at ARCO18, which he was already awarded in 2008, and the ARCO-BEEP Award, Electronic Art Collection. In the same year, he was awarded The Delfina Foundation scholarship (London).

His work investigates, from a critical perspective, artistic processes, the artist as manager of ideas, the political role of creators, the meaning of each piece of art, the strategies that allow it to stand, its production mechanisms, promotion and consumption, the effectiveness of art spaces, as well as the analysis and experience of those who view and interpret them.

His works have been exhibited internationally in places like ZKM, Karlsruhe, Germany; Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts, Amman, Jordan; Carrillo Gil Museum, Mexico; Boston Center for the Arts, Boston (MA), United States; Ayala Museum, Manila, Philippines; the Whitechapel of London; The Royal Academy of Spain in Rome; in Biennials such as Singapore, Havana, the End of the World Biennial, as well as in collections such as MNCARS, MUSAC, ARTIUM, IVAM, La Caixa, among others.

He is currently presenting the individual exhibition “La razón es una planta», at the Max Estrella Gallery in Madrid, which shows the results of the Concert for the Biocene, held on June 22nd at the Liceu Theater (Barcelona).