Despite being deeply rooted in scholarly research, the work of Leonor Serrano Rivas appears imbued by interpretation and free association; concatenating one thought after the other with a non-logical reading of things and themes. Hence, Dream logic is often used by the artist as a way to present layered sensorial environments where the viewer must forget the narrative impulse. Her exhibitions speculate with a reimagination of a distressed reality on a different key as a reconstruction of the realm of imagination and fiction, as a theatre set-like, with artworks behaving as mediators and instruments both calibrating and measuring such a new cosmos.
She graduated from MFA Fine Arts, Goldsmiths University of London. Recent solo exhibitions and performances include: Museo Reina Sofía MNCARS (2022-2023); Matadero, Madrid, ES (2020); C3A, Cordova, ES (2019); The Swiss Church, London, UK (2017); Chisenhale Studios, London, UK (2016); Serpentine Galleries, London, UK (2014). She was nominated for the Jarman Award (2018). Recent group exhibitions include: Centro Cultural de España en México, Mexico City, MX (upcoming); CAAC, Seville, ES (2019); V22, London, UK (2018); Foundation Botin, Santander, ES (2018); CA2M, Madrid, ES (2018); Platform Revolver, Lisbon, PT (2017); Bluecoat Gallery, Liverpool, UK (2016). Serrano Rivas has been the recipient of a number of prizes including the Alhambra Prize 2019, ARCO Madrid Young Art award and the Caja Madrid Art Projects Prize.
Selected Works
Leonor Serrano Rivas
Untitled (Studio Estrella) nº4, 2021
Drawing, brass, methacrylate
60 × 50 × 6 cm
Leonor Serrano Rivas
The Castle of Crossed Destinies, 2017
Performance at The Swiss Church, London
Leonor Serrano Rivas
Tables of the Moon, 2022
From the series Magia Natural
Set of 4 elements, weavings
variable dimensions
Leonor Serrano Rivas
Oir formas, 2022
Película de 16 mm
11:13 min.
Leonor Serrano Rivas
Nacimiento violento de las estrellas, 2023
Textile (rayon, viscose, cotton warpo) and brass
96 × 40 × 63 cm
Leonor Serrano Rivas
Arabesque (nº7), 2019 / 2022
Wood, thread, print
200 × 120 × 40 cm
External Exhibitions
Solo Show
Natural Magic | Museo Reina Sofia (MNCARS), Madrid
21.09.2022–27.03.2023
Performance
Breathings of the moon | Ocean Space, Venice
21.–25.06.2022
Solo Exhibition
The Dream Adventure | C3A, Córdoba
12.04.–29.09.2019
Performance
The Castle of Crossed Destinies | The Swiss Church, London
09.–13.07.2017
Videos
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Interview
Interview with Alvaro Rodriguez Fominay on the ocassion of the exhibition "The Dream Adventure" in Centro de Creación Contemporánea de Andalucía
Press
Featured in FRIEZE Magazine
Essay
"Arabesque", written by Teresa Lanceta
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Featured in Artforum
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Featured in ABC Cultural
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Featured in Vogue España