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: Centre d’Art Le Lait, Albi (2025); Museo Reina Sofía MNCARS (2022-2023); Matadero, Madrid, ES (2020); C3A, Córdoba, 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: Kunsthaus Baselland, Basel (2024); Museo Patio Herreriano, Valladolid (2024), Museo Arte Contemporáneo de Madrid, Madrid (2023); 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
Patrones de ritmo nº1, 2024
Jacquard tapestry composed of 5 woven panels, mounted on aluminum profile frames and inner wooden frame
175 × 295 × 5 cm
Leonor Serrano Rivas
Rosa espacial gigante donde están naciendo las estrellas, 2024
Textile (rayon, viscose, cotton warpo) and brass
96 × 40 × 63 cm
Unique
Leonor Serrano Rivas
Patrones de Ritmo nº2, 2024
Jacquard tapestry composed of 5 woven panels, mounted on aluminum profile frames and inner wooden frame
175 × 295 × 5 cm
Leonor Serrano Rivas
Where we expect to find flowers (16), 2025
Electroformed flowers with metal base
222 × 120 × 60 cm
Leonor Serrano Rivas
Where we expect to find flowers (26), 2025
Electroformed flowers with metal base
197 × 100 × 50 cm
Leonor Serrano Rivas
Where we expect to find flowers (25), 2025
Electroformed flowers with metal base
211 × 62 × 50 cm
Leonor Serrano Rivas
Carcasa nº7, 2024
Blown glass, wood
54,5 × 30 × 57 cm
Unique
Leonor Serrano Rivas
Carcasa nº8, 2024
Blown glass, wood
30 × 37 × 20 cm
Unique
Leonor Serrano Rivas
Carcasa nº9, 2024
Blown glass, wood
39 × 34,5 × 20 cm
Unique
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.
The Sun is Counting the Earth’s Rotation, 2022
from the series Above the Eye level
HD & 16mm video
9:51
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
Estrella, 2018
from the series Estrella, Eslava, Esfinge
HD stereo video, 16:9
07:07
c|g Exhibitions
Sistemas Fluidos | Madrid
14.11.2025–07.02.2026
Fluid Systems | Berlin
11.09.–22.10.2025
Here Be Dragons | Berlin
02.05.–23.08.2025
Para un ser sumergido | Madrid
01.03.–30.04.2025
The Invisible Structure of the Universe | Berlin
28.04.–24.06.2023
Under the Influence of the Ellipse | Berlin
28.01.–15.04.2023
External Exhibitions
Solo Exhibition
Del Otro Mundo | Centre d'art Le Lait, Albi
15.03.–15.06.2025
Group Exhibition
Rewilding | Kunsthausbaselland, Basel
13.04.–18.08.2024
Solo Exhibition
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
News
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Leonor Serrano Rivas featured in tipBerlin
Solo Exhibition
Leonor Serrano Rivas' First Solo Exhibition in France at Centre d’art Le Lait
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Special Featured on RTVE.es
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Where science meets magic – Interview in Retina
Interview
Interview with Alvaro Rodriguez Fominay on the ocassion of the exhibition "The Dream Adventure" in Centro de Creación Contemporánea de Andalucía
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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