Rosana Antolí
°1981, Alcoy, Spain.
Lives and works in London, United Kingdom.
Rosana Antolí is a multidisciplinary artist and performance director whose work spans performance, painting, installation, and sound. Focusing on ecofeminist and posthuman themes with water as a central connector, she employs multiple narratives to deconstruct concepts of identity and the body. Her practice weaves together mythology, porous systems, and speculative futures, resulting n immersive and interdisciplinary explorations.
Antolí ‘s work has been exhibited in galleries and museums worldwide, having been commissioned by: St Albans Museum (UK. 2022), CAAM Museum (ES.2021), Tate Modern Museum (UK. 2019), CentroCentro Cibeles Palace (ES. 2020), Pompidou Museum (ES. 2018), Da2 Museum (ES. 2017), Artium Vitoria Museum (ES. 2017), BBVA Foundation (ES. 2016), Joan Miró Foundation (ES. 2016), Wilfredo Lam Museum (CU, 2016), and CA2M (ES, 2012) among others. Antolí obtained her MA in Performance and Sculpture at Royal College of Art in London in 2015, and from 2015 until 2017 she was a selected Member of Royal British Society of Sculptors (UK).
She has been awarded with the ENOA Opera Immersive Residence, supported by the Gulbenkian Foundation (Europe, 2023); the Ibero-American Patronage Award (Spain, 2022); and was a finalist for the S+T+ARTS Repairing the Present Prize (EU, 2022) and the VIII International Art Prize Marta García-Fajardo (Spain, 2021). She has also received notable national awards, including the Generaciones Art Prize (Madrid, Spain, 2016) and the MULTIVERSE Grant for Video Art Creation by BBVA Foundation (Spain, 2015). Other accolades include the DYCP Arts Council UK grant (UK, 2021), the Gasworks International Fellowship (UK-Colombia, 2015), and the Sotheby’s / Pilar Juncosa Art Prize (Spain, 2012). In 2020, the Valencian Government commissioned her to create a public sculpture in memory of the Covid-19 victims at the City of Arts and Science, Valencia, Spain.
Her work is in collections such as The Plaza Coral Gables Art Collection, Lazaro Art Collection, Jorge M. Pérez Art Collection, Maria José Jove Foundation, Füsun Eczacıbaşı Art Collection, IVAM Museum, Generalitat Valenciana Art Collection, Artium Vitoria Museum, MACA Alicante Contemporary Art Museum, Monte Madrid Foundation, or DKV Foundation.
Selected exhibitions:
Solo exhibitions
2022, The Worm, The Ryder Projects, Madrid (SP)
2022, Iberoamerican Patronage Awards, supported by Callia Foundation in collaboration with Las Rozas Village, Madrid (SP)
2022, Chaos Dancing Cosmos, St Albans Museum, St Albans (UK)
2021, The shelter of the Immortal Jellyfish, La Tèrmica Roca Umbert, Panoramic Festival. Granollers (SP)
2020, Spit, Drink and Cry, Lehmann + Silva Gallery, Porto (PT)
2020, A Golden Age: Pulse, Throb, Drift, CentroCentro Cibeles Palace, Curated by Bronwyn Bailey-Charteris on behalf of Index Foundation Stockholm. Madrid (SP)
2019, The Resistance Island, The RYDER Projects, London (UK)
2019, The Kick Inside, The Loop Outside, Tate Modern Tate Exchange, Curated by Trâm Nguyễn and Luisa Ulyett. London (UK)
2018, And Action!, Konstväxlingar. Skanstull's subway station, Curated by Johanna Billing, Stockholm (SE)
2018, Crossroads: Choreographies, Faye G., Jo, and James Stone Gallery, Boston University, Curated by Raquel Peula and Fran Ramallo, Boston (USA)
2018, Dereville, Pompidou Museum, Malaga (SP)
2018, Rosana Antolí. Visiones Contemporáneas: Últimas tendencias en el video y cine español, DA2 Artium Museum, Curated by Playtime Audiovisuales, Salamanca (SP)
2017, Grey Flag, Artium Vitoria Museum, Curated by Enrique Martinez Goikoetxea, Vitoria (SP)
2017, Whale Harmonies, Zabludowicz Collection, Curated by Antonia Blocker, London (UK)
2017, Study for the perfect dance gesture, Fran Reus Gallery, Curated by Tolo Cañelles. Palma (SP)
2017, Deriville, Arebyte Gallery, London, UK.
2017, Piri Reis: La continuación de un mito, BBVA Foundation, Madrid (SP)
2017, My East Ballad: The One, The Teeth and The Circle, The RYDER Projects, London (UK)
2017, Rock It, Espai Tactel Gallery, Valencia (SP)
2016, Virtual Choreography, Arebyte Gallery, London (UK)
2016, Parallel Event Manifesta 11. How to waste time with Rosana Antolí?, Bürkliplatz Zürich, Curated by Nele Dechmann & Nicola Ruffo. Zurich (CH)
2016, When lines are time, Fundació Joan Miró, Espai13, Curated by Marti Manen, Barcelona (SP)
2015, Lo que no se ve, Lagerhaus Gallery, Supported by Olivier von Schulthess Collection. Zurich (CH)
2015, Lugar a Dudas Residence, Gasworks' International Fellowship, Cali (CO)
2014, Continuaction, Delft Museum, Continuaction, Curated by Nina Vots, Delf (NL)
2013, GAZE, Box27, Casal Solleric, Curator Tolo Canelles, Palma (SP)
2013, Let's dance like Zonkeys, The Visual Collective Gallery, London (UK)
2012, Homo Ludens, Instituto de Cultura Juan Gil Albert, Alicante (SP)
2012, My Animal Dance, AranaPoveda Gallery, Madrid (SP)
2011, The Beauty of the Game, AranaPoveda Gallery, Madrid (SP)
Group exhibitions
2025, In Dialogue with Ilse D’Hollander, Verduyn Gallery, Moregem, BE
2024, Deconstruyendo la abstracción, Sala Goerlich-Ferreres Centre del Carme, Valencia (SP)
2024, Artworks Acquisition for Alicante Council Art Collection, Lonja del Pescado, Alicante (SP)
2024, Tejidos Simbióticos, Pradiauto Gallery, Curated by Nerea Ubieto. Part of the Nebrija University Art Prize, Madrid (SP)
2024, Multidisciplinary Residence Concert (Performance), Aix-en-Provence Opera Festival, Aix en Provence (FR)
2023, X Bienal Artes Plásticas Rafael Botí, Cordoba (SP)
2023, Moving Forward, MACA Museum, Michael Jenkins and Javier Romero Art Collection, Alicante (SP)
2023, Oceano, Mar, Conde Duque Cultural Center, Curated by Iñaki Martínez Antelo, Madrid (SP)
2022, Unha colección privada, DIDAC GAL, Santiago de Compostela (SP)
2022, The Wave, Mutter Amsterdam, Curated by Àngels Miralda and Carolina Martinez for Collecteurs, Amsterdam (NL)
2022, Floating bodies, Reales Ataranzas, Curated by Johanna Caplliure, Valencia (SP)
2022, Esférica Rioja Alavesa Festival, Videos from Artium Museum Collection and Rosana Antoli, Curated by Cooperativa Performa, Alava (SP)
2022, The Pond. The Museum As A Stage, CGAC Museum, Curated by Cooperativa Performa, Santiago de Compostela (SP)
2022, The Aural Exhibitions, Index Stockholm, Stockholm (SE), (presented during Opening 59th Venice Biennale)
2021, Liminal Territories, Pal Project Gallery, Curated by Filippo Lorenzin, Paris (FR)
2021, Una historia del arte reciente (1960-2021), Spanish Abstract Art Museum, Cuenca (SP)
2021, Dance?, CAAM Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno, Curated by Gabriel Hernandez, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (SP)
2020, Ensayo antes de la actuación, Las Cigarreras, Curated by Diana Guijarro, Alicante (SP)
2020, Territorio y refugio, Luis Adelantado Gallery, Valencia (SP)
2020, Mapa Infinito: Mapa, Sala, Arpa, Alba, Centro Federico García Lorca, Curated by Fran Ramallo, Granada (SP)
2020, Dynamic Nodes. For Transmediale, STATE Studio Berlin, Curated by Clot Magazine. Berlin (GE)
2019, Line/Extended, HatfieldUHArts, University Hertfordshire (UK)
2019, Visiones Contemporáneas. Últimas tendencias del cine y el video en España, CCEMX, CDMX (MX)
2019, BFAMI: Benefit Auction 2019, Sotheby's, Curated by Ayelet Elstein and Cathy Wills, London (UK)
2018, Perfuch 3D. Mostra di Arte Performática, UV Studios, Curated by Lolo & Lauti. Buenos Aires (AR)
2018, Sign Just Under The Skin, House of Egorn Gallery, Curated by Angels Miralda and Catherine Parsonage, Berlin (GE)
2017, Silver Sehnsucht, Silvertown, Curated by APB, London (UK)
2017, Generaciones Art Prize, La Casa Encendida, Curated by Ignacio Cabrero. Madrid (SP)
2017, Belief in the power of gesture, Projektraum LS43, Curated by Àngels Miralds, Berlin (GE)
2016, Organs sin Ensemble, Centro de Arte Contemporáneo Wilfredo Lam, Curated by Blanca Victoria López and Victor Wang, La Havana (CU)
2016, My Father Avoids the Sirens’ Song, Josée Bienvenu Gallery, Curated by Berta Sichel. New York (USA)
2016, El Barco de Teseo, CCE|SV, Curated by Nerea Ubieto, San Salvador, El Salvador (SV)
2015, Agency Without Intention, Herbert Read Gallery, UCA Canterbury, Curated by Emma Brasso, Canterbury (UK)