Cristina Mejías (Jerez de la Frontera, 1986) holds a degree in Fine Arts from Madrid and the NCAD in Dublin. She developed part of her artistic practice in Berlin before returning to Madrid, where she currently lives and works. She has recently exhibited her work in solo shows at institutions such as C3A (Córdoba), Museo Patio Herreriano (Valladolid), RoyalMount (Montreal, Canada), Centro de Arte Párraga (Murcia), Teatro La Capilla with Víctor Colmenero Mir (Mexico City, Mexico), Museo Provincial de Cádiz, Blueproject Foundation (Barcelona), and the Museo Arte Contemporáneo del Zulia (Maracaibo, Venezuela), among others. Her work will soon be on display at La Panera (Lleida).
She has received numerous awards, residencies, and grants, including the Illy ARCO Prize, the IX International Open Work Prize (shared), the ARCO Foundation Prize 2023, the ARCO Community of Madrid Prize, the Generación 2020 grant, and artist residencies at Hermes Artes Visuais (São Paulo, Brazil), ArtWorks in collaboration with the CRA at Matadero, Tabakalera (San Sebastián), and MACZUL (Maracaibo, Venezuela).
Cristina Mejías remains attentive to oral tradition, listening, and storytelling, using sculpture, installation, and video as her primary working tools.
