Christian García Bello (Galicia, 1986) is an artist with a degree in Fine Arts and a Masters in Contemporary Art from the University of Vigo. He currently lives and works between Barcelona and A Coruña.
He has had solo exhibitions in national art centres such as the CGAC (Santiago de Compostela) and in private institutions such as Appleton (Lisbon) and the DIDAC Foundation (Santiago de Compostela). He has taken part in group exhibitions in institutions such as La Casa Encendida (Madrid), CaixaForum (Barcelona), Museo Patio Herreriano (Valladolid), Es Baluard (Palma), CondeDuque (Madrid), Museo Lázaro Galdiano (Madrid), MARCO (Vigo) and Maus Habitos (Porto).
His work can be found in collections such as Banco Sabadell, the DKV Collection, the OTR Collection, the Rucandio Collection, the DIDAC Collection and the CGAC Collection. He has been selected and awarded prizes in competitions such as Generation 2022 of the Montemadrid Foundation, the Cervezas Alhambra Prize, the María José Jove Foundation Prize, and has received grants from institutions such as the MAC Naturgy Foundation, the Ministry of Culture and Sport and the INJUVE to develop projects and residencies in Belgium, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and Russia.
His body of work seeks to fictionalise past histories and alternative future landscapes through a broad investigation of hyperlocal narratives, the vernacular forms of the territory and the poetic condition of materials. These investigations are materialised through sculpture, works on paper, sound or performance, always seeking a balance between the sophisticated and the austere.
At the same time she lectures, gives workshops, works on strategic design programmes focused on innovation and sustainable development in rural and urban environments, and collaborates on public affairs projects focused on culture.
