Belén Rodríguez

Belén Rodríguez (b. 1981, Valladolid, Spain) is a Spanish visual artist whose practice encompasses expanded painting, sculpture, textiles, video and interventions in public space. She received a degree in Fine Arts from the Complutense University of Madrid in 2007 and a Magister Artium from the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna in 2010, where she studied under Heimo Zobernig. Rodríguez’s practice explores the relationships between material, colour, territory and systems of production. She frequently works with textiles and with materials gathered from natural environments—including plant- and mineral-based dyes, bark, leaves and roots—allowing the physical characteristics of a particular place to become part of the work itself. Combining traditional knowledge with experimental processes, she also examines the conventions of painting and sculpture, the environmental consequences of capitalist production and the colonial structures that shape relationships between people, resources and landscapes. Her solo exhibitions include Sal metálica at the Museo Patio Herreriano in Valladolid (2023), as well as presentations at Josh Lilley in London, Galería Juan Silió in Madrid, Galería Alarcón Criado in Seville and Das Weisse Haus in Vienna. She has participated in numerous international residency programmes, including BMUKK in Tokyo, GlogauAIR in Berlin, the Real Academia de España in Rome, Hooper Projects in Los Angeles, Artista x Artista in Havana, FLORA ars+natura in Bogotá and Espacio 23 in Miami. Rodríguez received First Prize in the Generaciones programme in 2011, the Ciutat de Palma Antoni Gelabert First Prize in 2013, the Austrian Ministry of Culture’s Staatstipendium in 2015 and a Visual Arts Grant from the Fundación Botín in 2022. Her work is held in collections including the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Fundación “la Caixa”, the Institut Valencià d’Art Modern (IVAM) and the Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo (CA2M).