Tamara Arroyo
During her residency at Collegium, Tamara Arroyo will draw on the Mudéjar heritage of Arévalo and its persistence in contemporary architecture to further an ongoing line of research developed in previous projects around the notions of community, identity and place. Taking ceramics as her primary material, the artist will explore the origin and use of materials such as brick, plaster, stone and ceramics themselves, as well as the decorative and constructive forms associated with Mudéjar architecture.
Her proposal is based on the idea that these modest materials, passed down and reused across generations, have contributed to shaping shared ways of building and inhabiting a territory. She will pay particular attention to brick, a central element of Mudéjar architecture, and to the ornamental variations that characterise the buildings of each place. Through the observation of contemporary popular housing in Arévalo, she will search for traces of this heritage in the present and develop a series of ceramic elements that may take the form of a sculpture or mural. The project will also address the relationship between heritage, craftsmanship and local identity, highlighting traditional practices and forms of knowledge linked to manual labour.
Tamara Arroyo (Madrid, 1972) is a visual artist who holds a Fine Arts degree from the Complutense University of Madrid. Her practice centres on the relationship between individuals and inhabited space, addressing issues such as memory, identity and contemporary ways of dwelling. Working across different media, her work explores how architecture and the built environment shape our everyday experience and our emotional relationship with places.
She has developed projects at institutions including Museo CA2M, Matadero Madrid, La Casa Encendida, CentroCentro, Es Baluard, IVAM and the Spanish Academy in Rome. Among the awards and grants she has received are the DKV Acquisition Prize (2018), the Spanish Academy in Rome Fellowship (2012–2013) and the Generaciones Grant (2002). Her work is held in public and private collections, including the Museo Reina Sofía and the DKV Collection.
Her proposal is based on the idea that these modest materials, passed down and reused across generations, have contributed to shaping shared ways of building and inhabiting a territory. She will pay particular attention to brick, a central element of Mudéjar architecture, and to the ornamental variations that characterise the buildings of each place. Through the observation of contemporary popular housing in Arévalo, she will search for traces of this heritage in the present and develop a series of ceramic elements that may take the form of a sculpture or mural. The project will also address the relationship between heritage, craftsmanship and local identity, highlighting traditional practices and forms of knowledge linked to manual labour.
Tamara Arroyo (Madrid, 1972) is a visual artist who holds a Fine Arts degree from the Complutense University of Madrid. Her practice centres on the relationship between individuals and inhabited space, addressing issues such as memory, identity and contemporary ways of dwelling. Working across different media, her work explores how architecture and the built environment shape our everyday experience and our emotional relationship with places.
She has developed projects at institutions including Museo CA2M, Matadero Madrid, La Casa Encendida, CentroCentro, Es Baluard, IVAM and the Spanish Academy in Rome. Among the awards and grants she has received are the DKV Acquisition Prize (2018), the Spanish Academy in Rome Fellowship (2012–2013) and the Generaciones Grant (2002). Her work is held in public and private collections, including the Museo Reina Sofía and the DKV Collection.
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