Madrid, 1992
Raquel Algaba holds a bachelor's degree in Fine Arts from the Complutense University of Madrid and the Staatliche Kunst Akademie of Stuttgart. She holds a Master’s degree in Art Production from the University of Seville.
Her work has been showcased in solo exhibitions at institutions such as the C3A Contemporary Art Center of Andalucía (Córdoba), CEART Tomás y Valiente Art Center (Fuenlabrada), and Eduardo Úrculo Art Center (Langreo), as well as in international group shows across Europe. She has received numerous awards and recognitions, such as the Iniciarte Program Award (2024), the Begehungen Festival Prize in Germany (2023), and several acquisition prizes from public collections and art fairs like JUSTMAD or UMH Collection. Her practice has been supported by leading art residences and institutions, including Guldagergaard International Ceramic Residency, Hangar Lisboa, BilbaoArte Foundation, and Shiro Oni Residence in Japan. She has also participated in major art fairs such as ARTMadrid, JustMAD, and Marte.
Education
2017 – MA in Idea and Production in Art, University of Seville, Spain
2015 – BA in Fine Arts, Complutense University of Madrid, Spain
2014 – BA in Fine Arts, Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste Stuttgart, Germany
2015 – BA in Fine Arts, Complutense University of Madrid, Spain
2014 – BA in Fine Arts, Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste Stuttgart, Germany
Solo Exhibitions
2025 – "Silently the Lotuses Rose", C3A Córdoba, Spain
2022 – "Mind’s Constructions", Eduardo Úrculo Art Gallery, Langreo, Spain
2020 – "The Silence of the Sirens", Fúcares Gallery, Almagro, Spain
2018 – "Throw Down the Ladder", CEART, Fuenlabrada, Spain
2022 – "Mind’s Constructions", Eduardo Úrculo Art Gallery, Langreo, Spain
2020 – "The Silence of the Sirens", Fúcares Gallery, Almagro, Spain
2018 – "Throw Down the Ladder", CEART, Fuenlabrada, Spain
Awards and Selections
2024 – Iniciarte Program Award ’24, Andalusian Regional Government, Spain
2024 – “Curator Wanted 2025” Award, Community of Madrid, Spain
2023 – Begehungen Kunstfestival Award ’23, European Capital of Culture 2025, Germany
2022 – Curatorial Award 2023, Department of Culture, Cantabria, Spain
2021 – Acquisition Prize, UMH Art Collection Competition, Elche, Spain
2021 – Finalist, 37th Young Art Show, La Rioja, Logroño, Spain
2021 – Finalist, 24th Visual Arts Prize, Sala El Brocense, Cáceres, Spain
2021 – Finalist, 14th Visual Arts Prize, Fundación Caja Rural Jaén, Spain
2020 – Honorable Mention, National Fine Arts Award Art Nalón, Asturias, Spain
2019 – Contemporary Art Exhibition Award, DMENCIA XXI, Doña Mencía, Spain
2019 – Finalist, Hybrid Festival by Petit Palace, Boreal Projects, Madrid, Spain
2019 – Acquisition Prize, TMF Collection at JUSTMAD Art Fair, Madrid, Spain
2018 – Finalist, EAC 2018 (18th Contemporary Art Encounters), MUA, Alicante, Spain
2017 – Acquisition Prize, CALL_17, Galería A del Arte, Zaragoza, Spain
2024 – “Curator Wanted 2025” Award, Community of Madrid, Spain
2023 – Begehungen Kunstfestival Award ’23, European Capital of Culture 2025, Germany
2022 – Curatorial Award 2023, Department of Culture, Cantabria, Spain
2021 – Acquisition Prize, UMH Art Collection Competition, Elche, Spain
2021 – Finalist, 37th Young Art Show, La Rioja, Logroño, Spain
2021 – Finalist, 24th Visual Arts Prize, Sala El Brocense, Cáceres, Spain
2021 – Finalist, 14th Visual Arts Prize, Fundación Caja Rural Jaén, Spain
2020 – Honorable Mention, National Fine Arts Award Art Nalón, Asturias, Spain
2019 – Contemporary Art Exhibition Award, DMENCIA XXI, Doña Mencía, Spain
2019 – Finalist, Hybrid Festival by Petit Palace, Boreal Projects, Madrid, Spain
2019 – Acquisition Prize, TMF Collection at JUSTMAD Art Fair, Madrid, Spain
2018 – Finalist, EAC 2018 (18th Contemporary Art Encounters), MUA, Alicante, Spain
2017 – Acquisition Prize, CALL_17, Galería A del Arte, Zaragoza, Spain
Grants and Artist Residencies
2024 – International Ceramics Residency, Guldagergaard, Skælskør, Denmark
2022 – Production Grant BMAV22 Biennial of Women in Visual Arts, Spain
2020 – Artistic Research and Production Grant, Ministry of Culture, Spain
2020 – Artist Residency, Hangar – Artistic Research Center, Lisbon, Portugal
2020 – International Residency Grant for Young Artists, Community of Madrid, Spain
2020 – Project Production Grant, BilbaoArte Foundation, Spain
2019 – Resistències Artístiques, Consortium of Museums of the Valencian Community, Spain
2018 – Artist Residency and Production Grant, BilbaoArte Foundation, Bilbao, Spain
2018 – VIII Meeting of New Artists Residency, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
2018 – Aquemarropa V Artist Residency, Alicante, Spain
2017 – Shiro Oni Residency, Onishi, Japan
2017 – Artist Residency, C.A.V. La Neomudéjar, Madrid, Spain
2022 – Production Grant BMAV22 Biennial of Women in Visual Arts, Spain
2020 – Artistic Research and Production Grant, Ministry of Culture, Spain
2020 – Artist Residency, Hangar – Artistic Research Center, Lisbon, Portugal
2020 – International Residency Grant for Young Artists, Community of Madrid, Spain
2020 – Project Production Grant, BilbaoArte Foundation, Spain
2019 – Resistències Artístiques, Consortium of Museums of the Valencian Community, Spain
2018 – Artist Residency and Production Grant, BilbaoArte Foundation, Bilbao, Spain
2018 – VIII Meeting of New Artists Residency, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
2018 – Aquemarropa V Artist Residency, Alicante, Spain
2017 – Shiro Oni Residency, Onishi, Japan
2017 – Artist Residency, C.A.V. La Neomudéjar, Madrid, Spain
Selected Group Exhibitions
2025 – I Contemporary Art Biennial, San Sebastián de los Reyes, Spain
2025 – Untitled, Palais Festetics, Vienna, Austria
2024 – TABLAO. A Stage of Forms in Contemporary Andalusian Art, curated by Alicia Ventura and Jimena Blázquez, Andalusian Center for Contemporary Art CAAC, Seville, Spain
2024 – At the Edge of Time, Casa Palacio de los Morlanes, Zaragoza, Spain
2023 – Etc.pp., Kultur Palais, Lichtenstein, Germany
2023 – Inland, Museum of Palencia, Spain
2022 – POCKET Marte, Galería Nueva Las Letras, Madrid, Spain
2021 – 37th Young Art Show, Exhibition Hall ESDIR, Logroño, Spain
2021 – 14th Visual Arts Prize La Rural, Pintor Elbo Hall, Úbeda, Spain
2021 – Earth, Water, Fire, Zamora Museum, Spain
2021 – Earth, Water, Fire, Aranda Ceramics Museum, Spain
2019 – Hybrid Festival IV, Petit Palace Hotel, Madrid, Spain
2019 – Proposals for a Collection, Fúcares Gallery, Almagro, Spain
2019 – Transit Berlin, Roskilde Palace, Roskilde, Denmark
2019 – Altars and Stages, DI ART GALLERY, Seville, Spain
2019 – Last Image Show, Lusaka, Zambia
2018 – EAC XVIII (18th Contemporary Art Encounters), MUA, Alicante, Spain
2018 – Arte Aparte X, La Carolina Cultural Center, Jaén, Spain
2017 – Open Portfolio FIG, Ensanche Building, Bilbao, Spain
2017 – Opdagelser 2017, Heike Arndt Gallery, Kettinge, Denmark
2017 – Tokonoma, Barjola Museum, Gijón, Spain
2017 – GetxoArte2017, Contemporary Practices Salon, Getxo, Bilbao, Spain
2017 – Kanna Art Festival, Shiro Oni Residency Exhibition, Onishi, Japan
2017 – CALL_2017, Galería A del Arte, Zaragoza, Spain
2017 – FRESH LEGS'17, Heike Arndt Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2017 – Monsters Play with Flowers, C.A.V. La Neomudéjar Museum, Madrid, Spain
2017 – All Dreams Continue in the Beyond, Luisa Catucci Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2025 – Untitled, Palais Festetics, Vienna, Austria
2024 – TABLAO. A Stage of Forms in Contemporary Andalusian Art, curated by Alicia Ventura and Jimena Blázquez, Andalusian Center for Contemporary Art CAAC, Seville, Spain
2024 – At the Edge of Time, Casa Palacio de los Morlanes, Zaragoza, Spain
2023 – Etc.pp., Kultur Palais, Lichtenstein, Germany
2023 – Inland, Museum of Palencia, Spain
2022 – POCKET Marte, Galería Nueva Las Letras, Madrid, Spain
2021 – 37th Young Art Show, Exhibition Hall ESDIR, Logroño, Spain
2021 – 14th Visual Arts Prize La Rural, Pintor Elbo Hall, Úbeda, Spain
2021 – Earth, Water, Fire, Zamora Museum, Spain
2021 – Earth, Water, Fire, Aranda Ceramics Museum, Spain
2019 – Hybrid Festival IV, Petit Palace Hotel, Madrid, Spain
2019 – Proposals for a Collection, Fúcares Gallery, Almagro, Spain
2019 – Transit Berlin, Roskilde Palace, Roskilde, Denmark
2019 – Altars and Stages, DI ART GALLERY, Seville, Spain
2019 – Last Image Show, Lusaka, Zambia
2018 – EAC XVIII (18th Contemporary Art Encounters), MUA, Alicante, Spain
2018 – Arte Aparte X, La Carolina Cultural Center, Jaén, Spain
2017 – Open Portfolio FIG, Ensanche Building, Bilbao, Spain
2017 – Opdagelser 2017, Heike Arndt Gallery, Kettinge, Denmark
2017 – Tokonoma, Barjola Museum, Gijón, Spain
2017 – GetxoArte2017, Contemporary Practices Salon, Getxo, Bilbao, Spain
2017 – Kanna Art Festival, Shiro Oni Residency Exhibition, Onishi, Japan
2017 – CALL_2017, Galería A del Arte, Zaragoza, Spain
2017 – FRESH LEGS'17, Heike Arndt Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2017 – Monsters Play with Flowers, C.A.V. La Neomudéjar Museum, Madrid, Spain
2017 – All Dreams Continue in the Beyond, Luisa Catucci Gallery, Berlin, Germany
Art Fairs
2024 – ARTMadrid Contemporary Art Fair, Arancha Osoro Gallery booth, Madrid
2023 – ARTMadrid Contemporary Art Fair, Arancha Osoro Gallery booth, Madrid
2023 – JustMAD XII Contemporary Art Fair, Fúcares Gallery booth, Madrid
2022 – Marte Contemporary Art Fair, Ceramics Section, Castellón, Spain
2022 – JustMAD XI Contemporary Art Fair, Fúcares Gallery booth, Madrid
2019 – JustMAD XI Contemporary Art Fair, Fúcares Gallery booth, Madrid
2018 – JustMAD X Contemporary Art Fair, Fúcares Gallery booth, Madrid
2023 – ARTMadrid Contemporary Art Fair, Arancha Osoro Gallery booth, Madrid
2023 – JustMAD XII Contemporary Art Fair, Fúcares Gallery booth, Madrid
2022 – Marte Contemporary Art Fair, Ceramics Section, Castellón, Spain
2022 – JustMAD XI Contemporary Art Fair, Fúcares Gallery booth, Madrid
2019 – JustMAD XI Contemporary Art Fair, Fúcares Gallery booth, Madrid
2018 – JustMAD X Contemporary Art Fair, Fúcares Gallery booth, Madrid
Talks, Panels, and Conferences
2022 – 2nd TRESDE Conference, organized by Dionisio Ortiz School of Art, Córdoba, Spain
2020 – I Invent My Own Reality, organized by the Consortium of Museums, Valencian Community, Spain
2019 – Round Table: Marcel Duchamp: Through the Artists, organized by Fúcares Gallery
2020 – I Invent My Own Reality, organized by the Consortium of Museums, Valencian Community, Spain
2019 – Round Table: Marcel Duchamp: Through the Artists, organized by Fúcares Gallery