Esther Gatón

b. 1988 in Valladolid, Spain, is based in London.
Parallel to her practice, she runs abierto, a project involving encounters with artists and poets in a domestic space. 


Residencies and grants

WIELS Residency, Brussels
Generación, La Casa Encendida Madrid
Ayudas a la Creación, Comunidad de Madrid
Veepee Art Price ARCO
Sant Andreu Contemporari, Barcelona
Injuve Madrid
Circuitos Madrid

Public collections
MUSAC León 
Fundacion Montemadrid 
Comunidad de Madrid 

Education
2020 MFA Goldsmiths London
2016 PhD rated Cum Laude, Universidad Complutense Madrid
2011 Séneca Grant, Universidad de Barcelona
2010 Erasmus Grant, Saint-Luc Liège, Belgium
2011 Bellas Artes, Universidad Complutense Madrid


Solo and two-person shows 
2025
Affiliate WIELS, Brussels (upcoming, April)

2024
Hothouse, London (printed publication)
Tetillas, with Darya Diamond, Pauline Perplexe Paris
Crisis de Noche, screening, Galería Crisis Lima 

2023
phosphoresce of my local lore, South Parade London
Screening, The Green Corridor Brussels
My Jaw is on The Floor, curated by Martin Lahitète, Cibrián Donostia-San Sebastián (online publication)
Asleep on a feather (…) C3A Museum Córdoba
Emil Lime, curated by Cory John Scozzari, CA2M Museum Madrid (book available)

2022
Salted Peelings, with Gudny Rósa Ingimarsdóttir Irène Laub Brussels
—Blanc, El Fang. La Màquina Solar Més Suau, curated by Margot Cuevas, Raccoon Barcelona

2021
Eu Tinha poucos anos e já era rigorosamente ancià, Verão Lisbon
One Hammer Coming Your Way, Solo booth Feria ARCO Madrid
Interiores, limited ed. of engravings, La Dominación Mundial Madrid

2020
Ugly Enemies, Cibrián Donostia-San Sebastián
Adrenaline Querubín, curated by Cristina Herráiz, Intersticio London

2019
SLURP, GLUG, with a text by Sonia Fernández Pan, Luis Adelantado Valencia

2018
Las virtudes, with a text by Julia Morandeira Arrizabalaga, Patio Herreriano Museum, Valladolid. Printed publication available.
Abrigo La Nuca, with a text by Mikel Escobales, Aldama Fabre Bilbao

Group shows (selection)
2025
New Pastoral, Pusher London

2024
/Metal & The Flesh/ Horse & Pony Berlin
Entre Los Ojos del Deseo, Centro de Arte de Alcobendas Madrid
La Sustancia del Ser, El Apartamento Madrid/La Havana

2023
STRAY Voltage, KINGS Melbourne
Concretos, curated by Gilberto González and Pablo León; de La Barra, MUSAC, León
CAVE, curated by Nikolaos Akritidis, Fondations312 Brussels
Concretos, TEA Museum, Tenerife

2022
Cultura=Capital, Oliva Arauna Collection, Santander
El Medio y el Tiempo, Mariano Fortuny Foundation, Granada
Strange Strangers, Parsec, Bolonia
Al Alcance, Dilalica, Barcelona
Le Club du Poison-Lune, curated by Cédric Fauq, CAPC, Bordeaux
Descripción de un Estado Físico, curated by Pepe Suárez, Elba Benítez, Madrid

2021
Dialecto, CA2M Museum, Madrid
You may come full circle, Cibrián, Donostia-San Sebastián
Oculto en la Sombra, curated by Marta Ramos-Yquierdo, Nordés Santiago

2020
La mina de sal – La sed animal, a project by Margot Cuevas, Gisela Chillida, Daniel Moreno, Mònica Planes and Àlex Palacín, Art Nou, Barcelona
El Resto, University of Navarra Museum Pamplona
BREADCRUMB, edited by Cristina Ramos and Eliot Z. Felde, Onomatopee 219
System Safari, hosted by Arebyte Gallery London
Pou Sou Nefko Pou Paeis, korai Cyprus

2019
The Happy Fact, curated by Tania Pardo, La Casa Encendida Madrid
Beneath the beach, seamless paving stones, The wrong biennale
Extended Spaces, curated by Sérgio Fazenda, Irène Laub Brussels
The one that ́s always there,  SB34- The Pool Brussels
Dazzling Encounters, curated by Cristina Herráiz, Sanderson Hotel London
rocks radio radar long wave radiation, curated by Cristina Ramos, The Watch Berlin
Six Memos, St George Hall, curated by Branka Bencic, Liverpool and Labirynt Gallery Lublin

 

Press and interviews 
Going Down, Raw and Ruinous, by Lu Rose Cunningham, émergent
Critics’ Picks, by Ren Ebel, Art Forum
Evolución de la escultura contemporánea en España: Cuerpo, Afecto y Materialidad, PhD research by
Andrea Davila Rubio, Universidad de Vigo
ATALKA-ATALKA #4, interview with Martin Lahitete
Eu tinha poucos anos e já era rigorosamente anciã, by Carolina Pelletier Fontes, Contemporânea
Suppress inheritance, review by Andrés Carretero, A* Desk
Adrenaline Querubin at Where Water Rumbles, Metalloids,  This is Tomorrow
DATEAGLEART, studio visit with Emma O´Brien