Born in Mexico City 1998

Lives and works in Madrid - OB Studio

Montserrat Camargo has a BA in Fine Art by Minerva Academy and an MA in Creative writing by Universidad Complutense de Madrid. As a  multidisciplinary artist, she has worked in the field of international contemporary art, participating in all stages of exhibition development and production.

Her artistic practice seeks to explore the human experience through research into the playful, ritualistic, and gestural nature of intimate and everyday acts. By liberating human activity from its usual practical and utilitarian purpose, she attempts to glimpse what lies hidden beneath normalized reality, which thus becomes a space of play where the symbolization and sacralization of experience become possible once again.

A central aspect of her work is the analysis of women’s roles in society, particularly as keepers of profane and ancestral knowledge. From a feminine perspective closely connected to ritual and symbolism, she carries out her creative activity from within the collective, the domestic, and the artisanal. Some of her artistic interventions have taken place in different territories, allowing her to develop a personal affective cartography through the tracing of traditions and testimonies.

Her work incorporates media such as photography, video, installation, and writing to develop performative research projects in which both the process and the audience become essential parts of the artwork. Her work constantly reflects on the possibility that every human action is, in essence, a form of performance.

2024 

‘La dieta blanca’, Obertura Carabanchel, Galeria Nueva, Madrid.

‘Katarsis’, Artist in residency at CoTranspose, Dikaia, Greece.

‘Roki’s house’, Artist in residency at CoTranspose, Dikaia, Greece


2023

Molly Purple Sugar featured in the short story collection ‘De Ida y Vuelta, 12 relatos sobre viajes en el tiempo’, published by Universidad Complutense de Madrid.

‘Occupying another home – A self invented residency’, Zapadores Ciudad del Arte, Madrid, Spain.

‘La danza de todo‘, poetry collection published by Casapaís, Uruguay.


2022

‘100x kunst in the Akerk’, Stipend awarded by Kunstpunt, Groningen, Netherlands.

‘Yo vivo aquí’, artist residency at ARV. International, Heerz Tooya Gallery, Bulgaria.


2021

‘Jugando a la casita’, RAAHM, Leeuwarden, Netherlands.

‘Now You See Me, Now You Don’t‘, published by Minerva Academy, Groningen, Netherlands.

‘You Know How I Feel About Chicken Pieces’, published by SYB Friesland, Netherlands.

’24-hour Artist Residency’, SYB KUNSTHUIS, Friesland, Netherlands.

‘Detour’, Suikerfabriek, Groningen, Netherlands.

‘Green Lights‘, Herestraat 72, Groningen, Netherlands.


2020

‘Sentimental Preoccupations’, Maydays, Groningen, Netherlands

‘1/3 2 4 3D‘, Praediniussingel 59, Groningen, Netherlands.


2019

‘Artwords’, NP3, Groningen, Netherlands.

‘In Between Amici Dell’Arte Galleria, Groningen, Netherlands.

‘Takes a Sip of Your Soul’, MALM Collection, Loppersum.


2018

‘Stardust and Chicken Soup, 70th Anniversary of the Synagogue’, Synagogue, Groningen, Netherlands.