Cristina Otero (Spain, 1995) is a visual artist whose practice centers on self-portraiture as a device for constructing and displacing identity. Her work engages the staged body as a symbolic territory, exploring the tensions between representation, emotion, and artifice.
She began exhibiting at the age of fifteen and has since presented her work in institutions and spaces such as the Museo de Bellas Artes Gravina (MUBAG, Alicante), Matadero Madrid, Universidad Creativa (Costa Rica), and the Contemporary Photography Biennial of Ecuador, as well as in international art fairs including JÄÄL Photo (Madrid) and Impulse Art Fair (Germany).
She has participated as a speaker at TEDxYouth, Fundación Canal, and CaixaForum, and has collaborated with institutions such as Fundación Telefónica and the Regional Government of Andalusia. Her work is included in both private and institutional collections, including the Sara Navarro Collection, Helie Memorial Foundation, and Banco Mediolanum.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2017
LA FEMME, Universidad Creativa, San José (Costa Rica)
2016
EL PODER DE LA MIRADA, Palacio Quintanar, Junta de Castilla y León, Segovia (Spain)
2013
EL OTRO EL MISMO: OTRA PARA SÍ MISMA, Fnac Marbella, Kir Royal Gallery, Málaga (Spain)
2012
EL OTRO EL MISMO: OTRA PARA SÍ MISMA, Fundación Caixa Carlet, Kir Royal Gallery, Valencia (Spain)
EL OTRO EL MISMO: OTRA PARA SÍ MISMA, Fnac Lílla, Kir Royal Gallery, Barcelona (Spain)
2011
EL OTRO EL MISMO: OTRA PARA SÍ MISMA, Fnac Parque Sur, Kir Royal Gallery, Madrid (Spain)
EL OTRO EL MISMO: OTRA PARA SÍ MISMA, Kir Royal Gallery, Valencia (Spain)
GROUP EXHIBITIONS & ART FAIRS
2023
10TH ANNIVERSAY AL-TIBA9 GALLERY. Al-Tiba9 Gallery, Barcelona (Spain)
EL ARTE COMO INSPIRACIÓN: LAS COLECCIONES DE SARA NAVARRO. Museo de Bellas Artes de Gravina (MUBAG), Alicante (Spain)
2022
29 MIRADAS. Palacio Quintanar, Junta de Castilla y León, Segovia (Spain)
29 MIRADAS. 29 Miradas (Virtual)
AUTOFOCUS. A PORTRAIT OF THE SELF. LoosenArt Gallery, Rome (Italy)
LUCCA ART FAIR, stand Moho Gallery, Lucca (Italy)
LAB’ VENICE, Imagoars, Venice (Italy)
2021
EL BLANCO Y NEGRO ES MÁS REAL, Universidad Alcalá de Henares, Madrid (Spain)
2019
BIENAL DE FOTOGRAFÍA CONTEMPORÁNEA, Quito (Ecuador)
2018
V CONGRESO DE FOTOGRAFÍA, Afotar, Ayuntamiento Torrejón de Ardoz, Madrid (Spain)
2017
EL BLANCO Y NEGRO ES MÁS REAL, Museo de Fotografía Huete, Cuenca (Spain)
HELIE MEMORIAL, Alicante (Spain)
2016
#REINVENTALAFOTOGRAFÍA, La Fábrica, Matadero Madrid (Spain)
2015
EL PAISAJE HUMANO, Gran Canaria Espacio Digital, Cabildo de Gran Canaria (Spain)
18 MIRADAS, Centro Cultural Pablo Ruiz Picasso, Ayuntamiento de Colmenar Viejo, Madrid (Spain)
JÄÄL Photo, stand Kir Royal Gallery, Madrid (Spain)
2014
AL-TIBA9: EXPOSITION ARTISTIQUE ALGER, Al-Tiba9 Gallery, Algiers (Algeria)
2013
AL-TIBA9: EXPOSITION ARTISTIQUE ALGER, Al-Tiba9 Gallery, Algiers (Algeria)
IMPULSE ART FAIR, stand Kir Royal Gallery, Osnabrück (Germany)
2012
AMSTERDAM SHOWCASE ART FAIR, stand Kir Royal Gallery, Amsterdam (Netherlands)
MARÍA MAGDALENA. APOSTOLA APOSTOLORUM, Kir Royal Gallery, Valencia (Spain)
BERLINER LISTE ART FAIR, stand Kir Royal Gallery, Berlin (Germany)
2011
MADRIDFOTO FAIR, stand Kir Royal Gallery, Madrid (Spain)
