María Alcaide

María Alcaide is a visual artist working with installations, film, and text, exploring alternative
methodologies and non-conventional references. Her work is deeply rooted in her personal
experiences and physical and economic limitations, using performativity as a tool to uncover
social, economic, and political fictions. She combines epic narratives with recycled materials like
textiles and plastics, transforming everyday objects and creating unexpected connections
between the personal and the political. Alcaide encourages viewers to reflect on their social
positioning.
She holds a Fine Arts degree from the University of Seville, studied at Université Paris VIII, and
completed a Master’s in Research in Art and Design at Eina-UAB. Her research has been
presented at institutions such as EHESS (Paris), Universität Der Künste (Berlin), and MACBA
(Barcelona). Internationally, she has exhibited at venues like the Bauhaus Archive in Berlin,
Frankfurter Kunstverein, IMAI in Düsseldorf, and Reed College in San Francisco. Alcaide has
received awards such as Generación 2021, the LaCaixa production grant, Jeune Création, and the
Salon de Montrouge in Paris. Recently, she won the Barcelona Producció award and worked on a
contemporary art and ruralities project at the Centre Pompidou in Paris.