Keke Vilabelda (Valencia, 1986)

The work of Keke Vilabelda focuses on the processes of construction and transformation of the natural landscape and contemporary urban space. Through painting, he explores our changing relationship with the environment and new ways of observing it. His works are constructed through the interaction of multiple techniques and a wide range of materials, such as cement or acrylic, as well as photographic and digital media, generating a unique but diverse language.

There is an almost alchemical component in which each process, each material used, is chosen and manipulated carefully to reveal its essence in the details, in the beauty of the accident, in the trace of the passage of time. In this sense, his work is an exercise that seeks to halt the frenetic pace of our accelerated transit, to better understand our physical and material relationship with the landscape we inhabit.

Graduated from UPV in 2009. Master’s in Arts from Central Saint Martins London in 2011. He has had solo exhibitions in Spain, the United Kingdom, Belgium, Peru, Poland, Colombia, Mexico, Portugal, and Australia. Additionally, he has participated in important fairs and collective exhibitions in China, Germany, the United States, Italy, France, Portugal, and Switzerland.

He has received numerous awards and grants from institutions, including SAATCHI New Sensations, BMW Ibérica, La Real Academia de San Carlos, the City Council of Valencia, and the Government of Spain. He has undertaken residencies at Casa Wabi Oaxaca, Casa Velázquez de Madrid, ZonaSeis México, and Fundación Miró Mallorca.

His work is housed in multiple public and private collections, including IVAM, MOLAA, CDAN, CAAC, Fundación Mainel, and Fundación Cargmignac.