Cristina Iglesias
Cristina Iglesias (born 1956) is a Spanish installation artist and sculptor living and working in Torrelodones, Madrid. She works with many materials, including steel, water, glass, bronze, bamboo, straw. On January 20, 2016, she was awarded the Tambor del Oro in San Sebastian.
Cristina Iglesias

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- Name
- Cristina Iglesias
- Born
- 1956
- Birthplace
- San Sebastián, Spain
- Education
- Universidad del País Vasco, Chelsea College of Art
- Field
- Installation art
- Spouse
- Juan Muñoz
- Nationality
- Spain
- Occupation
- sculptor · teacher · artist
- Fields
- visual arts · installation art · art of sculpture
- Honours
- Berliner Kunstpreis · National Award for Plastic Arts · honorary doctor of the University of Madrid Complutense
- Languages
- Spanish
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Cristina Iglesias (born 1956) is a Spanish installation artist and sculptor living and working in Torrelodones, Madrid. She works with many materials, including steel, water, glass, bronze, bamboo, straw. On January 20, 2016, she was awarded the Tambor del Oro in San Sebastian.
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Biography
Biography
Iglesias was the first Spanish woman invited to exhibit her work at the Folkestone Triennial in 2011. She is the sister of Academy Award-nominated film composer Alberto Iglesias.
Cristina Iglesias studied at University of the Basque Country, Pratt Institute and Chelsea College of Art and Design. The recorded working language is Spanish. The field of work recorded is visual arts, installation art and art of sculpture. Work by Cristina Iglesias is recorded in the collections of Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Art Institute of Chicago, Tate, Museum of Modern Art and MACBA Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art. Distinctions recorded are Berliner Kunstpreis, National Award for Plastic Arts and honorary doctor of the University of Madrid Complutense.
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Cristina Iglesias • Born — 1956 • Birthplace — San Sebastián, Spain • Education — Universidad del País Vasco, Chelsea College of Art • Field — Installation art • Spouse — Juan Muñoz • Website — cristinaiglesias.com/
Early life and education
Early life and education
Iglesias was born in San Sebastián, Northern Spain in 1956. She commenced a degree in Chemical Sciences at Universidad del País Vasco in 1976 before out in 1978 to practise ceramics and drawing in Barcelona. In 1980, she moved to London to study Sculpture at the Chelsea College of Art in London where she met her husband, Juan Muñoz and other artists such as Anish Kapoor.
Exhibitions
Exhibitions
• Illustration — Umeå sculpture park/Sweden with 13 Resin and Bronze Powder Panels (2000) • Illustration — Deep Fountain by Cristina Iglesias, 2009 Iglesias began exhibiting in the 1980s and has since taken part in over 60 individual and group exhibitions in Europe, North America and Japan.
Solo exhibitions
Solo exhibitions
• Year — Gallery • 1991 — Kunsthalle Bern • 1994 — Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum in Eindhoven • 1998 — Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York • 2003 — Irish Museum of Modern Art in Dublin • 2006 — Museum Ludwig in Cologne • 2007 — Instituto Cervantes in Paris • 2007 — Doors to the new wing of the Museo del Prado, Madrid • 2016 — Musée de Grenoble in Grenoble • 2018 — Centro Botín, Santander, Spain
Group exhibitions
Group exhibitions
• Year — Show • 1986 — Spanish Pavilion, Venice Biennale • 1993 — Spanish Pavilion, Venice Biennale • 1990 — 18th Sydney Biennale • 2000 — Carnegie International, Museum of Art Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh • 2000 — Exposición Universal in Hannover • 2002 — Happiness at the Mori Art Museum in Tokyo • 2005 — Big Bandat the Centre Pompidou in Paris • 2006 — SITE, Santa Fe • 2010 — Pacing Through Architecture, Whitechapel Gallery • 2011 — Folkestone Triennial
Identity
Identity
Cristina Iglesias is recorded as having studied at University of the Basque Country, Pratt Institute and Chelsea College of Art and Design. Connected to 1 other published record in the VALÉORINE Encyclopedia.
Life and career
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Life and career
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1956
Cristina Iglesias born at San Sebastián.
2014
Tres Aguas by Cristina Iglesias is dated 2014.
2018
A través, Cristina Iglesias is dated 2018.
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Brasil.
Country
San Sebastián.
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Minas Gerais.
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Recognition and collections
Where the work is held
Recognition and collections
Cristina Iglesias received Berliner Kunstpreis, National Award for Plastic Arts and honorary doctor of the University of Madrid Complutense.
Documents and archives
Primary material
Documents and archives
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q12255979: Cristina Iglesias
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- “Cristina Iglesias”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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scholarly publication
- Iglesias, Cristina, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 2011
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Awards
Iglesias was honoured with the National Award for Plastic Arts in 1999. She was also awarded the Berliner Kunstpreis in 2012.
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Citations
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scholarly publication
Iglesias, Cristina, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011Crossref registry
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OpenStreetMap gazetteer entry for Cristina Iglesias, BMO-302, Sousa Noschese, Conceição do Itaguá, Brumadinho, Minas Gerais, Região Sudeste, 35460-000, BrasilOpenStreetMap Foundation
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Wikidata, structured authority record Q12255979: Cristina IglesiasWikimedia Foundation
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