Biography:

Agres, Spain, 1986.

Esteve Reig studied Fine Arts at the Complutense University of Madrid. In 2008, she moved to Kassel, Germany, where she studied Freie Kunst at the Kunsthochschule Kassel. She completed a postgraduate year as a Meisterschülerin under the guidance of the teacher and artist Bjørn Melhus. Since then, her work has been focused on video, considering it her primary artistic medium. She currently lives and works in Madrid, Spain. Her work has been recognized with the BBVA Video Art Creation Multiverse Scholarship and has received support from both the Ministry of Culture and Sports and the Community of Madrid. She was also a finalist for the BMW 2023 Award and recently had a solo exhibition at the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum in Madrid. Her work has been exhibited in important institutions such as the Institut Valencià d’Art Modern de Alcoi, Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo, and the Espai d’Art Contemporani de Castelló (EACC), among others.

Statement:

My work explores the construction of social archetypes and human behavior, primarily through video installations. Dramatizing popular experiences and collective identities, using fiction, film/TV characters, popular culture, rituals, and virtual reality as lenses to examine the individual's place within society.

I investigate how fictional narratives in various forms– literary, cinematic, popular and digital–  contribute to the understanding of shared reality. My recent projects delve into fiction as a key layer for comprehending the real, focusing on the roles of social networks and virtual reality in this process. Each video embodies meticulous research into the audiovisual representation of stories and parallel realities. Locations, performers, sets, scripts, and editing are all carefully chosen and crafted to contribute to the overall experience.