artist
Dora García
birth
Valladolid, Spain, 1965
see too
Adoración García López
last update
23-04-2025
Dora García studied Fine Arts at the University of Salamanca and at the Rijksakademie, Amsterdam. After living in Brussels for fifteen years, she is now settled in Barcelona, from where she organises projects around the world. Initially a sculptor, she soon broadened her field of action to include performance, video, language, electronic and social media. García invites viewers to participate in her work by taking sides on questions that are often ethically controversial. Through a variety of media and a wide range of documentation, she asks them to commit themselves to a detailed examination of complex issues. With a research-based practice, she encourages viewers to take a personal stand on the history of some anti-institutional movements, such as anti-psychiatry, the figure of the artist as an outsider, or the cultural mechanisms for the production of meaning.

She has participated in major international exhibitions such as Manifesta (1998), Istanbul Biennial (2003), Münster Sculpture Projects (2007), Biennale of Sydney (2008) and Documenta, Kassel (2012), among others. She represented Spain in the 2011 Venice Biennale. She has held exhibitions in museums such as MACBA, Barcelona (2003), Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid (2005), MUSAC, León (2005, 2015), SMAK, Ghent (2006), GfZK, Leipzig (2007), CA2M, Móstoles, Madrid (2014), IVAM, Valencia (2018), and Centro Galego de Arte Contemporáneo, Santiago de Compostela (2020), among others. Her work is included in the collections of the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, Fundació "la Caixa", Barcelona, Centre National des Arts Plastiques, Paris, Henry Art Foundation, Seattle, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, León, the FRAC of Metz, Dijon, Montpellier and Paris, and MACBA, Barcelona.
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Activació de la novel·la El Regne de Dora García [Reportatge fotogràfic activitat]
document
15-3-2024
A.HIS.07685
Fons #07: Dora García -- El Reino [Publicació audiovisual]
document
26-11-2023
A.HIS.07573
Fons #07: Dora García -- Frase d'Or [Publicació audiovisual]
document
2023
A.HIS.07859
Fons #07: Dora García -- The Joycean Society i Exhausted books [Publicació audiovisual]
document
2023
A.HIS.07860
El Dia dels Museus al MACBA. Presentació de les taules i del Manual [Enregistrament audiovisual activitat]
document
18-5-2021
A.HIS.06401
Presentació "Amor y revolución (Kollontai)". Taula rodona i projecció [Enregistrament audiovisual activitat]
document
8-4-2021
A.HIS.06384
Amor y revolución (Kollontai) [Publicació]
document
11/2020
A.HIS.06292
Love with obstacles / Dora García, editor. [Mad marginal. Cahier # 5 : Amor rojo]
document
2020
A14309
All the stories / Dora García
document
2013
A13657
["Selected poems of Emily Dickinson" intervingut amb pols d'or per Dora García]
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[2019?]
A13568
Taula rodona Art i psicoanàlisi. Amb la participació de Nora Catelli, Rithée Cevasco, Dora García i Martín Vitaliti. Moderada per Enric Berenguer -- Deflagraccions. Oscar Masotta: Avantguarda i psicoanàlisi [Enregistrament audiovisual activitat]
document
7-6-2018
A.HIS.05532
Projecció de Segunda Vez (2018) de Dora García i col·loqui posterior amb Dora García, Marla Jacarilla i Victoria Pérez Rollo -- Idiorítmies. Programa de performances, música, poesia, laboratori i text [Reportatge fotogràfic activitat]
document
2-5-2018
A.HIS.05589
Dora García : I always tell the truth / editor, Caroline Elgh Klingborg
document
2018
A13704
Translation-exile / Dora García
document
2018
A14414
Thresholds. A flanerie* through the hidden and less hidden spiritual communities of the city of Trondheim = Terskler. Et flaneri* gjennom de skujlte og ikke så skjulte ånderlige fellesskapene i Trondheim / Dora García
document
2018
A13644
Love comes from the most unexpected places = Kjærlighet kommer fra de mest uventede steder / Dora García
document
2018
A13643
On reconciliation = Über Versöhnung
document
2018
A14342
On reconciliation = Über Versöhnung
document
2018
A14343
If I could wish for something / [Dora García, editor]
document
2021
A14308
Dora García -- Parlem de... Col·lecció MACBA. Sota la superfície [Enregistrament sonor visita guiada]
document
28-10-2017
A.HIS.05435
Workshop PEI "Andrea García-Santesmases" [Enregistrament audiovisual activitat]
document
29-6-2017
A.HIS.05346
Workshop PEI "The army of love" [Enregistrament audiovisual activitat]
document
27-6-2017
A.HIS.05344
Workshop PEI "Antonio Centeno" [Enregistrament audiovisual activitat]
document
26-6-2017
A.HIS.05343
Presentació -- Programa d'Estudis Independents (PEI) 2017-2018 [Enregistrament audiovisual activitat]
document
27-3-2017
A.HIS.05293
Oscar Masotta : segunda vez. Cahier nº 2 / a research project led by Dora García
document
2017
A12991
Oscar Masotta : segunda vez. Cahier nº 1 / a research project led by Dora García
document
2017
A12990
Oscar Masotta : segunda vez. Cahier nº 2 / a research project led by Dora García
document
2017
A13245
Oscar Masotta : segunda vez. Cahier nº 1 / a research project led by Dora García
document
2017
A13244
Espai de vigilància -- La pantalla en blanc. Altres espècies d’espais [Enregistrament audiovisual activitat]
document
30-3-2016
A.HIS.04237
El amor aparece en lugares inesperados (II). Taller de performance amb Dora García [Enregistrament sonor activitat]
document
5-2-2016
A.HIS.03907
El amor aparece en lugares inesperados (II). Taller de performance amb Dora García [Enregistrament sonor activitat]
document
4-2-2016
A.HIS.03906
El amor aparece en lugares inesperados (II). Taller de performance amb Dora García [Enregistrament sonor activitat]
document
3-2-2016
A.HIS.03905
El amor aparece en lugares inesperados (II). Taller de performance amb Dora García [Enregistrament sonor activitat]
document
2-2-2016
A.HIS.03904
El amor aparece en lugares inesperados (II). Taller de performance amb Dora García [Enregistrament sonor activitat]
document
1-2-2016
A.HIS.00412
Eco oscuro
document
2016
A12427.001
Respiración artificial
document
2016
A12427.002
Performance
document
2016
A12427.003
El amor aparece en lugares inesperados [Enregistrament audiovisual activitat]
document
23-11-2015
A.HIS.05088
Imaginaris postcolonials d’Àfrica [Enregistrament audiovisual activitat]
document
16-2-2013
A.HIS.00390
Exile : if I am a language / by Aldo Piromalli ; [edited by Giulia Girardello, Mattia Pellegrini ; design and production, Dafna Graig
document
2013
A12517
Forever / Dora García
document
[2013]
A10632
The umbrella corner : an exhibition in 6 chapters
document
2013
A10766
VIII Simposi Internacional Crítica d’Art en un Món Global. Art i precarietat [Enregistrament sonor activitat]
document
16-11-2012
A.HIS.03375
VIII Simposi Internacional Crítica d’Art en un Món Global. Art i precarietat [Enregistrament audiovisual activitat]
document
16-11-2012
A.HIS.00443
Mad marginal : cahier # 3 : klau mich = Steal me : a project for documenta (13) / a book by Dora Garcia ; [texts, Claire Bishop ... et al.]
document
2012
A10575
What a fucking wonderful audience*
document
2011
A07506
Mad marginal, cahier #2 : l'inadeguato = lo inadecuado = the inadequate / a book by Dora García
document
2011
A10922
Mad marginal, cahier #2 : l'inadeguato = lo inadecuado = the inadequate / a book by Dora García
document
2011
A10923
Mad marginal, cahier #2 : l'inadeguato = lo inadecuado = the inadequate / a book by Dora García
document
2011
A11368
[New forever]
document
2011
A08394
Mad marginal : archives / Dora García
document
2011
A07290
Never odd or even : Volume II [exhibition / a project by Mariana Castillo Deball ; contributors, Mario Bellatin, ... et al.]
document
2011
A07463
Dora García : Five conversations from which I have erased myself
document
2011
A07522
Esteu a punt per...exposar? -- Esteu a punt per... [Enregistrament audiovisual activitat]
document
5-11-2010
A.HIS.00318
Al voltant de la recerca artística. Pensar i ensenyar art: entre la pràctica i l'especulació teòrica [Enregistrament audiovisual activitat]
document
10-4-2010
A.HIS.03516
Dora García : men I love : sunday # 006 : 26/09/2010
document
2010
A10767
Mad marginal cahier #1 : from Basaglia to Brazil / a book by Dora García
document
2010
A07257
[Forever IV]
document
2010
A01800
2011 (no importa)
document
[2010]
A06158
Real artists don't have teeth / Dora García
document
2010
A01725.002
Real artists don't have teeth / Dora García
document
2010
A01725.001
Real artists don't have teeth / Dora García
document
2010
A14348.001
Real artists don't have teeth / Dora García
document
2010
A14348.002
Dora García -- El principi d’incertesa [Reportatge fotogràfic activitat]
document
29-5-2009
A.HIS.03506
Performance de Dora García -- El principi d’incertesa [Enregistrament audiovisual activitat]
document
29-5-2009
A.HIS.00165
Steal this book / Dora García
document
2009
A05762
Steal this book / Dora García
document
2009
A05899
Steal this book / Dora García
document
2009
A05761
Twice told tales / Dora García
document
2007
A06429
Twice told tales / Dora García
document
2007
A06408
The beggar's opera : die Bettleroper : ein Kunstwerk von Dora García für Skulptur Projekte Münster 07 = The beggar's book, diary, evenings : a work by Dora García for sculpture projects Muenster 07 / Dora García
document
2007
A06447
Twice told tales / Dora García
document
2007
A05748.001
The beggar's opera : die Bettleroper : ein Kunstwerk von Dora García für Skulptur Projekte Münster 07 = The beggar's book, diary, evenings : a work by Dora García for sculpture projects Muenster 07 / Dora García
document
2007
A05748.004
The glass wall : random / Dora García
document
[2006]
A13037
De sfinx / Dora García
document
[2006]
A13039
Proxy / Dora García
document
[2006]
A13038
Forever II / Dora García
document
2006
A05552
Forever II / Dora García
document
2006
A05225
Los profetas, 1 diciembre 2005-7 enero 2006 : the prophets, February 20-May 8 2006 : os profetas, 21-23 decembro 2006 / Dora García
document
2006
A06439
CCL - Dora García : Cellule Cité Lénine
document
2006
A11642
CCL - Dora García : Cellule Cité Lénine
document
2006
A12161
Los profetas, 1 diciembre 2005-7 enero 2006 : the prophets, February 20-May 8 2006 : os profetas, 21-23 decembro 2006 / Dora García
document
2006
A06415
Forever III / Dora García
document
2006
A05553
Forever III / Dora García
document
2006
A05226
Dora García : el futuro debe ser peligroso = the future must be dangerous = le futur doit être dangereux, 1991-2005
document
2005
A06459
Dora García : el futuro debe ser peligroso = the future must be dangerous = le futur doit être dangereux, 1991-2005
document
2005
A11320
Dora García : el futuro debe ser peligroso = the future must be dangerous = le futur doit être dangereux, 1991-2005
document
2005
A06448
Forever I / Dora García
document
2005
A13052
Forever I / Dora García
document
2005
A00693
Todas las historias. Vol. III, 2005 / Dora García
document
2005
A03891
Forever I / Dora García
document
2005
A05554
Dora García : todas las historias : festival de performance y vídeo
document
2005
A10805
El Reino. The Kingdom [Publicació]
document
2003
A.HIS.01111
El reino / por Dora García = The Kingdom / by Dora García
document
2003
A04429
El reino / por Dora García = The Kingdom / by Dora García
document
2003
A00748