Antonio Menchen

Itinerarios XXIX, 2024

Solo presentation at an group exhibition. Botín Center. Santander, Spain. Centro Botín. Santander, España. General view.

Itinerarios XXIX, 2024

Solo presentation at an group exhibition. Botín Center. Santander, Spain. Centro Botín. Santander, España. Detail.

A special stage in perpetual metamorphosis (II). At a certain time, in a certain space, 2024

Group Show. Gaviota. Madrid, Spain. A special stage in perpetual metamorphosis (II), 2021. General view. Stainless steel, LED light projector. Variable measures. Variable measures.

Odyssées urbaines, 2023

Group exhibition. Fondation FIMINCO. Romainville, France. Untitled (detail), 2023. Stainless steel, black and white photographic paper, ARRI light. Variable measures.

Odyssées urbaines, 2023

Group show. Fondation FIMINCO. Romainville, France.. General view.

Envés, 2023

Group show. General view. Ethall gallery. L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain.

Envés, 2023

Group show. Detail. Ethall gallery. L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain.

Difuso y no de oro, 2022

Group show. General view. La Papelería. Madrid. Spain.

Trabajo 2: S/T, 2021

Screen printing using a single ink on a sheet of plasterboard, on a metal frame. 108 x 142 cm.

Trabajo 2: S/T (detail), 2021

Screen printing using a single ink on a sheet of plasterboard, on a metal frame. 108 x 142 cm.

Sin título, 2021

Sin título, 2021. 16 mm colour film projection, 3-minute loop.

El ojo es el primer círculo, 2021

Group show. Luis Adelantado. Valencia, Spain. b/w inkjet prints, wooden floor, plasterboard and 16mm color projection. (This installation belongs to INELCOM Collection, selected by Vicente Todolí).

El ojo es el primer círculo, 2021

Solo exhibition. Luis Adelantado Gallery. Valencia, Spain. b/w inkjet prints, wooden floor, plasterboard and 16mm color projection. Detail. (This installation belongs to INELCOM Collection, selected by Vicente Todolí).

Distancias elásticas, 2019

General view. Centro Párraga. Murcia, Spain.

Mitos del futuro próximo, 2019

Exhibition group exhibition. TEA Museum. Tenerife, España. Su excepción de metal, 2019. Steel structures, plasterboard, plasterboard panels, plasterboard sheets, plasterboard, and 2 coloured panels measuring 16 mm.

Mitos del futuro próximo, 2019

Su excepción de metal (detall), 2019. Estructuras de acero, placas de yeso y 2 proyecciones de color de 16 mm.

Distancias elásticas, 2019

Centro Párraga. Murcia, Spain. General view.

Distancias elásticas, 2019

Centro Párraga. Murcia, España. Sin título (detalle), 2019. Back and white ink prints, wooden and steel panels.

Distancias elásticas, 2019

Centro Párraga. Murcia, Spain. Projection 16 mm.

Querer Parecer noche, 2018

Group show. CA2M. Móstoles, Spain. Hombres de barro y metal, 2018. Instalación, impresiones en color y en blanco y negro con inyección de tinta y 2 proyecciones en color de 16 mm. Medida variable.

Bio

Antonio Menchen explores the image as an active organism, a machine that transforms representation and questions the construction of fiction. Menchen uses a deconstructive approach to dismantle visual protocols, reflecting on the montage and reconfiguration of images.

Select solo exhibitions include Centro Párraga, Murcia (2019); Bulegoa, Bilbao (2019). Select group exhibitions include MUSAC, León (2025, upcoming); Centro Botín, Santander (2024); Fundación FIMINCO, Romainville, France (2023); Sant Andreu Contemporani, Barcelona (2019); TEA Tenerife Espacio de las Artes, Tenerife (2019); Artium, Vitoria-Gasteiz (2020). His work is held in collections including INELCOM Collection, Madrid; Barcelona Town Hall Collection; BilbaoArte Foundation Collection.