Jordi Colomer

Jordi Colomer (Barcelona, 1962) works in sculpture, installation art, photography, and video art, with a strong performative dimension that challenges conventional uses of architecture and urban space through his actions. Colomer is interested in the city’s representational systems and our ability to subvert them. His exploration delves into underlying themes such as the peripheral, the provisional, nomadism, popular imagery, humor, community, fiction, and utopia.

He represented Spain at the 57th Venice Biennale (2017), curated by Manuel Segade, with the project ¡Únete! Join Us!. Since 2018, along with Carolina Olivares, he has been developing La Infinita, a creative laboratory and meeting place for visual arts and live arts, located in L’Hospitalet de Llobregat (Barcelona). His work has been exhibited in numerous museums, art centers, and biennials including the Museo Reina Sofia and Matadero (Madrid), Jeu de Paume and Centre Georges Pompidou (Paris), Belvedere 21 (Vienna), Bronx Museum of the Arts (New York), Arte Alameda (Mexico), Manifesta 10 (St. Petersburg, Russia), Manifesta 12 (Palermo, Italy), 7th Mercosul Biennial (Porto Alegre, Brazil), MAAT (Lisbon), Bozar and Argos (Brussels), and ZKU, Zentrum für Kunst und Urbanistik (Berlin). In 2024, he presented Façana, Foto, Festa, Futur, Fideus at MACBA in Barcelona.

Colomer studied Art at the Eina School, Art History at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, and Architecture at ETSAB. He has also worked as a set designer for Olga Sola (Joan Brossa), Final de partida (Samuel Beckett), Perfect Lives (Robert Ashley), and Carta als actors (Valère Novarina).

He has conducted numerous workshops, including recent selections: 2018: A Guided Tour at Sandberg Instituut, Amsterdam (Netherlands); 2018: New Palermo Felicissima at Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, Palermo (Italy); 2016: Welcome to Caveland? at ENSA Architecture, Paris-Malaquais, in collaboration with Théâtre Nanterre-Amandiers (Centre Dramatique National), Paris.

Foto: Roland Jarry