Seville (España), 1990

The work of Mercedes Pimiento mainly addresses the investigation of how we construct and relate to the spaces that we inhabit. Her work is usually linked to specific spaces which, through different mediums- either sculpture, installation, video or photography, suggests a series of wording or records of the synthesis and material history that constitute them.

Mercedes Pimiento has studied Fine Art at the University of Seville in Spain and the Winchester School of Art in the United Kingdom. She then completed a Master´s in Artistic Production and Investigation at the University of Barcelona, where she also earned her Doctorate.

She has participated in exhibitions at centers of art such as the Andaluz Centre of Contemporary Art (Seville), The Tecla Sala Centre of Art (l-Hospitalet, Barcelona), the Centre of Contemporary Creation of Andalucia (Cordoba), the José Guerrero Centre (Granada), the MAC Contemporary Art Museum (A Coruña) and the Fabra I Coats Contemporary Art Centre (Barcelona).

She has obtained scholarships by institutions such as Art for Change – La Caixa Foundation, INJUVE, Guasch Coranty Foundation (Barcelona), Iniciarte Program (Andalucia) and the Formación Comunidad de Madrid Program – Openstudio (Madrid).

Her artworks form part of collections such as in DKV, Andaluz Centre of Contemporary Art, Casa de Indias Foundation and Guasch Coranty Foundation.

She is a co-founder and coordinator of FASE – Espacio de creación y pensamiento; a project connected to the artistic contemporary practices situated in l´Hospitalet de Llobregat (Barcelona) with whom, since 2008, she has developed numerous mediation and educational exhibition projects.