Esther Merinero
Madrid, 1994
Graduated from Chelsea College of Arts and the Royal College of Art—for which she received a postgraduate scholarship from the Fundació «La Caixa»—her work unfolds in a mobile territory between sculpture, narrative and moving image.
Her practice stems from a deep interest in minimal gestures: accidents that seem to mean nothing and yet sustain our ways of remembering. Through personal objects, fragments of text and almost choreographic scenes, Merinero constructs “other bodies”, entities that accumulate affection, weight and a presence that refuses to disappear. In her pieces, there is always a small shift that opens up a parallel world.
Merinero moves naturally between media, without establishing hierarchies. A word can function as a sculpture, an object can behave like a latent image, and all of this coexists in an ecosystem where tension and calm are balanced. In her work, it always seems that something is about to be activated, inviting the viewer to complete the missing gesture.
In recent years, his work has been presented at institutions such as the Sandretto Foundation, CentroCentro, VO Curations, Cromwell Place, Saatchi Gallery and CCCC in Barcelona, and he has participated in fairs such as ARCO in Madrid. In 2024, he published his first artist's book, 'Catch a Rainbow While You Can', in parallel with his solo exhibition at Can Felipa Arts Visuals in Barcelona. In 2026, she will present her first solo exhibition in London at the Des Bains gallery.
Her practice stems from a deep interest in minimal gestures: accidents that seem to mean nothing and yet sustain our ways of remembering. Through personal objects, fragments of text and almost choreographic scenes, Merinero constructs “other bodies”, entities that accumulate affection, weight and a presence that refuses to disappear. In her pieces, there is always a small shift that opens up a parallel world.
Merinero moves naturally between media, without establishing hierarchies. A word can function as a sculpture, an object can behave like a latent image, and all of this coexists in an ecosystem where tension and calm are balanced. In her work, it always seems that something is about to be activated, inviting the viewer to complete the missing gesture.
In recent years, his work has been presented at institutions such as the Sandretto Foundation, CentroCentro, VO Curations, Cromwell Place, Saatchi Gallery and CCCC in Barcelona, and he has participated in fairs such as ARCO in Madrid. In 2024, he published his first artist's book, 'Catch a Rainbow While You Can', in parallel with his solo exhibition at Can Felipa Arts Visuals in Barcelona. In 2026, she will present her first solo exhibition in London at the Des Bains gallery.
Available artworks
SPEECH BUBBLE 1, 2025
tres bocas/ three mouths (AERO, DYNAMIC, FEELING), 2025
SPEECH BUBBLE 3, 2025
SPEECH BUBBLE 4, 2025
nearby; Mercado de Jamaica (archivo), 2025
D.W. [Dirty Words], 2024
FIUF! forever gone, 2024
Darkest [cherriest series so far], 2024
yours to keep safe, E, 2024
Late Bloomer [cherriest series so far], 2024
A mile high, nearly two, 2024
Hard Feeling [cherriest series so far], 2024
Bolsillo I (¡keys!), 2022
