MERCÈ TORRES RÀFOLS
Born 1995 in CAT ☀︎ living and working in GBG
Mercè is a Catalan visual artist, based in Gothenburg. She works mostly with and from photography, at the intersection between site-making and local history, Torres Ràfols is interested in questions of cultural heritage and linguistic tradition. These questions are placed in a territory and become a site-specific visual investigation of how that place was traversed by time: The epistemology of a territory, how knowledge has trespassed and how we get to understand something anew. Investigating the history and stories of agriculture/fishing, time reckoning, and communication methods.
MA: Photography at HDK-Valand (2019-2021)
BA: Fine Arts at Universitat de Barcelona (2013-2019)
HI1480 - Scandinavian history (2022) Göteborgs Universitet (2022)
2024 - CFF Salong. Formcenterväst. Göteborg, SV
2024 - Jubileumfest. Konstkollektivet. Mölndal, SV
2024 - Ignis Fatuus. Detriti Gallery. Göteborg, SV
2024 - Jubileumsutställning. CFF Centrum för fotografi. Stockholm, SV
2024 - Curation of Beyond the hill at COMA.site.
2024 - Odla överflod. Lund Konsthall. Lund, SV (In collaboration with Åsa Sonjasdotter)
2023 - The Kale Bed Is so Called Because There Is Always Kale in It. Badischer Kunstverein. Karlsruhe, DE (In collaboration with Åsa Sonjasdotter)
2023 - The Kale Bed Is so Called Because There Is Always Kale in It. EVA Biennal. Limerick, IR (In collaboration with Åsa Sonjasdotter)
2023 - Flora Italica. Thorvaldsen Museum. Copenhaguen, DK (In collaboration with Åsa Sonjasdotter)
2023 - Det är STORT 25+1. Gemenskapen Nabo. Göteborg, SV
2022 - Konserv. Gathenhielmska huset. Göteborg, SV
2022 - Fönstret. Centrum för fotografi. Stockholm, SV
2021 - Confronting the machine. 3:e Våningen. GIBCA Extended. Göteborg, SV
2021 - Vanishing Points. Röda Sten. Göteborg, SV
2020 - The Path of a Falling leaf. Galleri Format. Malmö, SV
2018 - Aula 11. Exposition hall UB. Barcelona, ES
2018 - The Shape of Things that End . Casa Orlandai. Barcelona, ES
2017 - Video visuals for Primavera Club in Sala Apolo. Barcelona, ES
2015 - Presentation of Nuez: multi-artists box. Centre cívic la Barceloneta. Barcelona, ES
2015 - Ghosts of the past. LIB espacio cultural. Barcelona, ES
2014 - CREART, Ghosts of the past. Barcelona, ES
Interview: Tarantula Authors and Art
Provocation: GIBCA Extended
Artist Talk: Röda Sten Konsthall. Vanishing Points
Interview: Galleri Format. The Path Of a Falling Leaf
Article: Stereoskopisk övning