MERCÈ TORRES RÀFOLS
Born 1995 in CAT 🍰 living and working in GBG 🏠
I work mainly with photography, that meets other materials: books, objects, documents, ceramic.
I’m interested in those questions regarding inheritance, of a place, of a tradition. The epistemology of a specific territory: How knowledge has trespassed and how we get to understand something anew.
I investigate the history and stories of agriculture/fishing, time reckoning, communication methods.
MA: Photography at HDK-Valand (2019-2021)
BA: Fine Arts at Universitat de Barcelona (2013-2019)
HI1480 - Scandinavian history (2022) Göteborgs Universitet
1EN082 - Research Writing in the Humanities & Social Sciences (2024) Umeå University
Exhibitions
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
Links
Garden Loops collectivehttps://gardenloopsworkshop.comFotobok gbg:
https://www.fotobokgbg.comCOMA:
https://coma.site
Provocation: GIBCA Extended
https://www.gibca.se/en/gibca-extended/exhibition/artists/merce-torres-rafols/
Artist Talk: Röda Sten Konsthall. Vanishing Points
https://vimeo.com/548376114#
Interview: Galleri Format. The Path Of a Falling Leaf
https://vimeo.com/490142014
Article: Stereoskopisk övning
https://ugotphotography.se/stereoskopisk-ovning-_______________-exercici-estereoscopic