Andrés Izquierdo (Madrid, ES, 1993) makes use of psychoanalysis and allegory to inspire an exploration of childhood, grief and the restorative qualities of space and the object. Using a number of different and varied media—including mobile sculptures, furniture design, figurative ceramics, marker pen drawings and architectural installations— his works are driven by a juxtaposition of contrasting anarchic yet structured conditions, earth and sky, biology and theology, or emergence and dissolution.

Fascinated by what is and yet at the same time isn’t, Izquierdo interweaves physical presence, that is, landscape, cosmology and phenomena with conscious contemplation in the form of intrusive thoughts, daydreams and other bodily sentiments and stimuli.

Exhibitions and projects

2024 Camper Lab Pop Up, Solo project, Voo, Berlin, DE; 2024 Ensanchar la puerta, comisario Joaquín García, Group show, Centro Centro, Madrid, ES; 2023 El párpado lleno, Solo project, La Mosca, Madrid, ES; 2022 El niño con la boca en forma de Luna, Solo show Galería Belmonte, Madrid, ES; 2022 We belong to each other, comisaria Chus Martínez, Carlier Gebauer, Berlín, DE; 2022 Sociedad Concreta, comisario Fernández Pello, Group show, The Goma, Madrid, ES; 2022 Arco Lisboa, Duo show, Lucía Bayón, Intersticio, Lisboa, PT; 2021 Super Group 2, Group show,  Superhouse, Nueva York, US; 2021 Summer Show, Group show, Palau de Casavells, Gerona, ES; 2021 Rayo del alba, Group show,  Matadero, Madrid, ES; 2021 Claro del Bosque, Group show,  Intersticio, Madrid, ES; 2021 Stripped bones to pagan barf, Solo project, Aparador Monteleón, Madrid, ES; 2020 Corpus Callosum, Solo project, Habitación 34, Madrid, ES; 2019 Errata: Books do Clutter a Room, Group show, Mast, Nueva York, US; 2019 Turning into red thin air, Solo project, Festival Mayrit, Madrid, ES; 2019 Movemento, Group show, Camp Design Gallery, Milán, IT; 2019 Functional Art, Group show, Galería 6mas1, Madrid, ES; 2019 The biggest living room in the Netherlands, Dutch Design Week, Eindhoven, NL.

‘It is said that Ibiza is a deeply spiritual and magical territory. A great deal of the images I utilise to construct my practice come from such states of mind. I am interested in the psychological and emotional experiences that arise through the exploration of the inner and the outer (the body and the space). During the residency I researched and engaged with sacred geological formations, communities, rites, symbolisms and myths that have made the island a space of pilgrimage, catharsis and psychological growth. The outcome of my investigation consist of a series of paintings and ceramics reflecting on my experience and spiritual journey on the island.’