Critical Distance DIRECTORY Manuel Saiz

Since the 1980s, Spanish artist Manuel Saíz  has pursued a multidimensional practice, working initially in painting, sculpture, and photography before focusing on video and media installations from the mid-90s on. He has shown sculpture, photographic print and video in art galleries and museums worldwide. His productions have been shown in many artists’ film and video festivals, such as Impakt (Utrecht), VideoLisboa (Lisbon), Videoex (Zurich), Int. Kurz Film Fest. (Hamburg), Transmediale (Berlin), among others. His video installations have also been shown in commercial galleries and public spaces. Recent projects include Commuting Time at etHALL (Barcelona) and Galería Trinta (Santiago de Compostela), Por mí, por todos mis compañeros y por mí el primero (For Me, for All My Friends, and for Me First of All)  at Galería Trinta. Other relevant exhibitions include Parallel Universes at Moriarty Gallery (Madrid), Nominal Politics at T1+2 Space (London) and the group shows East End Academy at Whitechapel Gallery (London) and Save the Day at Kunstbuero (Vienna).

Image: Manuel Saiz, Parallel Universes Meet at Infinity, (installation view), 2004, in Of Other Faces, curated by Shani K Parsons, TYPOLOGY Projects, 2014.