Education
2016-2019
DPHIL ART PRACTICE RUSKIN SCHOOL OF ART. UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD
2013-2015
MA PAINTING SCHOOL OF FINE ART. ROYAL COLLEGE OF ART, LONDON
2012-2002
BA ARCHITECTURE. SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE. UNIVERSIDAD EUROPEA DE MADRID/UEM
2009-2002
BA FINE ARTS. SCHOOL OF ART AND COMMUNICATION. UNIVERSIDAD EUROPEA DE MADRID/UEM
SCHOLARSHIPS
& PRIZES
2023
Funding & Award: Botín Foundation International Visual Arts Grant. ES
2021
TBA21 &STARS4WATER RESIDENCY AWARD, Ocean Space, Venice w/Leonor Serrano
2020
VISUAL ARTS PRODUCTION GRANT / Comunidad de Madrid
2020
VISUAL ARTS PRODUCTION GRANT / Ministry of Culture of Spain
2019
Funding & Award: Cervezas Alhambra/ARCO. Emergent artist (production prize), ES
2018
AHRC DOCTORAL TRAINING PARTNERSHIP. UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD
2017
AHRC DOCTORAL TRAINING PARTNERSHIP. UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD
2017
PAULO CUNHA E SILVA PRIZE. SHORTLISTED
2016
AHRC DOCTORAL TRAINING PARTNERSHIP. UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD
2016
Premio Generación 2017. Fundación Montemadrid. Madrid
2014
Lucy Halford Bursary. Royal College of Art. London
2014
The Windfall Bursary 2013/2014. Royal College of Art. London
2013
RCA (HEFCE) Student Bursary 2013/2014. Royal College of Art. Londres
SOLO/DUO SHOWS
2026
SPEAK MEMORY Carlier/Gebauer Madrid (upcoming)
2024
UNA FASCINACIÓN @Galería Pelaires, Palma Mallorca
2023
SUPERSALUDO (CABEZA BORRADORA) @CAB, BURGOS
2021
A WARMTH FROM WITHIN W/JULIUS HEINEMANN, F2 GALERÍA MADRID
2020
SELF REFLECTIVE. w/ Ludovica Carbotta. CentroCentro. Madrid
2018
CIELO Y SOL DORADO DE LA SIESTA. F2 Galería, Madrid
2017
NO SIEMPRE QUE ESTUVIMOS/ ESTUVIMOS C.I. Nuevo Baztán. Madrid
2016
THERE´S ROOM FOR INSOMNIA (with JUNE CRESPO). Fluent, Santander
2016
A SUMMER GAME INSIDE A LIGHT STAGE. Trastero 109. Palma de Mallorca
2015
AGÜEROS DE LOS NUESTROS. Solo-Project BARCÚ, Bogotá
2015
ON DISTRACTION, F2 Galería. Madrid
2014
TO CRAFT/TO REMEMBER, Galería Alegría, Madrid
2012
ASIMETRIES, Instituto Antonio Machado, Soria
2011
DESDOCUMENTACIONES, Casa de Castilla León. Havana
GROUP SHOWS, selection
2025
Carlier | Gebauer, Berlin and Madrid. FLUID SYSTEMS
2025
Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza,Madrid. TERRAFILIA curated by Daniela Zyman
2025
Clear, lucid and awake @ Art Sonje Center, Seoul, Curated by Chus Martinez
2021
CLARO DEL BOSQUE. Intersticio. Madrid
2019
UNA DIMENSIÓN ULTERIOR. Museo Patio Herreriano. Valladolid
2018
DER DUFT DER BILDER. Kunst- und Kulturstiftung Opelvillen. Rüsselsheim am Main
2018
QUERER PARECER NOCHE. CA2M, Madrid
2018
V22 YOUNG LONDON. V22, London
2017
FRAGMENTS OF STALE TIME. Lychee One, London
2017
TRICK´N´TREAT. Yaby. Madrid
2017
GENERACIONES 2017. Casa Encendida, Madrid
2016
THE STORK OFFERS THE FOX LUSCIOUS GRAPES. Squash. México DF
2015
DEGREE SHOW 2015. Royal College of Art. London
2015
CASA LEIBNIZ. Palacio de Santa Bárbara. Madrid
2015
¿POR QUÉ NO LO LLAMAS ENTROPÍA? Galería Tiro al blanco. Guadalajara MX
2014
VULPES VULPES OPEN 2014. VulpesVulpes. London
Lectures, Workshops
& Events
2025
CONTAR ES ESCUCHAR, ALCALA31. LECTURE AND WORKSHOP Curated by Cristina Anglada
2022
TBA21 &STARS4WATER PERFORMANCE "BREATHINGS OF THE MOON", Ocean Space, Venice w/Leonor Serrano
2022
BOOK PRESENTATION and Round Table @IvoryPress Madrid, April 2022
2020
NARRATIVA & TEXTIL. Handsthinking/UEM. Universidad Europea de Madrid.
2018
ELOQUENT THINGS. Presentación. Ashmolean Museum. Oxford
2018
JORNADAS DE ESTUDIO DE LA IMAGEN XXV. MUNDANIZAR EL MUNDO. CA2M. Madrid
2015
ARTIST TALK, Barcú. Bogotá
2015
ARTIST TALK, Christies Education. Londres
Aranda de Duero, Spain, 1983.
Diego Delas’s works explore the house as both a physical structure and a vessel of personal, familial, and collective memory. Drawing on his upbringing in Spain’s rural Castile region, Delas constructs images that recall vernacular architecture, domestic rituals, and the subtle stratification of time.
His paintings often incorporate reclaimed textiles, structural materials, and handmade elements, evoking spaces where memory and matter intertwine. These works function like fragments of a larger dwelling, including murals, maps, and talismanic objects that resemble the structure of tarot cards and act as amulets. Their composition suggests a reading, both of the whole and of each element in particular, arranged in an order that invites deciphering and interpretation of their cryptic nature. Patterns and textures reference household practices from pre-modern Mediterranean culture— such as mending, making, and remembering— echoing the seasonal rhythms of rural life. Names and titles are drawn from the Catalogue of Amulets by Carmen Baroja, Museo del Pueblo Español.
Through this visual language, Delas activates the tension between preservation and erasure, between what is remembered and what is lost. As in much of his practice, these paintings inhabit a space between archaeology and storytelling, where the act of looking becomes a form of listening: to places, people, and traditions on the verge of disappearance.
Delas graduated in Architecture and Fine Art in Madrid before moving to London, where he later received an MA in Painting from the Royal College of Art and a DPhil from the Ruskin College of Art (University of Oxford). He has also received prestigious scholarships and awards such as the AHRC Doctoral Training Partnership from the University of Oxford, and more recently the Botín Foundation scholarship. His work is part of collections such as TBA21 Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary Collection, MUSAC (Castilla y León Museum of Contemporary Art), Montemadrid Foundation, DKV Collection, Kells Collection and the Cervezas Alhambra Collection, among others.
Diego Delas
ARANDA DE DUERO
SPAIN (1983)
Aranda de Duero, Spain, 1983.
Diego Delas’s works explore the house as both a physical structure and a vessel of personal, familial, and collective memory. Drawing on his upbringing in Spain’s rural Castile region, Delas constructs images that recall vernacular architecture, domestic rituals, and the subtle stratification of time.
His paintings often incorporate reclaimed textiles, structural materials, and handmade elements, evoking spaces where memory and matter intertwine. These works function like fragments of a larger dwelling, including murals, maps, and talismanic objects that resemble the structure of tarot cards and act as amulets. Their composition suggests a reading, both of the whole and of each element in particular, arranged in an order that invites deciphering and interpretation of their cryptic nature. Patterns and textures reference household practices from pre-modern Mediterranean culture— such as mending, making, and remembering— echoing the seasonal rhythms of rural life. Names and titles are drawn from the Catalogue of Amulets by Carmen Baroja, Museo del Pueblo Español.
Through this visual language, Delas activates the tension between preservation and erasure, between what is remembered and what is lost. As in much of his practice, these paintings inhabit a space between archaeology and storytelling, where the act of looking becomes a form of listening: to places, people, and traditions on the verge of disappearance.
Delas graduated in Architecture and Fine Art in Madrid before moving to London, where he later received an MA in Painting from the Royal College of Art and a DPhil from the Ruskin College of Art (University of Oxford). He has also received prestigious scholarships and awards such as the AHRC Doctoral Training Partnership from the University of Oxford, and more recently the Botín Foundation scholarship. His work is part of collections such as TBA21 Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary Collection, MUSAC (Castilla y León Museum of Contemporary Art), Montemadrid Foundation, DKV Collection, Kells Collection and the Cervezas Alhambra Collection, among others.
Education
2016-2019
DPHIL ART PRACTICE RUSKIN SCHOOL OF ART. UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD
2013-2015
MA PAINTING SCHOOL OF FINE ART. ROYAL COLLEGE OF ART, LONDON
2012-2002
BA ARCHITECTURE. SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE. UNIVERSIDAD EUROPEA DE MADRID/UEM
2009-2002
BA FINE ARTS. SCHOOL OF ART AND COMMUNICATION. UNIVERSIDAD EUROPEA DE MADRID/UEM
SCHOLARSHIPS
& PRIZES
2023
Funding & Award: Botín Foundation International Visual Arts Grant. ES
2021
TBA21 &STARS4WATER RESIDENCY AWARD, Ocean Space, Venice w/Leonor Serrano
2020
VISUAL ARTS PRODUCTION GRANT / Comunidad de Madrid
2020
VISUAL ARTS PRODUCTION GRANT / Ministry of Culture of Spain
2019
Funding & Award: Cervezas Alhambra/ARCO. Emergent artist (production prize), ES
2018
AHRC DOCTORAL TRAINING PARTNERSHIP. UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD
2017
AHRC DOCTORAL TRAINING PARTNERSHIP. UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD
2017
PAULO CUNHA E SILVA PRIZE. SHORTLISTED
2016
AHRC DOCTORAL TRAINING PARTNERSHIP. UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD
2016
Premio Generación 2017. Fundación Montemadrid. Madrid
2014
Lucy Halford Bursary. Royal College of Art. London
2014
The Windfall Bursary 2013/2014. Royal College of Art. London
2013
RCA (HEFCE) Student Bursary 2013/2014. Royal College of Art. Londres
SOLO/DUO SHOWS
2026
SPEAK MEMORY Carlier/Gebauer Madrid (upcoming)
2024
UNA FASCINACIÓN @Galería Pelaires, Palma Mallorca
2023
SUPERSALUDO (CABEZA BORRADORA) @CAB, BURGOS
2021
A WARMTH FROM WITHIN W/JULIUS HEINEMANN, F2 GALERÍA MADRID
2020
SELF REFLECTIVE. w/ Ludovica Carbotta. CentroCentro. Madrid
2018
CIELO Y SOL DORADO DE LA SIESTA. F2 Galería, Madrid
2017
NO SIEMPRE QUE ESTUVIMOS/ ESTUVIMOS C.I. Nuevo Baztán. Madrid
2016
THERE´S ROOM FOR INSOMNIA (with JUNE CRESPO). Fluent, Santander
2016
A SUMMER GAME INSIDE A LIGHT STAGE. Trastero 109. Palma de Mallorca
2015
AGÜEROS DE LOS NUESTROS. Solo-Project BARCÚ, Bogotá
2015
ON DISTRACTION, F2 Galería. Madrid
2014
TO CRAFT/TO REMEMBER, Galería Alegría, Madrid
2012
ASIMETRIES, Instituto Antonio Machado, Soria
2011
DESDOCUMENTACIONES, Casa de Castilla León. Havana
GROUP SHOWS, selection
2025
Carlier | Gebauer, Berlin and Madrid. FLUID SYSTEMS
2025
Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza,Madrid. TERRAFILIA curated by Daniela Zyman
2025
Clear, lucid and awake @ Art Sonje Center, Seoul, Curated by Chus Martinez
2021
CLARO DEL BOSQUE. Intersticio. Madrid
2019
UNA DIMENSIÓN ULTERIOR. Museo Patio Herreriano. Valladolid
2018
DER DUFT DER BILDER. Kunst- und Kulturstiftung Opelvillen. Rüsselsheim am Main
2018
QUERER PARECER NOCHE. CA2M, Madrid
2018
V22 YOUNG LONDON. V22, London
2017
FRAGMENTS OF STALE TIME. Lychee One, London
2017
TRICK´N´TREAT. Yaby. Madrid
2017
GENERACIONES 2017. Casa Encendida, Madrid
2016
THE STORK OFFERS THE FOX LUSCIOUS GRAPES. Squash. México DF
2015
DEGREE SHOW 2015. Royal College of Art. London
2015
CASA LEIBNIZ. Palacio de Santa Bárbara. Madrid
2015
¿POR QUÉ NO LO LLAMAS ENTROPÍA? Galería Tiro al blanco. Guadalajara MX
2014
VULPES VULPES OPEN 2014. VulpesVulpes. London
Lectures, Workshops
& Events
2025
CONTAR ES ESCUCHAR, ALCALA31. LECTURE AND WORKSHOP Curated by Cristina Anglada
2022
TBA21 &STARS4WATER PERFORMANCE "BREATHINGS OF THE MOON", Ocean Space, Venice w/Leonor Serrano
2022
BOOK PRESENTATION and Round Table @IvoryPress Madrid, April 2022
2020
NARRATIVA & TEXTIL. Handsthinking/UEM. Universidad Europea de Madrid.
2018
ELOQUENT THINGS. Presentación. Ashmolean Museum. Oxford
2018
JORNADAS DE ESTUDIO DE LA IMAGEN XXV. MUNDANIZAR EL MUNDO. CA2M. Madrid
2015
ARTIST TALK, Barcú. Bogotá
2015
ARTIST TALK, Christies Education. Londres