The BilbaoArte Collection comprises over 600 pieces and covers all contemporary practices and disciplines. It closely reflects BilbaoArte’s mission as an art production centre. Since 1998, the artists in residence leave one or several pieces in the Collection at the end of their stay and training at BilbaoArte in return for the support received.
Overall, the BilbaoArte Collection reflects the contemporary art scene of recent years, and boasts an important selection of high-quality works by international, Spanish and Basque artists. This intrinsic nature of peer growth through its artist production is a unique feature as an expression of the art of the present.
Regular group exhibitions of the Collection are organised in a bid to showcase the artists in residence and to offer new readings and interpretations of the vision that the works and artists offer overall.
In April 2023, the BilbaoArte Collection was recognised by the Basque Government in the Register of Museums and Collections of the Basque Country. That authority has awarded two subsidies for the municipal project: one for the professional photographic recording, cataloguing and documenting of the collection, and the other for the first exhibition.
TreeHouse (2021)Wood, methacrylate and steel Carving, laser pyrography and paint140 x 150 x 120 cm / 30 x 100 x 20 cm / 19 x 33 cmBA CollectionInventory No.: 2021.514.4 Pretérito imperfecto [Imperfect] (2021) is a project consisting of different...
30 de enero de 2013, Lenin tenía razón Mr. Goebbels[30 January 2013, Lenin was right Mr. Goebbels] (2013)Screen printing on paper76x56.5 cm each / set approx. 350 x 160 cmBA CollectionInventory No.: 2013.251.15 ‘He was right fifteen times. They shook hands...
Estudio para relieves I [Studio for Reliefs I] (2025) Machined rod, magnets, and epoxy on paper 52 x 106,5 x 5 cm. BilbaoArte Collection Registration No.: 2025.629.1 Burge works by finding ways to produce folds, grooves, joints, slots, perforations, slants, notches...
Estudio para relieves II [Studio for Reliefs I]I (2025)Artist's book. Papier-mâché, magnets, and rod. Covered with glossy fabric5,5 x 32 x 51,1 cm (open); 5,5 x 32,5 x 51,5 cm (closed)BA CollectionRegistration No.: 2025.630.1 Burge works by finding ways to produce...
Boxeo en 3D [Boxing in 3D] (2025)3D printing and charred wood187 x 65 x 36 cmBA CollectionRegistration No.: 2025.623.1 These pieces reflect Busto’s work on visual memory and mapping the construction of her identity as an artist. This map has two geographical points of...
Línea [Line] (2025)Artist's book. Plotter photographs on paper (from analogue negatives)21,5 x 500 cmBA CollectionRegistration No.: 2025.625.1 These pieces reflect Busto’s work on visual memory and mapping the construction of her identity as an artist. This map has...
The Look of Pleasure (2025)Silkscreen120 x 83 cmBA CollectionRegistration No.: 2025.624.1 These pieces reflect Busto’s work on visual memory and mapping the construction of her identity as an artist. This map has two geographical points of interest: the Basque Country...
Implosion/ Implosión (2025)Artist’s book Colour laser printingEd. 5 facsimile copies72 p. 42 x 29,7 cm (closed)BA CollectionRegistration No.: 2025.622.1 The artist works with drawings and collages made out of photo fragments, where the text and word merge with the...
œil-de-bœuf. diacritic marks (2025)Technique. Photographic paper collage on Ingres paper, inkjet printing4 items. 70 x 50 cm eachBA CollectionRegistration No.: 2025.621.4 The artist works with drawings and collages made out of photo fragments, where the text and word...
