Ya ha salido el sol [The Sun Has Already Risen], 2022
Installation. Stereo sound installation (2 speakers). 50’11”
BilbaoArte Foundation Collection
Registry No.: 2022.529.1
During the summer of 2022, the artist repeatedly visited specific coordinates along the Biscay coast to watch the sunset. The sun would set into the sea, opposite to the view from Barcelona. Some days, she stayed until dawn. The audio captures one night, from the moment the sun crosses the western horizon until it reappears in the east. It is a night composed of 13 nights, traversing the twilight and the beings that inhabit it.
Sofía Montenegro (Madrid, 1988) develops her work across installation, sound, imagery, and the performative. She studied Fine Arts and Cultural Studies between Utrecht and Madrid and holds an MA in Art Praxis from the Dutch Art Institute. Her artistic practice incorporates diverse methodologies, linking the visual with the auditory and action within space, seeking ways to produce images within thought. Currently a resident at Hangar in Barcelona, she has exhibited her work in exhibitions and performances at La Capella (Barcelona), the Biennal d’Art de Tarragona, LLUM BCN 2024, Blueproject Foundation, Centre d’Arts Santa Mònica, Can Felipa Arts Visuals (Barcelona), Bulegoa (Bilbao), MNCARS, LCE, El Chico (Madrid), Kunstraum Bethanien (Berlin), Hangar (Barcelona), Hablar en Arte (Madrid), La Escocesa (Barcelona), Bosque R.E.A.L., Getxoarte (Bilbao), Ekkisens Art Space (Reykjavik), Laboral Centro de Arte (Gijón), Sala de Arte Joven (Madrid), W139 (Amsterdam), What Remains Gallery (Munich), Ron Mandos Galerie (Amsterdam), Kunstpodium T (Tilburg), and Teatro Pradillo, among others. She has been an artist-in-residence at Futurama Alentejo, BilbaoArte, CRA Matadero Madrid, Artistas en Residencia (a program by MACBA, CA2M, and LCE), Addaya Centre d’Art Contemporani (Mallorca), and Lugar a Dudas (Cali). She has also collaborated on projects at the CaixaForum Barcelona, the Tbilisi Triennial, and Kunstverein Munich. She has been awarded Barcelona Producció 2023-24, Generación 2022, and has received creation grants from Comunidad de Madrid, Generalitat de Catalunya, INJUVE, among others. She also won the Jan Zumbrink Prijs and the Piet Bakker Prijs in the Netherlands.