To mark the exhibition, Shooting star and heart, BilbaoArte is publishing an artistʼs monograph designed by fellow artist Karlos Martinez B.; together with an accompanying text and other documentation, it will chronicle the entire process from the residency at BilbaoArte to the exhibition at URIBITARTE40. All this will be complemented by a text written by Mawa Ordúñez, an artist and researcher with whom they have previously worked; by photographies made by Judith Voet, and by a contribution from the artist Claudia Rebeca Lorenzo.
Thursday 29 October, 7:00 p.m.
Free admission
The exhibition grew out of a drawing of a heart bursting out of the chest, pushing through the skin and T-shirt. An image that evokes the graphic portrayal of a lover who wears their heart on their sleeve, vulnerable and open. A fleeting impulse that, in an instant, can be contained, concealed or disappear.
Shooting star and heart is both the title and the outcome of an exploration of the forces of projection and restraint. Benito sees projection as a fleeting force that propels the body outwards, and lending itself to change, discovery and confrontation. An impulse that bursts forth like a shooting star, fading as the body tires or the emotion subsides. Restraint, by contrast, works inwards, regulating, holding and absorbing in a heartfelt, steadfast effort to guard and protect.
M. BENITO PÍRIZ
Durango, 1992
Lives and works in Bilbao.
Resident artist at BilbaoArte from 2024 to 26.
Benito Píriz graduated in Fine Arts from the University of the Basque Country (EHU) in 2014 and holds a Master’s degree in Research and Creation in Art (2015). The artist has presented their work in solo exhibitions at venues such as the Montehermoso Cultural Centre, with the exhibition “Travieso”, and at Sala Rekalde with “Pikete-tuning”, as well as at BilbaoArte, RKE and Torre de Ariz; and in group exhibitions at the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Horcasitas Jauregia, and galleries such as Mäa (Bilbao), Artnueve (Murcia) and La Bibi + Reus City (Palma). Píriz has received first prize at Getxoarte, second prize at Ertibil and third prize at the La Rioja Young Art Show; and complemented residencies at Babestu at Azkuna Zentroa and the two-year residency at BilbaoArte.