Esther Pizarro Juanas
Principal investigator
Visual artist, researcher and professor at Universidad Europea de Madrid
About the researcher
Esther Pizarro Juanas is a visual artist, researcher and professor at Universidad Europea de Madrid. She holds a PhD in Fine Art from Universidad Complutense de Madrid, and has furthered her training through prestigious international fellowships, including the Pollock-Krasner Foundation Fellowship (New York), the Academy of Spain in Rome, the Spanish College in Paris, and a Fulbright Fellowship in the United States.
She co-directs the research group Ecosistemas Creativos y BioDiseño Lab (EcoBDLab), attached to the Creative Campus of Universidad Europea de Madrid (UEM), where she has taught since 2003. Her research output comprises 70 publications, including articles in specialist journals, books, book chapters and conference proceedings. She holds four six-year research assessment periods (sexenios) awarded by ANECA.
Her artistic practice spans personal work, installation and public art. Her recent projects explore the complexity of contemporary society from the intersection of art, science and technology, with particular attention to the visualisation of environmental crises, bioart, and research into bio-based and grown materials. As a creator, she has developed extensive exhibition activity, with more than 225 solo and group exhibitions in national and international museums and art centres, and has received more than twenty awards recognising her career.
