Elena Lavellés
Researcher
Visual artist, filmmaker and researcher
About the researcher
Visual artist, filmmaker and researcher. Her work is characterised by an extensive process of theoretical and field research exploring the correspondences between social strata and geological layers.
She has taken part in the Whitney Museum Independent Study Program (New York, USA) and holds an MFA in Photography & Media from CalArts (Los Angeles, USA).
Lavellés has screened her work and held solo and group exhibitions at MeetFactory (Prague), CalArts (Los Angeles), Elizabeth Foundation for Contemporary Arts (New York), Museo Alberto Mena Camaño (Quito), the Institute of Contemporary Arts Singapore, Centro Cultural de España in Mexico, Museo Carrillo Gil (Mexico City) and Matadero Madrid.
She has received various prizes, grants and residencies, including the Fulbright Fellowship 2026/2027, the Real Academia de España en Roma (Italy), the Multiverso Grant for Video Art Creation (BBVA Foundation, Bilbao), and an Excellence Grant from the Government of Mexico (Mexico).
