MP & MP PINK

MP & MP ROSADO - Subjects

Biografía del Artista:

San Fernando, Cadiz, Spain, 1971.

Miguel Pablo and Manuel Pedro Rosado work and live in Seville. They are twin brothers who work under the name MP & MP Rosado. They studied Fine Arts at the University of Seville and at the School of Fine Arts in Athens.
They have a PhD in Fine Arts from the University of Seville and are currently associate professors. Since the mid-1990s, they have developed work based on the constitutive mechanisms of discourse about the subject and its environment. Their paradoxical twin condition allows them to explore duality and the alter ego, the construction of the self, individual and collective, “like an immense mirror in which we recognize ourselves.” Perhaps for this reason, the most constant characteristics of their work has been the presence of the double, the ambiguity resulting from duplication, reflection and simulated repetition. Other characteristics of their projects are the exploration of life experiences, the private emotional substratum, the relationship between form and surface, language and meaning, emotions, subjective choices.
Through all this, he has managed to create a refined universe of conceptual references. They received the Pilar Juncosa & Sotheby's. Fundació Pilar i Joan Miró grant in Mallorca, for the realization of a project at said headquarters (2014-2015). Among others, they have resided at the ISCP International Studio & Curatorial Program in New York, and have been awarded (Iniciarte) (2006-2007); 5th ARCO Prize Community of Madrid (2008) and the IV Iniciarte Prize of the Ministry of Culture of the Junta de Andalucía (2009). The Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant, New York (2002-2003); Marcelino Botín Foundation Fine Arts Scholarship in Santander (2008-2009) and 7th CAM Collection Fine Arts Scholarship, Alicante (2009/2010) and VI Ibero-American Cortes de Cádiz Award for Contemporary Artistic Creation 'Juan Luis Vasallo' 2012. Cadiz City Council. They have been present at important international exhibitions and events such as the Lyon Biennial, Seville Biennial, Cervantes Institute in Beijing, Andalusian Center for Contemporary Art (Seville), DA2 (Salamanca), MOT ART Museum (Tokyo), MUSAC (León), La Panera Center (Lleida), National Museum of Contemporary Art (Spain) (2012).
Fine Arts of Buenos Aires, Riihimäki Art Museum (Finland), Casal Solleric (Palma de Mallorca).

They are currently developing the project “Working Body”, thanks to the Leonardo Scholarship for Researchers and Cultural Creators awarded by the BBVA Foundation 2017/2018.
Her works are present in public and private collections such as the Andalusian Centre of Contemporary Art. Seville; La Panera Art Centre. Lleida; FIL Collection, Lisbon. Portugal; Deutsche Bank, London; Ellipse Foundation. Cascais, Portugal; Coca Cola Foundation.; Pilar and Joan Miró Foundation. Mallorca; MUSAC. Museum of Contemporary Art. Castilla y León; Union Fenosa. La Coruña; Patio Herreriano Museum, Valladolid; Domus Artium; DA2. Salamanca; Dos de Mayo Art Centre. Móstoles. Madrid. Spain; La Caixa Collection. Barcelona; Fnac – National Fond d'art contemporain. France; Marcelino Botín Foundation. Santander; New Pilar Citoler Collection. / Caja de Extremadura Foundation. Plasencia. Cáceres.

San Fernando, Cádiz, Spain, 1971.

Miguel Pablo and Manuel Pedro Rosado live and work in Seville. They are twin brothers who work under the name MP & MP Rosado. They have studied Fine Arts at the University of Seville and the School of Fine Arts in Athens. They received a doctorate in Fine Arts from the University of Seville where today they work as associate professors. Since the mid-90s, MP & MP Rosado have developed a work based on the constituent mechanisms of individual speech of the subject and their environment. Their paradoxical condition as twins has allowed them to explore the notions of duality and alter ego, and the construction of the individual and collective self; “like a huge mirror in which we recognize ourselves.” Perhaps for this reason, the presence of the double is constantly reoccurring in their work, simulating there sulting ambiguity of duplication, reflection and repetition. Other pieces explore themes surrounding the relationship between form and surface language, meaning, emotion and subjective choice.
In doing so the artists have created a refined conceptual universe of references.

They received the scholarship Pilar Juncosa & Sotheby's and Fundació Pilar Joan Miró in Mallorca (2014-2015). They have exhibited at the ISCP International Studio & Curatorial Program New York (2007) and they have been awarded V Premio ARCO Comunidad de Madrid (2008). and the IV Premio Iniciarte from the Ministry of Culture of the Regional Government of Andalusia (2009). Their work is also represented within institutions including the Beca The Pollock-Krasner Foundation, New York (2002-2003); Fine Arts Scholarship from the Marcelino Botín Foundation of Santander (2008-2009), 7th CAM Collection Fine Arts Scholarships, Alicante (2009/2010), as well as the VI Ibero-American Cortes de Cádiz Award for Contemporary Artistic Creation 'Juan Luis Vasallo' 2012. The artists have also been present in important exhibitions and international events such as Bienal de Sevilla 2006,
Sydney Biennale 2004, Cervantes Institute of Beijing, Andalusian Centre for Contemporary Art (Seville), DA2 (Salamanca), MOT ART Museum (Tokyo), MUSAC (León), Centro La Panera (Lleida), Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de Buenos Aires, Riihimäki Art Museum (Finland) and the CasalSolleric (Palma de Mallorca). Currently they are developing the project “Body of work”, thanks to the Leonardo Scholarship for Researchers and Cultural Creators granted by the BBVA Foundation 2017/2018.
Their pieces are integrated in recognized collections such as Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo (Seville); La Panera Art Centre (Lleida); FIL Collection (Lisbon, Portugal); Deutsche Bank (London); Ellipse Foundation. (Cascais, Portugal); Coca-Cola Foundation; Pilar and Joan Miró Foundation (Mallorca); Museum of Contemporary Art (Castile and León); Union Fenosa (La Coruña); Patio Herreriano Museum (Valladolid); DomusArtium; DA2 (Salamanca); Dos de Mayo Art Centre (Madrid); La Caixa Collection (Barcelona); Fnac – Fond national d'artcontemporain (France); Marcelino Botín Foundation (Santander) and CAM Collection of Contemporary Art (Alicante). Marcelino Botín Foundation. Santander; New Pilar Citoler Collection. Cordova. / Caja de Extremadura Foundation. Plasencia. Cáceres.