Manu Olarte
manuelolartegarcia@gmail.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/manu.olarte.11/
I work with second-hand garments and patchwork techniques to build textile sculptures that function as emotional archives and fragmented bodies. Through these assemblages, I explore the relationship between identity, memory, and clothing, revealing the poetic and political dimensions of fabric as a vessel for lived stories. My practice combines the visual with the visceral, the aesthetic with the affective, to address questions about who we are and how we inhabit our bodies through what we wear.
Exhibitions
ENCONTROS DE ARTISTAS NOVOS #15
August 24–28, 2025
Cidade da Cultura, Santiago de Compostela, Galicia.
NOVUS
May 24 – July 19, 2025
Galería Espacio Mínimo
Madrid
VISIONES
June 26 – July 26, 2025
Vicerectorado de Cultura, Universidad de Málaga
Málaga
Academic Achievements
2024 – 2025
Master’s Degree in Research and Artistic Creation (MIAC)
Universidad Complutense de Madrid
2022 – 2024
Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Arts
Universidad de Málaga
2002 – 2006
Four academic years in Fine Arts
Universidad Complutense de Madrid
1999 – 2002
Second-year studies in Film Directing
Escuela Universitaria de Artes y Espectáculos TAI, Madrid