Javier Bravo de Rueda
Bio/CV
Available works
Javier Bravo de Rueda
Javier Bravo de Rueda
Javier Bravo de Rueda (b. 1989, Callao, Peru) lives and works between Lima and Madrid. He holds a BFA in Painting from the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, and an MFA in Sculptural Ceramics from the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), with additional studies in Barcelona, Chile and New York.
Bio/CV
Javier Bravo de Rueda
His practice explores narrative and material experimentation to investigate the boundaries between reality, fiction, myth and culture, influenced by his transit between Latin America and the Western world. He examines processes of hybridization in contemporary art and culture, including literature, design and popular art, as ways to reflect on identity and historical construction. His work is developed through the transformation of materials, fieldwork, archival research and recontextualization of artisan methods, exploring familiar and unknown territories from a poetic, ecological and critical perspective.
His recent solo exhibitions include “Stone Skin-Stone Skeleton”, Crisis Galería, Lima (2024); “Le Jardín de Ciro”, Centre Céramique Contemporaine La Borne, Henrichemont, France (2024); and “Derritiente para todos los colores”, Jorge Lopez Gallery, Valencia (2024). His recent group exhibitions include “A media lumbre”, Institut Valencià d’Art Modern (IVAM), Valencia (2026); “interior corridors”, Livia Benavides Gallery, Lima (2026); “Itinerarios XXX”, Centro Botín, Santander (2025); “Award 5”, Fondazione Officine Saffi, Milan (2024); ARCOmadrid, Jorge Lopez Gallery, Madrid (2024); ARCOmadrid, Crisis Gallery, Madrid (2023); Generation 2021, La Casa Encendida, Madrid (2021); among others.
Bravo de Rueda’s work is held in collections including Fundación ARCO, Madrid; Fundación Montemadrid, Madrid; Fundación BilbaoArte, Bilbao; Fondazione Officine Saffi, Milan; and Kunsthandel Giese & Schweiger, Vienna; among others.
He has received the Main Prize, Fondazione Officine Saffi, Milan (2024); Botín Foundation Grant, Santander (2023); Generación 2021, Montemadrid Foundation, Madrid (2021); and Revealed Spaces, Siemens Stiftung, Peru (2021); among others.
His recent solo exhibitions include “Stone Skin-Stone Skeleton”, Crisis Galería, Lima (2024); “Le Jardín de Ciro”, Centre Céramique Contemporaine La Borne, Henrichemont, France (2024); and “Derritiente para todos los colores”, Jorge Lopez Gallery, Valencia (2024). His recent group exhibitions include “A media lumbre”, Institut Valencià d’Art Modern (IVAM), Valencia (2026); “interior corridors”, Livia Benavides Gallery, Lima (2026); “Itinerarios XXX”, Centro Botín, Santander (2025); “Award 5”, Fondazione Officine Saffi, Milan (2024); ARCOmadrid, Jorge Lopez Gallery, Madrid (2024); ARCOmadrid, Crisis Gallery, Madrid (2023); Generation 2021, La Casa Encendida, Madrid (2021); among others.
Bravo de Rueda’s work is held in collections including Fundación ARCO, Madrid; Fundación Montemadrid, Madrid; Fundación BilbaoArte, Bilbao; Fondazione Officine Saffi, Milan; and Kunsthandel Giese & Schweiger, Vienna; among others.
He has received the Main Prize, Fondazione Officine Saffi, Milan (2024); Botín Foundation Grant, Santander (2023); Generación 2021, Montemadrid Foundation, Madrid (2021); and Revealed Spaces, Siemens Stiftung, Peru (2021); among others.
Available works
“Metaestructura III: Metamorfosis de la polilla”, 2026
60 x 150 x 61 cm
Steel, paper, cement, polyvinyl acetate, iron oxide, and egyptian paste
“Metaestructura I: Extracción y cúmulo”, 2026
170 x 92 x 45 cm
Steel, stoneware, and Egyptian paste
Flying Object, 2025
60 x 170 cm
Archival pigment print from scanned analog negative on fine art paper
Pachacutec, 2025
110 x 135 x 130 cm
Metal, fruit-based vegan leather (made from grape and persimmon), and backstrap-loom textile
Travelling Museum, 2025
132 x 85 x 185 cm
Iron, brass, water-based paint, polyester resin, and ceramic
“Desert Shrine 2 (From the series They saw something in the sky)”, 2025
41.5 x 33 x 17 cm
Wood-fired stoneware in an Anagama kiln
“Desert Shrine 1 (From the series They saw something in the sky)”, 2025
41 x 32 x 23 cm
Wood-fired stoneware in an Anagama kiln
“Rainstick #5”, 2024
135 x 40 x 40 cm aprox
Woodfired stoneware, metal wire, leather belts, microphones and sound system
“Rainstick #6”, 2024
135 x 40 x 40 cm aprox
Woodfired stoneware, metal wire, leather belts, microphones and sound system
“Ritual table”, 2021
155 x 125 x 130 cm
Porcelain, terracotta, stoneware, acrylic, metal, resin
Javier Bravo de Rueda
Javier Bravo de Rueda (b. 1989, Callao, Peru) lives and works between Lima and Madrid. He holds a BFA in Painting from the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, and an MFA in Sculptural Ceramics from the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), with additional studies in Barcelona, Chile and New York.
Javier Bravo de Rueda
His practice explores narrative and material experimentation to investigate the boundaries between reality, fiction, myth and culture, influenced by his transit between Latin America and the Western world. He examines processes of hybridization in contemporary art and culture, including literature, design and popular art, as ways to reflect on identity and historical construction. His work is developed through the transformation of materials, fieldwork, archival research and recontextualization of artisan methods, exploring familiar and unknown territories from a poetic, ecological and critical perspective.
His recent solo exhibitions include “Stone Skin-Stone Skeleton”, Crisis Galería, Lima (2024); “Le Jardín de Ciro”, Centre Céramique Contemporaine La Borne, Henrichemont, France (2024); and “Derritiente para todos los colores”, Jorge Lopez Gallery, Valencia (2024). His recent group exhibitions include “A media lumbre”, Institut Valencià d’Art Modern (IVAM), Valencia (2026); “interior corridors”, Livia Benavides Gallery, Lima (2026); “Itinerarios XXX”, Centro Botín, Santander (2025); “Award 5”, Fondazione Officine Saffi, Milan (2024); ARCOmadrid, Jorge Lopez Gallery, Madrid (2024); ARCOmadrid, Crisis Gallery, Madrid (2023); Generation 2021, La Casa Encendida, Madrid (2021); among others.
Bravo de Rueda’s work is held in collections including Fundación ARCO, Madrid; Fundación Montemadrid, Madrid; Fundación BilbaoArte, Bilbao; Fondazione Officine Saffi, Milan; and Kunsthandel Giese & Schweiger, Vienna; among others.
He has received the Main Prize, Fondazione Officine Saffi, Milan (2024); Botín Foundation Grant, Santander (2023); Generación 2021, Montemadrid Foundation, Madrid (2021); and Revealed Spaces, Siemens Stiftung, Peru (2021); among others.
His recent solo exhibitions include “Stone Skin-Stone Skeleton”, Crisis Galería, Lima (2024); “Le Jardín de Ciro”, Centre Céramique Contemporaine La Borne, Henrichemont, France (2024); and “Derritiente para todos los colores”, Jorge Lopez Gallery, Valencia (2024). His recent group exhibitions include “A media lumbre”, Institut Valencià d’Art Modern (IVAM), Valencia (2026); “interior corridors”, Livia Benavides Gallery, Lima (2026); “Itinerarios XXX”, Centro Botín, Santander (2025); “Award 5”, Fondazione Officine Saffi, Milan (2024); ARCOmadrid, Jorge Lopez Gallery, Madrid (2024); ARCOmadrid, Crisis Gallery, Madrid (2023); Generation 2021, La Casa Encendida, Madrid (2021); among others.
Bravo de Rueda’s work is held in collections including Fundación ARCO, Madrid; Fundación Montemadrid, Madrid; Fundación BilbaoArte, Bilbao; Fondazione Officine Saffi, Milan; and Kunsthandel Giese & Schweiger, Vienna; among others.
He has received the Main Prize, Fondazione Officine Saffi, Milan (2024); Botín Foundation Grant, Santander (2023); Generación 2021, Montemadrid Foundation, Madrid (2021); and Revealed Spaces, Siemens Stiftung, Peru (2021); among others.
“Metaestructura III: Metamorfosis de la polilla”, 2026
60 x 150 x 61 cm
Steel, paper, cement, polyvinyl acetate, iron oxide, and egyptian paste
“Metaestructura I: Extracción y cúmulo”, 2026
170 x 92 x 45 cm
Steel, stoneware, and Egyptian paste
Flying Object, 2025
60 x 170 cm
Archival pigment print from scanned analog negative on fine art paper
Pachacutec, 2025
110 x 135 x 130 cm
Metal, fruit-based vegan leather (made from grape and persimmon), and backstrap-loom textile
Travelling Museum, 2025
132 x 85 x 185 cm
Iron, brass, water-based paint, polyester resin, and ceramic
“Desert Shrine 2 (From the series They saw something in the sky)”, 2025
41.5 x 33 x 17 cm
Wood-fired stoneware in an Anagama kiln
“Desert Shrine 1 (From the series They saw something in the sky)”, 2025
41 x 32 x 23 cm
Wood-fired stoneware in an Anagama kiln
“Rainstick #5”, 2024
135 x 40 x 40 cm aprox
Woodfired stoneware, metal wire, leather belts, microphones and sound system
“Rainstick #6”, 2024
135 x 40 x 40 cm aprox
Woodfired stoneware, metal wire, leather belts, microphones and sound system
“Ritual table”, 2021
155 x 125 x 130 cm
Porcelain, terracotta, stoneware, acrylic, metal, resin