Isabel Nuño de BuenSprengel Preis 2021

Isabel Nuño de Buen (b. 1985 in Mexico City) has been awarded the SPRENGEL PREIS 2021. The prize is conferred by the Niedersächsische Sparkassenstiftung and the state of Lower Saxony on visual artists from Lower Saxony and is intended to provide impetus for cultural exchange in Europe. It is linked to an accompanying catalogue and an exhibition at the Sprengel Museum Hannover; the prize also includes a six-month travel grant to another European country. Isabel Nuño de Buen’s idiosyncratic position as a sculptor, uniting different cultures, media and techniques in subtle, sign-like and sculptural interventions, convinced the jury just as much as her most recent presentation in the great hall of the Kunstverein Hannover. Her journey took her through Spain and France to view historic tapestries and to place her work in immediate dialogue with these impressive pieces. Isabel Nuño de Buen completed her studies at the HBK Braunschweig in 2014 under Bogomir Ecker; in 2015 she received the annual grant of the state of Lower Saxony and in 2016 the prize of the Kunstverein Hannover. She has most recently been seen in solo exhibitions at the Kunstverein Hannover and at The 500 Capp Street Foundation in San Francisco.

Exhibition:
Sprengel Museum Hannover, 4/12/2021 – 27/2/2022