Esmeralda Conde Ruiz builds installations, sculptures, and performances that investigate the constant state of flux, transformation and change within a social context. She addresses the question of how humanity approaches uncertainty in an often unpredictable world.
Her research based and process driven practice takes influence from minimalism and geometric abstraction, alongside ideas from colour psychology, cyclical theories and philosophies of impermanence. Experimenting with materials such as glass and bioplastic, her colour-saturated and light-filled artworks gradually change in intensity and illuminance, illustrating a continual state of flux.
With a background in music she incorporates vocal compositions, soft hums and gentle machine noises to her works, contributing a sense of unease, culminating in experiences that are as confronting as they are comforting. The concept of permanence versus transience, and how societies manage the physical and intangible traces of their existence, history, and future are the main questions of Conde Ruiz’s work. She gives form to a constructed world where stability is temporary, and change is the norm, while creating space for individual and collective questioning. Her ideas converge on the fundamental human and ecological challenge of deciding what should endure, what should fade away.
Conde Ruiz holds a Master's degree in Sculpture from the Royal College of Art, London. Solo exhibitions of her work have been held at Somers Gallery, London (2025); Burghof, Loerrach (2024); HELLERAU European Centre for the Arts, Dresden (2023). Conde Ruiz’s work has been featured in group exhibitions, including Southwark Park Galleries, London (2025), SCHAUWERK Sindelfingen, Sindelfingen (2024); Tulca Gallery, Galway (2022); Tate Modern, London (2022); Matadero, Madrid (2021). She has contributed to major programmes including Ether’s Bloom at Gropius Bau, Berlin (2024), and was keynote speaker at the DEGEM Symposium, Luebeck (2023). She has collaborated with artists and musicians including Yoko Ono, Olafur Eliasson, Nick Cave, Peter Liversidge, Susan Philipsz, Matthew Herbert, Lina Lapelytė, and Mira Calix. Conde Ruiz is the recipient of the Fellowship at Schaufler Lab@TUDresden (2023) and Creative Armenia (2022), and was nominated for the Human AI Art Award, Kunstmuseum Bonn (2024).
Esmeralda Conde Ruiz (b. 1980, Spain) lives and works in London, UK.
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