Cristián Fernández Ocampo

Born: 1987, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Based in: Buenos Aires and London

Instagram: @barbagalactica

Education

2018–2022
MFA, Slade School of Fine Art, University College London, London, UK

2012
Art Programme, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, Buenos Aires, Argentina

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Solo Exhibitions


2022
Inner Life, PM/AM, London, UK

2021
Poesías Concretas, Local, Buenos Aires, Argentina

2018
Formas en el Espacio, Edificio SUR, Victoria Ocampo, Buenos Aires, Argentina

2017
Mundo Criminal, LIGA, Buenos Aires, Argentina
(including sound performance)

2016
El Animal que Somos, Isabel Anchorena Gallery, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Línea de Trabajo, Saldías Polo Cultural, Buenos Aires, Argentina

2015
The Animal Within Us, Isabel Anchorena Gallery, Buenos Aires, Argentina
The Animal Within Us, Saldías Polo Cultural, Buenos Aires, Argentina

2014
The Royal Family, Castle Bukit Pelangi, Johor Bahrú, Malaysia
Seeking God, Aberg Cobo Palace, Buenos Aires, Argentina

2013
The Royal Family, Saldías Polo Cultural, Buenos Aires, Argentina

2012
The Royal Plan, Warehouse Saldías, Buenos Aires, Argentina
The Royal Plan, Istana Pasir Pelangi, Johor Bahrú, Malaysia

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Selected Group Exhibitions


2025
Nocturnes, Lyndsey Ingram, London, UK

2024
Garden of Forking Paths, DELI Gallery, New York, USA

2023
Dallas Art Fair, PM/AM Booth

2022
Colección Eduardo Costantini, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Degree Show, Slade School of Art, London, UK

2021
Bambi Woods, Space.52, Athens, Greece
Lonely Puddles, Youkobo Art Space, Tokyo, Japan
Otra Feria (Art Fair), Proa 21, Buenos Aires, Argentina
(Special project space, invited by Santiago Bengolea)

2020
Duo Residency Exhibition, Unit1 Gallery Workshop, London, UK
London Grads Now, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
Royal College of Art and Slade School of Art Degree Show, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, London, UK
Words to be Looked At, Wolfson College, Oxford, UK
Spaceship. Dungeon. Zoo., AB Studio, London, UK
A Show in My Story, Instagram Digital Platform

2019
Pulling Teeth, ASC Gallery, London, UK
Catching Flies, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK
Interim Show, Slade School of Art, London, UK
Poetry: A Color Symposium, Slade School of Art, London, UK
Colart Group Exhibition, Windsor and Newton Residency, London, UK

2018
BioPix, Steve Turner Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
Hot Spot, Studio 18, UCL, London, UK

2017
Cuadernos de Artistas, Consulate General of Argentina, New York, USA

2016
Home, Street Installation, Berlin, Germany

2015
Pop Up, Pagana Gallery, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Premio Fundación Andreani, Centro Cultural Borges, Buenos Aires, Argentina

2014
Drawing Group Show, Palais de Glace, Buenos Aires, Argentina

2011
Final Cut, Teatro Sarmiento, Buenos Aires, Argentina

2010
Universos Paralelos, Pabellón 4, Buenos Aires, Argentina

2009
Approaches, Pabellón 4, Buenos Aires, Argentina

2003
The Book of Imaginary Creatures, Fundación Borges, Buenos Aires, Argentina

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Residencies

2020
Duo Residency, Unit1 Gallery Workshop, London, UK

2019
Colart Residency, Windsor and Newton, London, UK

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Awards and Recognitions

Shortlisted for Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2022, London, UK
Shortlisted for Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2021, London, UK
Shortlisted for Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2020, London, UK
Premio Andreani 2015, Centro Cultural Borges