“Ria”, Jorge Satorre’s first monographic museum exhibition in Spain, presents a newly commissioned work alongside a survey of sculptures, drawings, and installations produced since 2013.



Emerging from his initial interest in developing a career as a book illustrator, Satorre’s artistic research has consistently focused on experimenting with the boundaries of various disciplines associated with drawing. Over time, this practice has become increasingly linked with a sculptural dimension that dialogues with the diverse contexts where he conceives and displays his work. His recent projects often involve acts of transformation and subversion stemming from elemental actions such as moulding, stamping, forging, casting, or breaking. These processes intertwine the intimate with the industrial, the functional with misuse, anecdotes with archetypes, and remembered events with imagined ones.



The exhibition “Ria” features a selection of Satorre’s works produced between 2013 and 2025, a phase he sees as a process of calibrating the distances between starting points and final forms in his work. It also reflects a certain introspection that allows him to question personal experience in relation to broader cultural, political, and social contexts.



In conjunction with the exhibition, the artist’s first monograph will be released. The publication “Río” features commissioned essays by Daniel Garza Usabiaga (Director, Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City) and Sean Lynch (artist, Askeaton Ireland), as well as a conversation between Satorre and Latitudes, the exhibition's curators. This bilingual Spanish-English edition, designed by the artist and publisher Gabriel Pericàs in collaboration with Satorre, is copublished by Museo CA2M and Caniche Editorial.



“Ria” will be held on the second floor of the museum, coinciding with exhibitions dedicated to María Medem, and from 1 March, 2025, to Rodríguez-Méndez and David Bestué. It will also coincide with various events in the city surrounding the 44th edition of the ARCOmadrid art fair (5–9 March 2025).