Petra Montoro (Toledo, 1999) is a visual artist and researcher who focuses her work on exploring sculpture as a tool for the discursive expansion of digital images.
Her current research focuses on analysing the relationships we establish with the non-human from the intersection of ethology and postindustrial infrastructure.                 

Currently living and working in Madrid.

montoropetra@gmail.com


*** Full portfolio under request



Education
BA, Fine Arts | 2017-2021
Complutense University of Madrid

MA, Contemporary Film and Audiovisual | 2021-2023
Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona

MA, Research in Art and Creation | 2025-2026
Complutense University of Madrid


Solo Shows
2026
Navel Art, Madrid ES
Acabar de romper el jarrón (2026)
Curated by Rebeca Urizar

2025
Galería Nueva, OBLIQUO, Madrid ES
Work! (2025)
Curated by La Llave Colectiva and Mario Gutiérrez Cru

2024
Parque de la España Industrial, Barcelona ES
Drift Echoes (2024)
Curated by Helena Galí and Neus Martínez Farran


Awards
2025
18th edition of the VERTICAL <25 Award
PROYECTOR Festival, Madrid ES
Work! (2025)
Hertzog Da Silva Collection
São Paulo, Brazil


Residencies
2026
Cruce. Contemporary Art and Thought, Madrid ES
Acabar de romper el jarrón


Published Research
2023
Margin nomadism. The depathologization of the queer audiovisual essay.
Supervised by Carles Guerra
Group Shows and Screenings
2026
Centro de Arte Complutense, Madrid ES
“La cuestión palpitante 2026. Un punto particular en una particular forma de verlo”
Curated by Marta Ramos-Yzquierdo

Matadero Madrid, Madrid ES
“MRGENTE”,  Festival Márgenes
Curated by Elisa Celda

Kunstfabrik, Berlin DE
“You are warmly invited”,
Curated by Javier de Benito

Galería Nueva - Permanente Arts, Madrid ES
“Alquimias”
Curated by Juan Mario Rojas

Filmoteca de Galicia, A Coruña ES
“(S8) Mostra Internacional de Cinema Periférico”
Curated by Noemí García Díaz

Espacio Plomo, Madrid ES
“Estado Hover”
Curated by Miguel Argenta, Carlota Verdejo y Teresa Díez Izco

2025
“Neo-afloramientos”, Espacio Nenúfar, Madrid ES

2023
La Casa Encendida, Madrid ES
“Selección oficial”, Festival Íntima,
Curated by Angie de la Lama, Celia Dosal Carabias y Paula González


Workshops
2025
Librería Contrabandos, Madrid ES
“Bandadas y nidos”
Workshop and collective artwork on Living as a Bird by Vinciane Despret

2024
TheGATE, Manifiesta 15, Barcelona ES
European Performing Science Night by Horizon Europe with Institut de Ciències del Mar,                                                       Centro de Visión por Computador (CVC), Universitat Oberta de Catalunya and Fundación Épica