Jorge Mañes Rubio creates artworks that rethink humanity’s relationship with the universe and all the
beings that live in it — whether human, nonhuman, material or spiritual. His practice revolves around
the intangible power associated with certain objects and images, reframing them as active matter:
something that can be handled, experienced, and ultimately activated. His works can be described as
material embodiments of thoughts, emotions and memories, always in the process of becoming.
Based in Amsterdam, he graduated in Design Products from the Royal College of Art London in 2010.
He is also co-founder of the Design Museum Dharavi, a TED Senior Fellow and a recipient of the S&R
Foundation Washington Award. He has recently collaborated with the European Space Agency on a
pioneering project revolving around the future colonisation of the Moon, turned into a thought provoking
TED talk.
His work is regularly exhibited in galleries and museums worldwide such as the National Museum
of Modern and Contemporary Art Seoul, Victoria & Albert Museum London, Royal Academy of
Arts London, Design Museum London, Tropenmuseum Amsterdam, La Triennale di Milano, Royal
Museums Greenwich, Centre for Chinese Contemporary Art Manchester, Museum Volkenkunde Leiden,
Rijksmuseum Boerhave, Het Nieuwe Instituut Rotterdam, 21c Museum, Museum of Contemporary
Design and Applied Arts Lausanne, The New York Times Art for Tomorrow Doha and Power Station of
Art Shanghai.