Ester Partegàs (La Garriga, Barcelona, 1972) lives and works in Richmond, VA. She holds an MFA from Universitat de Barcelona (1996) and a Visual Arts Diploma on Multimedia Art from the Universität der Kunste, Berlin (1998).

Selected solo shows include: Foxy Production, New York; Christopher Grimes Gallery, Santa Monica, CA (both 2010); Aldrich Museum for Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT (2008); Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid(2007); Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA (2006); Centre d’Art Santa Mònica, Barcelona; Hallwalls, Buffalo, NY (both 2003); Rice University Art Gallery, Houston, TX (2002). Partegàs is represented by Foxy Production, New York, NY; Christopher Grimes Gallery, Santa Monica, CA; Galería Helga de Alvear, Madrid; and NoguerasBlanchard, Barcelona.

Selected group exhibitions include: Whitechapel Gallery, London; Centro Artes Visuales Helga de Alvear, Cáceres (both 2011); Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City, NY; Denison Museum, Granville, OH (both 2010); Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, NY; Macro Future, Depart Foundation, Rome; Foundation CaixaForum, Madrid (all 2009); 2nd Moscow Biennale (2007); Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC; Walker’s Point Center for the Arts, Milwaukee, WI; Cercle (all 2006); Sculpture Center, New York (2005); Queens Museum of Art, NY (2003); Whitney Museum of American Art at Altria, New York, Arnolfini, Bristol (both 2002), Public Art Fund, Brooklyn, NY (2001)

The Chinati Foundation's Artist in Residence program is generously supported by the Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation.