Martin Llavaneras primarily works in the field of sculpture, often in relation to the natural and industrial transformation processes of inorganic, biological, and linguistic materials. The artist studies these cycles and intervenes in them to modify their dynamics, participating in the management, organization, and shaping of these materials. In his work, there are present the ideas of storage, circulation, oxidation, among others.

Martin Llavaneras (El Segrià, 1983) lives and works in Barcelona. He studied Fine Arts in Bilbao (UPV), Berlin (HTW), and Barcelona (UB). Among his solo exhibitions, notable ones include “CAU” POLS (Valencia); “Turbaturbo” (La Capella, Barcelona); “Fruit Belt” (Espai 13 – Fundación Joan Miró, Barcelona); “Humus Recalls Curvatures” (Centro de Arte La Panera, Lleida); “Reengineering Calcium” (Blueproject Foundation, Barcelona); and “Next” (Centro Cultural Montehermoso, Vitoria). He has also being part of group shows in institutions like Centro del Carme Cultura Contemporànea, Valencia; CAPC — Musée d’Art Contemporain of Bordeaux, Bordeaux; ADA Project, Roma; Meetfactory, Praga; House of Egorn, Berlín; Atelier35, Bucarest; Yaby, Madrid; Saliva, Barcelona, to name a few.

He has received awards like Barcelona Producció, Premi Art Nou, Injuve, Beca per a la recerca i pensament de la Generalitat, Beca Guasch-Coranty; and has taken part in residencies at CA2M, Centre d’Art i Natura de Farrera and Primer Proforma at the MUSAC in León.