Mónica Rikić

Her proposals merge technology and philosophy through art, creating technological artifacts that are not driven by functionality or productivity, but by the desire to build critical devices that provoke collective thinking and discussion. Formally, her practice involves producing weird robots and handmade electronic objects, which perform different concepts from her research, presenting themselves as theatrical devices. Through these devices, she aims to offer experiences that encourage alternative ways of thinking about the forms of life, social relations, and subjectivities that emerge in an increasingly technologically mediated society.

Her projects have been featured in numerous art festivals and institutions around the world, including Ars Electronica (AT), Manifesta Biennial, ISEA, Creative Tech Week (NY), Robotronica (AUS), Loop Festival (SP), Laboral (SP), FILE (BR), CCCB (SP), Arts Santa Mònica (SP), and La Capella (SP), among others.

She has received several prestigious awards, such as the Catalan Culture Award in 2021, and recognitions from the Japan Media Arts Festival, AMAZE Berlin, the Margaret Guthman Musical Instrument Competition in Atlanta, as well as a Leonardo Grant from the BBVA Foundation. Her artistic residencies include participation in the S+T+ARTS program, Technoculture, Arts and Games in Montreal, the European Media Artists in Residence Exchange (EMARE-EMAP) at QUT (Australia), Hexagram (Montreal), Medialab Prado (Madrid), Platohedro (Medellín), and Etopía (Zaragoza), as part of the European ARTificial Intelligence Lab program.

Her works are part of the National Contemporary Art Collection of Catalonia, .NewArt {collection;} and Colección DKV.