Magdalena Hart is a critical artist from UK / Uruguay, based in Barcelona, Spain. Her practice she aims to reintegrate “nature” into the technological dialogue as a means to challenging environmental awareness through speculative imagination. Her work is driven by the coexistence of the elements—water, earth, fire, and air—and seeks to reconnect with the past in order to envision the future, crafting narratives that help us better understand and engage with the environments we belong to. She finds poetry in using metaphors to broaden ecological perspectives and questions conventional scientific terminology, particularly in the context of the climate crisis.
Her current artistic focus centers on fire and glass, a material that fascinates her due to its water-like appearance despite being born of fire. Glass, both malleable and fragile, yet rigid, demands a precise balance of time and gravity. Observing how even fire requires breath, and how air allows the openning of spaces—something she explores specifically in her extended practice, presented as \"Rain and Rivers,\" released in 2023. (https://www.instagram.com/rain_and_rivers_/)
In recent years, she has exhibited her work in venues such as Hangar, the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Madrid Design Festival, Il·lacions Gallery, Sónar Festival, the 50th Montevideo Visual Arts Award, H2O Gallery, Arts Santa Mònica, and the Museum of Contemporary Art of Uruguay, among others.
