About
Bio
Belén Millán is an Andalusian multimedia artist and audiovisual creator based between Málaga and New York. Her work investigates the cycles of life and death in nature, and how human intervention transforms ecological systems. Through site-specific actions and audiovisual compositions, she creates hybrid beings and speculative ecologies where the boundaries between the natural and the artificial dissolve.
Her interdisciplinary practice is grounded in a research-driven approach that weaves together conceptual inquiry, fieldwork, and formal experimentation. Installations and site-specific interventions often act as points of departure for hybrid projects spanning film, photography, painting, and sculpture.
Her most recent audiovisual trilogy on microplastics began with Plastic Plasma (2021)—co-winner of the 2022 Video Creation Award from the Ateneo de Málaga and the University of Málaga—followed by The Blue Thistle and culminating in (In)visible. The Blue Thistle was presented at the 2023 Upstate Art Weekend in New York, and (In)visible premiered at the 2024 edition.
Millán’s visual language generates sensory friction, inviting poetic distortions and speculative imaginings of the natural world. In this ambiguous terrain, transformation is ongoing—unfolding across conceptual, perceptual, and emotional dimensions.
Deeply informed by science and biology as critical frameworks for understanding the environment, her ecological and transformative practice is shaped by sustained research and interdisciplinary exchange.
Solo exhibits
“Lo invisible que habita” - Sala de Exposiciones del Centro Cultural Maria Victoria Atencia, Málaga, Spain, Dec 2025-Jan 2026.
"HÍBRIDA". Jardín Botánico La Concepción, Málaga, Spain, Feb-March 2022.
"(Des)Arraigos" Ethnographic Museum Riogordo, Malaga, Spain May-June 2021.
“Peridermis” Sala de Exposiciones Alhaurín el Grande, Málaga, Spain, January-February 2019.
“Entropía(S)” Sala de Exposiciones El Portón, Málaga, Spain, December 2017-February 2018.
“MoonAge DayDream” Colegio Oficial de Odontólogos de Málaga, Spain, April 2016.
“WaxWorks” Sala de Exposiciones BIC Euronova (PTA), Málaga, Spain, October-November 2015.
“Nature Rewards the Bold” Sala de Exposiciones Juan Carlos I in San Fernando de Henares, Madrid, Spain, September-October 2015.
“Excavations” Centro Cultural de Paracuellos del Jarama, Madrid, Spain, December 2014-January 2015.
“Nature in Motion” Sala de Exposiciones Lope de Vega, Madrid, Spain, November 2014.
“Pintar con Fuego” Centro Cultural La Jaramilla. Ayto. de Coslada, Madrid, Spain, October 2013.
“Nature in Motion” Sala de Exposiciones de El Casar, Guadalajara, Spain, March 2013.
Group exhibitions
"The Wave" Art Works for Change. Multi-media installations. UPAW NY 2024. Rhinebeck, New York, summer 2024.
"Stories of the Post-Natural." Art Works for Change. Multi-media installations. UPAW NY 2023. Tivoli, New York, summer 2023.
"In the Balance." Art Ramble 2022. Outdoor Public Art Installation organized by the Umbrella Arts Center and Concord’s Division of Natural Resources in Concord, Massachusetts, USA, September-November 2022.
"Tesoros sobre seda" Salas Mingorance del Archivo Municipal. Málaga, Spain, July-September 4, 2022.
"Luto Land Art Installation" - Diputación de Málaga - Presencias Exhibit - Calle Pacifico 54, Málaga, Spain, Jan 24 to Feb 22, 2020.
"Frozen Gesture" Collective at M David Gallery. Bushwick, New York, USA, July 2019
“Palingenesis” Collective show curated by Michael David at M. David, Bushwick, Brooklyn, New York, USA, September 2019.
“Corazón Blanco-Corazón Negro” Sala de Exposiciones Alhaurín el Grande, Málaga, Spain, Marzo-Junio 2019.
“Arte Malacitano – Biblioteca Provincial de Málaga, Spain, Septiembre-Diciembre 2018.
“Culturama en Gira" -- Convento de la Encarnación, Coín and Cuevas, Málaga, Spain, March-April and July-August 2017.
“De la Figuración a la Abstracción – Presencias 44“ Pacifico 54 Espacio Expositivo, Diputación de Málaga, Spain, April-May 2017.
“Art against War Collective Show” Sala Juan Carlos I in San Fernando de Henares, Madrid, Spain, Enero 2016.
Exposición Colectiva Colegio Oficial de Veterinarios, Málaga. Spain, May 2016.
“Encaustic Artists in the XXI century” Collective show, Encaustic Art institute, New Mexico, USA, summer 2016.
ARTSevilla, Seville International Art Fair, sponsored by Espacio Tres, Malaga, Spain, September 2015.
“Espacio Tres Collective Show” at Espacio Tres Gallery, Málaga, Spain, May 2015.
“Caprichos” Art Intervention in Malaga´s Botanical Garden, Málaga, Spain, April 2015.
“Presencias 41” Diputación de Málaga, Málaga, Spain, March 2015.
Collective show by Fiarte at the Centro Cultural Churriana, Granada, Spain, April 2015.
Collective show by United Photo Press at the Palacio de Quinta Alegre, Granada, Spain, April 2015.
“Nuances of the Americas” II International art show at the Queen´s Bee Art and Cultural Center, San Diego, USA, August-September 2015.
“Expressions, Shapes and Colors” San Diego Latino Theater Festival, California, USA, July 2015.
“Collective Show” at Fifty-Seven Degrees Gallery, San Diego, California, USA, curated by Guy Lombardo, June 2015.
UPP Collective Show, Albufeira Marina, Albufeira, Portugal, August 2015.
“25 Years Retrospective” United Photo Press, Algarve, Portugal, June 2015.
Collective show by Trilhos da Terra Art Gallery, Aveiro, Portugal, March 2015.
“Devil is on the Straight Line” at the BakeHouse Arts Center, Miami, Florida, USA, September 2014.
“Untitled Group Show” at the Latino Art Museum, Pamona, California, USA, November 2014.
“Nuances of the Americas” I International art show, Centro Cultural de la Raza, Balboa Park, California, USA, August 2014.
“Presencias 40” Sala Manuel Barbardillo, Málaga Málaga, Spain, December 2014.
“Presencias 38” Centro Cultural Provincial María Victoria Atienza, Málaga, Spain, August 2014.
“Mujeres Pintoras” Ciudad de la Justicia, Málaga, Spain, March 2014.
“Live Surfaces” Sala Barbadillo, Málaga, Spain, February 2014.
“Presencias 36” Diputación de Málaga, Málaga, Spain, January 2014.
“Colectiva Pequeño Formato” Aplama, Málaga, Spain, December 2013.
“Presencias 35” Diputación de Málaga, Málaga, Spain, October 2013.
Collective show, Encaustic Art Institute, New Mexico, USA, summer 2012.
Collective show at Art Upstairs, Phoenicia, NY, USA, September 2014, June and July 2012 and July 2010.
Education & awards
2022 Award Ex-Aequo for Plastic Plasma in the video category by the Ateneo of Málaga and the University of Málaga.
Judy Pfaff Foundation/M David Summer Art Residency - Tivoli, New York, summer 2020.
M David & Co. Art Residency - Bushwick, Brooklyn, New York, summer 2019.
Studio classes at the Art Students League of NY and the Woodstock School of Art, New York, 2005-2008.
Graduate courses Art History – Hunter College – 2003, New York, NY, USA.
Master Degree in Communications – Columbia University -- SIPA – 1993, New York, NY, USA.
Bachelor of Arts, Cum Laude – Mount Holyoke College – 1990, MA, USA.
Academic Honor Society Phi Beta Kappa - 1990, MA, USA.
Art memberships
EcoArt Space - USA.
Convergence Art 3D7 - USA.
Asociación Colectiva - Observatorio Cultural Feminista, Spain.
MAV - Mujeres en las Artes Visuales - Spain.