Biography

David Bestué (Barcelona, 1980), lives and works in Barcelona.

Bestué practices different sculptural techniques such as moulding, modelling, pulverisation and the reuse of found elements. He is particularly interested in materiality as a sculptural quality, seeking to bring language to the physical dimension through the material itself and using it as a catalyst for the survival of the past transferred to the present.

This influence of language, especially poetic language, is also reflected in his conception of time, which, for Bestué, can be just another material. In this way, he proposes ‘removed or mixed’ times, which emerge from collective and individual memory, and which he presents through sculptures linked in one way or another to the territory.

His most important solo exhibitions include Pajarazos (Museo Patio Herreriano, Valladolid, 2023), Ciutat de sorra (Fabra i Coats, Barcelona, 2023), Aflorar (Museo Jorge Oteiza, Pamplona, 2022), Pastoral (La Panera, Lleida, 2021), and Rosi Amor (Museo Reina Sofía, MNCARS, Madrid, 2017). In March 2025, the artist will also inaugurate Flor Hispania, an exhibition at the Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo (CA2M) in Móstoles, Madrid.

His work can be found in the collections of MNCARS, MACBA and CA2M, among others.

It is also worth mentioning his role as a writer and curator. As a writer, David Bestué is interested in the relationship between art and architecture, having written works on Enric Miralles, Viaplana i Piñón, El Escorial and the recent history of architecture and engineering in Spain. Regarding his work as curator, it deserves to be highlighted the group exhibition El sentit de l’escultura at Fundació Joan Miró (Barcelona, 2021), which featured some of the most outstanding names on the national and international sculpture scene today.