EXHIBITIONS
2023 Physiologies of Desire
As part of Die Feldversuche Symposium 2023 on City and Nutrition.
August 26 - 27 at Kleine Stadtfarm. Vienna, AT
2023 spirals
As part of REFLEXIVE FIELDS: UNSEEN SURFACES. Curated by Berthe Schoonman.
June 8 - 11 at Springboard Art Fair at the Werkspoorkathedraal in Utrecht, NL
2023 Marshmallow Shawarma
As part of the closure event at Food Processors. Organised by Marie Jeanne Ameln & Ron Ritzerfeld at SIGN - Groningen, NL
2022 tiling up, stuffing down
As part of Food Processors. Organised by Marie Jeanne Ameln & Ron Ritzerfeld at SIGN - Groningen, NL
2022 corner gigs
As part of Passions, Idols & Beyond. Curated by Isabelle Meiffert at Das Arabische Kulturhaus - Der Divan, Berlin, DE
2022 Gestures of Food
As part of Garten für Alle. Organised by Andrea Lumplecker at Klasse für Alle at Angewandte Wien. Vienna, AT
2021 MEDITAXION
As part of Roots and Wings. At Project Fabriek with Studio for Immediate Spaces. Graduation Show. Het Hembrugterrein, Zaandam, NL
2021 comfort
As part of Finally, Things are Happening with Studio for Immediate Spaces. Curated by Kristoffer Zeiner. At Maison Descartes, Amsterdam, NL
2021 Nixtamalizado
Duo show with Ilke Gers, as part of Parasite Diner #1. Initiated by Freja Kir, Aram Lee and Paolo Patelli. At When Site Lost the Plot. Supported by AFK. Amsterdam, NL
2021 wbk 57°C/8hrs
As part of Turn-off the Light When You Leave with Studio for Immediate Spaces. Sandberg Instituut. Amsterdam, NL
2020 The Marshmallow Shawarma
12 Stops with the Studio for Immediate Spaces. City Center of Amsterdam, NL
2020 Hesperides: Urban Furniture
with Mathias Vincent & Johan DeVigo. At AGORA with Laure Jaffuel. Athens, GR
2020 Emulsify Your Hate
Dinner on vegetables with Angelo Custodio & Luca Soudant. Sandberg Instituut, Amsterdam, NL
2017 VICISSITUDES
Food & the Human Body in Constant Mutation
Installation with Lucas Ramond. At OFF de la 10e Biennale de Design Saint-Étienne, FR
2016 #table
Social Food Exposition with ESAD-REIMS. Centre d'Art Contemporain 116. Montreuil, FR
2016 Mee(a)ting OFF-TIME
Social Food Exposition with ESAD-REIMS. Centre d'Art Contemporain 116. Montreuil, FR
2015 Hédonisme Culinaire
Video Performance with A. Pollete, A. Tramaille & C. Vène at La Comédie de Reims, FR
2014 What the World Eats?
Dinner event with Food Studio Norway at the Nobel Peace Centre. Oslo, NO
2014 Critical Plateware
The Social Act #9 at I'm a KOMBO cooking studio. Copenhagen, DK
IN THE PRESS
Madden-Wells, Daisy (2023). “Springboard Art Fair”. Review of participation on spirals. Featured at JEGENS & TEVENS. June 13, 2023.
Dapiran, Cathelijne (2023). “Springboard Art Fair”. Review of participation on spirals. Featured at Art Utrecht, June 9, 2023.
Dijksterhuis, Edo (2023) “Alsnog Afstudeerexpo voor Corona-alumni Kunstopleidingen”. Interview on marshmallow as a conversation starter. Featured at Het Parool Amsterdam, June 6, 2023.
Manuela Zammit (2021). “Research and Resourcefulness”. Review on MEDITAXION. Featured at Metropolis M. October 14, 2021.
Persis Bekkering (2021). “Zachte, ritselende revoluties -Lichting 2021”. Essay on comfort. Featured at Mister Motley Magazine. July 2, 2021.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Virgen, Diego (2021). “The Kitchen: A (non) Place at WOW Amsterdam". Future everyday life. Edited and curated by Masha Domracheva. Published by De Appel. Amsterdam
Virgen, Diego (2021). “The Kitchen: A Palimpsest in Food and Architecture”. Master Thesis. Studio for Immediate Spaces. Sandberg Instituut. Amsterdam
Virgen, Diego (2020). "Fresh-from-the-udder-raw-milk: Memories, Questions & Spatialities of Food". Topophilian Tales, the Roads Not Taken. Studio for Immediate Spaces. Sandberg Instituut. Amsterdam
GRANTS & RESIDENCIES
2023 Die Feldversuche. Bildende Kunst Zwischen Baustelle & Ackerfurche. Vienna, AT
2020 Perfomance Arts Forum Residency. Saint-Erme-Outre-et-Ramecourt, FR
2019 Holland Scholarship
2019 WOW Residency. Amsterdam, NL
2017 Secretaría de Cultura Federal de México & Gobierno del Estado de Colima
2013 Aalborg University Full Scholarship
2011 Gobierno del Estado de Colima, Secretaría de Educación Pública México
EDUCATION
2021 Sandberg Instituut, NL — MA Interior Architecture. Studio for Immediate Spaces
2016 École Supérieure d’Art et Design de Reims, FR — Post-diplôme Design Culinaire
2014 Aalborg University Copenhagen, DK — M.Sci.Techn. Integrated Food Studies
2012 Universidad de Colima, MX — BA Gastronomy
2011 Vancouver Island University, CA — Food, Wine & Tourism
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