Photo: Miguel Sbastida (ES), 2025

Miguel Sbastida Selected for the 2025 AC/E residency at EKWC

We are thrilled to announce that Miguel Sbastida has been selected for the 2025 residency at EKWC, made possible by Acción Cultural Española (AC/E). This 12-week residency (August 14 – November 5, 2025) aims to support Spanish artists, musicians, designers, and architects in exploring ceramics.

Miguel Sbastida (1989, Madrid) is a visual artist, educator and independent researcher who works on the intersection of visual arts and environmental studies. He creates installations, performances, and films that address the urgency of the climate crisis.

Miguel Sbastida has exhibited his work internationally in solo and group exhibitions at relevant venues such as the Bozar Centre for Fine Arts in Brussels; Museo Centro Gaiás in Spain; Locust Projects in Miami; the Korea Foundation Gallery in Seoul; ARCO Madrid; the CDAN Museum; The Powerstation Dallas; CCE Montevideo in Uruguay; the Boghossian Foundation in Brussels; and the Netherlands Institute for Media Art in Amsterdam, among others.

Part of his work is already part of institutional collections including the Joan Flasch Collection at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, the Asia Culture Institute of South Korea, Harvard University, the DKV Collection, the BilbaoArte Foundation, and the Oneminutes Foundation in the Netherlands.

Sbastida, who currently lives and works between Finland and Spain, will bring his innovative perspective to EKWC, promising a fruitful and enriching residency period for the development of new work that will explore the relationship between art, ceramics, and the environmental challenges of our time.