Fernando García Dory: An insight into the premises for social & ecology engaged practice : The case of Inland

INLAND is a collaborative agency started in 2009 by Fernando García Dory. During its first stage (2010 – 2013) and taking Spain as an initial case study, INLAND was engaged with artistic production in twenty-two villages across the country, nationwide exhibitions and presentations, and an international conference. This was followed by a period of reflection and evaluation, launching study groups on art and ecology, and a series of publications. Today, INLAND focuses on initiating land-based collaborations and economies, and communities-of-practice as a substrate for post-contemporary art and cultural forms. We will look at the different ways in which the project manifests.


Fernando García-Dory ́s work engages the relationship between culture and nature, as manifested in multiple contexts, from landscape and the rural, to desires and expectations in relation to identity, crisis, utopia and social change. Interested in the harmonic complexity of biological forms and processes, his work addresses connections and cooperation, from microorganisms to social systems, and from traditional art languages drawing to collaborative agro-ecological projects and actions. He studied Fine Arts and Rural Sociology, and is preparing his PhD on Art and Agroecology.  In 2009 started the collaborative platform INLAND-Campo Adentro, where is focusing most of his practice up to today.  He was granted the Socially Engaged Award by  Creative Time New York (2012),  the Chamberlain Award and finalist of the Rolex Prize, He is fellow of Council of Forms ( Paris) and board member of the World Alliance of Nomadic Pastoralists.   He has developed projects and shown his work at Tensta Konsthalle, Van Abbe Museum, Reina Sofia Museum, SFMOMA, Pompidou Museum, Documenta 12 and Biennales of Gwangju, Istanbul and Athens. Since 2010 he has been developing a project about a para-institution called INLAND, focused on art, territory and social change. In 2022  had exhibitions at BALTIC Newcastle,  Madre Napoli , Biennales of Istanbul, Kosovo and Urals, and for Documenta 15.  For 2023 is preparing shows for Manifesta 15  Barcelona, Lahore Biennale, Fundacion Botin, FRAC Lorraine and Colomboscope Sri Lanka. He is also coordinator of the European network on Rural Arts called Confederacy of Villages, supported by Creative Europe program , and the Lumbung Land Group. He lives and works in the mountains of Northern Spain.

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