Lucía Cristóbal Marín is an architect and interdisciplinary artist, and founder of ToDO Tambien a rchitecture and self-development real estate studio, and co-founder of the art and research group TONDOsmiling. Her work has developed at the intersection of architecture and art.
Lucía Cristóbal Marín holds a Fine Arts degree from the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM), is an interior architect trained at the Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Madrid (ETSAM), and an architect from the Akademie der Bildenden Künste (ADBK), where she studied under the renowned architect and professor Carlo Baumschlager. Throughout her career, she has worked across the fields of art and architecture using a wide range of media, including video art, artificial intelligence, installation, lighting, digital image, architecture, interactive art, and painting. She has participated in numerous exhibitions, received multiple grants, and taken part in creative residencies across Europe. Her work has been recognized with awards and distinctions.
For two decades, she has combined academic training with professional experience in architecture, design, and art. In the field of architecture, she has worked on large-scale projects within the renowned German practice Steidle Architekten, including Munich Urban Colab (Munich), Kohlenhof (Nuremberg), and the Verlagshaus Gruner + Jahr (Hamburg), contributing to project phases 2 to 5. Through ToDo También, she develops self-initiated architectural and real estate renovation projects that transform existing homes into unique living spaces. The studio combines artistic vision, spatial strategy, and market awareness to create contemporary housing with strong identity, balancing design quality, accessibility, and emotional connection.
As an independent creative within TONDOsmiling, she has developed projects from initial concept to implementation, covering areas such as project management, theoretical research and development, web and graphic design, marketing, curatorial practice, networking, and documentation.
Her approach is based on heterogeneous analysis that generates conceptual mapping at a theoretical level, supported by lateral thinking to construct new mental models that stimulate creativity and enable innovative solutions to specific challenges.
The combination of architecture and art in her work has led to the creation of site-specific projects in which image, light, and architecture function as a unified whole. Her aim is to enrich spaces and urban environments by promoting reflection, altering perspectives of observation and experience, and fostering social interaction.
She has participated in solo and group exhibitions in Spain, India, Finland, Germany, and Austria, as well as art fairs, grants, and artistic residencies throughout Europe (including Art Karlsruhe, Sotheby’s, Christie’s, Artward, and Arteles). Her work has been exhibited in prestigious institutions such as the Pinakothek der Moderne (Germany), the Lázaro Galdiano Museum (Spain), the International Moving Image Festival Proyector (Spain), and the International Video Art Festival MADATAC (Spain). Her work has also been accredited by ANECA (Spanish National Agency for Quality Assessment and Accreditation).
ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
2011-2016 Master Degree in Architecture and Arts, Professor Carlo Baumschlager, ADBK (Akademie der
Bildenden Künste), Munich, Germany.
2014-2015 Master in Architecture and Arts, Professor Jean Marc Bustamante, Professor Hermann Pitz, ADBK (Akademie der Bildenden Künste), Munich, Germany.
2004-2011 Master Degree in Fine Arts, UCM (Facultad de Bellas Artes de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid), Madrid, Spain.
2004-2008 Degree in Interior Architecture, ETSAM (Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de la Universidad Politécnica de Madrid), Madrid, Spain.
2003-2004 First year degree in Arts History, UCM (Facultad de Filosofía y Letras de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid), Madrid, Spain.
2002-2003 Pre-university studies for foreign students, Penn State University, Pensilvania, USA.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2023 Founder of Todo También,
An architecture and self-development real estate studio focused on the renovation of residential spaces that create unique environments at the intersection of art and architecture.
2018-2023 Cofounded the art and research group TONDOsmiling.
Development of multidisciplinary artistic projects and relying on new technologies (AI, interactivity) and different media (video art, artificial intelligence, installation, lighting, digital image, architecture, interactive art or painting).
2018-2023 Employee at Steidle Architenkten, Munich, Germany.
Experience in the development of urban planning and architecture projects with specialization in housing and offices, from phase 1 to phase 5
2012-2023 Freelance creative worker.
Development of artistic projects in the field of painting, and projects in the field of graphite and industrial design.
2014-2015 Student employee, Prof. Carlo Baumschlager, ADBK (Akademie der Bildenden Künste), Munich, Germany.
2012-2013 Internship at Architekturbüro 03 Arch, Munich, Germany.
2010 Teacher in the field of fine arts, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Matruchaya, Guyarat, India. Teacher at the Matruchhaya orphanage in the field of fine arts for the realization of artistic interventions in the school environment.
2009 Documentary film “Nombres Propios”
Camera assistant, production and editing, Radio Televisión Española.
INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS, SELECTIONS AND PROJECTS
2022 Proyecto Conneting, Museo Nacional Lázaro Galdiano, Madrid, Spain.
Solo exhibition of TONDOsmiling curated by Begona Torres
2018 Loading, convergencias y transformaciones, Centro de creación Contemporánea, Palacio de Quintanar, Segovia, Spain. Solo exhibition of TONDOsmiling curated by Gianni Ferraro.
2017 Drei Lyrischer, Munich, Germany.
2015 Encounters and beginnings, Galerie Filser und Gräf, Munich, Germany.
2015 An essay on Munich, BHF Bank, Germany.
2014 Artemis Group, Munich, Germany.
2013 On the Image, Gallery WasserTurm 39, Munich, Germany.
2012 Moments, Galería Arte Vistas, Barcelona, Spain.
2011 Looks and Reflections, Galería Montón de Trigo Montón de Paja, Segovia, Spain.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS, SELECTIONS AND PROJECTS
2024 HIghtlights, Art Fair, Munich, Germany.
2023 NFT muss weg, Galerie x Circle, Munich, Germany.
2023 International Video Art Festival Proyector, Madrid, Spain.
2023 Des Ilusiones, Galería Est_Art Space, Madrid, Spain.
2022 Frühlingfest, Pfeufer 38, Munich, Germany.
2021 Fundacción Caja Segovia, El Torreón de Lozoya, Segovia, Spain. 2020 Under the Subway, New York, USA.
2020 Fast Forward, Munich, Germany.
2020 International Video Art Festival MADATAD, Madrid, Spain.
2018 EAC, Encuentros de Arte contemporáneo, Alicante, Spain.
2018 Fundación Caja Segovia, Torreón de Lozoya, Segovia, Spain.
2018 Versos de Machado, Centro de creación La Carcel, Segovia, Spain. 2018 Aquí y ahora, Galería Blanca Soto, Madrid, Spain.
2018 ARKO, Santander, Spain.
2017 ZIMMER FREI, Mariandl Hotel, Munich, Germany
2017 Benefiz-Kunstauktion, Sotheby’s, Vienna, Austria.
2017 Open Art, Galerie Filser und Gräf, Munich, Germany. 2017 Factory Art, Alicante, Spanien.
2017 Open Ateliers Super+, Munich, Germany.
2017 Arteles, Tampere, Finland.
2017 Go to paradise, Kunstarkaden, Munich, Germany
2017 FORM-A( R )T, Kunstverein, Hamburg, Germany.
2017 Karlsruhe Kunstmesse, Galerie Filser und Gräf, Munich, Germany.
2017 Diplomausstellung, Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Munich, Germany.
2016 PIN Auktion, Christie ́s auction House, Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, Germany. 2016 Jahresausstellung, Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Munich, Germany.
2016 Junge Kunst, Marktoberdorf, Germany.
2015 Kleines Format, Galerie Filser und Gräf, Munich, Germany.
2015 Accrochage&Sommerfest, Galerie Filser und Gräf, Munich, Germany.
2015 Jahresausstellung, Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Munich, Germany.
2015 Karlsruhe Kunstmesse, Galerie Filser und Gräf, Munich, Germany.
2015 First View, Galerie Filser und Gräf, Munich, Germany.
2014 Jahresausstellung, Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Munich, Germany.
2014 Auktion, Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Munich, Germany.
2014 Dreiklang, Galerie Filser und Gräf, Munich, Germany.
2013 Sammlung Campoi, Dusseldorf, Germany.
2013 Stille SPKTKL. Munikat, Munich, Germany.
2013 Jahresausstellung, Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Munich, Germany.
2014 Auktion, Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Munich, Germany.
2012 Hello A.G., Munich, Germany.
2012 Passage Festival, Stuttgart, Germany.
2012 Auktion, Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Munich, Germany.
2012 Premios BMW, Casa de Vacas, Madrid, Spain.
2012 Galerie WasserTurm 39, Munich, Germany.
2012 Jahresausstellung, Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Munich, Germany.
2011 JungArt Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
2011 Real Academia de San Quirce, Spain.
2011 Auktion, Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Munich, Germany.
2011 Jahresausstellung, Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Munich, Germany.
2011 Trojan horse, Riga, Lithuania.
2010 Visión de Futuro, Galería Nolde, Madrid, Spain.
2010 Instituto Cervantes, Munich, Germany.
2010 Auktion, Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Munich, Germany.
2010 Palacio del Vellosillo, Ayllón, Spain.
GRANTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS
2020 Studio rental grants, Landeshauptstadt München, Kulturreferat, Munich, Germany.
Financial support from the City of Munich for artists in their first years of their career.
2017 Arteles, Creative Residency, Tampere, Finland. Residency Sholarship for international artists.
2017 Studio rental grants, Landeshauptstadt München, Kulturreferat, Munich, Germany. Financial support from the City of Munich for artists in their first years of their career.
2012 Scholarship Sommer Akademie Salzburg, Austria. Residency Sholarship for international Students.
2011 Landscape painting Scholarship, from the Painting Department of the UCM (Facultad de Bellas Artes de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid), en la Real Academia de San Quirce, Madrid, Spain.
2011 International Mosaic Symposium, Riga, Lithuania.
International artist invited for the realization of urban interventions in the city of Riga.
2010 Erasmus Scholarship. Professor Doberauer, ADBK (Akademie de Bildenden Künste), Munich, Germany. 2010 Landscape painting Scholarship, from the Painting Department of the UCM (Facultad de Bellas Artes de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid) Ayllon, Palacio del Bellosillo, Spain.
2009 Sculpture Scholarship, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Guyarat, India.
Teaching scholarship from the sculpture department, from the UCM (Facultad de Bellas Artes de la
Universidad Complutense de Madrid), at the Matruchhaya orphanage in the field of fine arts for the realization of artistic interventions in the school environment.
AWARDS AND MENTIONS
2019 EAC, “Mirar y ser mirado” Award-winning work at EAC, Encuentros de Arte contemporáneo, MUA (Museo
de la Universidad de Alicant) Alicante, Spain.
2018 ARKO, “Still moving” Award-winning work at Certamen Internacional de Videoarte, El Almacén de las Artes, Gobierno de Cantabria, Spain.
2017 Artward, “New York times news” Award-winning work at Artward, Germany.
2012 Premios BMW, “Wating“ Selected work at “Premios de Pintura BMW”, Casa de Vacas de los Jardines del
Buen Retiro de Madrid, Spain.
2012 Kahnweilerpreis, Selected work, Germany.
2012 Beca de Ayllón,”Carnes” Award-winning work at Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain.
COLLECTIONS
2022 Museo Lázaro Galdiano, Madrid, Spain. 2022 Fundación MER, Spain.
2018 ARKO, Santander, Spain.
2018 Fundación SIGLO, Madrid, Spain.
2018 Fundación Caja Segovia, Torreón de Lozoya, Segovia, Spain. 2017 Sotheby ́s, Gilbert Zinsler, Vienna, Austria.
2017 Museo Pego, Alicante, Spain.
2016 Bayerische Architektenkammer, Munich, Germany.
2011 Real Academia de San Quirce, Madrid, Spain. 2011 Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain. 2010 Palacio del Vellosillo, Ayllón, Spain.
LECTURES
2023 International Video Art Festival Proyector, Madrid, Spain.
Symposium on the work Glitch show, from TONDOsmiling within the festival Proyector.
2023 FF, Formato F, München, Germany.
Female artist invited by the Format F collective as part of the theme Women in art in the 21st century.
2022 IE, Universidad Intituto de Empresa, Madrid, Spain.
Artist and businesswoman invited by IE as part of the thematic conferences on entrepreneurial women for IE students.
2020 Proyecto Conneting, Museo Lázaro Galdiano, Madrid, Spain.
TONDOsmiling symposium on the interventions carried out in the exhibition Proyecto conneting, within the open days of the Museo Lázaro Galdiano.
2018 Loading, convergencias y transformaciones, Centro de creación Palacio de Quintanar, Segovia, Spain. TONDOsmiling Symposium on the exhibition Loading, convergencias y transformaciones.
SEMINARS
2017 Kunst ist Business, Artward, Munich, Germany.
Seminar given by Dr. Annette Dorms, where strategies from the world of business to communication within the art market were taught.
2011 La deshumanización del Arte, Prof. Dr. Pena Aguado, ADBK, Munich, Germany.
Seminar given by Prof. Dr. Pena Aguado, on the analysis of the work of Ortega y Gasset, “la deshu manización del arte”, and its current perspective within the field of digital painting.
2011 Performance Seminar, Dorothea Seror, ADBK, Munich, Germany.
Seminar given by the performative artist Dorothea Senior on the relationship between the human body and the scenographic space.
2008 Arquitectos sin Fronteras, Madrid, Spain.
Seminar given by Arquitecto sin Fronteras for collaboration in development projects in marginalized communities in Madrid.
2008 Diego Velazquez, Prof. Dr. Cruz Valdovinos, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, UCM (Universidad Complutense Madrid)
PUBLICATIONS / CATALOGS
2023 El universo sin costuras del arte. Dialogo entre artistas. El hilo del oro. Eternity ediciones S.L, Verlag. 2023 International Video Art Festival Proyector.
2020 Proyecto Conneting, Museo Lázaro Galdiano.
2019 International Video Art Festival MADATAD.
2018 Loading, convergencias y transformaciones, Centro de creación Palacio de Quintanar.
2018 ARKO, Encuentros de Arte de Videoarte.
2018 EAC, Encuentros de Arte contemporáneo.
2017 Benefiz-Kunstauktion, Sotheby’s.
2016 PIN Auktion, Christie ́s auction House.
2012 Premios BMW, Casa de Vacas.
2011 Real Academia de San Quirce.
2010 Instituto Cervantes, Munich, Germany. 2010 Palacio del Vellosillo.