TONDOsmiling is an artist duo formed by Lucía Cristóbal Marín and Ramon López. They work together but in separate physical spaces, Germany and Spain, developing their works on the network and through thenetwork. They work only with existing internet material, proposing a critical review of the experience of image and communication in the post-internet era and focusing their attention on the individual's ability to recognize themselves in a connected society that is changing our behaviors at the global level.

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They have participated in various individual and collective international exhibitions, in countries such Spain, India, Finland, Germany, Austria, Portugal, Holland, as well as in Art fairs, scholarships and artistic residencies in Europa (Art Karlsruhe, Sotheby's, Christie' s, Artward, Arteles, ...). Their work is represented in prestigious collections such Bayerische Architektenkammer, Centro de Arte Contemporáneo MEFIC or in private collections. Their work has been recognized with awards.

 

Lucía Cristóbal Marín has a degree in Fine Arts from the Universidad Complutense of Madrid, is an Interior Architect from the Universidad Politécnica of Madrid and a M.A. Architect from the Akademie der Bildenden Künste in Munich with Professor Carlo Baumschlager. During the last eight years she has developed her career in the field of arts, where she has worked on painting, video art, installation, image, and architecture. She has participated in various exhibitions, as well as in different scholarships and artistic residencies in Europa. Her artistic activity has also been recognized with awards.

 

Ramón López de Benito is Doctor in Fine Arts from the Universidad Complutense of Madrid. Currently he is Professor in this university in the area of new technologies applied to artistic creation. Parallel to the teaching activity, he develops his artistic career oriented his research on new technological resources applied to art. This activity has been recognized with different awards and distinctions. He is also the author of numerous books and publications of didactic and investigative character.

 

They started their artistic activity in video creation with the production of their first documentary feature "Color en Matruchaya", acquired by Spanish television, and presented by La Noche temática several times between 2009 and 2011.

 

In 2014 they presented an experimental film, "La sombra de la madre", which explores from an artistic perspective, the borders between documentary and fiction, and was premiered at the Imagineidia International Film Festival.

 

TONDOsmiling was founded in 2017 and focuses on visual production, video art and installation, with the creation of art installation, which experiments with the possibilities of video, images, painting, architecture, and new technologies. The research addresses the aesthetic experience of the image as a myth in the post-internet era. The work raises the debate on the new paradigms of the image and the connected society.

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