7th biennale of contemporary art
Fundación Once
José Manuel Egea is exhibited since June 5th, 2018 at the contemporary biennale of contemporary art organized by Fundación Ounce. His works are presented alongside Marina Abramovic, Miguel Barcelo, Sophie Calle, David Hockney, Paul Klee, Dorothea Lange, jaume plensa, Antonio Saura, Judith Scott and Nancy Spero.
Convinced of his lycanthropy (belief in the transformation of a man into a wolf), this young Madrid-based artist draws inspiration from Kafkaesque metamorphoses in comics and mythology. His polymorphic work—drawings, sculptures, performances—urges us to embrace our repressed therianthropy (human-to-animal transformation). Represented by the gallery since 2016, his works appeared recently in Photo | Brut #2 in Brussels (2022), Portreto de la Animo at the Museo Nacional de Soares dos Reis in Porto (2023), as well as at Fundación ONCE in Madrid and Fondation Francès (2024). His creations are part of major European collections, including those of Hervé Lancelin, Laurent Dumas, and Piet Meyer.