Ruth Montiel Arias graduated in Applied Arts from the Pablo Picasso Higher School of Arts in A Coruña, she completed the Master of Photography EFTI International Center for Photography and Film in Madrid.
Her projects investigate the human relationship with natural territory, and its derived conflicts of domination and animal, social, and environmental oppression. In 2020, she published Bestiae, a photo book about hunting, and in 2021, she published El 2%, an artist book about the relationship between humans and monkeys.
Her photographs have been shown and published in a variety of media in Spain. Her work has also been exhibited in cultural institutions such as the Cultural Center of Spain in Lima, Landkreis Galerie in Germany, Museum of Memory in Argentina, BAAD! (Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance) in New York, Casa Encendida, National Calcografía, Círculo de Bellas Artes, Conde Duque Cultural Center, and Matadero in Madrid, Cristina Enea Foundation in Donostia, Las Cigarreras in Alicante and Cidade da Cultura in Santiago de Compostela. She has also exhibited in galleries in Madrid, Shanghai, and Buenos Aires.
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