Jorge Satorre

Jorge Satorre unearths and reinforces overlooked values and practices in craft, storytelling and skilled labour. At times his work draws from situations and places with a colonial past where these modes of connection, interpretation and inheritance have survived, or have been morphed by, periods of oppression. He also engages with contemporary forms of production, including mechanisation and the infrastructure that support it.

In all forms of making, Satorre celebrates the flourishes of wit, beauty and ingenuity that break free from tradition and standardisation alike. His own work follows this ideology, whether it is a detailed pencil drawing, heavy-duty casting, forging, or feat of structural engineering. Satorre connects impersonal industrial activity with that of nature and intimacy, where all elements function (or resist function) in some form of equity.

His work does not completely remove itself from contemporary attitudes, but rather encourages vernacular, anecdotal and instinctive methodologies to permeate through all manner of present day scenarios.

Jorge Satorre’s solo exhibitions include Museo CA2M, Madrid (2025); CRAC Alsace, Altkirch (2021); CarrerasMugica, Bilbao (2020); REDCAT, Los Angeles (2018); Museo Tamayo, Mexico City (2017); LABOR, Mexico City (2017). Satorre has a long-standing connection with Ireland, participating in residencies in Askeaton Contemporary Arts (2014); Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin (2007); Sherkin Island (2005); and exhibiting in TULCA, Galway (2024) and West Cork Arts Centre, Skibbereen (2007).