Isabel Merchante (Madrid, 1999) is a visual artist with a background in design and computation. Her work integrates programming, neural networks, projection and ephemeral matter to reimagine technology as an emotional and poetic tool. Through a speculative approach, she designs systems in which technical objects are displaced from their sociopolitical logic of efficiency to become companions in thought.

In recent years, she has gained recognition for her distinctive approach to AI within sculpture and installation, exhibiting at institutions such as CentroCentro, Madrid; La Casa Encendida, Madrid; Tate Modern, London; Camden Art Centre, London; Círculo de Bellas Artes, Madrid; MARCO, Vigo; Cidade da Cultura de Galicia, Santiago de Compostela; and Fondazione Pastificio Cerere, Rome. Isabel completed the MA Contemporary Art Practice at the Royal College of Art and the MFA in Computational Arts at Goldsmiths University of London, supported by a “la Caixa” Foundation Postgraduate…