CritTeam (Eugenia López Reus and Miguel Jaime) is an art-research duo that explores intersections of art, design and culture challenging common notions of representation, ornament, and identity. The practice of CritTeam is mainly based in photography, collage, and drawing, which they expand to include video and installations. Their work explores post avant-garde discourses of colonialism, orientalism, modernism, and non-western ornamental art. They both hold PhDs in architectural design and have been educators and researchers at universities of Europe, America and the Middle East. CritTeam’s work has been published and exhibited at various institutions in Europe and the Middle East such as the Sharjah Art Foundation, the University of Edinburgh, The XIV Spanish Biennial of Architecture and Urbanism, The VIII WTA Biennial of Contemporary Textile Art at Costume Museum Madrid, Art FAD Awards at Barcelona Design Museum, and Camden Image Gallery in London, among others. CritTeam’s last work “The Grid” is an artistic intervention at Barcelona Pavilion with the patronage of the Mies van der Rohe Foundation that includes a photobook, a video and a participatory activity.
