Mále is a London based architect, artist and researcher working at the intersection of art, spatial design and material design. With an MA in Information Experience Design from the Royal College of Art and a professional background in spatial and exhibition design, she creates sculptural and spatial narratives that communicate ideas about material culture and productive landscapes. Her research-led work varies from sculpture to surface design, interior design and multi-media installations, with a special focus in experimental materialities.
Mále was awarded as one of the Designers in Residence 2019 at the Design Museum in London, where she started her ongoing project exploring mineral residues and local narratives from mining industries in the Atacama Desert. Until 2021, she worked as Head of Art Development & Research at spatial design studio Storey Studio and teaching at the Royal College of Art and Camberwell University of the Arts.
Mále Uribe Forés
London, UK
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Exhibitions
El Descenlace de la Forma, Palacio Pereira, Santiago, Chile, 2022
Salt Imaginaries; Lithium 2.0, Galería Gallo, Santiago, Chile, 2022
Material Tales; The Life of Things, CAFA Art Museum, Beijing, September 2021;
Mars Blueberries, PADA Gallery, Lisbon, Portugal, May 2021;
Salt Imaginaries, Design Museum, London, 2020;
Membrane, pop up installation, Design Museum, 2019;
Cosmic Capsule, installation Design Museum 2019;
Surface Memories, St Augustine’s Tower, London 2018;
Medium Füun, RCA Final Show 2018, Royal College of Art, London 2018;
Texture of Light, Hockney Gallery, Royal College of Art, London 2018;
RCA Work in Progress Show, Royal College of Art, London, 2018;
Entanglement, Systems Group exhibition, White City Place, London, 2017;
Non-Space Gallery, Aarhus, Denmark, 2017;
An Audio Guide To Getting Out, group exhibition, Cabinet, New York, 2017;
Becoming, group exhibition, Dyson Gallery, Royal College of Art, London, 2017.
Selected publications
2020, Design Week
2019, Blueprint Magazine
Selected writings
2019, Re-thinking mineral life in the Atacama, in: Cosmic, edited by Sumitra Upham & Maria MckLintock, Design Museum
2019, Essay Palacio del Alba y el Ocaso, in: 100x100 Diseño Chileno, edited by Patricio Pozo, Chile
Events & Conferences
2020, event Re-imagining Extreme Landscapes, Virtual Design Festival by Dezeen
2017, Entanglements talk at Victoria & Albert Museum with Systems Research Group
Education
2016 - 2018, MA Information Experience Design, Royal College of Art, London
2010, Architecture Exchange programme, UPC Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
2006 - 2013, Architecture Professional Degree, Universidad Católica de Chile