Pedro Ortuño Mengual

Pedro Ortuño Mengual is a Professor at the Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Murcia, Spain. His academic and artistic career focuses on Media Art, Transmedia Art, Video Art, and Identity Politics in contemporary art.

• Director of the Department of Fine Arts (2010-2014)
• Vice Dean of Research (2014-2016)
• Director of the Art and Identity Politics Research Group (2008-2019)
• Principal Investigator for four R+D+I projects
• Recipient of 3 Research Sexenios and 1 Transfer-Sexenio

His research explores Memory, Gender, Industrial Archaeology, Video Art Historiography, and Experimental Transmedia Art. Notable projects include New (EGO) Connected Bodies (2021) and Arqueologia do Presente: Lanificios (2013), analyzing intersections between art, science, and societal challenges. He has exhibited internationally at institutions like the ZKM Karlsruhe and Reina Sofía National Museum, and co-edited the book CUERPOS CONECTADOS (2021) with Laura Baigorri.