Filip Ćustić Braut (; born 31 March 1993) is a Spanish-Croatian artist based in Madrid, Spain. Ćustić's artistic practice combines photography,

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, sculpture and

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. The artistic pseudonym of the artist takes the initial letter of the surname and the name in lowercase: filip custic.

Life and work

Ćustić was born in

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to Croatian parents from Kornić who fled to Spain during the

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. Ćustić is a multidisciplinary artist whose work has been exhibited in Spain in places such as La Térmica in

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and La Fundación

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and, internationally, places such as the

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and the

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. His work explores the impact of digital technologies on human conscience and sense of identity. Ćustić creates ''cuadros virtuales'' (virtual paintings), in which he oscillates between the real and the surreal. Ćustić has also participated in numerous cultural projects in the art world. In January 2018, he was part of the second edition of ''Inspíreme'' that took place in Espacio Cultural CajaCanarias on

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. At the beginning of 2019, he was selected as one of the artists that would be part of

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art project ''The New Order'' that was launched in September 2019. In May 2019, he gave a keynote talk in the V edition of Design Fest, organized by IED Madrid. In July 2019, he was a member of the jury of Versiona Thyssen 2019 artistic open call, organized by

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of Madrid. In 2023 was selected for Aesthetica Magazine's Artistic Directory. Ćustić has also worked as an art creative and fashion photographer for ''Opening Ceremony'', ''Vogue'', ''Fucking Young!'', ''GQ UK'', ''Esquire'', ''Visionare'', ''Palomo Spain'', and others. He collaborated with singer and songwriter

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on her 2018 sophomore studio album '' El mal querer'', designing and creating the visual identity for the album.

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

* ''human product,'' PARCO Museum, coproduced with Colección SOLO.

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(2023) * ''micro=macro'', performance for

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(2019) * ''Filip Ćustić en Conversación con César Manrique'', curated by Belinda Martín Porras, Fundación

(2019) * ''Homo-?'', curated by Belinda Martín Porras, La Térmica,

(2019) * ''Presente Mental'', curated by Xurxo Ponce, Centro Cultural de España,

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(2019) * ''Laberinto de espejos'', performance in Absolut Manifesto 19 – We Are A New World,

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(2019) * ''Objetismo Materializado - The Gathering'', Caixa Forum

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(2017) * ''Patafísica: Suspensión, Fragmentación'', James Fuentes Gallery,

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(2017) * ''Mueble sexual'', Soho House

(2017) * ''surrealismo, abstracción 1'', IKB 191,

(2016)

Group exhibitions

* ''Certeza.'' Espacio SOLO, Colección SOLO Museum, Madrid (2022) * ''crno-bijelo'', Organ Vida Festival, Museum of Contemporary Art,

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(2020) * ''10 segundos, 20 artistas'', produced by Finding Art Madrid, Urvanity Art Fair,

(2020) * ''Link in Bio. Art after Social Media'', curated by Anika Meier,

(2019) * ''THE SEARCH FOR (MODERN) PLEASURE'', Mira Festival,

(2018) * ''Les Rencontres d’Arles'',

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(2018) * ''PHotoEspaña 2018'',

(2018). * ''The Gathering. La Noche Warhol'', Caixa Forum

(2018) * ''Pink. A Rosé Exhibition'',

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(2016)

Awards

* 2019 Latin Grammy for Best Recording Package for '' El mal querer'' by

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Custic, Filip 1993 births Living people Spanish people of Croatian descent People from Santa Cruz de Tenerife Spanish performance artists Spanish photographers 21st-century Spanish sculptors Spanish male sculptors Spanish video artists 21st-century Croatian sculptors Croatian photographers Croatian video artists