
Guillem S. Arquer (b. 1994, Barcelona) lives and works in Rotterdam, NL. Ki has a diverse educational background, starting with an engineering background before transitioning to the arts. Ki completed a BA Fine Arts at the Universitat de Barcelona and an MFA Fine Arts at the Piet Zwart Institute in Rotterdam. In 2024, he participated in the Postnatural Independent Program of the Institute of Postnatural Studies in Madrid.
Selected exhibitions, workshops and events include: Prospects at Art Rotterdam, Rotterdam, 2025; Nature of Hope, Internationale Architectuur Biënnale Rotterdam (IABR), Rotterdam; Sustaining Small Acts, TENT, Rotterdam, 2023; Shared Grounds, Rib, Rotterdam, 2023-2025; Springboard Art Fair, Utrecht, 2023; Garage School: Underground for Radical Symbiosis: The Social Life of Microbes, Radius, Delft, 2023; PANORAMA 3, Galeria Fran Reus, Palma de Mallorca, 2019; XXI Biennal d'Art Contemporani Català, Sant Cugat, 2018. Ki published 'terra incognita' (2019) with Centre d'Art La Panera de Lleida, 'Becoming humus: Surrendering Consciousness' (2024) in 'A book for Disappearance' with cthulhu books and 'Talking Soil' (2024), in collaboration with Kate Price, with TENT Rotterdam. Ki self-published and distributed 'Happy worms in optimal luxury environments' (2021). Ki was granted by Sala d'Art Jove of the Generalitat de Catalunya, 2018; by CBK Rotterdam 2023; by Cultuur Concreet, 2023; by Opzomeer Mee, 2023; Mondriaan Fonds, 2023-2024. Ki has been an artist in residence at Decompression Gathering Camp, Borgo San Lorenzo, Italy, 2018; Nauestruch Fàbrica de Creació, Sabadell, 2018-2019; Piet Zwart Institute, 2022; Goethe-Institut Niederlande, Rotterdam, 2023.