Creative + Visual Artist

Samuel López-Lago

Samuel López-Lago (Mérida, Spain, 1991) is a multidisciplinary artist, designer and European Commission official currently working at the Joint Research Centre (JRC). An Associate Fellow of the World Academy of Art and Science (WAAS) and Planetary Arts Ambassador, he actively contributes to X-ART, an international initiative exploring the transformative role of art in shaping planetary consciousness. With executive education from MIT and Cornell University, his artistic practice spans digital and generative art, sculpture and ceramics, blending minimalist, primitive and abstract influences with contemporary technology, science and cultural reflection.

Selected Exhibitions

❧ Ars Fatum — Museo Oiasso, Irún, Spain (2026)
❧ X-ART: The World We Want — Royal Over-Seas League, London, UK (2026)
❧ Unbreakable — European Commission, Seville, Spain (2026)
❧ You Are Cyprus — European Commission, Seville, Spain (2026)
❧ Ars Fatum — Expo 2025 Osaka, Japan, Selected Artwork (2025)
❧ Ars Fatum: Ten Years of Art and Destiny — Mérida, Spain (2024)
❧ Inspiring Europe — European Commission, Brussels, Belgium (2023)
❧ Towards the Meaning of Life — Metaprosa, Brussels, Belgium (2022)
❧ Ars Fatum — Expo 2020 Dubai, Spanish Pavilion, UAE (2022)
❧ Ars Fatum: Máscaras que Falam — Mostra Espanha, Museu de Lisboa, Portugal (2021)

Selected Awards

❧ European Creativity Award — The European (2026)
❧ Planetary Arts Ambassador — World Academy of Art and Science (2026)
❧ Talentos de Ida y Vuelta — Embassy of Spain in Belgium (2025)
❧ Associate Fellow — World Academy of Art and Science (2020)
❧ Selected for the Museum Shop — Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid (2018)
❧ Finalist — Spanish National Crafts Awards, Ministry of Industry, Spain (2016)