Island Skin: Facundo Fierro's exhibition at MUNA (2022)

From February 4 to April 3, 2022, the Museum of Nature and Archaeology of Tenerife (MUNA) hosted "Piel de la Isla" (Skin of the Island), an exhibition by Facundo Fierro conceived as a reflection on the island landscape, its volcanic origin, its biodiversity, and human intervention in the territory. The museum itself includes in its presentation an extensive text by the artist along with another by Fátima Hernández Martín, director of the Museum of Natural Sciences.

MUNA also scheduled guided tours of the exhibition by Fierro himself, a format that underscores the project's public and pedagogical dimension beyond the display of the artwork. In a February 2022 interview with Diario de Avisos, titled "I seek the language of understanding between the islander and the island," the artist develops the landscape thinking that underpins the exhibition.

The fact that a museum of nature and archaeology—rather than a conventional art exhibition space—hosted this show is consistent with the project's own premise: it is not just about paintings of the landscape, but a direct dialogue between Fierro's work and the museum's scientific collections.

Sources: Museos de Tenerife (MUNA); Diario de Avisos (February 2022); ArteInformado. More in the artist's biography.