Dora García’s work is based on organizing knowledge as a material in its own right. Using extensive documentary research, she delves into complex topics such as the history of the irrational and subconscious mind forging links with the great names of literature, among them, Joyce. Her work folds up into writing, film, installation, and performance, as is centered around stories which she organises and stages, conjuring situations designed to engage the visitor and trigger unique, introspective experiences. The result of this multidisciplinary atlas is a highly conceptual and metaphorical discourse that addresses issues like the artistic dimension of fiction, marginality as a form of resistance, or the symbolic logics that condition our relationship with cultural spaces and products.

García has had solo exhibitions at KIN museum (Swden, 2025); UAM (Madrid, 2025); Fondazione Baruchello (Rome, 2024); M HKA– Museum of Contemporary Art Antwerp (2023); Amant Foundation (New York, 2023); Es Baluard Museu d’Art Contemporani (Palma de Mallorca, 2023); Patio Herreriano Museo de Arte (Valladolid, 2022, 2004); Centro Cultural Conde Duque (Madrid, 2022); European Kunsthalle Wien (Vienna, 2021); Rose Art Museum (Waltham, 2020); MOAD Museum of Art and Design (Miami, 2020); MNCARS Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía (Madrid, 2018, 2008, 2005); MUAC Museo Universitario Arte Contemporáneo (Mexico City, 2017); Fundació Antoni Tàpies (Barcelona, 2017); CA2M Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo (Móstoles, 2017); IVAM Institut Valencià d’Art Modern (Valencia, 2016); Power Plant (Toronto, 2015); Centro José Guerrero (Granada, 2013); Rijksakademie (Amsterdam, 2011); Kunsthalle Bern (2010); Moderna Museet (Stockholm, 2010); CGAC Centro Gallego de Art Contemporánea (2009); MACBA Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona (2009, 2003); Centre d’Art Santa Mònica (Barcelona, 2007); S.M.A.K. Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst (Ghent, 2006); MUSAC Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León (León, 2005); CAAC Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo (Sevilla, 1999) and elsewhere. 

García represented Spain in the 54th International Art Exhibition La Biennale di Venezia in 2011 and was selected to participate again in the Biennale di Venezia in 2015. She also was chosen for dOCUMENTA (13) in Kassel in 2012; Skulptur Projekte Münster 07 in 2007; and the 8th Istanbul Biennial in 2003.