Úrsula San Cristóbal is an artist and researcher devoted to experimental music, performance art, video art, weaving, and calligraphy. With an academic background in music, she later specialised in contemporary art and audiovisual media. Ursula holds a PhD in Art History and Musicology from the Autonomous University of Barcelona. Her dissertation on the role of sound and music in video art and performance art works by Marina Abramović and Shirin Neshat received the Extraordinary PhD Award in 2020.

She has been a guest artist at Videoformes 2023 (Clermont-Ferrand, France) and artist in residence at Fabra i Coats (Barcelona, 2023) and Nau Estruch (Sabadell, 2021). Her video art work has been screened internationally in festivals such as the Video Art and Animation Biennale of Puebla (Mexico), Festival Les Instants Vidéo (France), Camagüey International Video Art Festival (Cuba), Magmart Video Under Vulcano (Italy), BIDEODROMO International Experimental Film and Video Festival (Spain), Mostra Viva del Mediterrani de Valencia (Spain), Miami New Media Festival, Traverse Vidéo (France), FILE – Electronic Language International Festival (Sao Paulo, Brazil), Video Art Miden (Greece), Media Art Biennale WRO 2021 (Poland), ASOLO Art Film Festival 2023 (Italy), and MADATAC XII (Spain). She won a special mention from the Ibrida Festival jury in 2023 for her video “Inexpressable”.