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b. Extremadura, Spain

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Work Experience:

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2020-2023  Art Project Leader at New Rhythms For Glasgow.

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2021  Art tutor for the Venus Collective- online project

  

2020  Founded new unincorporated association SENSORIAL –Sensory Art &Active Learning

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2019  Bandstand Project -New Rhythms for Glasgow

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2018  Art Tutor at Down Syndrome Scotland and Autism Awareness workshops for Create program  (children and teenager with disabilities). Project Ability.

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2018  Piano art at Gartnavel Hospital. Glasgow.

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2018  Art Tutor for ´Walk Tall´. Fostering Network.  Glasgow.

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2017  Art Tutor at Creative Connection program for Impact Arts, working with teenagers and young adults with learning disabilities.

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2017  Art Tutor for elderly people. Glasgow Life. Glasgow

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2015-2016  Project coordinator of Be Arty Be Healthy, funded by the NHS  and based at Craigmillar Community Arts Centre, Edinburgh. Main project was: `The knitted Body´.

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2015  Working with community groups creating artwork for Christmas Parade, Bridgeman Arts. 

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2014  Art Tutor at ´Friend and Family Fun´ & ´Nursery´ Workshops . Project Ability .

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from 2014  Art Tutor for Platform, working with community groups and after-school clubs. Also collaborating as an artist and art tutor for the East End Carnivals, Glasgow.

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2013-2018   Art Tutor for the Happy Club (Healthy Active Promotion of Positive Youngsters), a group run    by parents of children with additional support needs meeting twice a week in the East End of Glasgow.

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2013/2014  Art Tutor for Aspire and Create (maternity cover) Project Ability.  Glasgow.

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from 2012   Writing / researching for a blog `Experiences in Outsider Art´

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2012   Shadowing job. Granted by Grundtvig programme (second time), which is part of the European Commission’s Lifelong Learning Programme. Visit  to Project Ability, Glasgow.

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2011  Shadowing job. Granted by Grundtving. Exchange with Vaalijala Rehabilitation Centre for people with disabilities. Pieksamaki, Finland.

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2011  Art tutor/assistant for artist Belén Sanchez. Debajo del Sombrero, Madrid, Spain.                             

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2005-2009  Secondary School Teacher. Subjects: Arts, Visual Language and Technical Drawing. Albeniz,

Alpedrete & Julio Verne Secondary Schools. Madrid , Spain.

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2005  Exhibition Guide for “Cubism and its surroundings' Telefónica Foundation. Madrid.

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Art Exhibitions

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2023 'Paradise Works' with Al Gow.  Glasgow Project Room, Trongate 103.

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2022 'The Chain: Resilience, Growth, Connection and Migration'. Glasgow Print Studios

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2018 'GSA Degree Show 2018´ Tontine Building.

2018 'After Taste´ Interim Show. Glasgow.

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2016 'How to eat a cactus fruit´. Project Café.

2016  Winter: part of the Christmas Show. GPS

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2015  Summer: part of the Shed Collective. St. John Church, Edinburgh

2015  Spring: Showcase of collaboration with Jonathan McKinstry. Project Ability, Glasgow

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2014 `Perceptions´ an exhibition by Sense Scotland, Glasgow.

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2009 `Summer Works´ Solo exhibition ATA Gallery. San Francisco, EEUU.

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2007 `AluZinaciones´ Solo exhibition San Jorge Centre. Cáceres. Catalogo

           

2005 `By-Pass II´ Sala Cobalto. Collaboration with artist María Parejo. Córdoba.

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2004 `By-Pass I´ Dos Gardenias. Collaboration with artist María Parejo. Madrid.

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2002 `Generación 2002´. Touring exhibition. Curator: Olivia María Rubio     

2002 `Generación XXI´ Caja Duero. Touring exhibition. Curator: Rosa Perales.

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2001 `6+26´ Curator  Rosa Perales.  Diputación de Cáceres.

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1999  Solo exhibition. Catalogo edited by Extremadura Government. Badajoz

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1998 `4ºPrograma Pépinières' Unión Fraternelle des  Metallurgistes, Paris.

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1997 `Hollow Head´ selected  for Mariano Benlliure Award. Madrid, Spain.

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1996 `US 4 YOU´ Crawford Art Gallery. Cork, Ireland. Catalogo edited by Instituto Cervantes

and Cork City Council.

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Grants and residencies:

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2023  Glasgow Project Room. Trongate 103.

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2015  Art in the Gart. Collaboration with Jonathan McKinstry. Gartnavell Hospital.

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2014  Research Room. Collaboration with Jonathan McKinstry. Project Ability.

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2010  Valparaiso Foundation. Artist in residence. Mojacar, Spain.

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2007  Fellowship Artistic Creation Francisco de Zurbaran. Extremadura Government.

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1996  Fellowship PÉPINIÈRES European Association. National Sculpture Factory. Cork, Ireland

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1993  Printmaking workshop. Complutense University. Sevilla, Spain.

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Higher Education:

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2018  Master of Research in Creative Practice. GSofA, Glasgow, Scotland.

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1999  Phd courses (Contemporary Art). Castilla la Mancha University.Cuenca, Spain

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1998  CAP (Teacher Training Certificate, equivalent to Secondary Teaching Qualification in U.K.)

Complutense University. Madrid, Spain.

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1994  Bachelor of Fine Arts –Sculpture- (Comparable to British Bachelor–Honours- Degree Standard  Complutense University. Madrid, Spain.

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Publications:


2019  ‘From Seclusion To Openness: Collaboration And Networks In Outsider Art’. ‘Label – A Brief Description Given For Purpose Of Identification’. Copyright Simon McAuley. Publication facilitated by Project Ability, Glasgow 2019

2018  ‘Identifying Simply as Artist’. ‘Inside Outer/Side Out Inner’ Copyright Simon McAuley. Publication facilitated by Project Ability, Glasgow 2018
 

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