CURRICULUM VITAE
Greta Alfaro
Pamplona, Spain 1977
Education
• 2009/2011 Enrolled at the Royal College of Art (MA Fine Art - Photography). London, UK.
• 2002/2003 Randolph-Macon Woman's College. Fine Art Department. VA, USA.
• 2001 Graduate in Fine Arts. Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Spain.
Grants and Residencies
• 2009 Visual arts grant from the Government of Navarra.
• 2008 Matadero 08 International Mobility for artists from City Council of Madrid.
• 2006 Casa de Velázquez . Two years residency at Casa de Velázquez, Madrid.
• 2005 Government of Mexico. Grant for foreign artists. Six months in Mexico City.
• 2005 Fundación Bilbao Arte. One year residency. Bilbao, Spain.
• 2005 Rogaland Art Centre . Two months residency granted by Rogaland Art Centre and Bilbao Arte. Stavanger, Norway.
• 2002 Randolph Macon Woman's College . One year of extracurricular studies in Fine Arts. Granted by RMWC. Lynchburg VA, USA.
• 2002 Leonardo Da Vinci from European Union. Six months in Dobrich Art Gallery, Bulgaria.
• 2001 Promoe from Universidad Politécnica de Valencia. Six months at Ecòle d'Art Visuel de la Martinique, FWI.
• 1999 Erasmus from European Union. Nine months at Lahti Polytechnic, Finland.
Contests and Awards
2010
• Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2010, London.
2009
• Genesis Foundation Award, London.
• IX Prize of Photography for young artists El Cultural. Madrid, Spain.
2008
• XI Bienal de Artes Plásticas Ciudad de Pamplona. Pamplona, Spain. *
• Explum Arte Actual 08. Puerto Lumbreras, Spain. *
2007
• Purificación García 2007 Photography Contest. Madrid, Spain. *
• Última, Creació Contemporània Jove. Valencia, Spain. *
• XII Premio de Artes Visuales Ciudad de Burriana. Burriana, Spain. *
2006
• IX Mostra Internacional Unión Fenosa. A Coruña, Spain. *
• Premio de Pintura Ciudad de Burriana. Burriana, Spain. *
• 7º Premio de Pintura Colegio de Gestores Administrativos de Valencia. Valencia, Spain. *
2005
• Generación 2006. Art Contest from Caja Madrid. Madrid, Spain. *
• V Concurso El Cultural de Fotografía de El Mundo. Spain.
• Tentaciones de Estampa. Madrid, Spain. *
2004
• XXI Premio Bancaja de Escultura. Valencia, Spain. *
Solo Exhibitions
2010
• "ELOGIO DE LA BESTIA". Centro Huarte de Arte Contemporáneo, Pamplona,
Spain.*
2009
• In Ictu Oculi . Prize El Cultural de Fotografía. Marta Cervera Gallery. Madrid, Spain.
• In Ictu Oculi . Curated by Antonia Gaeta. Carpe Diem Art & Research. Lisbon, Portugal.
• In Ictu Oculi . Curated by Itxaso Mendiluze. Centro Cultural Bastero. Andoain, Spain.
2008
• Ricorrenza. Curated by Alba Braza. Dryphoto arte contemporanea. Prato, Italy.
• S/T . Magatzems Wall & Video. Valencia, Spain.
2007
• Celebración . Curated by Kamen Nedev. Liquidación Total. Madrid, Spain.
• Budapest-Viena . Curated by José Luis Pérez Pont. Exhibition Hall of Picassent. Valencia, Spain.*
• Celebración. Exhibition Hall of Mislata. Valencia, Spain. *
• Ciudades y Fantasmas. Recortables. El Castillo. Requena, Spain. *
2005
• Ciudades y Fantasmas. Centre Civic Antic Sanatori. Sagunto, Spain. *
• Ciudad de papel. Tentaciones. Estampa Art Fair. Madrid, Spain. *
Selected Group Exhibitions
2010
• Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2010. A Foundation Liverpool and ICA,
London.*
• Album. Curated by Morgan Quaintance. Independents Liverpool Biennial.
Wolstenholme Creative Space, Liverpool, UK.
• Conceal from your eyes. Curated by Eduardo García Nieto. Centro Bastero,
Andoain, Spain.
• I see myself there where I am not. Curated by Mary Cork. Forman's
Smokehouse, Hackney Wicked Festival, London.
• Homero, Iliada de Alessandro Baricco. Video screening curated by Mariano
Navarro. Teatro María Guerrero and Caixa Forum, Madrid.
• Colectiva. Photoespaña, Marta Cervera Gallery, Madrid.
• Saber estar, il potere ipnotico della dominazione . Curated by Alba Braza. Vault. Prato, Italy.
• The Vulture Tick. Video screening curated by Rut Blees Luxemburg. Yinka Shonibare's Space. London.
• Arco . Contemporary Art Fair. Gallery Marta Cervera. Madrid, Spain.
• Espacio Atlántico. Contermporary Art Fair. Gallery Marta Cervera. Vigo, Spain.
• Interim Show Royal College of Art. Royal College of Art. London.
2009
• Grande hazaña! Con muertos! Curated by Mariano Navarro. Sala Puerta Nueva, Córdoba, Spain.*
• Is This Spain? Curated by Colectivo Pensart. The Crypt Gallery, London. *
• Periferias . Curated by Rafa Tormo. Old town of Valencia, Spain.
• Nimiedades . Curated by Juan José Martín Andrés. Sala La Perrera, Valencia, Spain.
• La que tiene boca se equivoca . Curated by Marta Rebollo. Sala la Perrera. Valencia, Spain.
2008
• Artistas de la Casa de Velázquez. Casa de Velázquez. Madrid, Spain. *
• Artistes de la Casa de Velázquez. Espace Pierre Cardin, Gallerie Evolution, Paris.
• Artistes de la Casa de Velázquez. Villa Lemot, Nantes, France.
• Jornada de puertas abiertas. Casa de Velázquez. Madrid, Spain.
• Propuestas 2008. Centro 14. Alicante, Spain. *
• Opening of Otro Espacio. Valencia, Spain. *
• Tras la imagen. Chema López y Greta Alfaro. Otro Espacio. Valencia, Spain. *
• 42ºLatitud Arte. Curated by Teresa Rubio. Centro Cultural Castel Ruiz. Tudela, Spain.*
2007
• Public Screen. 1 st Thessaloniki Biennale. Contemporary Art Museum. Thessaloniki, Greece. *
• Artistas de la Casa de Velázquez. Casa de Velázquez. Madrid, Spain.
• Artistes de la Casa de Velázquez. Académie de Beaux-Arts, Institute de France. Paris, France.
• Jornada de puertas abiertas. Casa de Velázquez. Madrid, Spain.
• Homenaje a Josep Renau. Curated by Ricardo Forriols. Renau Hall of Facultad de Bellas Artes de San Carlos. Valencia, Spain. *
Publications
There is a catalogue published for each exhibition marked with *
• Vozmediano, Elena "Greta Alfaro gana el IX Premio El Cultural", El Cultural, 5th June 2009. Pages 48-51.
• Martínez, Raúl "Unexpected Guests: Greta Alfaro", Art in America, digital edition, 26th June 2009. News & Opinion.
• Alfaro, Greta "In Ictu Oculi", Art-es, number 33, September 2009, Art & Food.
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