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Marta Velasco Velasco 

        education

        2017
MA Textiles, Royal College of Art, London, UK.
        2014
BA Textiles, Central Saint Martins, London, UK.
        2010
BA Art & Design, ELISAVA School of Design & Engineering, Barcelona, ES.


        selected exhibitions, screenings
 
        2023
· La fantasía heterosexual, at XXVI Mostra art públic, Universitat de Valencia, ES
· Phantasmagoria II, screening at Hangar Obert Projeccions, Barcelona, ES.
· Open studios ‘23, Hangar, Barcelona, ES.
      2022
· Incognito, with Ángelo Nestore y Sara Torres screening & talk at Centro Niemeyer, Avilés, ES.
· Creuera de fils, in collab with AHD live screening & sound at Fin_de fiesta en Sala Ricson - Hangar, Barcelona, ES.
· A reveure Peter Punk! SAC, at La Capella, Barcelona, ES.
· Open studios ‘22, Hangar, Barcelona, ES.
       
        2021
· Las ruinas son hoy nuestros jardines, Sala d’Art Jove, Barcelona, ES.
· El extrañamiento, in collab. with Sara Torres screening at Kbr Mapfre Centro de fotografía, online.
· El ritual del baño stills, screening + Sara Torres  performance at Thyssen Málaga, ES

        2019
· Phantasmagoria , screening + performance with Sara Torres at Festival Internacional Cosmopoética, Córdoba, ES
· Phantasmagoria , screening + performance with Sara Torres at Instituto Cervantes London, UK
· Experimental Poetry in Spain Now, screening + performance with Sara Torres, Queen Mary University, London, UK
· Phantasmagoria , screening + performance with Sara Torres at Centro Hispanoamericano de Cultura, Havana, CU
· Phantasmagoria , screening + performance with Sara Torres at Miscelanea Art Space, Barcelona, ES
· Los estados vehementes, screening + performance with Sara Torres at Sala La Nueva España, Gijón, ES.
        2018
· Los estados vehementes , screening at Deep Trash Escoria by CUNTemporary, BG Working's Men's Club, London, UK.
· Trajectories , Watermans Arts Centre, London, UK.
· TALENT! , The Invisible Dog Art Center, New York City, US.
        2017
· RCA Graduate Show 2017 , Royal College of Art, London, UK. · 34 x 14 x 10 , Hockney Gallery, London, UK.
· Work-In-Progress-Show , Royal College of Art, London, UK.
· Between Senses, Gallery House, New York City, US.
        2016
· TALENT! , Governors Island, New York City, US
· Sound Swing , Sonar +D at Sonar Festival, Barcelona, ES.
· The Internet Yami-Ichi by Arebyte Gallery, Tate Modern, London, UK.
· Real Dirty Blue , Lethaby Gallery, London, UK.
· Reimagining Objects: A History of Design Exhibition , Hockney Gallery, London, UK.
· Work-In-Progress-Show , Royal College of Art, London, UK.
· Windhoek, The Showroom at Material Lab, London, UK.
        2015
· A Photography Exhibition , Sala Montserrat Roig, Barcelona, ES.
· Restless Futures , Lethaby Gallery, London, UK.
        2014
· CSM SHOW , Central Saint Martins, London, UK.


        residencies, awards, talks

        2023
Seminar, 'Miedo a la materia: cuerpos, residuos y fantasía de control' together with Sara Torres at CENDEAC, Murcia, ES
Residency, production res. at Frans Masereel Centrum, Antwerp, BE
Talk, artist talk at Grau d’Humanitats UPF, Barcelona, ES
Residency, long-stay residency at Hangar (from May 2022), Barcelona, ES
         2022
Residency, long-stay residency at Hangar (from May 2022), Barcelona, ES
Talk & Workshop, Festival Irreconciliables, Málaga, ES
        2021 
Grant, Beca “Premis Barcelona 2020”, Barcelona, Spain.
Seminar, “Roba de llengües: aprendizaje y transmisión de saberes y afectos en el espacio del taller”, III Col·loqui d’Investigadors en Tèxtil i Moda 2021, Terrassa, ES
Residency, artist-in-residence at Konvent,  Cal Rosal, Spain.
Residency, 1 year artist-in-residence at Fabra i Coats Arts Centre, Barcelona, Spain.
Award, AIR at FIC + Stage by Sant Andreu Contemporani, Barcelona, Spain.
Award + Grant, Premi i Beca Art Jove 2021 by Sala d’Art Jove, Barcelona, Spain.
Grant, Universidad de Málaga for the production of “Incognito”, Spain.
       2019
Resident at CELL studios (2018-20), London.
Shortlisted, Fellowship at pARTage (Mauritius) by Gasworks, London.
Talk, Proyecto Phantasmagoria at Centro Hispanoamericano de Cultura, Havana, CU.
        2017
Talk, “A Nutmeg Story on Silk and Plastic” , Silk Unravelled Symposium at Senate House, London, UK.
Talk, “Pulau Banda”, Antenna Conference 2017 at Dutch Design Week, Eindhoven, NL.
Talk, “Pulau Banda”, Create out Loud #1 Ravi Naidoo at Gallery MU, Eindhoven, NL.
Award, Antenna 2017, 20 best global graduates selected by Design Indaba, Eindhoven, NL. Finalist, Waxman International Textile Prize, New York City, US.
        2016
Talk, “Material Narratives” , ELISAVA School of Design & Engineering, Barcelona, ES.
        2015
Grant, La Caixa’ Foundation Fellowship ‘15, MA Royal College of Arts 2015-17.
        2013
Selection, Fashioning the Future, Centre for Sustainable Fashion (LCF), London, UK.


        teaching

2023
Lecturer & Studio visits, Fundación Antonio Gala, Córdoba, ES.
Lecturer, La práctica artística, Hangar / Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Grau Humanitats), Barcelona
Lecturer, Taller: La imaginación deseante, Valladolid, ES
2022
Lecturer, Taller: poética de la imágen, Festival Irreconciliables, Málaga, ES
2021              
    Lecturer, Taller de escritura material-afectiva: Contar historias para sobrevivir en la Tierra, con Sara Torres, Espacio Crisi, Barcelona, ES.
    Lecturer,  Cuerpo  material, materia afectiva, con Sara Torres, Espacio Crisi, Barcelona, ES.
     Lecturer,  Introducción a las Nuevas Materialidades, Espacio Crisi, Barcelona, ES.
     Lecturer, Grupo de estudio: Nuevas Materialidades (monthly seminar), Espacio Crisi, Barcelona, ES.
2020           
    Lecturer, Narrativas Materiales, Espacio Crisi, Barcelona, ES.
    Lecturer,  Seminar: Return to material, MA Design through New Materials, ELISAVA, Barcelona, Spain.
2017-20       
    Lecturer, Digital Arts & Photography, Westminster Kingsway College, London, UK.
2019             
    Jury, EI! awards in Elisava School of Design & Engineering, Barcelona, ES.
    Lecturer & Studio visits, Fundación Antonio Gala, Córdoba, ES.
2016             
    Workshop, Material Narratives, ELISAVA School of Design & Engineering, Barcelona, ES.

︎ Beloved collaborators         Sara Torres, Emilie Loiseleur, Mariona Vilarós , Elsa Seignol, Julien Bader, Bea Nuño, Carlos Borromeo Bellido, Archi M. Alled, Ingerlise