Marta Polo Ysalgué (Barcelona, 1979) has focused her artistic practice on exploring various narrative paths. Filmmaking (as director, editor or scriptwriter) has been one of her main means of research and she won the Visual Arts of Lleida award for her visual essay Charnega. La identidad como collage (2013) in 2015. She has recently been extensively engaged in writing and has published her first novel, Donde nunca ocurre nada (Ediciones Contrabando, 2020), and has received the Montserrat Roig 2021 writing grant to develop her second book, in which she will reflect on the language of film.

Last update 16th September 2021

Laia Ventayol García (Mallorca, 1984) is a visual artist and an alumnus of the University of Barcelona and the Akademie der Bildenden Künste Nürnberg (Prof. Baranowsky). She was awarded with the Scholarship for Women’s Equality in Research by the Bavarian Ministry of Art, Science and Research in 2019. She has displayed solo exhibitions at the CCA Andratx and Galeria Maior, and joint exhibitions with Cristina Moreno at Edel Extra Nürnberg. She has participated in a number of collective exhibitions including Uns Altres Temps at The Green Parrot Barcelona, BIAM 2020 at Lo Pati Amposta, The King, The Garden City, The Chorus & The Captain at Arnis, Goldrausch 2017 at the Kunstquartier Bethanien Berlin, and Die Offene Seite in Wiensowski & Harbord Berlin, among others. Her other collective projects include Quasi Veu – Episodi #4 Sentir Veus, directed by Caterina Almirall, the Yo tengo una grabadora y mi madre me deja una pala GRAF trail, directed by Marc Vives, and An inquiry into modes of existence, directed by Bruno Latour.

Last uptdate 17th September 2021

Anna Dot is an artist and PhD in Translation by the University of Vic (2019). She combines artistic research with teaching at BAU, and is also a member of the directive team at the School of Arts of Torelló. Her work, represented by Bombon Projects in Barcelona, is centred on the study of translation and communicative acts, putting the focus on the processes of reading and writing beyond linguistic limits. The processes and materials with which she works depend on the ideas that she is working at every moment. Her link to the notion of walking as an artistic practice, which is worked by collectives like Deriva Mussol, from Vic, or the projects like Grand Tour, by Nau Coclea, is evidenced by some of Dot’s projects, such as her intervention at the Walter Benjamin Route 2016, her performance at Bianyal 2017, the interventions for the program “Naturalesa no és paisatge – Escenes erràtiques” at ARBAR in the summer 2020, or the series of routes “Octavianes”, initiated collectively and still in the process of being realised.

Last update August 15th, 2023

María Alcaide is a visual artist working with installations, film, and text, exploring alternative methodologies and non-conventional references. Her work is deeply rooted in her personal experiences and physical and economic limitations, using performativity as a tool to uncover social, economic, and political fictions. She combines epic narratives with recycled materials like textiles and plastics, transforming everyday objects and creating unexpected connections between the personal and the political. Alcaide encourages viewers to reflect on their social positioning.

She holds a Fine Arts degree from the University of Seville, studied at Université Paris VIII, and completed a Master’s in Research in Art and Design at Eina-UAB. Her research has been presented at institutions such as EHESS (Paris), Universität Der Künste (Berlin), and MACBA (Barcelona). Internationally, she has exhibited at venues like the Bauhaus Archive in Berlin, Frankfurter Kunstverein, IMAI in Düsseldorf, and Reed College in San Francisco. Alcaide has received awards such as Generación 2021, the LaCaixa production grant, Jeune Création, and the Salon de Montrouge in Paris. Recently, she won the Barcelona Producció award and worked on a contemporary art and ruralities project at the Centre Pompidou in Paris.

Laura Ramírez is interested in the notions of landscape, ambiguous bodies, intermediate spaces and the mix of feeling and the beat, and her practice is focused on reflecting on and exploring dance and choreography. She actively works with Ainhoa Hernández, with whom she created the Twins Experiment collective in 2014, and she is currently beginning her project as a DJ. Moreover, she has collaborated in artworks by María Jerez, Cris Blanco, Play Dramaturgia or Quim Bigas. With regards to her work as a creator and performer, which mainly takes place between Madrid, Barcelona and France, she gives workshops, movement classes and provides support as a tutor, following up on a number of artists and collectives. She has created study spaces such as MovLab at La Casa Encendida, or reading spaces such as EL CLUB at the Teatros del Canal. She is working on the creation of a sport to disappear alongside Andrea Zavala and on musical and textual projects. As a mediator, she actively collaborates with the department of education of the Reina Sofía museum. She has displayed her latest creations and collaborations in France, Argentina, Mexico, Uruguay, the US and Spain.

Last update 29 September 2021

Alterdúo is a curation project conceived by Arianna Esposito and Marco Tondello. Their projects and research are born from challenging current realities, with a special focus on emergent and marginal realities, in order to build networks and intersubjective spaces between culture and the community.
They share an interest towards modern and digital art practices, and their work is built upon two main guidelines: dialogue and processes. Dialogue is used as a device that provides care and a drive towards collaborative and non-hegemonic experiences, whereas processes, as constant actions, provide a starting point for other possible beginnings.
As a duo, they have curated the #internetflags exhibition by Irma Marco at the Espai Souvenir gallery, they have collaborated with L’Estruch, from Sabadell, in Dissonants, series of events on performance and technology, and they are currently resident curators at the Centro Espronceda in Barcelona as part of the 2021 Curation program.

Last update 28th September 2021

Jordi Garrido (Barcelona, 1991) is an art critic and independent curator. A graduate in Art History from the University of Barcelona, he combines the study of art from the second half of the 20th century with criticism and analysis of contemporary art. He has curated projects at Fundació Arranz-Bravo, Centre Grau-Garriga d’Art Tèxtil Contemporani and Museu de L’Hospitalet, among others. He also regularly writes in the media on contemporary art (El Temps de les Arts, Bonart, Hänsel & Gretel) and has contributed to books on art of the second avant-garde.

Last update 16th September 2021

PhD and degree in Art History from the Autonomous University of Barcelona, studies at Sotheby’s Educational Studies, London, “Master in Cultural Management” and Postgraduate Diploma in “Cultural Management and Policies” from the University of Barcelona.

From his professional beginnings until today, he has combined curatorial practice with research and publication in specialized journals. Recently, he curated the re-enactment project-essay at the Casa de Cultura de Girona (2021-22); has collaborated in the exhibition “Action. A Provisional History of the 90s” at the MACBA (2020); since 2012 he has directed the ARBAR Art and Culture Center (Association for Biocultural and Artistic Research of the Sierra de Rodes), the Santa Creu Valley, the Port de la Selva, Girona; and,co-directs Fugas e interferencias- Performance Art Conference held by the CGAC of Santiago de Compostela, with the support of the University of Vigo (2016-present).

Laura Olea is a curator, researcher and cultural manager based in Cantabria. She specializes in visual arts and performance and has worked with public and private institutions such as the Center for Contemporary Art Barcelona (CCCB) and the Blueproject Foundation. Likewise, she has collaborated with international projects such as The Influencers Festival, LOOP Video Art Fair, Frieze London, Barcelona Gallery Weekend and GlogauAIR in Berlin. In 2013 she co-founded the Placa Turca self-managed collective, reflecting on and experimenting with collective creation in various site-specific projects such as Sopa de pedra for the Salto Mortal exhibition at La Capella or the Barcelona – Polígon de Creació event. Some of her latest projects as an independent curator are KIT by Laura Sebastianes at Piramidón (2021), Dudas y montañas by Carla Souto at Tangent Projects in the context of the Art Nou 2020 festival; the sound and performance installation Three Stages of Change Appreciation by MANS O in collaboration with Sociedad 0 (2019); the HerSelves (2016) collective exhibition at the Blueproject Foundation with artists Itziar Barrio, Arvida Byström & Maja Malou Lyse, Alba Feito, Sarah Maple and Dina Litovsky, among others.

Last update 29 September 2021

Margot E. Cuevas (Barcelona, 1995) is an art historian and independent curator, and she holds a master’s degree in advanced art history studies from the University of Barcelona. She has carried out her work as a curator along with management tasks, and she has worked for institutions such as the BlueProject Foundation (Barcelona) between 2017 and 2019. She is currently working at the Bombon Projects gallery (Barcelona). As an independent curator, she was granted a residence from 2019 to 2020 as part of the Affine program at Tangent Projects in L’Hospitalet (Barcelona) alongside curator Gabriel Virgilio Luciani. She has curated a number of exhibitions, such as A cor fantasma, with artist Mònica Planes (àngels Barcelona gallery, 2021) and has participated in the Art Nou 2020 program with the performance exhibition La Mina de Sal / La Sed Animal alongside the Drácula, El Pumarejo and FASE independent project spaces in L’Hospitalet. Moreover, she has curated other independent projects, such as the Hieros Logos exhibition, featuring artists Marcel Rubio, Joana Capella and Pablo del Pozo, and she curated the Ephemeral program for the Swab 2021 fair with Caterina Almirall.

Last update 28 September 2021