Inés MedinA
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CURRICULUM VITAE
EDUCATION:
DEPARTMENT OF FINE ARTS, UNIVERSITY OF BILBAO
1989 Second and last set of Ph.D. seminars (33 credits).
Presentation of the research work: La tensión dinámica en la pintura-Arte y Tecnología. Received Sobresaliente, the maximum qualification. Consisted of two parts: theoretical and practical (which contained computer-created images and was printed in color).
Registration for Ph.D. dissertation, title: Teoria de la energía plástica.
Director: Doctor Joan Sureda Pons
1988 First set of Ph.D. seminars.
Research work in process: La tensión dinámica en la pintura-Arte y Tecnología (Dynamic Tension in Painting-Art and Technology).
1986 Defense of Master’s Dissertation.
Master’s Degree in Fine Arts.
1982 End of course work in Fine Arts.
Degree for teaching drawing.
CERTIFICATES:
1995 Basque Government: Diseño Infográfico (Infographic Design).
1994 National Institute of Employment: Diseño Asistido por Ordenador (Computer-Assisted Design), 200 hours.
1980 University of Bilbao, Institute for Education Sciences:
Certificate of participation in Dramática Creativa (Creative Dramatics) teaching improvement seminar.
1979 University of Bilbao, Institute for Education Sciences:
Certificate of participation in Iniciación a la Creatividad (Initiation to Creativity) teaching improvement seminar.
THEORETICAL WORKS:
· Analysis of the work of Juan de Aranoa: presented in the Windsor Gallery, Bilbao.
· Conceptual and formal critique of the artistic and theoretical work of De lo Espiritual en el Arte (Of Spirituality in Art) of Kandinsky.
· Architectural analysis of Banco Popular Español of Gran Vía, 17, Bilbao (commercial building).
· Analysis of the theoretical work of Mondrian.
· Theoretical analysis of the concept Espacio (Space).
· Analysis of all Flemish work contained in the Fine Arts Museum, Bilbao
· Analysis of Le Parc (exhibit) in the Fine Arts Museum, Bilbao; consisted of 200 pages of photographs, drawings, plans, etc.
· Various analyses of my own artistic work.
PUBLICATIONS:
Poems:
· In La Guía del Ocio, number 15
· In La Guía del Ocio, number 19
· Libro de Dibujos y Poemas (Book of Drawings and Poems) published for an individual exhibit of my work (painting, sculpture and installation): in LAMIAK, Bilbao, August 1982.
Art Critique:
· In ARGIA (magazine), following articles published:
· En la línea del Arte (In the Line of Art)
· Joseba Larrondo
· Viaje a Madrid para ver Arco (Trip to Madrid to See Arco)
· Arte del futuro, con Oteiza, artísticamente, por supuesto (Art of the Future with Oteiza, Artistically, of course)
· Trabajo y Arte (Work and Art)
Master's Dissertation:
La voluntad, primer punto estructural, de la actitud madura en el arte (Will, First Structural Point, of Mature Attitudes in Art).
Predoctoral Research Work:
La tensión dinámica en la la pintura-Arte y Tecnología (Dynamic Tension in Painting-Art and Technology).
Ph.D. Dissertation:
In progress: Experimentación, análisis y definición del concepto de Energía Plástica, como elemento Unificador de la composición, a través de Imágenes realizadas con ordenador (Experimenting, Analysis and Definition of the Concept of Plastic Energy as a Unifying Element in Composition Through Computer-Generated Images).
Texts in catalogs:
2009 Exhibit: Gestación y parto de Conciencia, Ilustre Colegio de Abogados de Bizkaia, Bilbao.
2009 Exhibits: Burnt Dolls-Muñecas Quemadas, de Eibar, Pamplona e Igorre
2009 Exhibit: Los dos hemisferios de Inés Medina. Around several arts foundations of Euskadi
2007 Exhibit: The Perceptual Body, Torrezabal Kultur Etxea, Galdakao, Bizkaia
2007 Emakunde Magazine, March 07
2006 Exhibit: The Unified Femininity
2004 Exhibit: Sexuality and Mysticism of Feminene, New York
2001 Exhibit: Expressions From The Unification, United Nations. New York
1999 Exhibit: Painting with computer, Sala Juan Manuel Lumbreras, Bilbao
1995 Exhibit: Procesos de Trabajo, Sala Rekalde, Bilbao
Exhibit: Arte - Mujer, Museo del Ferrocarril, Madrid
1993 Exhibit: Cadáver Exquisito, La Kabala, Madrid.
Exhibit: Geometrias, Anselmo Alvarez, Madrid
1992 Exhibit: Udal Kultur Etxea, Basauri, (Vizcaya)
1990 First exhibit of computer-produced works: Museo Bolibar, Vizcaya
Exhibit: Bizkaia Kutxa, Bilbao
1987 Exhibit: Torre Luzea, Zarauz
1983 Exhibits of Geométricos Vascos. San Sebastian, Bilbao y Vitoria
Exhibit: 8 Pintores Vascos, BBK, Bilbao
1980 First exhibit: Caja Laboral, Bilbao
INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITS:
2009 Gestación y parto de conciencia, Ilustre Colegio de Abogados de Bizkaia
2009 Burnt Dolls-Muñecas Quemadas, Igorreko Kutur Etxea
2009 Burnt Dolls-Muñecas Quemadas, Portalea-Eibar
2009 Burnt Dolls-Muñecas Quemadas, Mixtos, La Ciudadela de Pamplona
2009 Los dos hemisferios de Inés Medina. Around several arts foundations of Euskadi.
2008 The Treetops Chamber Music Society, Connecticut
2008 Galería Marita Segovia, Madrid
2007 Torrezabal Kultur Etxea, Galdakao
2006 BBK Foundation, Bilbao
2005 EENY, New York
2004 Studio 308, New York
2004 Juan Manuel Lumbreras, Bilbao
2003 Euzko-Etxea, New York
2001 United Nations, New York
2001 Mixta Gallery, New York
1999 Juan Manuel Lumbreras. Bilbao
1998 The Art Center of The Mead School. Connecticut
1998 Bronx River Art Center and Gallery. New York
1995 Sala de Exposiciones de Rekalde. Bilbao
1993 Galeria Anselmo Alvarez. Madrid
1992 Udal Kultur Etxea. Basauri. Vizcaya
1991 Infanta Isabel. Madrid
1990 Museo de Bolibar. Vizcaya
1990 Bilbao Bizkaia Kutxa. Bilbao
1987 Torre Luzea. Zarauz. Guipúzcoa
1986 Ministerio de Cultura. Bilbao
1986 Galería Vanguardia, Bilbao
1983 Arteder 83, Bilbao
1982 Lamiak, Bilbao
1981 Arteder 81, Bilbao
COLLECTIVE EXHIBITS:
2007 Guggenheim Museum Incógnitas:cartografías del arte contemporáneo en Euskadi
2007 EENY, New York
2004 The Lab, Roger Smith, New York
2002 Abstraction-Realism 3 Millenium Fish Tank, New York
2001 Small Works New York University (N.Y.U.) New York
2001 Skoto Gallery, New York
1999 Pintura Vasca Siglo XX, Sala Garibai. San Sebastian
1996 Pintores Vascos, Sala Garibai. San Sebastian
1996 Ministerio de Educación, Sala Gran Via, Bilbao
1996 Sala San Prudencio, Vitoria
1995 Xanadú. Galería Anselmo Alvarez. Madrid
1995 ARCO-95: Galería Anselmo Alvarez, Madrid
1995 20 MUJERES ARTISTAS. Museo del Ferrocarril, Madrid
1995 European Software Institute-Bilbao Bizkaia Kutxa, Zamudio, Bizkaia
1995 3rd Certámen de Pintura Iberdrola Arte Vasco. -Uex, Cáceres
1994 Coloquio Internacional Abstracción Geométrica: Calaceite, Teruel
1994 Recapitulación: Anselmo Alvarez, Madrid
1994 Casa del Siglo XV, Segovia
1994 Museo Portátil, La Kabala, Madrid
1993 Museo Portátil, La Kabala, Madrid
1993 Cadáver exquisito, La Kabala, Madrid
1992 Bagabiltza, Galería Vanguardia, Bilbao
1992 10a Convocatoria Premio Penagos, S. Expos. Mapfre Vida, Madrid
1983 Geométricos Vascos, Museo de San Telmo, San Sebastián
1983 Geométricos Vascos, Museo Provincial, Vitoria
1983 Geométricos Vascos, Aula de Cultura C.A.M., Bilbao
1983 Autorretratos, Galería Windsor, Bilbao
1983 Emakumeok Gaur 2, Aula de Cultura C.A.M., Bilbao
1982 8 Pintores Vascos, Aula de Cultura C.A.M., Bilbao
1982 V Bienal de Vitoria, Museo Provincial, Vitoria
1981 Emakumeok Gaur, Aula de Cultura C.A.M., Bilbao
1981 Museo Provinvial de Vitoria
1981 Mail Art, Barcelona
1981 Mail Art, Aula de Cultura C.A.M, Bilbao.
1981 Caja del Arte, Galería Windsor, Bilbao.
1981 Caja del Arte, La Ciudadela, Pamplona.
1981 Caja del Arte, Museo Provincial, Vitoria
1980 Caja Laboral Popular, Bilbao
1980 Caja Provincial,.Vitoria
1980 Giltsapean Gaude Daude, San Sebastián
1980 Giltsapean Gaude Daude, Bilbao
TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
Seminars
2009 Seminario de Pintura: Proceso analítico-perceptivo, deconstructor-creativo, en la imagen plástica bi dimensional. Bilbao Arte. Foundation. Bilbao
2009 Autoestima a través de la experimentación plástica. Igorreko Kultur Etxea
Director and Teacher: (1981 to 1995)
Estudio de las Artes Plásticas Inés Medina :
Taught classes in:
· Drawing · Painting · Sculpture
· Modeling · Projects · Plastic Concepts
· Modeling · Projects · Plastic Concepts
· Art History
Professor: (1989-1992)
Fine Arts Department, University of the Basque Country, Leioa (Bizkaia):
· Representación, Análisis y Proyectos (Representation, Analysis and Projects) Painting Department
Volunteer Teacher: (1999-2000)
East Side Community High School. New York
· Drawing
· Painting
· Individuals Art Projects
FOUNDATIONS:
1988 Organized and directed Plastic Arts workshops in Ceanuri, Lujua, Larrondo and Orozco
Budgets, planning, logistics for the Culture House in Arrigorriaga
Budgets for Plastic Arts workshops in Ceánuri and Orozco.
1987 Summer school, supported by the Diputación de Vizcaya. Created to teach painting and drawing in the Basque countryside
1986 Cultural Association: Estudio de las Artes Plásticas (Study of Plastic Arts)
Teaching Center: Estudio de las Artes Plásticas (Study of Plastic Arts)
CONFERENCES:
- Desde el concepto de la división plástica hasta el mimetismo orgánico de la mente. Bilbao Arte Foundation, Bilbao
- El Arte como herramienta de conocimiento, Igorreko Kultur Etxea, Bizkaia
- The Restitution of the Pure Plastic Energy, in The Art Center of The Mead School. Conneticut
- La Problemática del Arte Vasco: organized by the Association of Basque Artists. Bilbao
- La Mujer y el Arte: Tertulias of La Kabala, Madrid
- International Colloquium on Geometric Abstraction. Subject of my presentation: Esencialidad de la medida para la substancialidad y movimiento natural, de la imagen clónica (Essentiality of the Measure for Natural Substantiability and Movement of Clonic Images).Calaceite
- Fine Arts Department, Madrid. Ph.D. seminars, Doctor Sr. D. Julian Gil. Subject: Arte Construido en España (Art Built in Spain)
MEMBER IN PLASTIC ARTS JURIES:
1999 President of the Painting Contest Jury organized by Northeast Hispanic Catholic Center, NY
1989 Drawing, painting and sculpture juries in the Culture House in Arrigorriaga
Poster contest: Arrigorriaga
1988 Drawing and Painting contest: organized by the Ministry of Culture, Bilbao
Drawing, painting and sculpture juries in a contest organized by the Culture House Arrigorriaga
ART CURATOR:
1999 First Religious Exhibit of Hispanic American Artist, The Spanish Institute. New York
POSTER DESIGN:
Design of conference and exhibit announcement poster: Arte y Psiquiatría (Art and Psychiatry): organized by the Culture Section of the C.A.M. of Bilbao
SCHOLARSHIPS AND GRANTS:
2007 Emakunde, Instituto Vasco de la Mujer, Vitoria-Gasteiz project: Burnt Dolls – Muñecas
Quemadas
2005 Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation, New York
2001 Juror Award by Mr. Peter Blum, New York University
1995 Scholarship for Research in Plasticity. Ministry of Culture, Madrid
1987 Grant: Cultural Association, Estudio de las Artes Plásticas, by the Diputación de Vizcaya, for Drawing and Painting the Basque Landscape (summer school)
1983 Research Grant: Basque Government
1982 University Assistance: Diputación de Vizcaya
1981 Grant: Basque Government to exhibit in ARTEDER
1981 University Assistance: Diputación de Vizcaya
1980 University Assistance: Diputación de Vizcaya
1979 University Assistance: Diputación de Vizcaya