CARMEN GONZÁLEZ GARCÍA

BIOGRAPHY

Born Salamanca, Spain, 1973

EDUCATION

2000 – 2002 Ph.D. Candidate (Program Philosophy and Aesthetics), Faculty of

Philosophy, University of Salamanca , Spain .

2002 Official Certification as Researcher in the Departmental Area of

Aesthetics and Art Theory. Faculty of Philosophy, University of Salamanca , Spain .

2000 B.A. Fine Arts, University of Salamanca , Spain .

1993 – 1998 Drawing Studies, Fine Art Institute San Eloy, Salamanca , Spain .

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2002 Las Semillas de Ícaro, Sala de Exposiciones del Palacio del Mar –

AQUARIUM. San Sebastián, Spain

2001 Rayapunto Gallery, Salamanca, Spain

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2004 Aberration/Pollination, Linda Warren Gallery, Chicago, IL

2003 Young Artist Competition. Centro Cultural Conde Duque, Madrid, Spain

2002 Encuentros de Arte Alternativo, Centro de Cultura Antiguo Instituto

Jovellanos, Gijón, Spain

Young Artist Competition. Museo de la Ciudad, Madrid, Spain

XV Contemporary Art Fair. Claustro de la Diputación, Cádiz, Spain

2001 Young Artist Prize “Fundación Banco Sabadell”. Sala Parés, Barcelona,

Spain

XV Premio de Pintura Galería Durán, Madrid, Spain

Premios Fundación Gaceta 96-2000, Palacio de Fonseca, Salamanca

2000 II Becas de Creación Artística “Paradores de Turismo” Sala Joan Miró,

Palacio de Congresos y Exposiciones, Madrid, Spain

Exposición “Manos Unidas”, Palacio Garcigrande, Salamanca, Spain

Becas Castellana de Pintura, Sala Castellana 150, Madrid, Spain

Colectiva Galería RayaPunto, Salamanca, Spain

1999 “O Eclectismo do Terceiro Milénio”. Centro de Arte “Quinta das Cruzadas,”

Linhó, Portugal

“Nuevos Talentos” Becarios de la Fundación Talens, Sala Acea. Barcelona.

IX Certamen de Pintura Tomás Luis de Victoria, Casa de las Conchas,

Salamanca

III Certamen de Pintura San Marcos Facultad de Bellas Artes, Palacio de La

Salina. Salamanca, Spain

GRANTS AND AWARDS

2002 2^nd Place , Young Artist Latina , Madrid , Spain

2000 University Scholarship. Ministry of Education and Culture of the Spanish

Government. Fine Arts Department, University of Salamanca , Spain

1999 Artist’s fellowship, residence sponsored by the “Paradores de Turismo Foundation,” Spain

Creative Researching Grant. Talens Foundation, Barcelona ( Spain )

1^st Prize, Artist Competition, Gaceta Regional Foundation, Salamanca

Honourable Mention Award; V International Art Show Acea, Barcelona

1997 1^st Prize, Figure Drawing, Fine Art Institute San Eloy, Salamanca , Spain

1995 1^st Prize, Artistic Drawing, Fine Art Institute San Eloy, Salamanca , Spain

PUBLIC ART AND INSTALLATIONS

2003 Cautivas, Installation in Antigua Escuela de Morille, Salamanca, Spain.

2002 Jardín Privado ( Private Garden ), Installation in FES Building , University of

Salamanca , Spain .

2001 Collaboration in “El Bosque de Olmos” [Elmforest], a collective public art

coordinated by Agustín Ibarrola, Banks of the Tormes River , Salamanca , Spain .

COLLECTIONS

Colección Paradores de Turismo, Madrid.

Colección Fundación Banco de Sabadell, Barcelona.

Fundación Gaceta Regional, Salamanca.

Fondos de Arte Joven Fundación Talens España, Barcelona.

Fine Art Institute San Eloy, Salamanca .

ARTICLES & REVIEWS

“Una sola entre muchos”, Revista Factótum, 4 (2003). Review of the book: Louise

Bourgeois; Destrucción del Padre / Reconstrucción del padre; Madrid: Síntesis, 2002.

“Existe un lugar”, Encuentros de Arte Contemporáneo, Alicante: Instituto Alicantino

de Cultura Juan Gil-Albert/Diputación Provincial de Alicante, 2003; forthcoming.

“La Materia y la Culpa” [“Artistic Materials and Blame”], Taula (2004), forthcoming.

CONFERENCE PAPERS & INVITED LECTURES

“Judit o la decapitación del dolor. Afinidades electivas entre Louise Bourgeois y

Artemisia Gentileschi” [“Judith or Pain’s Decapitation. Elective Affinities between Louis Bourgeois

and Artemisia Gentileschi”], Invited Lecture in the Seminar of Aesthetics and Art Theory,

University of Salamanca, 2003.

“La Materia y la Culpa” [“Artistic Materials and Blame”], Conference paper in the

4^th Annual Congress of Philosophy 2003: Arts & Philosophy, Palma de Mallorca , Spain , 2003.