Miriam Durango
Born in Tenerife (Spain) 1958
Lives and works in Tenerife
EDUCATION AND STUDIES
2003 Seminar “El art market in Canarias”. Ateneo of La Laguna.
Seminar “Cultural management in cultural ONG”. Master in Cultural Management. Pedro García Cabrera Fundation
198? B.A. in Fine Arts
198? Degree in International Cultural Politics from the University of Barcelona
1999 Degree in Digital Editing
1985 Workshop of Contemporary Art, led by Luis Gordillo, Las Palmas de G.C.
Lithography workshop of the Government of S/C de Tenerife
STIPENDS, AWARDS AND PRIZES
1990
Grant from the Canary Government, artist-in-residence in Amsterdam (Netherlands)
1989
Grant from the Canary Government, artist-in-residence in Amsterdam (Netherlands)
1988
Grant from the Canary Government, artist-in-residence in Cologne (Germany)
Stipend from the Architecture College of Tenerife, workshop at the lithographic atelier Impetrimento Grafic in Barcelona
1986
Grant from the Canary Government, artist-in-residence in New York and worked in the atelier of the falser David Stain
SOLO SHOWS
2003
Mull Art Gallery, Frankfurt, Germany
2001
Cultural Space El Tanque, Cabildo de Tenerife, “Magic Line”
1998
CIC Centro Insular de Cultura, Cabildo las Palmas de Gran Canaria
1995
Art and Social Space, Court of First Instance, Plaza de Castilla, Madrid
Fine Art Circle, S/C de Tenerife
1992
Estampa Gallery, Madrid
1991
La Granja, S/C de Tenerife, Gobierno Canario
La Regenta, Las Palmas de G.C, Gobierno Canario
1989
Leyendecker Gallery, S/C de Tenerife
1987
Leyendecker Gallery, S/C de Tenerife
1985
Fine Arts Circle, S/C de Tenerife
GROUP SHOWS
2002
ARCO, IODAC, Cabildo de Tenerife
2001
Art in Canary Islands XX-XXI Century, Diputación de Sevilla,Viceconsejería de Cultura del Gobierno de Canarias
2000
Observatori 2000, International Festival of Artistic Investigation in Valencia, Museo de las Ciencias
III International Show of Video Independent, OVNI 2000, Cultural Space El Tanque, Cabildo de Tenerife
1999
Convergences / Divergences, CAAM (Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno), WOMAD 99, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
1998
One hour less, Art Centre La Recova, S/C de Tenerife
Painting Prize Caja Canarias, S/C de Tenerife
1997
New Tendencys, CAAM (Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno), Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
10 Years of La Regenta. Las Palmas de G.C. Gobierno Canario.
Placebo Efect, Consejería de Turismo, Las Palmas de G.C
1996
Prize Puerto de La Luz, La Regenta, Las Palmas de G.C., III Milenium, La Granja, S/C de Tenerife, Gobierno Canario
1994
III Milenium. La Regenta, Las Palmas de G.C., Gobierno Canario
Members Only, San Antonio Abad, Las Palmas de G.C.
Geometrical Abstraction, Fundación Noesis, Calaceite
Antonio de Barnola Gallery, Barcelona
Pro-Sarajevo, Canarias
1993
Members Only, Carles Poy Gallery, Barcelona
VI Extremadura’s Edition Painting, Palacio de S. Jorge, Cáceres y Badajoz
1990
ARCO 90, Leyendecker Gallery, Madrid
1989
I Salón des Anonymes, Galería Niky Diana Marquard, Paris
ARCO 89, Leyendecker Gallery, Madrid
1988
ARCO 88, Leyendecker Gallery, Madrid
1987
Limits of Plastic Expression in Canarias
ARCO 87, Leyendecker Gallery, Madrid
1986
VI Bienal Oviedo City.
1985
Archipiélago, Canarias
EXPERIENCE AS CURATOR AND SIMMILAR ACTIVITIES
2003
President of Fine Art Circle of S/C Tenerife, curated several projects: Multimedi@s (group shows of national multimedia artists. Viceconsejería de Empleo y Asuntos Sociales), Video American Pioners, Cabildo de Tenerife
2002
Vicepresident of Fine Art Circle of S/C Tenerife
For Fine Art Circle of S/C Tenerife curated the multidisciplinary exhibition ‘Out of Format Fine Art Circle of S/C Tenerife’
Curated EXPERIMENTA (introducing 17 artists in audiovisual formats) for Viceconsejería de Empleo y Asuntos Sociales, Gobierno de Canarias
2001
Assistant production for the exhibition ‘Art in Canarias XV - XX” Century’, Gobierno de Canarias
2000
Author and director of the multimedia culture for the Canary Television Liber@rte
Festival of Music and New Technologies ‘Dog’s Head’, Cabildo de Tenerife
III. Festival of Independent Video, OVNI 2000, Espacio Cultural El Tanque, Cabildo de Tenerife
Member of the Council Asesor of the Oscar Domínguez Institut of Art and Contemporary Culture, Cabildo de Tenerife
Seminar The Culture ¿is it Female? , Area de Cultura del Cabildo de Tenerife e Instituto Canario de la Mujer, Consejería de Empleo y Asuntos Sociales
1999
Ciber@rt, Espacio Cultural El Tanque
Le Corps Indice, Performance Multimedia, Espacio Cultural El Tanque, Cabildo de Tenerife
II Festival of Independent Video, OVNI 1999, Espacio Cultural El Tanque, Cabildo de Tenerife
1998
Curator of the exhibition ‘NI DEMASIADO CERCA NI DEMASIADO LEJOS’, Cruce Gallery, Madrid, Gobierno Canario
Curator of the exhibition ‘Artists with the Tanque’, Cabildo de Tenerife
Curator of the exhibition ‘Proyecciones Urbanas’, Cabildo de Tenerife
I Festival of Independent Video, Espacio Cultural El Tanque
PRIVATE AND PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Gobierno de Canarias, Consejería de Cultura y Consejería de Hacienda; Juana Mordó, Madrid; Banco de Santander; Hotel Chelsea, Köln; Caixa de Cataluña; CAAM Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno, Canarias; Gobierno de Canarias; Consejería de Turismo; Obispado de Tenerife; Instituto Oscar Domínguez de Arte y Cultura Contemporánea, Cabildo de Tenerife
OTHER
2002
Realiza el estudio para la modificación de fachadas de la empresa Cristalería Insular.
Study for the building renovation of Glass Factory in Canary Islands.
Web design for the Oscar Domínguez Institut of Art and Contemporary Culture. Cabildo de Tenerife
2001
Infografic image for the contmporary dance spectacle of Martín Padrón’s Company
1998
Seminar “A look to the Art. Mew Medias in Arte”. Ateneo de La Laguna. Tenerife
1997
Fortnight Art of Montesquiu “Infiltrated Agents”. Multimedia and new technologies. Cataluña
1996
To the Canary Government impart ateliers of paintings in the whole archipelago.
1994
Seminar of Geometrical Abstractionn, Noesis Foundation. Calaceite