MARTA POL RIGAU

In relation to the curation of action art, it is worth noting: the Re-enactment project-essay at the Casa de Cultura de Girona (2021-22); Fina Miralles' action "That gray time" at Ca l'Arenas, Mataró Contemporary Art Center (2015); Rereading of the actions "PER MATAR-HO" (Jordi Benito, Ferran Garcia Sevilla and Fina Miralles), at Ca l'Arenas, Mataró Contemporary Art Center (2015); Co-curator with Carlos Pina of "Construint ponts: Catalan performance show" in Galata perform, Istanbul (2007); Co-director with Carlos Pina of eBent'06 at Center d'Art Santa Mònica (2006-2007); the curator of annual Art of Action cycles at the Fundació Espais de Girona (1992/2007); from 2003 to 2006 she was an advisor to the Festival performance eBent; "Efímera: manifestations of contemporary art" at the Museum of History of the City of Girona (2003); Action Art Program, "Between performance and object" at the MACBA, Museum of Contemporary Art in Barcelona (1998); "Blind" Action Art Series at the Girona Art Museum (1997); co-curator with Jaime Vallaure of the meeting "Sin Número-Arte de Acción" at the Circulo de Bellas Artes de Madrid (1996) with the participation of Great Britain as an invited country; the cycle "Artists in Action" Olot, Girona (1994); and, the cycle of actions in "Can Felipa" in Poblenou in Barcelona (1994); Cycle of actions at Artual art gallery, Barcelona (1992).

From his professional beginnings until now he has combined curatorial practice with research and teaching. He has collaborated in the exhibition "Action. A provisional history of the 90s" at the MACBA, Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona (2020), where the curated projects of action art from the 1990s in Spain are presented in Spanish Since 2012 he has directed the ARBAR Art and Culture Center (Association for Biocultural and Artistic Research of the Serra de Rodes), the Vall de Santa Creu, the Cap de Creus Natural Park, Girona. And with Carlos Tejo, I co-direct Fugas e interferencias - Congress of Action Art held by the CGAC of Santiago de Compostela, with the support of the University of Vigo (2016-present).

She has directed, among others, the Media and Action Mediateca seminar at the "la Caixa" Foundation in Barcelona (1998). Of the various articles published in relation to action art, the following stand out: The things of Esther Ferrer realized at the Fundació Tàpies in Barcelona, edited by "Plaerdemavida Associació Feminista de Valencia, 1995; The art of action in the decade of the Nineties in the Spanish State, magazine EC, No. 2, Valencia, 1997 and The art of action in the Spanish State (1968-2000) -Metallenguate of a political/social/cultural context, in Papers d 'art, no. 76, Girona, 1999, where he continued to write until 2008 reflections on the Action Art Cycles curated for the Fundació Espais de Girona. He has written in several art magazines (Lápiz, Marte, Arteguia, Papers d'art, Bonart) and newspapers (Avui, El Punt, Diari de Girona). From the direction of publications to highlight: the co-direction with Carlos Tejo of the book Lo que sucede: critical reflections on the art of acción edited by Entrescuas, Madrid (2017); Creativity: explosion of limits edited by Girona City Council and the University of Girona (2004); the publication of the series of conferences Visions of the Future edited by Girona City Council and the University of Girona (2000); and, the co-direction and coordination of the Sin Número-Arte de Acción catalog, published by the Círculo de Bellas Artes de Madrid (1996). She is a reviewer of scientific journals BR::AC Barcelona Research Art Creation, member of ARBAR and several professional associations: Catalana de Crítics d'Art (ACCA), International de Crítics d'Art (AICA); Cultural Management Professionals of Catalonia (PGCC); International of Art Curators (IKT).

Awards

He has received the Prize for Criticism from the Fundació Espais de Girona (1997) for the texts of the Absences and Sin Number-Arte de Acción series (1996), the grant from the Girona City Council for the realization of the Efímer project: manifestations of contemporary art (2003), the first prize in Visual Arts of the Temps de les Arts 2020 for the ARBAR 2020 Performative Proposals program.