Pau Catà i Marlès
C/ Magalhaes 63 B1, 08004 Barcelona, Catalunya.
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Education
- From 2016: Art Research PhD at University of Edinburgh (Scotland).
- 2008 - 2010: MA Critical Arts Management and Media Cultural Studies at London South Bank University (London – UK).
- Dissertation: “Theory as practice: A creative practitioner based research on CeRCCa’s local context’ and experimental video documentary ‘A Winter Ritual’. Mark: Distinction and Course Director Prize for Outstanding Achievement.
- 2006 - 2007: Diploma in Arts Management at Birkbeck College-University of London.
- 2006 - 2007: Creative Curating as a Critical Practice at Birkbeck College-University of London.
- 2005 - 2006: Introduction to Curating at Central Saint Martins School of Art and Design in London.
- 1995 - 2003: Degree in History by Universitat de Barcelona.
- Erasmus Scholarship at Università degli Studi di Firenze (Italy), Experimental Anthropology Democrit University (Greece).
Work Experience
- 2018: Tutor at PEI Program of Independent Studies at MACBA Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona.
- From 2017: Co-Coordinator KIBRIT and Platform HARAKAT.
- From 2016: Coordinator NACMM_North Africa Cultural Mobility Map.
- From 2009: Director of CeRCCa_Centre de Recerca i Creació Casamarès.
- 2013 - 2015: Didactic Tours for Itinera Plus and Riosta, Barcelona.
- 2007 - 2009: Audience Developer and Information Manager at White Cube Gallery, London.
- 2005 - 2007: Audience Developer at The British Museum, London.
- 2002 - 2004: Development and delivery of art and culture tours in the main museums of Barcelona and Catalunya for Bloc Serveis Culturals, Barcelona.
Publications
- Beyond Qafila Thania at Interartive (due in dec 18).
- Towards de post-digital in the Digital Humanities. Artnodes and TCE (due in dec18).
- The Art of Getting Lost _ Tandem Shaml Project publication.
- NACMM and KIBRIT and interview at Marratat SouthMed CV Publication.
- Rethinking decolonial dualism in Re_visiones. Dec 2017.
- NACMM at ‘Building the Future: Pathways to Cultural Diversity – Practices and Projects from around the MENA Region’ by the German Commission for UNESCO.
- 5th Anniversary Publication CeRCCa 2009-2014
- Nomadism and Commodification: New challenges and proposals for an alternative conception of AIR networks at On AIR Trans Artists publication.
- Interdisciplinary Activism': Naz Cuguoğlu in conversation with Pau Cata’ published in ArtSouthAfrica Magazine.
- Publication of the research paper ‘Theory as Practice’ at SCCA World of Art Series Ljubljana.
- Art review at the WhiteHot Contemporary Art Magazine (Canada).
Presentations and conferences
2018:
- NACMM Round table ‘Performing Mobilities’ with invited speakers Le18, Space Darja and Hammana Artist House as part of Fira B in Palma de Mallorca.
- Curatorial School V18 ‘Social Practices in Curating and Contemporary Art’ in Valletta (Malta).
- Presentation of Beyond Qafila Thania a Trading Places? Empathy in Material Culture
and Critical Methodologies at SOAS, London.
- Presentation of Platform HARAKAT and KIBRIt at Es Baluard Centre d’Art Modern
Contemporani de Palma.
- Presentation of NACMM at the Transcultural Exchange Conference in Quebec City.
2017:
- Decolonizing Knowledge and Power Summer School in UAB in Barcelona.
- SouthMed CV Meeting in Tunis (Tunisia)
- Tandem Meetings in Marseille (France), Beirut (Lebanon) and Odessa (Ukraine).
2016:
- AGI I International Research Seminar organized between AGI and Goldsmith College at Tapies Foundation.
- Critical Muslim Studies: Decolonial Struggles and Liberation Theologies Summer School in Granada, June 2016.
- Tandem Meeting in Amman (Jordan).
- Presentation of NACMM as part of "Fronteras y movilidad. Artistas en el Mediterráneo" as part of Mostra Viva in Valencia.
- Presentation of NACMM at of Focus Maghreb SWAB Barcelona International Art Fair.
- Presentation of NACMM at Trans Cultural Exchange 2016. International Conference on Opportunities in the Arts: Expanding Worlds. Boston University. USA.
- Presentation of NACMM at Kawkaw fil-kawkawa talks at Le18, Marrakech, Morocco.
2014 - 2015:
- Participation at the conference and workshop ‘AIR ARRAY: Meeting of AIR Programs and Mobility Workshop for Artists’ organized by Art Motile in Madrid.
- Participation at the conference and workshop ‘Artistic Networking in the Mediterranean’ organized by Jizer Reflexions Mediterraneas and the Goethe Institut in Barcelona.
- Participation at the DAWRAK Workshop and Conference in Alexandria (Egypt).
2012 - 2013:
- Youth in times of Crises conference in Sousse, Tunisia.
ALF Egypt National Network Meeting in Cairo and Alexandria, Egypt.
- Presentation CeRCCa at the ‘Art and Landscape Congress’ in Vilafranca del Penedes.
- Publications of the research paper ‘The Hypermobile Icarus’ as part of the Project On-AIR/Transartist.
2011:
- Presentation of the research paper ‘Nomadism and commodification: New challenges and proposals for an alternative conception of Artists Residency Networks. The Transitory Network as study case‘ at the Res Artis Regional Meeting in Debrecen (Hungary).
- Member of the ZVONO Jury 2011 Award for the Young Visual Artists of Bosnia and Herzegovina organized by Sarajevo Center for Contemporary Arts (Bosnia-Herzegovina) together with Foundation for Civil Society and Trust for Mutual Understanding, New York (U.S).
- Lecture on Res Artis at Factoria Cultural Aviles (Spain)
2010:
- Participation at the 5th International Summer Seminars for Art Curators ‘Aesthetic Communities and Contextual Translation of Communal Art’ in Yerevan and Ijevan, Armenia.
- Participation at the Anna Lindh Foundation Forum ‘ Euro-Mediterranean strategies for multicultural understanding and cooperation’ in Barcelona.
2009:
- Presentation of CeRCCa and Furnish Me! Workshops at ‘en passant’ Gallery in Berlin.
- Presentation of Nomadic Projects curatorial partnership at in/flux Project Space in London.
- Participation at the International conference ‘Global Modernities’ and ‘TATE Encounters’ TATE Britain. London.
2008:
- Participation at the ‘Res Artis General Meeting: Artists in dialogue, transforming
communities’ Amsterdam.
- Participation at Mundos Locais, Shared Worlds Seminar ‘Collaborative and Participatory art’ curated by Lucia Marques and Paula Roush. Lagos, Portugal.
Artistic and Research Residencies
- Research visits at Glycines (Algiers).
- Research visit at the CCSD - Cultural Center of Documentation of the Sahara (Ghardaia).
- Research visit at Art Rue (Tunis).
- Research Residency at Le18 (Marrakech).
- Research Residency at Maumau (Istanbul).
- Research Residency at MoTa Museum of Transient Art (Ljubljana).
Grants
2018:
- OSIC Projectes de caràcter professional en l'àmbit de les arts visuals.
- Roberto Cimetta Fund travel grant.
- University of Edinburgh College Research Award.
2017:
- OSIC Projectes de caràcter professional en l'àmbit de les arts visuals.
- South Med CV Project Grant for KIBRIT.
- University of Edinburgh College Research Award.
- University of Edinburgh Student Development Fund.
2016:
- TANDEM Shaml.
- SGSAH Student Development Fund.
- Study Visit Home or Overseas – AHRC Fund.
- Anna Lindh Foundation Project Grant for NACMM.
- University of Edinburgh College Research Award.
2014 - 2015:
- OSIC Beques per a la formació i el perfeccionament.
- DAWRAK Citizen Exchange Program funded by Anna Lindh Foundation.
- British Council Grant for Syrian Artists living in Egypt.
- ALF Grant DAWRAK Workshop and Conference in Alexandria (Egypt).
2012 - 2013:
- DAWRAK Citizen Exchange Program funded by Anna Lindh Foundation.
- CoNCA Projectes de caràcter professional en l'àmbit de les arts visuals.
- Step Beyond Award by European Cultural Foundation.
- Roberto Cimetta Fund Travel Grant.
2010 - 2011:
- Erasmus Young Entrepreneurs Program with MoTA _ Ljubljana,
CoNCa Research Grant.
- Step Beyond Mobility Fund by European Cultural Foundation.
2008 - 2009:
- Ajuts per a la Formació. Fons de Creacio i Pensament Contemporani CoNCa 09.
- Ayudas para la Formación de Jóvenes Profesionales de la Cultura by MUC 09.
- Ajuts per a la Formació. Fons de Creació i Pensament Contemporani CoNCa 08.
- Ayudas para la formación de Jóvenes Profesionales de la Cultura by MUC 08.
Curating experience
- Final event of the Transformer network in Malta.
- Platform HARAKAT and KIBRIT at Platform HARAKAT and KIBRIT at Es baluard Centre d’Art Modern i Contemporani de Palma.
- Beyond Qafila Thania at In Between Wells _ Reloaded at Le18, Marrakech.
- Barcelona International Art Fair SWAB 2017 Focus Mediterrania: KIBRIT and Platform HARAKAT.
- Kibrit_NACMM Final event in Jiser, Barcelona.
- Barcelona International Art Fair SWAB 2016 Focus Maghrib: NACMM
- As Coordinator and Curator of CeRCCa AIR I have curated more than 15 exhibitions. The documentation of all this work can be found at CeRCCa 5th Anniversary Publication 2009-2014 funded by the OSIC.
- The Museum of Hackney Wick at Hackney Wicked Festival 09. London.
Languages
- Catalan and Spanish: Mother tongues.
- English : 100/120 TOEFL December 2015
- Arabic: Intensive courses in Les Glycines (Algiers) and Barcelona.
Webs
- www.nacmm.org
- www.kibrit.com
- www.platformharakat.com