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Alberto Centenera
Currículum Vitae

Alberto Martínez Centenera. Guadalajara, Spain,1984.

2009 Bachelor´s degree in Fine Arts. Complutense University of Madrid.
2010 Master´s degree in Management of Historical and Cultural Heritage. Complutense University of Madrid. Thesis: “Self-management in Culture”, having obtained the qualification of “mention of excellence”.
2012 Selected for Arteles Creative Residency, Finland.
2013/2014 Master´s degree in Research in Artistic and Visual Practices, UCLM University, Cuenca.

Cultural Management
>Founding president of the association APC2 (Art, Artists, Heritage, Knowledge and Contemporary Culture), since July 2010.
>Director of EACEC since October 2010. EACEC (The Container Contemporary Art Space) is located in Azuqueca de Henares. I perform the tasks of management and design, curating, dissemination and media relations.
> Guide for groups in Museo del Prado and Fundación Caja Madrid. Madrid. 2008-2011.
>Juana de Aizpuru gallery, Madrid. 2010.
>Gallery assistant in ARCO 2010 for Casado Santapau gallery.
>Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía. Investigation about the CSA Tabacalera´s management model (self-managed social center). 2010.
>Juror in painting competitions.
>Curator.
>Promoter of Espai Cel Obert (Open Sky Space), project selected by Periferies for the "Seny de Carrer" seminar, in Valencia, Spain, June 2012.  

Teaching experience and conferences
>Arts and Crafts teacher in “Clara Sánchez Public School”, in Galápagos (Guadalajara). Academic year 2008/2009. 
>Conference “Hogar Dulce Hogar”, in Rincón Lento, Guadalajara. October 2009.
>Drawing and Painting teacher in “Santa Ana School”, Guadalajara. Academic year 2009/2010.
>Drawing and Painting teacher in “El Doncel Public School”, Guadalajara. Academic year 2009/2010.
>Teacher in the Master´s degree in Management of Historical and Cultural Heritage. Lesson: “Self-management in culture. The application of self-management to the work of contemporary artists and cultural institutions”. Academic year 2010/2011.
>Conference “Habitar las formas”, in Art School in Guadalajara. April 2011.
>Painting teacher in cultural center “José de Espronceda”, Madrid. Academic year 2010/2011.
>Sculpture teacher in cultural center “Vaguada”, Madrid. Academic year 2010/2011 and 2011/2012.
>Sculpture teacher in cultural center “Miguel Hernández”, Madrid. Academic year 2011/2012.
>Conference about my own work in Tampere Art Forum, TR1 Tampere, Finland. May 2012.
>Painting teacher in cultural center "Alfredo Krauss", Madrid. Academic year 2012/2013.
>Painting teacher in cultural center “Vaguada”, Madrid. Academic year 2010/2011, 2011/2012 and 2012/2013.

Solo exhibitions
>Mirada sobre mirada”, Nuevo Espacio gallery, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid. 2007.
>Hogar Dulce Hogar”, cultural center in Azuqueca de Henares. January 2009.
>Selected as alternate artist for a solo exhibition in Colegio de España in París, France. December 2009.
>Volare”, Casa del Estudiante UCM, Madrid, January 2010.
>Where the city is”, EACEC, Berlin, Germany. February 2011.
>Habitar las formas”, Escuela de Arte in Guadalajara, March and April 2010.
>"Rainbow", action in San Petersburg streets (Russia). May 2012.
>"Resistencia Doméstica. Estrategias contra la crisis", cultural center in Azuqueca de Henares, September 2012.

Collective exhibitions
>De la investigación a la experimentación plástica”, in San Martín de Valdeiglesias, Madrid. June 2006.
>”1ª Exposición de arte emergente e independiente”, El Desyellow, Madrid. May 2008.
>”3ª Exposición de arte emergente e independiente”, El Desyellow, Madrid. June 2008.
>IKAS ART”, art fair in Güeñes, Vizcaya. November 2008.
>Vértigo”, Sala Latente, Madrid. June and July 2009.
>Domus et Animalia”, Centro de Arte Tomás y Valiente, Fuenlabrada (Madrid). June 2009.
>Delicatessen”, Estampa gallery, Madrid. July 2009.
>Stand “Ecotecno” by Toshiba in Noche en Blanco, Madrid. September 2009.
>Set in Black”, Instituto francés in Madrid. October to December 2009.
>ESTAMPA, International Art Fair in IFEMA (Madrid). November 2009.
>Juntos Pero No Revueltos”, Azuqueca de H.  November 2009.
>Jabberwocky”, Fine Arts faculty Complutense University. November and December 2009.
>I Biennial “Cromática”, March 2010, in Ourense.
>”VI Contemporary Art Fair in Arévalo”, Ávila. April and May 2010.
>MailArtistas”, Estampa gallery, Madrid. September 2010.
>Lo leve permanece. Lo invisible no se borra jamás. El amor, el sueño, el recuerdo”. Labnia gallery, Patones de Arriba (Madrid). From January to March 2011.
>Arte en La Canela”, hotel La Canela, Piedralaves (Ávila). From January to March 2011.
>Orden y Concierto”, Casa de las Artes in Laguna de Duero (Valladolid). February and March 2011.
>Painting award “Villa de Azuqueca”. 2º Prize. In Azuqueca de Henares. May 2011.
>Artemático 2011”, Escuela de Arte in Guadalajara. May 2011.
>ESTAMPA, International Art Fair in IFEMA, Madrid. October 2011.
>"VIII Contemporary Art Fair", in Arévalo, (Ávila, Spain). EACEC stand. April 2012.
>"Se Alquila", Hernán Cortés street, Madrid. November 2012.

Courses and Workshops
>Possible Utopia” Workshop taught by Dominican artist Jorge Pineda. November 2008
>Critic and Contemporary Art”, in La Casa Encendida, Madrid. October 2009.
>Spanish Videoart”. Centro de Arte Complutense, Madrid. February and March 2010.
>"Critical cultural production in current education and artistic practices", in La Casa Encendida, Madrid. November 2010.
>Reality Show. Survival Kit to not die consuming images”, taught by Hilario J. Rodríguez in Azuqueca de H. July 2011.
>“Metropolis of Culture. A review of the relationship between city and cultural production”. Museo Reina Sofía, Madrid. December 2011.
>"GreenVía. Transferences from social innovation to public space", in Matadero, Madrid. April 2012.

Artwork in collections
>Azuqueca de Henares City Hall (Guadalajara).
>La Canela Hotel, Piedralaves (Ávila).
>Antonio Pérez Foundation, Cuenca.
>Complutense University in Madrid.
>Estampa gallery, Madrid.
>González-Byass Museum, Jerez de la Frontera (Cádiz).
>San Clemente Museum, San Clemente (Cuenca).
>Arteles Creative Center. Finland.