CV & Contact Details

Greta Alfaro
Pamplona, Spain 1977

gretalfaro@yahoo.es


Education

- 2009/2011 Enrolled at the Royal College of Art (MA Photography). London, UK.
- 2002/2003 Randolph-Macon Woman’s College. Fine Art Department. VA, USA.
- 2001 Graduate in Fine Arts. Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Spain.

Grants and Residencies




2009 Visual arts grant, from the Government of Navarra.
2008 Matadero 08 - International Mobility for artists, from City Council of Madrid.
2006 Casa de Velázquez. Two years residency at Casa de Velázquez, Madrid.
2005 Government of Mexico. Grant for foreign artists. Six months in Mexico City.
2005 Fundación Bilbao Arte. One year residency. Bilbao, Spain.
2005 Rogaland Art Centre. Two months residency granted by Rogaland Art Centre and
Bilbao Arte. Stavanger, Norway.
2002 Randolph Macon Woman’s College. One year of extracurricular studies in Fine Arts.
Granted by RMWC. Lynchburg VA, USA.
2002 Leonardo Da Vinci from European Union. Six months in Dobrich Art Gallery, Bulgaria.
2001 Promoe from Universidad Politécnica de Valencia. Six months at Ecòle d’Art Visuel de la Martinique, FWI.
1999 Erasmus from European Union. Nine months at Lahti Polytechnic, Finland.

Selected Contests and Awards

2010
Bloomberg New Contemporaries, London.
2009
1st Genesis Award. Genesis Foundation. London.
IX Prize of Photography for young artists El Cultural. Madrid.
2008
XI Bienal de Artes Plásticas Ciudad de Pamplona. Pamplona, Spain. *
Explum Arte Actual 08. Puerto Lumbreras, Spain. *
2007
Purificación García 2007 Photography Contest. Madrid. *
Última, Creació Contemporània Jove. Valencia, Spain. *
XII Premio de Artes Visuales Ciudad de Burriana. Burriana, Spain. *
2006
IX Mostra Internacional Unión Fenosa. A Coruña, Spain. *
Premio de Pintura Ciudad de Burriana. Burriana, Spain. *
7º Premio de Pintura Colegio de Gestores Administrativos de Valencia. Valencia, Spain. *
2005
Generación 2006. Art Contest from Caja Madrid. Madrid. *
V Concurso El Cultural de Fotografía de El Mundo. Spain.
Tentaciones de Estampa. Madrid, Spain. *

Solo Exhibitions

2010
- "ELOGIO DE LA BESTIA". Centro Huarte de Arte Contemporáneo, Pamplona, Spain.*
2009
- “In Ictu Oculi”. Prize El Cultural de Fotografía. Marta Cervera Gallery. Madrid.
- “In Ictu Oculi”. Curated by Antonia Gaeta. Carpe Diem Art & Research. Lisbon, Portugal.
- "In Ictu Oculi". Curated by Itxaso Mendiluze. Centro Cultural Bastero. Andoain, Spain.
2008
- Ricorrenza. Curated by Alba Braza. Dryphoto arte contemporanea. Prato, Italy.
- S/T. Magatzems Wall & Video. Valencia, Spain.
2007
- Celebración. Curated by Kamen Nedev. Liquidación Total. Madrid.
- Budapest-Viena. Curated by José Luis Pérez Pont. Exhibition Hall of Picassent. Valencia,
Spain.*
- Celebración. Exhibition Hall of Mislata. Valencia, Spain. *
- Ciudades y Fantasmas. Recortables. El Castillo. Requena, Spain. *
2005
- Ciudades y Fantasmas. Centre Civic Antic Sanatori. Sagunto, Spain. *
- Ciudad de papel. Tentaciones. Estampa Art Fair. Madrid. *

Selected Group Exhibitions

2010
- "Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2010". A Foundation Liverpool and ICA, London.* 
- "Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin/Madrid". Centre Pompidou, Paris.
- "International Film Festival Rotterdam".
- "Ffilm 2". Glynn Vivien Art Gallery, Swansea, UK.
- "Is This Spain". Curated by Colectivo Pensart. Instituto Cervantes Milano, Italy.
- "Album". Curated by Morgan Quaintance. Independents Liverpool Biennial. Wolstenholme Creative Space, Liverpool, UK.
- "Conceal from your eyes". Curated by Eduardo García Nieto. Centro Bastero, Andoain, Spain.
- "I see myself there where I am not". Curated by Mary Cork. Forman's Smokehouse, Hackney Wicked Festival, London.
-"Homero, Iliada de Alessandro Baricco". Video screening curated by Mariano Navarro. Teatro María Guerrero and Caixa Forum, Madrid.
- "Saber estar". Curated by Alba Braza. Vault. Prato, Italy. 
- "Colectiva". Photoespaña, Marta Cervera Gallery, Madrid.
- "The Vulture Tick". Video screening curated by Rut Blees Luxemburg. Yinka Shonibare's Space, London.
- Arco. Contemporary Art Fair. Gallery Marta Cervera. Madrid.
- Espacio Atlántico. Contemporary Art Fair. Gallery Marta Cervera. Vigo, Spain
2009
- "Grande Hazaña! Con Muertos!" Curated by Mariano Navarro. Sala Puerta Nueva. Córdoba, Spain.*
- “Is This Spain?” Curated by Colectivo Pensart. The Crypt Gallery, London. *
- “Periferias”. Curated by Rafa Tormo. Old town of Valencia, Spain.
- “Nimiedades”. Curated by Juan José Martín Andrés. Sala La Perrera, Valencia, Spain.
- "42º Latitud Arte, de andar por casa". Curated by Teresa Rubio. Centro Cultural Castel Ruiz, Tudela, Spain.*
2008
- Artistas de la Casa de Velázquez. Casa de Velázquez. Madrid, Spain. *
- Artistes de la Casa de Velázquez. Espace Pierre Cardin, Gallerie Evolution, Paris and Villa
Lemot, Nantes, France.
- Jornada de puertas abiertas. Casa de Velázquez. Madrid.
- Propuestas 2008. Centro 14. Alicante, Spain. *
- Opening of Otro Espacio. Valencia, Spain.
- Tras la imagen. Chema López y Greta Alfaro. Otro Espacio. Valencia, Spain.
- 42º Latitud Arte. Curated by Teresa Rubio. Centro Cultural Castel Ruiz. Tudela, Spain. *
2007
- Public Screen. 1st Thessaloniki Biennale. Contemporary Art Museum. Thessaloniki, Greece. *
- Artistas de la Casa de Velázquez. Casa de Velázquez. Madrid.
- Artistes de la Casa de Velázquez. Académie de Beaux-Arts, Institute de France. Paris.
- Jornada de puertas abiertas. Casa de Velázquez. Madrid.
- Homenaje a Josep Renau. Curated by Ricardo Forriols. Renau Hall of Facultad de Bellas
Artes de San Carlos. Valencia, Spain. *


Publications

* There is a catalogue published for each of the exhibitions marked with *

- Vozmediano, Elena "Greta Alfaro gana el IX Premio El Cultural", El Cultural, 5th June 2009. Pages 48-51.
- Martínez, Raúl "Unexpected Guests: Greta Alfaro", Art in America, digital edition, 26th June 2009. News & Opinion.
- Alfaro, Greta "In Ictu Oculi", Art-es, number 33, September 2009, Art & Food.