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Born 1982, Madrid, Spain
Lives and works in Helsinki, Finland


STUDIES

2004-06 Master of Fine Arts, Media Studies – Time and Space Department, Academy of Fine Art,
             Helsinki, Finland.
2003-04 Non-degree studies, Media Studies – Time and Space Department, Academy of Fine Art,
             Helsinki, Finland.
2000-05 Degree on Fine Arts, Audio-Visual Studies. University of Castilla la Mancha, Cuenca, Spain.


SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2009 Pleased to Meet You, Gallery Kalhama & Piippo Contemporary, Helsinki, Finland
2008 All Tonight’s Woes, Centro 14, Alicante, Spain.
2007 Mauro Fariñas, Marlborough Gallery, Madrid, Spain.
2006 Through the Peephole, Blunk Gallery, Trondheim, Norway.
2005 Through the Peephole, Kaiku Gallery, Helsinki, Finland.


GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2009 Kleine Formate. 100 Kubik Gallery, Cologne, Germany
        Contemporary Art Ruhr –Messe
, Essen, Germany
        Art Goes Kapakka, Helsinki, Finland
        Contemporary Art Ruhr –Forum. Essen, Germany
        Junge Talente aus Spanien, Instituto Cervantes, Munich, Germany
        Junge Talente aus Spanien, Instituto Cervantes, Frankfurt, Germany
2008 Berliner Liste Art Fair, Berlin, Germany
        Junge Talente aus Spanien, 100Kubik Gallery, Cologne, Germany
        ITCA- Prague Triennale 2008, National Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
        Propuestas 2008, Centro 14, Alicante, Spain.
2007 Fotonoviembre 2007– Atlánticas Colectivas, Tenerife, Spain.
        Jeune Creation 2007, Bellevoise, Paris, France.
        Explum 07, Centro Cultural, Puerto Lumbreras, Murcia, Spain.
        Canal Abierto: Una Tirada de Dados, Canal de Isabel II, Madrid, Spain.
        8th Open Studio, Ssamzie Space, Seoul, South Korea.
2006 Yhteisnäyttely, Uusikuva Gallery, Kotka, Finland.
        Lopputyönäyttely, Taidehalli -Kunsthalle of Helsinki, Finland.
        Blind Date – ARS’06, Kiasma -Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finland.
2005 MVC Show - Lens Politica Exhibition, Myymälä2 Gallery, Helsinki, Finland.
        Luksuz Film Festival, Screening of 3Super8Movies, Luksuz, Slovenia.
        Greetings, Kaiku Gallery, Helsinki, Finland.
2002 Si me estuvieras mirando… Academy’s Gallery, Cuenca, Spain.
        Le Zoo, Academy’s Gallery, Cuenca, Spain.   


WORKS IN COLLECTIONS

Centro 14, Alicante, Spain.
Kuvataideakatemia, Helsinki, Finland.
Paulo Foundation, Helsinki, Finland.
SSamzie Collection, Seoul, South Korea.

GRANTS AND HONORS

2009 Production Grant for Fine Arts. Comunidad de Madrid, Spain
2008 International Mobility Scholarship for Artists and Researchers, AECID, Spain
2007 El Cultural Photography Award, “El Mundo” newspaper, Spain
        Residency at Ssamzie Space, Seoul, South Korea
2005 Scholarship - Project Sponsorship, The Finnish Academy of Fine Arts, Finland
2004 Grant Injuve for the Education of Young Artists Abroad, INJUVE, Spain
2003 Erasmus scholarship, UCLM, Spain

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