María Cañas

Seville, 1972.

www.animalario.tv

Works in Madrid Abierto

The toro’s revenge

EXHIBITIONS (SELECTION)

2006
  • Itinerancias C.A.AC. Guadalajara Fair, Mexico.
  • Canal Metro. Madrid Abierto, Madrid
  • Videologías. Montehermoso Cultural Center, Vitoria.
  • VAD, International Video and Digital Arts Festival. Girona.
  • BAC´06. C.C.C.B. Barcelona.
  • Te mando un colega. ADN Gallery, Barcelona. Abisal Space, Bilbao. Seville.
  • La Estrategia del Calcetín. Villasís Exhibition Hall. El Monte Cultural Center. Seville.
  • Art Tech Media. Tenerife, A Coruña, Salamanca, Murcia, Barcelona, Mallorca, Madrid.
  • Portland Underground Film Festival, Oregon.
  • Barcelona VisualSound. El Perfecto Cerdo. Jury Prize.
  • Retrospectiva: Visual, Majadahonda, Madrid; FICA, Badajoz.
  • La Cosa Nuestra. caS. RTVA-Zemos98 Prize. caS. Monastery of San Clemente.
  • E-videncias . Lux´06, International Exhibition Hall Festival of Santa Inés. Seville.
  • 4 años de la revista MU. RTVA Exhibition Hall. Seville.
  • Almería en Corto, Almeria
  • TV JAM, NEFF, Monte Hermoso Cultural Center, Vitoria. 
  • Cortometrajes Andaluces, Local Government of Malaga.
  • Arco - Beep Electronic Art.
  • Muestra del Audiovisual Andaluz. AVA Foundation. University of Seville.
  • Pantallas Españolas. ACE Initiative. Magma. Acireale, Sicily, Italy
2005
  • Intervenciones TV 6. Rodríguez Foundation. Montehermoso Cultural Center, Vitoria
  • Premi UAB de Cinema Assaig, Barcelona.
  • Holguín Festival, Cuba
  • La Llama, Cíclope Collective, Caracas.
  • International FICCAB Short Film Festival, Benalmádena.
  • Vulgaris Arte. Endanza Exhibition Hall. Seville.
2004
  • El perfecto cerdo: Artistic Creation Support from the Regional Government of Andalusia.
  • Yesterday was dramatic, today is ok: Muca-Roma.
  • Pinceladas, Ideas Nemo S.L. for TVE, Canal Internacional.
  • Sólo un momento. eStar Exhibition Hall. Caja San Fernando. City Council of Seville.
  • VTV Audiovisual Festivals of Vitoria, Almeria, Zaragoza and Zemos 98.6.
  • Audio123visual. Injuve. Madrid.
2003
  • Places without engine: Finalist in the Transmediale 03 Image Prize, Berlin.
  • Figuraciones, Caja Madrid.
  • Los Carteles: MTV videoclip of Sr. Chinarro.
  • ARCO, Madrid. 
  • Panorama Digital 03, Conde Duque, Madrid.
  • Video and New Media Biennale, Chile. 
  • Globalica03, X Wro Center For Media Art. Poland. 
  • M-Multimedia/14. Teknemedia. Turin.
  • VI International Video/Art/Electronics Festival, Peru. AECI, Goethe Institute.
  • Visual 03 Majadahonda. Seville Cinema Festival. Expresa, Pamplona. Zemos98.5 VTV, Vitoria. Evantec, Madrid.
  • 44 Gallery. Barcelona.
  • Give me drama. Fernando Serrano Gallery. M.E.I.A.C.
  • Singularmente Plurales. La Rábida Latin American Forum. Local Government of Huelva.
2002
  • 6th International Video/Art/Electronics Festival. Peru. AECI, Goethe Institute. 
  • Video and New Media Biennale, Santiago de Chile. 
  • Driver: Injuve Audiovisual Project Prize, Madrid.
  • Cyberia, Marcelino Botín Foundation. Santander.
  • Arte&Electricidad. Maribor International Computer Arts Festival, Slovenia. Amadís Exhibition Hall.
  • Madrid. E.A.C.C. ,Castellón. ISEA 02, Nagoya. Cyberia, Marcelino Botín Foundation, Santander. Electronikaldia, Vitoria.
  • Audiovisual Creation Festival of Navarra, Cabra, Visual 02 and Zemos 98.4.
  • Arco. I.F.E.M.A. Madrid.
  • La parte chunga. eStar Exhibition Hall. Seville.
  • 44 Gallery. Barcelona.
2001
  • Arte&Electricidad, Rodríguez Foundation, Arteleku, San Sebastián. Neo2. La Caixa Media Library Barcelona.
  • Northern Light. Cervantes Institute, Manchester. 
  • Art Futura, C.C.C.B, Barcelona.
  • Beat. Portobello film festival. London. 
  • Eurovídeo. First Prize. Malaga.
  • Certamen de jóvenes creadores. First Prize. City Council of Madrid.
  • Festival Alacant/Vídeo, Visual 01 Majadahonda, Zemos 98.3.
  • Arco. I.F.E.M.A. Madrid.
  • Injuve audiovisual competition. Madrid.
  • The Richard Channin Foundation Showroom. Seville.
  • Solidarios. C.A.A.C. Seville.
  • Horizonte 2000. Young Art Center. Caja Madrid. Madrid. Monastery of Santa Inés. Seville.
  • Vj´s de Eme-3, 2nd Architectural Market. F.I.D.A.S. London. Barcelona.
  • Itinerary of the Injuve Art Fair-A.E.C.I. through Latin America: Buenos Aires / Córdoba, Montevideo, Santiago de Chile.
2000
  • Young Art Exhibition, Círculo de Bellas Artes
  • Injuve Audiovisual Competition (accésit), Amadís Exhibition Hall, Madrid. Itinerary through Latin America A.E.C.I
  • Horizonte 2000. Caja Madrid. 
  • Muestra Andaluza de Arte Joven. Prize. IAJ. 
  • Softpause. Multimedia projection and sonorous performance in the presentation of the record label Indoor. La Imperdible. Seville.
  • 20 años de Arte Contemporáneo. Utrera.
  • Arco. I.F.E.M.A. Madrid.
  • Fernando Serrano Gallery. Huelva.
1999
  • Zona Emergente, C.A.A.C., Seville.
  • Algarve-Andalusia Biennale. Faro. 
  • Andalusian Art Biennale. Malaga.
  • Arco. I.F.E.M.A. Madrid.
  • Encuentros en la periferia. La Oreja de Plástico en Las 3000 Viviendas, Seville.
  • Muestra Andaluza Arte Joven. Andalusian Youth Institute. Malaga.
  • Juana Aizpuru Photography Competition. Seville.
  • La Caja China Gallery. Seville.
  • 99 del 99.Monastery of Santa Inés .Seville.
  • Arte Comestible. Local Government of Seville.
  • Hotel & Art. Seville.
  • Entremundos. La Rábida Latin American Forum. Local Government of Huelva.
1998
  • Fernando Serrano Gallery. Huelva.
  • Hotel & Art. Seville.
  • Arte de Mujeres. Andalusian Women’s Institute.
  • XIX National Contemporary Art Competition. Utrera.
  • X National Photography Competition Caja S. Fernando.
  • Cultural Interchange University of Granada- Italia (Bologna)
  • Provincial Department of Seville. Regional Government of Andalusia.
1997
  • Arte Emergente. City Council of Seville.
  • Félix Gómez Gallery. Seville.

EDUCATION

 
  • Fine Arts Degree, Doctorate course on Aesthetics and History of Philosophy at the University of Seville. Currently preparing thesis on experimental audiovisual strategies.

GRANTS, SUPPORT AND PRIZES

2006
  • Iniciarte. Meat Meet Project in N.Y.
  • El Perfecto Cerdo: VisualSound Jury Prize Barcelona.
2005
  • La Cosa Nuestra: RTVA Prize for Andalusian Audiovisual Creation, sponsored by Caja San Fernando in the II zemos98 projects edition.Interventions TV6 Prize. Rodríguez Foundation. C.C. Montehermoso. Vitoria.
2004
  • El perfecto cerdo: Contemporary Artistic Creation Support, Regional Government of Andalusia.
  • Finalist in the RTVA Prize to Andalusian Audiovisual Creation sponsored by Caja San Fernando in the I zemos98 projects edition.
2003
  • Finalist with Juan Romero in the Image Prize. Transmediale 03. Berlin. Nominated by ZKM and SWR TV in the International Media Art Award.
2002
  • :Audiovisual Creation Festival of Navarra. A&E Special mention.
2001
  • Driver project production support. Injuve.
  • Alacant/Vídeo Festival. 1st prize. Alicante.
  • A&E Canal Retina production support. Rodríguez Foundation. Arteleku.
  • Eurovideo.1st prize. Unicaja. Malaga.
  • Young Creators Competition. 1st prize. City Council of Madrid. 
2000
  • Injuve Art Exhibition. Círculo de Bellas Artes. Itinerary through Latin America.
  • Injuve Audiovisual Competition. Accésit. Amadís Exhibition Hall. Madrid. 
  • Cultural projects support. City Council of Seville and Youth Department of the Regional Government of Castilla & Leon.
  • Prize. Andalusian Young Art Exhibition. Andalusian Youth Institute.
1998
  • Contemporary Art Creation Support. Regional Government of Andalusia.
  • Concession of Espai d´art A. Lambert, City Council of Xábia and the group “De Reüll ”.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES, COLLABORATION IN ARTISTIC PROJECTS AND PUBLICATIONS (SELECTION).

2006
  • www.animalario.tv , web container dedicated to the recycling culture, appropiationism and online artistic experimentation.
  • Selected for Hamaca Distributor of Videoart and Media Art, initiative of A.A.V.C, directed by YProductions. www.hamacaonline.net www.ypsite.net
2005
  • Articles in Magazine online Forward. www.zemos98.org
  • María Cañas. La vie en rose: Habemus cerdo. MU Magazine, No. 38, September.
  • Participation in the Catalogue of Andalusian audiovisual works and in the Andalusian audiovisual guide. F. A. V. A. Seville. www.fundacionava.org
  • Copilandia. Cromolandia. Free Collective, Cambalache.
2004
  • Jury and co-ordination of the 04 Injuve Audiovisual Competition.
  • Presentation and publication Un viaje por el cine experimental actual. U. of Granada.
  • La verdad y su doble. Text in catalogue and magazine online Forward Zemos 98.6.
  • Participation in the documentary series Pinceladas, produced by Ideas Nemo S.L. for TVE. Broadcasted on Canal Internacional, Hispavisión and Madrid GTM +1.
2003
  • Los carteles. Participation in the Musical Films DVD. Acuarela Editions.
  • Technical co-ordination of exhibitions for the Cinema and Sports Festival of Seville.
2001
  • Magazine NEO 2, No. 18, No. 19 and No. 31.
  • Arte&Electricidad. Pack double cd-rom. Rodríguez Foundation. Arteleku.
2000
  • Participation in La ruta del sentido No. 5. Oviedo.
  • Cuadernos Tecla Sala. Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona.
  • Arte y Electricidad. Rodríguez Foundation. Arteleku. San Sebastián.
1999
  • Newspaper La casa magnética. La Oreja de Plástico.
  • Collaboration in publications: Ganadería trashumante, Contigo quiero hablar, Prospekt, Fotomatón Internacional, Tensetendoned.
1998
  • I Luoghi della Vita. Prato. Italy.
  • Field Study, Australia.
  • Derivas Virológicas. The Carrying Society. Arteleku. C.A.A.C.
1997
  • Collective Copy together with Jurgen O. Olbrich. No-Institute. Kassel.
  • West Networking Project. The Netherlands.
  • Members of the collective: La Oreja de Plástico. Fanzine and urban interventions.
  • Collaboration in the project Tradición/Traición No. 3 by Pedro G. Romero.
1996
  • Copiacabana-AIem da Agua. M.E.I.A.C and el Alentejo. Free collectives.

WORK IN MEDIA LIBRARIES, WEBS, DISTRIBUTORS AND COLLECTIONS.

 
  • Iniciarte. Regional Government of Andalusia.
  • Hamaca Distributor of Videoart and Media Art. A.A.V.C. YProductions.
  • Transmediale Internacional Media Art. Berlin. www.transmediale.de/03/en/03/
  • Collection Fernando Serrano Gallery, 44 Gallery, ADN Gallery and Juan Montiel.
  • Cervantes Institute. Manchester.
  • Barcelona VisualSound. BAC. Art Futura.
  • Media library of La Caixa. Barcelona.
  • Centre de les Arts. Cultura en Viu. Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.
  • www.uab.es/culturaenviu
  • No-Institute. Kassel.
  • MUCA-Roma. Mexico.
  • Contemporary Art Museum of Chile.
  • MediaLab. Conde Duque. Madrid.
  • Wro Center For Media Art. Poland.
  • INJUVE. AECI. Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs. Madrid.
  • Rodríguez Foundation. Arteleku. San Sebastián. www.arteyelectricidad.net
  • Media Archives Montehermoso Cultural Center. Vitoria. www.intervenciones.tv
  • AVA Foundation. University of Seville. www.fundacionava.org
  • Zemos 98. www.zemos98.org
  • Andalusian Youth Institute. Women’s Institute. Regional Government of Andalusia.
  • Espai d´art A. Lambert. City Council of Xábia. Alicante.
  • Regional Government of Castilla & León.
  • City Council of Dª Mencía, Córdoba.
  • Televisions: MTV Spain and the UK. RTVA, Canal Sur Andalucía. Canal Internacional,
  • Hispavisión, TVE and Madrid GTM +1 Pinceladas Ideas Nemo S.L, Paramount Comedy,
  • Acuarela Ediciones, www.acuareladiscos.com, Canal +, BTV, Tele Madrid,
  • TV2 La Mandrágora, Tele5 Nosolomúsica, Sol TV.