Nexus Art Group

MARJORIE KANTER

Cincinnati, Ohio, EEUU

Lives and works in between Madrid and Tarifa

www.elasunto.com

MARIA PAPACHARALAMBOUS

Born in Nicosia in 1964

ACHILLEAS KENTONIS

Nicosia, 1964

JOSE LUIS DELGADO GUITART

Works in Madrid Abierto

PROJECT[NEXUS*]

PUBLISHED WORK

2006
  • The Saddle Stitch Notebooks, Working Pieces Issue Number One: Relationships, Ediciones La Espiral Escrita, marzo 2006.
2005
  • Selected pieces included in Blades 39, otoño 2005.
2004
  • I displace the air as I walk, a book length collection of pieces culled from journals kept during a period of twenty years from life in Tarifa, Madrid, Morocco, the Caribbean and Boston, Ediciones La Espiral Escrita, marzo 2004.
2000
  • The Skirt, The Barcelona Review, marzo 2000.
  • El Enano, Mucho Cuento, Editorial Acumán, España, noviembre 2000.
  • Text Only Postcards, Ediciones Caracola en Patines, España, 1999.
  • Vendaval Magazine, Editor, Tarifa, España, 1988-90.

EDUCATION:

 
  • Degrees from Ohio University and the University of Cincinnati, USA

Seminars, workshops and classes

 
  • Experience as an Intercultural Consultant and Trainer, Faculty member and program director in the area of Bilingual/Intercultural Special Education in Higher Education, Bilingual Speech and Language Pathologist.
  • In Spain where she’s working on new writings, and offering readings and training sessions.
  • Experience as trainer, workshop leader, conference presentations, public readings
  • Since 2004 public readings and workshops at conferences, schools and in numerous bookstores in Madrid, Barcelona, Tarifa, Paris, Morocco and USA
2006
  • Asociación Wafae, Tánger, Marruecos, 2006;
  • Expat Writers, University of New Orleans, 2006;
  • MESEA, The Society for Multiethnic Studies, International Conference on Life Writing and Histories, Pamplona, 2006;
  • Hartley's Good Bookshop, Madrid, España, 2006;
  • Monroe County Public Library, Florida, 2006;
  • College English Association, San Antonio, Texas, 2006;
2005
  • International Conference on Contrastive Linguistics, Santiago de Compostela, 2005;
  • Shakespeare and Co, París, Francia, 2005;
  • Librería Laie, Barcelona, España, 2005;
  • International House, Barcelona, España, 2005
2004
  • Transacciones/fadaiat tarifa 22+ 23 junio 2004, documentación y proyecciones;
  • International Conference on the Short Story in English, Alcalá de Henares, 2004;
  • International Conference on Discourse Analysis, Valencia, 2004; Feria del Libro, Madrid, España; Conferencia TESOL, Madrid, 2004;
1985
  • Department of Education, Training Coordinator; Regis College, Weston, Massachusetts, Training Coordinator; Bridgewater State College, Massachusetts, Directora de programa; Massachusetts Association of Bilingual Education, EE.UU., Program Director; National Association of Bilingual Education, EE.UU., Chairperson Special Interest Group on Special Education and presentations.

CURRENT PROJECTS

 
  • House Menu
  • The Light Traveller
  • The Swimming Pool
  • Upside Down Movie
  • The tables were turned and we all ate upside down (recopilación en un libro)
  • The Saddle Stitch Notebooks (an on-going project of working pieces).

BIBLIOGRAPHY

 
  • [In the making]Marjorie Kanter, A film by Jose Luis Delgado Guitart and Ricardo Echevarria, May 2006
  • Review by Dr. Ángel Amy Moreno, Five Stars, Amazon Reviews, 2005.
  • Best pocket poetry book for 2004, Andrew Giles, InMadrid.
  • Review by Andrew Giles, InMadrid.
  • Reviewed in The Broadsheet, 2004.

MARIA PAPACHARALAMBOUS

INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS:

2006
  • re-tales. ARTos Foundation, Nicosia
2002
  • Gallery Morfi, Limassol
2001
  • Horizon: vertical. Contemporary Art Center Diatopos, Nicosia
1999
  • Little Forgotten Fairytales. Oktana, Nicosia
1997
  • Dream Traps. Diaspro Art Centre, Nicosia
1994
  • The bridge with A. Kentonis. Famagusta Gate, Nicosia
1992
  • Centro Cultural meseta de Orcasitas, madrid
1991
  • House of Cyprus, Athens
  • Diaspro Art Centre, Nicosia.

HAPPENINGS/ PERFORMANCES/ PUBLICATIONS /SYMPOSIUMS

 
  • “the other dimension” Multumedia happening, ARTos, Nicosia
  • Euro-Mediterranean culture in Barcelona, Spain
  • Meeting of artists and institutions of contemporary art from small states of Europe, Republic of San Marino
  • Cultural Exchanges, Irish Arts Council, Dublin, Donegal, Ireland
  • Aesthetic design and implementation of ARTos Foundation buildings, Nicosia
  • «Synesthesia» Multimedia performance and Video, R.I.K. theatre
  • Designed and artistically supervised the bilingual art edition “Orientations” of Achilleas Kentonis, ARTos Foundation editions
  • Theatre of Nations University- iTi Seoul, Korea
  • Symposium «culture in the global economy», Copenhagen, Denmark
  • Organized the first international event “internet art” and “Fax art” in Cyprus in the framework of the Eu. Cult. Month, Nicosia
  • Organized the «Open Bridge», international Art Project in collaboration with M.I.D.E. museum Spain; Museo de Arte Contemporaneo Carrilio Gil, Μexico; presented at Huston, Texas, Olympic Games Atlanta 96 and at the Carrilio Gil Museum, Mexico City, Mexico
  • Designed and published the trilingual edition “Message in a Bottle – Fire Border”
  • Organized the «Message in a bottle» International cultural event in ancient tombs (2500 years old) ” in Cyprus in the framework of the Eu. Cult. Month, Nicosia
  • Panhellenic Symposium « Gea Aphrodite», Nicosia
  • Artistic intervention on San Pablo bridge, Cuenca, Spain
 
  • From 1997 to the present day, collaborates with various theatre companies and with the Cyprus Theatre Organization as a set and costume designer.
 
  • Collaborated with the fashion designer Fotini Lamnissos for creation art and design objects. 2000 “metallaxis” Argo Gallery, Nicosia, 2005 Venice Biennale and ARTos Design Shop
 
  • Most of the happenings, installations, multimedia events, stage and costume design, films/ video, architecture and international projects are done in collaboration with the artist Achilleas Kentonis.

FILMOGRAPHY

 
  • FilmographySelection and approval by the cinema advisory board for funding of the film Once upon a dress…
  • Soundless Soundscapes10min,
  • Fragility 2 min
  • A Stroll 35mm, short animation film, 10min
  • Memories after the silence 7min,
  • Finikou 5min
  • The choros maker 35mm, 12min
  • Greed (perimetric video projection)
  • Neighbourhoods of the world, a series of short films (50min)
  • An Egg 14 min, video animation

EDUCATION

1991
  • Facultad de Bellas Artes, Universidad Complutence, Madrid - Painting and engraving, (Matricular de Honor), on a Spanish government scholarship
1984
  • School of Fine Arts, Athens - Painting (distinction), In parallel, workshops of sculpture, stage design, fresco and painting techniques of Byzantine icons, on a Cyprus government scholarship.
1982
  • Athens National Conservatory, Athens, Greece Conservatorio nacional de Atenas; Grecia

GRANTS AND AWARDS

 
  • Distinction by the Lamia art film fest for the film “a stroll”
  • Distinction by the Hellenic center for Cinema at the 26th Short Film and Documentary Festival of Drama, Greece
  • Documentary Award - 2nd short film and documentary festival, Cyprus. «Audience award» The Washington DC International Film Festival 2000 «Netizen award» Idiekino International Film Festival, Seoul, Korea «Europa Nostra» award
  • «Art Addiction» award, Espiral Group, Stockholm, Sweden
  • 1992Scholarship Museo Internacional De Electrografia, MIDE, Universidad Castilla la Mancha, Cuenca, Spain

ACHILLEAS KENTONIS

INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS

2007
  • Game NOT Over FUNDACIÓN “LA CAIXA' DE LÉRIDA, Spain
2002
  • ·Orientations Diatopos Center of Contemporary Art, Nicosia. ·
  • Orientations, Museo Terriade, Greece
1998
  • From limestone to amethyst, Argo Gallery, Nicosia
1994
  • ·The bridge with Maria Papacharalambous, Famagusta Gate, Nicosia.
1992
  • ·Hands in action, Centro Cultural Meseta de Orcasitas, Madrid.
1988
  • ·The day after, Greenpeace –Soho, New York.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2005
  • Accidental meetings» Municipal Art Center, Nicosia
  • «Video Sensitive Postcards» San Marino.
  • «Fragility» (short video art) Participated in the Femme Link International Video Collage Project.
2004
  • HyperLinks – 20 Cypriot Artists, 20 new signalsFundación Evag. y Kath Lanitis, Limasol
2003
  • “Detroit video festival”, Museum Of New Art, Detroit, EE.UU.·6η Triennale Mondiale D’Estampes, Chamalières, Francia
  • Paths of Europe Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, organized by apollonia European art exchanges.·
  • International Art Expo– NONSTOP.
  • Madrid03·International Art Expo– India 03·The C h o r o s Maker, The C h o r o s Maker, Drama short film festival, special distinction by the Hellenic Film Centre.
2002
  • The Paths to Europe, selected by Apollonia European art exchanges, Place de la Gare, and European Parliament, Strasburg ·Exposición de arte y vídeo, comisario Lucas Curci, Bari, Italia
2001
  • India Trienal The West does not forgive…, …» Installation in space (with Maria Papacharalambous). New Delhi, India.
  • Nicosia Days of Culture – Moscow, Russia
  • Cyprus through photographs - Palais des Nations, Geneva.
2000
  • Exhibition of Sculpture «From the chisel to the electron, Casteliotissa, Nicosia.
  • MEDIATERRA 2000, two-way installation in space (with Maria Papacharalambous), Factory of Athens School of Fine Arts. Lights and shadows, Panorama of Greek engraving, Nicosia Municipal Arts Centre and Athens National Gallery.
1998
  • Expo ‘98, Lisboa, Portugal·
  • Estocolmo, European Cultural Capital,Sweeden
  • Cyprus, Six Routes, House of Cyprus, Athens
  • Young Cypriot Artists » Geneva – Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland.
1997
  • Tokyo Today Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Japan.·
  • Bienal of Young Artists from Mediterranean Countries ’97. Torino, architecture with Maria Papacharalambous and Antonia TheodosiouHelsinki 2000, Finland.·
  • Τοkyo today. Saonica European Cultural Capital.
1996
  • Open bridgeHouston, Texas.
  • Wonder wall, Copenhague, European Cultural Capital, Denmark
  • Alem da Agua, Copiacabana, Museo Extremeño e Iberoamericano de Arte Contemporáneo (MEIAC), Guadiana River, Spain.
  • «International Festival of Video and Electronic Arts » FIV Buenos Aires, Argentina,
  • Tokyo TodayCopenhague European. Cultural Capital, Denmark
1995
  • 21st International Engravings Bienal‘95, Lubliana, Eslovenia .·
  • Open bridgeMuseo de Arte Contemporáneo Carrilio Gil, Μéxico.·
  • Six Young Cypriot Artists, Athens Municipality Arts Centre
1994
  • Bienal of Young Artists from Mediterranean Countries
  • ‘94»,Lisbon,Portugal
1992
  • Bienal of Young Artists from Mediterranean Countries ‘92», Valencia, Spain
  • st International Photography Bienal», Spain
1989
  • International Plain Air (FIAP), Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
1988
  • East and West», Eurocult cultural exchange Μoscow.
  • «At the wall», Eurocult cultural exchange,Berlin.

EDUCATION

2001
  • -todayPhD candidate at dept. of Cultural Technology and Communicationsat the University of the Aegean
1993
  • Postgraduate scholarship studies at the Museo Internacional de Electrografia, Cuenca,Spain. Multimedia aesthetics and new technologies
1988
  • School of fine arts, University of South Alabama, USA
1987
  • Marketing (Minor), University of South Alabama, USA
1983
  • Β.Sc Electronic Engineering, University of South Alabama, USA.

GRANTS, PRIZES AND AWARDS

2002
  • The Choros Maker, short film 35mm, 2nd short films and documentary festival, Documentary award, Rialto theatre.
2001
  • The Choros Maker, Drama short film festival, special distinction by the
  • Hellenic Film Centre
2000
  • The Washington, DC International Film Festival 2000. Film An Egg,
  • audience award
  • IndieKINO International Film Festival, Seoul, Korea Aug 2000,
  • Film An Egg NETIZEN award
1998
  • Τhe Berlin Wall’, 3rd prize, Municipal Arts Centre competition, Nicosia
  • Euro-Mediterranean Information Society Multimedia Award 2nd prize
  • with CD- ROM of the Holy Kyykos Monastery (executed by
  • MRDLCyprus University)
  • 1998Nicosia through the chronicle of Leontios Machairas, installation, Katafygia, 1st prize of Municipal Arts Centre competition, Nicosia
1997
  • Europa Nostra Award (with Maria Papacharalambous and Antonia
  • Theodosiou).
1995
  • “Mediterranean Woman ' Special award from the French Cultural Centre
  • ART Addiction prize (espiral group), Sweden.

JOSE LUIS DELGADO GUITART

EXHIBITIONS

1977
  • Exhibited paintings and graphic work in numerous art galleries and held personal exhibitions in the USA, Europe and Africa.

EDUCATION

 
  • 1977Holds a degree in Visual Communication from the University of Massachusetts.

GRANTS AND PRIZES

 
  • Awarded prizes in the state of Massachusetts for two consecutive years for his contribution to the Arts

SEMINARS, WORKSHOPS AND OTHER

1994
  • Academic Director at the Tracor School of Design, Madrid
  • Creativity courses for the Association of Hotel Managers of Madrid (AEHM).
  • Participant in the Brain-Linning project (On-line brain storming) with Compuserve
1978
  • Professor of Creativity, Fine Arts, Design and Visual Communication at:
  • The University of Massachusetts (Boston), Mass College of Art (Boston) and Parsons University Altos de Chavon School of Design (NY- Dominican Republic)
  • Collaborated in projects with the Kodak Center for Creative Imaging, Graphic Languages Workshop (MIT) and Graphics Center (Harvard).

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS (SELECTION)

 
  • The US Congress Library (Washington)
  • The Spanish National Library (Madrid)
  • The Forbes collection (Tangier)
  • Association of Municipalities of Campo Gibraltar
  • Museum of American Legacy Museum of Tangier
  • University of Cadiz.
  • Artist-in-Residents at the Pratt Graphics Center (New York), the MacDowell Colony for the Arts
  • (Peterborough, NH) and the Asilah Museum (Morocco).

RICARDO ECHEVARRÍA

INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS

2007
  • [SAMPLER] Párraga Center. Murcia. (December 06-February 07)
2005
  • Abraham. Espacio Contemporáneo Archivo de Toledo (ECAT),
2004
  • Forvm-Chantall Grande Gallery, Tarragona.
  • BS-Blanca Soto Gallery, Madrid.
  • La Caixa Foundation, Lleida.
2001
  • Finaltronics. Alternativa SXXI ,Malaga 2001.
1999
  • Net-Pavillion. El Roser, Lleida,
  • Tesseract. Centre Cultural, La Caixa Foundation, Lleida,
1997
  • Poligrafía .Centre de Lectura de Reus
1996
  • Samuel Leví Contemporary Art Museum, Toledo

GROUP EXHIBITIONS (SELECTION)

2006
  • “Pompas de Jabón”. Künstlerhaus Glogauer, Berlin. December 2006
  • st Biennial ONCE Foundation. Circulo de Bellas Artes. Madrid
2004
  • Mapa Poètic. Forum Barcelona, 1-26 June 2004
  • ARCO 04 – Forvm– Chantall Grande Gallery (Madrid 2004)
2003
  • L´Oreal 2003 Contemporary Art Prize. Finalist.
2001
  • 100 años 100 diseñadores - Reina Sofia Museum (MNCARS) (2001)
2000
  • Trasvases, Spanish Artists on Video, Peru, Argentina and Mexico,
  • Interzona. Palau de la Virreina, Barcelona
  • Cymar -Hannover 2000 Expo, Weimar, Germany.
1999
  • Club Arts&Lounge. Art Museum of Granollers
  • Visions de Futur – Tech Driven Society ,IMAC-Reus
  • Pautas y Contrastes – Reina Sofia Museum (MNCARS)
  • Germinations X – (Athens, Greece October 1998, Flanders, Belgium May 1999)
1998
  • ARCO 98 – Dels Angels Gallery, Madrid
  • Off-Sonic, Contemporary Art Museum of Barcelona (MACBA)
1995
  • Spanish Contemporary Art Museum of Madrid (MEAC). XI Young Art Fair
  • Otros Mundos Posibles, Cruce Gallery, Madrid
1994
  • Los Angeles Center for Photographic Studies, Los Angeles, USA
  • Cruce Gallery, Madrid
  • Anys 90 Distanzia 0. Santa Monica Art Center, Barcelona
1993
  • Radio Fontana Mix (RFM), Faculty of Fine Arts, Cuenca

EDUCATION

 
  • st Cycle of Architecture. CEES
1995
  • -97PhD in Fine Arts. UCLM
1990
  • -94Faculty of Fine Arts, Cuenca (UCLM)
1990
  • -94Electroacoustic Music. Professional Music Conservatory of Cuenca, (GME) and Menendez y Pelayo University (UIMP).

PRIZES & AWARDS

1996
  • Founder of ALEPH-ARTS, On-line artistic creation site.
  • http://www.log-os.com/ of the Spanish Pavilion in the Universal Exhibition Hannover (Germany).
  • 1999Moëbius International Prize. (Barcelona)
1994
  • First Photography and Videocreation Prize. Castilla-La Mancha Plastic Arts Prizes, (Toledo)
1992
  • Cannes Film Festival (France) INJUVE, Film Critic Prize. (Madrid)
2000
  • Artist-in-Residents Grant -C3 Soros Foundation (Budapest, Hungary)
1999
  • Artist-in-Residents Grant –Faculty of Art, Birmingham (UK)
1999
  • Artist-in-Residents Grant –Art School of Aix en Provence (France)
1996
  • Artist-in-Residents Grant -European Cultural Month (Nicosia, Cyprus).