Carlos Tejo
Born in Vigo (Spain) on July 28, 1966.
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PhD in Fine Arts. University: Universidad Politécnica de Valencia. [UPV], Valencia, Spain. Thesis: “The turn of photography in Cuba at the end of the 20th century: visions of the body in Cuban artistic practice”. Date: January 4, 2007.
Advanced Studies Doctoral Program: Experimental Currents in 20th Century Sculpture. University: Universidad Politécnica de Valencia. [UPV], Valencia, Spain. Date: February 9, 2004.
Master’s in photography. Universidad de Washington, School of Art. Seattle (USA). Date: December 10, 2002.
Master’s in Sculpture & Installation. University: Warsaw University. Akademia Sztuk Pieknych. Date: January 28, 1999.
Master’s in fine Arts. University: Havana University. Instituto Superior de Arte (ISA). Date: December 3, 1991.
BA in Fine Arts. Specialized field: Painting. University: Universidad Politécnica de Valencia. [UPV], Valencia, Spain. Date: September 30, 1990
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Sobre homens e esconderijos. Teatro Jordão. Guimarães. Práticas de resistência: dramaturgia e processos criativos em performance. October 18, 2024.
I love you; do I love you? I don’t love you. The Blue Room, Milford House, Ireland. Live Art Ireland. June 15, 2024
Performance Typologies. Starptelpa 2023. The Big Hall, Art Academy of Latvia, Riga. June 17, 2023.
The Guilt. XI Festival Internacional de Performance Acciones al Margen. Bucaramanga, Colombia. June 1, 2022. Ministry of Culture, Colombia.
A pandemic disenchantment. Spring Performance Art Festival, Madrid. April 6th, 2022. Curators: María Fernández Valle y Elisa Miravalles Arija.
Nation. Acción MAD, Madrid, Spain. November 1st, 2019. Curator: Nieves Correa / Photographer: Paco Justicia, Yolanda Pérez Herreras y Abel Loureda.
About the transience. Ana Lama Gallery. Lisbon (Portugal). January, 20th, 2019. Curators: Nuno Oliveira, Margarida Chambel / Photographers: Nuno Oliveira, Beatriz Moriano
1 Performance = 0,99 €. Kunstpodium gallery, Tilburg (The Netherlands). October 14th, 2018. Curator: Klaartje Esch / Photographer: Edvan Coutinho Van Eeghem.
Something is flying over my head. OPCJA Gallery, Kraków (Poland). May 10th, 2018. Curator: Artur Tajber. Photographer: Arti Grabowski.
Streching. Complutense University, Madrid. May 5th, 2017. Curators: María Fernández Valle & Jesús García Plata. Photographer: Franc Blanes.
10 cliches of performance art. Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea Galicia, Spain. December 3th, 2016. Photographer: Alba Blanco.
BINGO! XXX Congress of Psychodrama. October 23, 2015
Diritti e silenzi (II). [Atto effimero senza ambizioni (AESA) # 4]. November 30th, 2014. TPA / torinoPERFORMANCEART 2014. Terza edizione. Torino, Italy. Curator: Maria Maco. Photographer: Guido Salvini.
Nation. [Unpretentious Ephemeral Act (UEA) #3]. September 27th, 2014. I Symposium of Action Art, Octubre Cultural Center, Valencia, Spain. Curated by: Nelo Vilar.
Forced Union. [Unpretentious Ephemeral Act (UEA) #2]. X International Performance Meetign, Georna, Spain. September 13, 2014. Curator: Joan Casellas.
From A to Z. LAPSody Festival. University of the Arts, Theatre Academy Helsinki. Studio 3. Helsinki. Finland. May 31th, 2013. Curator: Annete Arlander.
Rights and Silences. [Unpretentious Ephemeral Act (UEA) #1]. EXPLURART 2014. Martín Codax Auditory. Vigo School of Music, Spain. Sound editing: Pascual Pérez Porcar. April 3, 2014. Curator: Rafa Yebra.
Talking to myself. Mc Glade Gallery. Sydney, Australia. August 22, 2012. Curator: Jennifer Carpenter.
Speak. Nau Estruch. Espai de práctiques performátiques, Sabadell, Spain. May 11, 2012. Comisariado: Oscar Abril Ascaso.
Wrong code. Line Up Action International Performance Festival. Casa das Caldeiras, Coimbra, Portugal. November 22, 2010. Curator: António Azenha
Out of Place. A Sala, Porto, Portugal. November 14, 2009. Curator: Susana Chiocca
A matter of principles (I). Escuela de Arte y Superior de Diseño de Soria, Spain. April 17, 2008. Curator: Gloria Rubio Largo.
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Artist in Residence. New Space Arts Fundation. Conducted by Le Brothers (Thanh Le Ngoc and Hai Le Duc.https://www.lebrothers.net/). Hue City, Vietnam. Period: April-May 2025.
Artist in Residence. Considering Time. Conducted by Mariliym Arsem. Organized by Live Art Ireland. Milford House, Ireland. Workspaces Grant, Comhairle Ealaíon / The Arts Council, Creative Europe Moves. Period: June 2024.
Research Project. “Excellence” R+D Projects and “Research Challenges” R+D+I Projects General Directorate for Scientific and Technical Research General Sub-Directorate for Research Projects. Institution: Secretary of State for Research, Development and Innovation of the Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness. Project title: Recovery of pioneering practices of performance art from the Spanish historical avant-garde and its contribution to the history of European performance art. Period: Two years (2015-2016)
Extraordinary PhD Award. Institution: University of Valencia (Spain). 2009.
Grants for cultural action and promotion. Institution: Ministry of Culture of Spain. Host Center: Palace of Exhibitions of the City of Buenos Aires. Expotrastiendas International Art Fair. City of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Period: September 2008.
Artist in Residence. Institution: Valparaíso Foundation. Mojacar, Malaga, Spain. Period: From July 03 to July 29, 2007
Foreign researcher. Institution: Faculty of Arts and Literature. University of Havana, Havana, Cuba. Period: January-February, 2005. Object of the stay: Research
Guest Researcher. Institution: Photography Museum (Fototeca de Cuba). Period: From January 26 to February 18, 2004.
Artist in residence. Institution: Culture* AT. Culture and Heritage as development factors in the cities of the Atlantic Arc. Host Center: Municipal Foundation of Culture of the City Council of Gijón, Spain. Period: From September 1 to September 20, 2003.
Artist in residence. Institution: Plan LEADER II. Paradanta. Host Center: Mancomunidade de A Paradanta, Pontevedra. Period: June, 2001.
Artist in residence. Institution: Art and Law Foundation. Host Center: In Havana: UNEAC (National Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba). In Seattle: School of Arts. University of Washington. Period: 3 months in the city of Havana and 3 months in the city of Seattle (USA). Period: 2000-2001
Artist in residence. Institution: General Directorate for Cultural Cooperation and Communication of the Ministry of Education and Culture of Spain. Host Center: College of Spain in Paris. Paris. France. Period: From September 1 to December 31, 2000.
Artist in residence. Institution: Kultursekretariat Nordrhein-Westfalen. Secretary of Culture of Rhineland Westphalia (Germany). Host Center: Kultursekretariat Nordrhein-Westfalen, Cologne, Germany. Period: March-April 2000.
Artist in residence. Institution: Conwy County Borough Council (Wales. United Kingdom), Künstlergut Prösitz e. V. (KGP) of Prösit (Germany), Kaleidoscope Cultural Program of the European Commission and Barco de Valdeorras City Council (Ourense). Host Center: Delegation of Culture of the City Council of Barco de Valdeorras, Ourense, Spain. Period: From July 17 to 28, 1997.
Guest artist. Reencontre Internationale de collectifs d'artistes Movimiento-Inertia, approved by the General Directorate for Cultural Action and Audiovisual Policy of the European Commission [Project Ref. K951-219]. Institution: Department of Sculpture of the Faculty of S. Carlos de Valencia, Spain / a.s.b.l. Les Brasseurs, Liège / ICA Proton, Amsterdam. Period: From January 6 to October 10, 1996.
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Director. Performance International Festival. Chámalle X. This festival lasted ten consecutive years: from 2004 to 2014. Each edition has its catalog and a video DVD where the performances presented are documented. During these ten years, more than 150 Spanish and foreign artists have passed through. Web page: http://chamalle.webs.uvigo.es/?lang=es
Researching Group Image and contexts. Organization: University of Vigo. Department: Painting. Lines of investigation: 1. Galician historical and contemporary photography. 2. Performance art. 3. Performance art and Photography. 4. Peripheral identities and artistic practices around the New Masculinities and LGBTIQ+ culture. Period: From 2006 to the present
Director. Talking about performance.Type of event: conferences. Sponsor Institution: Xunta de Galicia. Host Institution: Galician Center for Contemporary Art (CGAC), Santiago de Compostela, Spain. Period: from March 29-30, 2006.
Director: Performance in the urban space: Art against sexist violence, urban space of Pontevedra. Sponsor Institution: Vigo University. Host Institution: Fine Arts Faculty.
Curator. Approaches to contemporary Spanish performance. Sponsor Institution: Ministry of Culture of Spain. Host Center: Palace of Exhibitions of the City of Buenos Aires. City of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Period: From September 13 to September 18, 2008
Co-director with Marta Pol Rigau. FUGAS E INTERFERENCIAS. International Performance Art Conference. The conference is organized by the University of Vigo and the Museum of Galician Contemporary Art (CGAC). The main objective of the conference will be focused on the analysis and reflection of performance art new approaches, both from practice and from theoretical reflection. From 2016 to the present. Web page: https://fugaseinterferencias.com/
Director. Between the theater and the performance art: current situation and perspectives of Galician artists. Round table. Institution: University of Vigo. Host Center: Faculty of Fine Arts of Pontevedra. Date: September 20, 2017
Director. Around the performance. Type: Dialogue with artists. Institution: University of Vigo. Host Center: Casa das Campas, Pontevedra, Spain. From 2019 to the present. (Four editions).
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