Education
Formal education
Masters in Cultural Management (2022)
Open University of Catalonia (UOC) and University of Girona
Honours for Analytical Projects Design and Consultancy.
Dissertation Puppets, Contemporaneity and Dramaturgy. A comparative study between the United Kingdom and Catalonia, with a final grade of 9,6.
Fine Arts (BA) (2013)
University of Barcelona
Honours for Concepts of Contemporary Arts.
Costume Design and Making (2012-2013)
Nottingham Trent University
Erasmus Exchange Programme.
Characterisation (makeup and hairdrassing for TV and theatre) (2009)
Salvador Seguí College
Winner of the prize for the best final project. Apprenticeship at DDT sfx, winners of an Oscar for The Pan’s Labyrinth, working on films like Agora, by Alejandro Amenábar (2009) and Broken Embraces, by Pedro Almodóvar (2009).
Training
Certificate in Advanced English (2020). Cambridge Assessment English. Grade A, with a C2 level.
Running online workshops (2020). Training for change.
Running Great Workshops (2020). Tripod.
Lab with Dalija Acin Thelander (2019). Starcatchers.
Finding the moment, with Mervyn Millar (2018). Puppet Animation Scotland.
Object Theatre, with Olivier Ducas (2017). Puppet Animation Scotland.
Multisensory Storytelling (2016). The Village Storytelling Centre.
Puppets and text, with Mervyn Millar (2016). Puppet Animation Scotland.
Supportive Storytelling (2016). The Village Storytelling Centre.
Puppetry for beginners, with Mervyn Millar (2016). Puppet Animation Scotland.
Work experience
Productions, designs and collaborations
Himmelweg, by Atrium Escena Digital (2022). Performer and puppetry design and making. Script writing by Juan Mayorga. Direction by Raimon Molins. Premiered at Teatre Akadèmia.
The Enchanted forest, by Cutting Edge Theatre Produccions (2022). Puppet design and making. Devised by Suzanne Lofthus. Puppetry design and making adapted to people with disabilities.
What I Know (about what my Grandfather didn’t know), by Sònia Gardés (2021). Dramaturgy and direction assistance by Marta Aran. Premiered at Teatre Principal d’Olot and previously presented at the Centre for Contemporary Arts in Glasgow (2017), the Amsterdam Storytelling Festival (2018) and the Assembly Roxy in Edinburgh (2019).
A(u)nti(e) Empire, by Julia Taudevin (2020). Costume, makeup, hairdressing and sfx design and making. By Julia Taudevin and directed by Niamh McKeown. Theatre version presented at Summerhall Edinburgh and shortfilm presented at the London Short Film Festival (2021), Glasgow Short Film Festival (2021), Concorto Film Festival (2021), Interfilm Berlin (2021) and Underwire Festival (2021).
Big Wee Bee, by Sònia Gardés (2020). Presented at the Something Has to Happen Festival in Glasgow (2020), the Edinburgh Multilingual Stories Festival (2019) and the Manipulate Festival (2019), with the support of Puppet Animation Scotland.
Storm, by Vision Mechanics (2020). Puppeteer for a 10m tall puppet. Premiered at Celtic Connections 2020.
I like to fly, by the National Theatre of Qatar (2020). Makeup design assistant. Assisting costume designer Mona Kastell.
Ioga Le Pupaid, by Sònia Gardés and Theatre Gu Leòr (2019). Co-production, puppet design and making and puppeteering. Presented at the West End Festival de Glasgow (2019), the Mòd Festival (2016) and the Edinburgh Children’s Festival (2016), with the support of Imaginate.
Ulysses, by the Abbey Theatre, Dublin (2019). Puppet making assistance. Assisting puppet designer and maker Gavin Glover.
Circus Cabaret, by Astoria Club (2013). Head of costume, makeup and hairdressing. Direction by Anna Carner.
Residencies
VR Theatre, by National Theatre of Scotland and The Envelope Room (2019). Scotland. Artist in residence exploring VR on stage with a final presentation at the Dundee Rep.
Young Artist, by the Federation for European Storytelling (2018). Belgium. Artist in residence at the Alden Biesen International Storytelling Festival.
Young Artist, at the Amsterdam Storytelling Festival (2018). The Netherlands. Artist in residence presenting the show What I Know (about what my Grandfather didn’t know).
Artist in residence, at the The Village Storytelling Festival (2017). Scotland. Artist in residence presenting the closing show for the festival at the Centre for Contemporary Arts in Glasgow.
Facilitation and Cultural Management
Art and theatre design and facilitation. ConArte Internacional (2023-). Girona. Session designs for primary school groups for the project Planters.
Stage Management. Sismògraf Festival (2023). Olot. For the shows Opium Clippers, by Neja Tomšič and Frock, by Stopgap Dance Company.
Cultural Management and facilitation. PROCrea (2023). Selection panel for the PROCrea grant and discussion facilitation after the shows of work-in-progress with Bruno Valls.
Production and Stage Management. Olot Cultura (2022). Olot. Apprenticeship for the Masters in Cultural Management for the Music and Theatre sections.
Associate Professor. University of Barcelona (2013-2015 and 2021 to now). Barcelona. Member of the teaching innovation group ATESI (Art, Land, Teaching Strategy, Sustainability and Social Intervention). Speaker at the Simposium MecA, II Congress for the creation of effective methodologies for the artistic creation. Research and teaching (2019). Writer of a chapter for the book Dimensions XX. Women’s Genealogies. Art, research and teaching. Volume II. 2015. Speaker at the Simposium Idea (National Simposium for Teaching Innovation in Arts studies) (2014).
Facilitator and co-facilitator. The Village Storytelling Centre (2019-2020). Glasgow, Scotland. In storytelling projects with children in risk of social exclusion.
Workshop facilitator. Cutting Edge Theatre Productions (2019-2020). Fife, Scotland. Puppetry workshops and direction for adults with disabilities.
Storyteller and project coordinator. Wee Spanish Mobile Library (2016-2018). Storytelling and project coordination for the multilingual project with mobile library transported by bicycle designed by Familias en Glasgow with the support of the Big Lottery Fund and Glasgow City Council. The project included storytelling in parks, primary schools and early years centers, teaching Spanish following the Scottish curriculum for excellence.