PILAR VIVIENTE

Artist, Writer, and Musician in Altea, Spain

PILAR VIVIENTE

Artist, Writer, and Musician in Altea, Spain

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María Pilar Viviente Solé (Madrid, 1958) is a multidisciplinary artist of the "reflective generation" of the 90s in Spain (EL PAÍS 15 Ago 1989). Best National Degree Award (1987), FPI Dissertation Research Fellowship (1988-1992), Doctor by the UB (1993), she is lecturer and PhD advisor at the Faculty of Fine Arts, UMH, since 1998, being Dir. of Drawing Area 7yr. and IRO 2yr. She is (since): 1997 InSEA member (UNESCO); 2012 Agent of Peace, Nipissing University Peace Research; 2013, Woman of Action; 2018 CR (Spain) of VOWW, NY; 2021 IYS CD (Spain), 2021 Special AMB of Arts & Cultural Dialogue, Prince Osman Mediterranean Center Foundation.

With nearly 200 publications on her autorship, both national and international, she has published in media as Grupo Noticias, The Word UK, Socialist Factor magazine; art and culture magazines as Arte Omega, La Brecha, Km 0, El Temps d'Art, The Blue Lotus, Crisis - Erial Ediciones; academic journals as Arte, Individuo y Sociedad, Reencuentro: Análisis de problemas universitarios, Visual Culture & Gender, UMH Sapiens, Hofstra Hispanic Review; and art catalogs and proceedings books. She has also curated exhibitions and gave presentations at seminars and conferences, being a Keynote Speaker.

From 1985 til now she has put over around 200 national and international exhibitions in galleries, museums, and art spaces, taking part in Biennales and Fairs. She has performed her music in Piano Recitals and performances. Her work is represented in important Museums as MACBA and Private and Public Collections all over the world, and is on sale at ART GALLERIES: Maeght, Paris; Jorge Alcolea, Madrid; Klaus Kramer, Sto. Domingo; Contempera, Amsterdam; Art Eterne, New Delhi; Cortabitarte, Soria; Subastas Durán, Madrid; Prince Osman Mediterranean Center, Alicante/Miami; Eka & Moor / Santana Art Gallery, Madrid; Paul Cabezas, NY; Sala Aires, Cordova; Vizionnaire, Kyoto; Abartium, Barcelona; MADS, Milan; Michel Menendez, Pamplona; Saphira Ventura, NY.

COLLECTIONS (Selection): MACBA, Hotel Arts, IEC, UB, Abartium (Barcelona); Fondation Satsuma, Colegio de España, Galerie Maegh (Paris); Fundación FC, Diputación de Aragón, CAI, UZ (Zaragoza); UMH, Elche; MGEC Museum, Marbella; MC, MEC, BNE (Madrid); Venusberg Museum, Frankfurt; Progressive Corporation, Orensanz Foundation, NYC AIDS Memorial Archives (NY); Ploiesti Art Museum, Romania; Çukurova University, Turkey; Soncino Comune, Italy, Museari, Valencia; Haegeumgang Theme Museum, Korea.