Josep Cañada

Biographical sketch

Birth
Barcelona, 1951
Training
School of Arts and Crafts in Barcelona (Llotja), 1964-1970.
The Barcelona School of Printmaking, 1975-1978.
Graphic Design.
Activities
Individual and group exhibitions in various countries (Catalonia, France, Andorra, Argentina, Spain, Holland, Japan, etc.)
Teacher of Drawing at Mas Media. Barcelona, 1976-1978.
Participation in various biennials.
Editor of 8 folders with works of various artists and writers, 1980-1987.
Participation in the 7th Exhibition of Contemporary Art of Catalonia and Andorra, 1988.
Participation in the International Art Fair. Aux (France), 1989-1990.
Participation in the tribute to Eugene Delacroix and Artur Rimbau. Aux (France), 1991.
Exhibition at the Carmen Cloister, Maó (Minorca - Balearic Islands), 1991.
Coordinator, along with Jesús Pedrola and Xavier Ripoll of L’Abecedari de la Llibertat (The Alphabet of Freedom) of Corbera d'Ebre (Tarragona), 1995
Participation in the Detours Art Fair, Billere - Pau (França), 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995.
Designer and coordinator of the book, Abecedari de la Llibertat – Missatge escrit (The Alpahbet of Freedom – Written Message), 1997.
Exhibition at the Pont del Mil•lenari Museum, (Tortosa), within the acts of homage to Pablo Picasso, 1998.
Director of the artistic space «The Gespa Room» of Barcelona, 1998-2001.
Project Coordinator of La mirada de l’altre (The Look of the Other), from 1998 to 2001.
Exhibitions curator in Corbera d'Ebre of the Forum of Cultures of Barcelona, 2004.
Participation in the book Derechos Humanos (Human Rights) at the invitation of the University of Lanús (Argentina), 2008
Participation in the Unesco Art Camp. Andorra, 2008.
Curator of the Art Biennials of Corbera d'Ebre (Tarragona), 2009 and 2011.
Co-director, along with Jesús Pedrola, of the Museum of Art al Ras, Caseres (Tarragona).
Director and editor of the art magazine Mansanes i Pataques. Terra Alta (Tarragona).
Founding member of the cultural association Zero mig partit pel mig.
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