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Gabriela Muñagorri Mendiola (1974). Lives and works in Donostia-San Sebastián.
She’s an Artist and a Lecturer. She is a Lecturer and Researcher at theFaculty of Fine Arts of the University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU (Department of Sculpture and Art and Technology).
It combines artistic activity with teaching and research activity. during theperiod 2012-2025, he also designs textile surface patterns and theirapplications in fashion and interior designs.
Studies / Residencies (selection)
2025. Ph.D. in Fine Arts, UPV/EHU. La performatividad del vestido de moda. El vestido de moda barthesiano de Maison Martin Margiela (1967,1999).
2025 (September). Artist residency, Tabakalera, San Sebastián.
2010. DEA, Creación e Investigación en Arte -Creation and Research in Art-, UPV/EHU, Bilbao.
2002. Malas formas, workshop given by Txomin Badiola, MACBA, Barcelona.
2001-2002. Artist residency, Hangar, Barcelona.
1999-2012. Temporals Artist residency, Arteleku, San Sebastián.
1998. Entrecuerpos, workshop, Arteleku, San Sebastián.
1997-1999. Doctoral program, Práctica y Límite de la Escultura -Practic and Limits of Sculpture-, UPV/EHU, Bilbao.
1997. Bachelor in Fine Arts, UPV/EHU, Bilbao.
2025. Doctora en Bellas Artes por la UPV/EHU.
2025 (septiembre). Artista residente en Tabakalera, Donostia-San Sebastián.
2010. DEA, Creación e Investigación en Arte, UPV/EHU, Bilbao.
2002. Malas formas, impartido por Txomin Badiola, MACBA, Barcelona (BCN).
2001-2002. Artista residente en Hangar, Barcelona.
1999-2012. Residencias temporales en Arteleku, Donostia-San Sebastián.
1998. Taller Entrecuerpos, Arteleku, Donostia-San Sebastián.
1997-1999. Cursos de doctorado, Práctica y Límite de la Escultura, UPV/EHU, Lejona, Bilbao.
1997. Licenciatura en Bellas Artes, Especialidad en Escultura, UPV/EHU, Lejona, Bilbao.
Solo exhibitions
2023-2024. Ekain gallery, San Sebastián.
2017. Surface, Ekain gallery, San Sebastián.
2015. Textile Prototypes, Iñigo Axpe Showroom, San Sebastián.
2003. Guest Artists Series (curated by Jeletón), Ferran Cano gallery, Barcelona.
Group shows / Projects (selection)
2024. Gallery artists, Ekain gallery, San Sebastián.
2011-2023. X Aste Design (annual exhibition), Ekain gallery, San Sebastián.
2017. Artiola Competition Finalists, Craft Fair, Errenteria.
2015. Sustainable Fashion Week, Cristina Enea Foundation, San Sebastián.
2014. DFW INDUSTRY (Kutxa Kultur), Cristóbal Balenciaga Museum-CBM, Getaria.
2012. Open Studio, Arteleku.
2007. Finalists, XLII New Artists Contest, Sala KM, San Sebastián.
2004. Eva´s Dance, Arteleku, San Sebastián.
2001-2002. All Open Hangar, Barcelona.
2001. Graphic work, Ferran Cano gallery, Palma de Mallorca.
___________ All Open Hangar, Barcelona.
___________ Loop – Barcelona Art Experience, Sants Hotel, Barcelona.
___________ Art expo-Art emergent, Barcelona.
2000. A´ Suivre (alongside Sandra Cuesta), Arteleku, San Sebastián.
1997. Sculpture Students, Sala Araba, Vitoria.
1996. Sculpture Students, Sala Artea, Zumaia.
Collections
2025. GORDAILUA, Gipuzkoa Heritage Collections Centre – ARTIUM, Museum of Contemporary Art of the Basque Country, Vitoria. The Shared Collection of Basque Museums: Bilbao Fine Arts Museum, Tabakalera-International Centre for Contemporary Culture.
2023. IMATRA Archive, Bilbao.
2009-2024. Private collections San Sebastián, Barcelona, Taiwan.
Scholarships (selection)
2001-2002. Audiovisual Creation Grant from the Provincial Council of Gipuzkoa.
1998. Educational Cooperation Program between the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao and the Faculty of Fine Arts of the UPV/EHU.
1996. Erasmus Scholarship, School of Art of S’Hertogenbosch, Netherlands.
Publications (selection)
2017. «Real Clothing and Performativity: An Extension of Roland Barthes», Fashion through History, Costumes, Symbols, Communication, Vol I, edits. Giovanna Motta y Antonello Biagini, 500-510, Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
2019. «Cristóbal Balenciaga´s transformations of 1967. The power of subversive practice», La Forza della moda. Potere, rapresentazione, comunicazione, 311-325, edit. Giovanna Motta, Roma: Edizioni Nuova Cultura, Cuaderni del Dottorato Storia de´Europa.
2021. «Contemplating a legacy: Cristóbal Balenciaga and the work of Nicolas Ghesquière», First International Cristóbal Balenciaga Conferences Proceedings, 153-167, Getaria: Cristóbal Balenciaga Museum.
Congresses
2000. Superkongresua. Meeting de artistas, DAE, Jareño Cultural Center, San Sebastián.
2018. Congress The power of fashion, cultural history, communication. Creative Industries and the New Europe, opportunities and challenges. Fondazione Roma Sapienza, Roma.
2020. First International Congress on Cristóbal Balenciaga, Cristóbal Balenciaga Museum (CBM), Getaria.
2025. Second International Congress on Cristóbal Balenciaga, Cristóbal Balenciaga Museum (CBM), Getaria.
Coordination of Workshops and Teaching (selection)
2012, 2013. Coordination and teaching, Drawing and Fashion I and II, Arteleku, San Sebastián.
2012. Lecturer, Introduction to Fashion Illustration Course. Cristóbal Balenciaga Museum (CBM), Getaria.
2004-2009. Lecturer, LCI Higher School of Design and Fashion, Barcelona.
