José Luis Viñas (Born in Madrid 1972, lives in Palencia, Spain)
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Bachelor in Fine Arts by Universidad Complutense, Madrid. Since 2012 he teaches Art at Secondary-School in Venta de Baños (Palencia-Spain). In 2021, he joins as teacher “Biologic-art”, summer program in Universidad de León ULE, about the relationship between Contemporary Art& Biology
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He soon exhibited his first artworks in solo shows in Madrid and Barcelona, as a promising emergent artist. In 2003, he got a work destination as a Secondary School Art Teacher in a very remote small town located in Northern Spain. His artistic work encompasses Anthropology, Biology and Ecology ever since; focused on extinction events.
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In 2016, he wins MUSAC/Lab 987 Art grant with the project “Comunidad Fantasma”. In 2021, he wins Fundación Castilla León Art grant with the project “Extinción/Ideal”.
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His artworks about extinction within Iberian rural communities have been exhibited in some notorious places: Art galleries like Luis Adelantado (Valencia-Spain), Contemporary Art Museums like MUSAC (León-Spain) and prominent cultural institutions like Accademia de Spagna (Rome-Italy) or Fundación Díaz Caneja (Falencia-Spain).
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His recent projects about current global loss of biodiversity have been often featured as mixed formats between Art, Science and Education: exhibitions, lectures, talks and debates. In 2018, he organizes a workshop, one lecture and a small exhibition at Fundación Cerezales Antonino&Cinia (León-Spain). In 2019, he shows his projects& views in a master class at Programa de Estudios Independientes PEI/ MACBA (Barcelone-Spain) as part of the section on cultural ecologies. In 2020 and 2024, he participates in VI Encuentro de Cultura y Ciudadanía, and VII Encuentro Cultura y Ruralidades, both organized by Spanish Culture Ministry.
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His work has been studied by Raquel Gonzalez Rodelgo in her Doctoral Thesis at Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, UAM about “Ruins in Contemporary Spanish Art”, together with other artist´s works. In 2024, a first specific publication -When insects resurrect- is released by Fundación Díaz Caneja.
