May 11, 2013

Antoni Abad (ES)

Born in Lleida 1956, based in Barcelona.

B.A. History of Art, Barcelona University 1979 and European Media Master, Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona 1997.

Guest teacher at Le Fresnoy, Studio National des Arts Contemporains, Tourcoing, France 2000-2001; Almost Perfect Residency, The Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff, Alberta, Canadá 2008; Interactivos? El proceso como paradigma, Laboral, Centro de Arte y Creación Industrial, Gijón 2009.

His projects have been presented at the Espacio Uno/Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid 1997; Museo de Arte Moderno de Buenos Aires 1999; 2ª Bienal Iberoamericana de Lima 1999; MECAD/ZKM’net_condition, Karlsruhe 1999; Dapertutto La Biennale di Venezia 1999; Media Lounge/New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York 2001; Hamburger Banhof, Berlin 2002; Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona 2003; P.S.1./MOMA, New York 2003; Centro Cultural de España, México DF 2004; 1ª Bienal de Sevilla 2004; Centre d’Art La Panera, Lleida 2005; Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León 2005; La Casa Encendida, Madrid 2005; Centre d’Art Santa Mònica, Barcelona 2006; Estrecho dudoso: Tráficos, Fundación Teorética, San José de Costa Rica 2006; Centro Cultural Sao Paulo, Brasil 2007; Centre d’Art Contemporaine, Geneva 2008; Der diskrete charme der technologie, ZKM Karlsruhe, Germany 2008; Souls & machines, Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid 2008; Festival de la Imagen de Manizales, Colombia 2009; Bienal Mercosul, Porto Alegre, Brasil 2009; Pixelache Festival, Helsinki, Finland 2010; The Blind Point of View, Barcelona 2011; Queens Museum, New York 2012 and Concordia University, Montreal, Canada 2012.

The project BARCELONA*accessible was given the National Visual Arts Award of the Generalitat de Catalunya, and the Golden Nica Digital Communities of the Prix Ars Electronica Festival of Linz, Austria 2006. In 2009 Antoni Abad was given the Innovae award from the Fundación Española de Ciencia y Tecnología FECYT.