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NEREA AZANZA
MY LINES - MY DNA

Bio
Nerea Azanza is a Spanish emerging contemporary visual artist based in Paris.
Due to her background as a scientist and restorer of Cultural Heritage, she is passionate about managing different materials in space, looking for patterns, developing mutations, and visual cloning.
Nerea Azanza has a Ph.D. in Fine Arts, and an MFA in Conservation-Restoration of Cultural Heritage from the Fine Arts Faculty of the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM, Spain) where she studied with the artist Antonio López García, and also worked as an art teacher. She has been a Preventive Conservator and Restorer of wax anatomical models at the Anatomical Museum of the Faculty of Medicine of the UCM, and at “The Museum of Human Evolution” (Atapuerca, Burgos, Spain) in collaboration with Professor J. L. Arsuaga.
Back to making art in 2018, she is a finalist in the Clavecin de France Art Contest 2022, organized in collaboration with the UNTERLINDEN Museum (Colmar, France); she is also a semi-finalist in the COCA PROJECT 2020 and has worked with artists such as Philippine Schaefer and Anna Uchiyama amongst others. Her work has been exhibited in collective exhibitions in Spain, Chicago, New York, Colmar, Monaco, and Paris, and published by galleries in Basel and Spain (ModPortrait). Her first solo show took place in 2021 in Paris with Galerie Estrella.
Curriculum Vitae
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
Ph.D IN FINE ARTS
NOVEMBER 2015
Fine Arts Faculty, Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM), Spain.
Doctoral Thesis: Cirugía Restauradora. Restauración Estructural de Modelos Anatómicos en Cera. (Restorative Surgery. Structural Restoration of Wax Anatomical Models).
Directed by Dra. Alicia Sánchez Ortiz (UCM) and Prof. José Ignacio Pastor Caño (UPM).
MFA - POSTGRADUATE MASTER IN FINE ARTS
JUNE 2009
Fine Arts Faculty, Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM), Spain.
Conservation-Restoration, Preventive Conservation and Exhibition of Cultural Heritage.
BACHELOR IN FINE ARTS SUMMA CUM LAUDE
JUNE 2008
Fine Arts Faculty, Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM), Spain.
Double Specialty: Visual Arts and Conservation-Restoration.
EXHIBITIONS
DECEMBER 1ST 2021 - JANUARY 31ST 2022
UNTERLINDEN MUSEUM
COLMAR, FRANCE
OCTOBER 15TH - DECEMBER 12TH 2022
Exhibition of the six finalist artworks from the Clavecin en France Art Contest 2022, in connection with the Fabienne Verdier solo exhibition at The Unterlinden Museum
EPHEMERAL / ETERNAL
NEW YORK, USA
JUNE 25TH - JULY 31ST 2022
Online Collective Exhibition
Visionary Art Collective
DISRUPTED
BARCELONA, SPAIN
MARCH 14TH 2022 - APRIL 30TH 2022
Online Collective Exhibition
WO Foundation
MONUMENTAL
CHICAGO, USA
Online Collective Exhibition
Sergio Gomez Curates Gallery
UNE RECONTRE, UNE HISTOIRE, UNE RELATION
PARIS, FRANCE
19TH - 24TH OCTOBER 2021
Collective Exhibition
Galerie Estrella
METAMORPHOSIS: THE ART OF TRANSFORMATION
NEW YORK, USA
SEPTEMBER - OCTOBER 2021
Online Collective Exhibition
Visionary Art Collective
SEPTEMBER 1ST - OCTOBER 31ST 2021
OPENING
CHICAGO, USA
Online Collective Exhibition
Sergio Gomez Curates Gallery
DNA SOLO SHOW
PARIS, FRANCE
JULY 1ST - SEPTEMBER 30TH 2021
Online Solo Exhibition of The DNA Series
Galerie Estrella
DNA SOLO SHOW (CANCELLED DUE TO COVID19)
PARIS, FRANCE
MAY - JULY 2020
Gallery 15 Martel
JUNE 2003
LA DANZA - CENTRO CULTURAL TORRELODONES
TORRELODONES, SPAIN
Collective Exhibition
JUNE 28TH – JULY 4TH, 1997
AGRUPACIÓN ARTÍSTICA ARAGONESA
ZARAGOZA, SPAIN
Collective Exhibition
JUNE 28TH – JULY 4TH, 1996
AGRUPACIÓN ARTÍSTICA ARAGONESA
ZARAGOZA, SPAIN
Collective Exhibition
AWARDS AND HONORS
FINALIST - CLAVECIN EN FRANCE ART CONTEST 2022
MAY 2022
Organized by Clavecin en France in collaboration with The UNTERLINDEN Museum
Colmar, France
SEMI FINALIST - COCA PROJECT 2020
2020
Presented a Land Art Project (Installation Art)
COCA – Center of Contemporary Artists.
The House of Collectors. Italy.
VALEDICTORIAN
2007/2008 CLASS
Fine Arts Faculty, Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM), Spain
1ST PRIZE AS PROFESSIONAL COPYIST OF OIL PAINT ON CANVAS CLASSIC MASTERS
MAY 1996
Agrupación Artística Aragonesa, Zaragoza, Spain.
PUBLICATIONS
NEW VISIONARY MAGAZINE Nº2
APRIL 2022
Published by Visionary Art Collective
Brooklyn, New York, USA
GUÍA DE ARTE LEONARDO 2021
2021
Collective Book - Invitation by the Director of the MEAM Museum (Barcelona, Spain), ModPortrait and Galería arteLibre
Publisher: José Enrique González (Zaragoza, Spain)
Publication of 5 pieces of the DNA Series, Bio and Art Statement full page
ANNA UCHIYAMA. MUSE AND MODEL
JUNE 2021
Book – Collective Publication compelling the pieces developed by 42 international contemporary artists inspired by the Japanese artistic model Anna Uchiyama
Project Leader: Felix Ackermann – Director of the Gallery Heuberg24/Raum für Kunst – Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
Publisher: Frizt Franz Vogel
Editors: Aki Norton – Tokyo (Japan) & Cole Norton – USA, Tokyo based.
Included piece: Origin. Installation. Mixed Media on Japanese paper and artisanal ecofriendly textile with golden leaf. Piece developed in collaboration with Fine Artist Photographer Philippine Schaefer
CIRUGÍA RESTAURADORA.
RESTAURACIÓN ESTRUCTURAL DE MODELOS ANATÓMICOS EN CERA
NOVEMBER 2015
Book - Doctoral Thesis
Directed by Dra. A. Sánchez Ortiz (UCM) and Prof. J. I. Pastor Caño (UPM)
Publisher: Fine Arts Faculty, Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM), Spain.
PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
COLLECTION « GABINETE DE DIBUJOS »
2008
Fine Arts Faculty, Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM), Espagne
Included piece : Untitled – Mixed Media design on paper
WORK EXPERIENCE
DIRECTOR AZANZA.ART
2018 - TODAY
Freelance Multidisciplinary Artist
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Visual Artist (Painting, Collage, Photography, Mixed Media, and Installation Art)
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Designer (analogic design)
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Artistic Director
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Art Educator - Teaching Art Online in Spanish and English
ARTISTIC COACH
2015 - 2019
MUSEO DE LA EVOLUCIÓN HUMANA, BURGOS, SPAIN
(MUSEUM OF HUMAN EVOLUTION)
2014 - 2015
Structural Restorer and Preventive Conservator of Wax Anatomical Models for “Cuerpos de cera” (Wax Bodies)
Exhibit at Museo de la Evolución Humana. Burgos, Spain.
In collaboration with Dra. A. Sanchez Ortiz and Prof. J. L. Arsuaga, Museum Director.
ANATOMY MUSEUM “JAVIER LA PUERTA”
MEDICINE FACULTY OF UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID (UCM)
MADRID, SPAIN
2011 - 2015
Preventive Conservator-Restorer of Wax Anatomical Models.
FACULTY OF ENGINEER (ETS) OF THE UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID (UPV)
MADRID, SPAIN
2013 - 2015
Scientific Researcher specialized in deterioration processes of wax materials and their structural restoration .
Department of Physics Materials, in collaboration with Prof. J. I. Pastor Caño
2011 - 2015
FINE ARTS FACULTY OF THE UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID (UCM) MADRID, SPAIN
Teacher in Honorific Collaboration under a FPI UCM Program, Spain.
Subjects:
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“Restoration of Paints on Canvas”
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“Introduction to Color”
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“Drawing from the Natural III”
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“Visual Artistic Techniques”
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“Art Concepts and Creative Process”
2011 - 2015
FINE ARTS FACULTY OF THE UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID (UCM) MADRID, SPAIN
Researcher in development of the Doctoral Thesis: Cirugía Restauradora. Restauración Estructural de Modelos Anatómicos en Cera. (Restorative Surgery. Structural Restoration of Wax Anatomical Models).
Directed by Dra. A. Sánchez Ortiz (UCM) and Prof. J. I. Pastor Caño (UPM).
NATIONAL RESEARCH PROJECT I+D+I
2010 - 2012
Researcher. Incorporation in the National Research Project I+D+i “El arte de la ceroplástica anatómica: caracterización de materiales y metodología de actuación en conservación de colecciones de modelos anatómicos en cera (Museos Anatómicos Facultad de Medicina UCM y Valladolid)” “The Art of Anatomical Ceroplastics: Materials Characterization and Intervention Methodology in Conservation of Collections of Wax Anatomical Models (Anatomic Museums of Faculty Medicine UCM and Valladolid, Madrid, Spain) Ref. HAR2009-10679.
FUNDACIÓN JOSÉ FÉLIX LLOPIS
MADRID, SPAIN
2008 - 2010
Restorer of colonial paintings on canvas. J. F. Llopis Private Collection. Fundación Llopis, Madrid, Spain.
Art Collection Cataloger – Collection of colonial paintings, colonial goldsmith, Pre-Columbian art of J. F. Llopis Private Collection.
BEA STUDIO
ZARAGOZA, SPAIN
1995 - 2001
Professional Copyist of Classic Masters (Oil on Canvas and Pastel on Paper)
SCHOLARSHIPS AND GRANTS
CHÂTEAU D’ORQUEVAUX INTERNATIONAL ARTIST RESIDENCY ORQUEVAUX, FRANCE
NOVEMBER 2018
Artist in Residence
FPI PHD SCHOLARSHIP UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID
MADRID, SPAIN
ACADEMIC YEARS
2011 TO 2015
Grant to support the Research Fellowship (FPI UCM Program, Spain) for the Doctoral Thesis: Cirugía Restauradora. Restauración Estructural de Modelos Anatómicos en Cera. (Restorative Surgery. Structural Restoration of Wax Anatomical Models).
II HERITAGE AND DIGITAL INNOVATION SEMINAR
ALCALÁ DE HENARES, SPAIN
SEPTEMBER 2012
Fundación Carlos de Amberes. Grant given to the best 2012 Fine Arts Student of the UCM. Madrid, Spain.
INSTITUTO DE CRÉDITO OFICIAL (ICO)
MADRID SPAIN
ACADEMIC YEAR 2009/10
Scholarship to support the Postgraduate Master in Fine Arts: Conservation-Restoration, Preventive Conservation and Exhibition of Cultural Heritage. Fine Arts Faculty, UCM, Madrid, Spain.
ARTISTIC TRAINING PROGRAM DIRECTED BY ANTONIO LÓPEZ GARCÍA
EL ESCORIAL, SPAIN
JUNE 30TH - AUGUST 15TH, 2008
Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM) Scholarship.
Program: Learning Art Techniques and Development of Creative Process from the Remarkable Spanish Artist Antonio López García