MERCÈ GIRONA
EDUCATION
University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts. Bachelor Of Fine Arts in Painting& Sculpture
Hartford Art School, Hartford Connecticut
Berkshire Community College, Associate’s Degree in Fine Arts. Pittsfield
Massachusetts.
Art’s Student’s League , New York, NY, USA
The New School. Filmmaking. NY, NY, USA
Parson’s School of design in New York, NY USA
Escola Eina, Barcelona. Spain
ART EXPERIENCES
2018 Watercolor, The use of line and perspective.
2017 Workshops : Working with watercolor
2016 Painting : The use of color.
2015 Masterclasses Painting RB 56, Barcelona , Spain
2014-15 Master clases Watercolours. RB 56., Barcelona, Spain.
2011-13 Workshops . The use of “Mixed media & watercolours”
2010 “Playing with Matter: Painting and Jewelry” – TV interview on the program in “Els Matins de Josep Cuní”, Barcelona
2008 Residency at the Cat Art Contemporary Art Center, Sainte Colombe sur L’Hers, France
2007 Workshops on Pigments and Fresco Painting. Cat Art Contemporary Art Center. France.
2007 Curator of the collective exhibit “Works in Progress,” Espace Pilar Riberaygua, France.
2005 “Trends” – interview with Àngels Bronsoms, Com Radio. Barcelona, Spain.
2005 “Jewelry in the Art World” – round table, The Commons, Andorra la Vella
2005 Emision TV. Andorra, Round Table discussion “Jewelry as Art”, Andorra.
2003 “Conversations in My Studio” – interview, Barcelona TV, Barcelona. Spain.
1986 Residency in Martino Midali’s Showroom. Milan, Italy.
COLLECTIONS
2015 Juan Marciano Collection , Buenos Aires, Argentina.
1996 Bayer Collection, Barcelona , Spain.
1995 IMIM Collection, Barcelona, Spain.
SOLO EXHIBITS
2018 Selected for BDW (Barcelona Design Week)
2014-15 Open Doors, Poblenou Urban District. Barcelona. Spain.
2014 – Record´Art. Comissaire ;Arquitect julio Laviña, 40 participating galleries, with Patrik Domken, Cadaqués , Girona, Spain.
2014-15- Open Studio. Execution of a big size watercolour. Poblenou Crea, Barcelona. Spain.
2012 Galería Patrick J. Domken, Cadaqués, Paintings & light Sculptures. Girona, Spain
2012 “Orbits” – presentation of the video Orbits. Lo Pati Terres de l’Ebre Art Center, Amposta, Delta Del Ebre, Spain
2012 “Orbits”, Shhhh, Galería Safia, Barcelona, Spain
2010 “Work in Progress” A&D BCN, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
2010 Cubí 100, Barcelona, Spain.
2009 Espai Cavallers, Lleida, Spain.
2009 Fanjeaux, Magrite, Le Chemin. Art Fairs, Cathar Country, France.
2008 Open Door Contemporary Art Projects, curated by Lizzette LaFalle- Collins, Pennsylvania, USA.
2005 “Bits”, Pilar Riberaygua Gallery, Andorrala la Vella, Andorra.
2005 “Fragments of Thoughts” Espai Cavallers Gallery, Tarragona, Spain
2003 “Concealed Spaces” Alejandro Sales Gallery. Barcelona, Spain
2003 La Santa Gallery, Cultural Projects, Barcelona
2003-1991 Nota Bene Gallery. Cadaqués, Spain
1990 Brok Gallery. Barcelona, Spain.
1997 Introit Gallery. Vic, Spain.
1989 Nota Bene Gallery. Cadaqués, Spain
1988 Museum of Contemporary Art. Granollers, Catalonia, Spain.
1987 Nota Bene Gallery. Cadaqués, Spain
1986 Noesis Foundation. Calaceite, Aragon, Spain
1986 Martino Midali. Milan, Italy.
GROUP EXHIBITS
2016 Water Tower (Torre de les Aigües del Besós) Barcelona. Group exhibit inside the emblematic Water Tower constructed in 1880.
2016 MX ESPAI 1010 . XIII Contemporary Art Small Format International exhibit .
“Literary Cities”-Walter Benjamin.Presented at Xina Art Gallery/Barcelona; Arteria Gallery /Igualada-Spain; Galery Himmelreich, Magdeburg, Germany.
2015 Galería Xefo, Poblenou, Barcelona, Spain.
2015- VISIONAT Auction-Chez Xefo, Barcelona, Spai.
2014-Record´Art 2014. Comissioned by Julio Laviña. Patrick Domken gallery, Cadaqués, Spain.
2014 FluxClub, Video poetry. Showing Orbits. Barcelona, Spain
2014- La Plataforma. Exibit of new work of Sculptures for the Body. Barcelona. Spain.
2012 A&D BCN, Group Show, Murals. Barcelona. Spain
2012 Exhibit “Small Format” University of Ulster, Belfast, Ireland
2012 “Autobiography”, small format, Galeria MX Espai / Editions 1010, Barcelona
2011 “Crystallization of the Word” 10th Small Format International Contemporary Art Exhibit, MX Espai. Barcelona.
2008-09 Magrite, Fanjeaux, Le Chemin des Artistes Art Fair. France
2007-2008 International Art for Fashion. FCA, curated by Jerry Cullum, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
2007 “Works in Progress” Espace Pilar Riberaygua, Sainte Colombe sur l’Hers, France.
2004 “Emerging Spanish Artists”. Frazier Museum, Louisville, Kentucky, USA
2003 La Santa Gallery, Cultural Projects. Barcelona, Spain
2002 “La Caixa” Foundation. Santa Christina d’Aro, Spain
2002 Marges U Gallery. Cadaqués, Spain
2002 A.C. Rrose Selavy Gallery. Barcelona, Spain
2002 Marges U Gallery. Cadaqués, Spain
1997 Museum of Cadaqués. Cadaqués, Spain
1995 Loft Nota Bene. Cadaqués, Spain
1993 Carles Taché Gallery. Barcelona, Spain
1993 Palau Robert. Barcelona, Spain
1990 Monastery of Sant Miquel d’Escornalbou, Tarragona, Spain
1989 Tom Maddock Gallery. Barcelona, Spain
1987 “Street Painting” Tàrrega Art Festival. Tàrrega, Catalonia, Spain
1987 Pablo Serrano Gallery. Teruel, Aragon, Spain
PRESS
2018 Time out, Barcelona design Week –Pop Up, Fusion between Art and Design.
2017 Brava Casa Arquitectural magazine. Watercolors by Mercè Girona. Ukraine
2015 El Periódico. Chez Xefo, Abstract+Abstract.
2007 “Everything new at your fingertips”. TELVA Moda.
2005 “Art to admire, Art to wear” DIARI D’ANDORRA . Cultura .
2005 “Porfirio’s Bracelet: Mercè Girona”, DIARI D’ANDORRA. Cultura.
2003 “The Classicism of Kounellis, Caro and Todó, the Delicacy of Girona”, Olga Spiegel. LA VANGUARDIA. Cultura
2003 “Contained Spaces” Alejandro Sales Gallery, Barcelona. LA VANGUARDIA, Cultura
1998 “Unlimited Perceptions”, Anna Palomo, El NOU NOU, Cultura, newspaper. Barcelona, Spain
1998 INTROIT gallery shows the poetics of Mercè Girona LA MARXA. Magazine, Vic, Catalonia, Spain.
1998 INTROIT Gallery shows the work of Mercè Girona for the first time in Vic”Anna Palomo. El 9 NOU. Vic, Catalonia, Spain.
1998 “Sterling” DUNIA. Spain.
1998 “Special Accessories” MANN magazine. Spain
1997 “The Luminous Colors of Mercè Girona” by Javier Maderuelo. El PAIS, BABELIA. Madrid, Spain
1991 “Bitten paces” by Maria Lluïsa Borràs. LA VANGUARDIA, Culture & Art
1991 “Bitten Spaces” by Juanjo Navarro Arisa. EL PAIS, Barcelona, Spain.
1991 “Bitten Spaces”. El PUNTO. Culture. Madrid, Spain
1991 “Landscapes of the Mind”, Juanjo Navarro Arisa, EL PAIS, Barcelona
1988 “Christmas Chic”, ELLE magazine.
1987 “Sterling with a Name” VOGUE ESPAÑA.
1987 “With Versace” DONNA, Milan, Italy
1987 “My Collection” TAXI MODA, Milan, Italy
1987 “Get in Line” DUNIA. Spain.