Carlos Tejo Veloso

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Carlos

Tejo Veloso

Europe

About you (please use English): 

Carlos obtained his PhD in Fine Arts from the University of Valencia, Spain. Currently he combines his artistic production with his work as a professor at the Pontevedra School of Art (Vigo University, Spain). His work as a researcher aims at analysing artistic practices that are focused on identity, transculture and gender. Since 1997, he has also been researching Spanish Performance. He has given many workshops in museums and universities around the world, including in Spain, the United States of America, Cuba and Brazil. Additionally he works as a as a freelance curator. In that field, he has directed important projects including: Para voçês, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Santa Catarina. Florianópolis, Brazil; Un arte desde Valencia, Casa das Artes, Ayuntamiento de Vigo, Spain. La acción a debate, Centro Galego de Arte Contemporáneo [CGAC], Santiago de Compostela, Spain and Spanish Performing Art, Centro de Exposiciones de la ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina. Since 2004, he has been directing Chámalle X. Xornadas de Arte de Acción at the Pontevedra School of Art at Vigo University (more info at: http://webs.uvigo.es/chamalle/?lang=es). Since he began his career as an artist in 1991 he has been participating in many different projects in Spain and abroad, including: CODEMA. IV Bienal de La Habana. Cuba, 1991; Para voçês. Museo de Arte de Santa Catarina. Brazil, 1996; Tempo Morto. Consorcio de Museos de la Generalitat Valenciana. Valencia, 1997; Plástica Contemporánea Vitoria - Arte - Gasteiz. Antiguo depósito de aguas. Departamento de Cultura. Ayuntamiento de Vitoria, 1997; Sed. Galeria Edgard Neville. Valencia, 1998; París III. Real Academia de San Fernando. Madrid, 2001; Work in Progress. The Jacob Lawrence Gallery. Universidad de Washington. Seattle, United States of America, 2002 and, more recently, Una tirada de dados: sobre el azar en el arte contemporáneo. Sala de Exposiciones del Canal de Isabel II. Madrid. In his career he has worked on important projects with the support of: Colegio de España en Paris; Universidad de Washington, Seattle, United States of America ; Akademia Stuck Pieknych, Warsaw, Poland; Instituto Superior de Arte (ISA), Havana. Cuba; Centro Cultural de España, San José, Costa Rica and Secretaria de Cultura de Renania-Wesfalia, Cologne. Germany, among others. Carlos has also published articles and essays such as: Claro, la mirada del otro which appeared in Las políticas del Arte. Edited by Fundación Municipal de Cultura del Ayuntamiento de Gijón, 2004. ISBN: 84-87741-79-7. Castillos en el aire. Edited by Servicio de Publicaciones de la Universidad de Vigo, 2005. ISBN: 84-8158-302-2. Marta María Pérez: el culto a lo cotidiano. Edited by Servicio de Publicaciones de la Universidad de La Laguna, 2005. ISSN: 1645-761X. Por un arte activo. Edited by Consellería de Cultura e Deporte,Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea [CGAC], 2007. ISBN: 978-84-453-4392-0. El cuerpo habitado: fotografía cubana para un fin de milenio. Edited by Cátedra de Arte y Cultura Cubana Alejo Carpentier. Santiago de Compostela University., 2009. No vamos a dormirnos nunca. Edited by Ministerio de Educación y cultura de España, 2012

About you (other languages): 

Contemporary art; performance art

Scientific discipline: 

Humanities, Art (arts, history of arts, performing arts, music)

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Personal web or blog: 

http://carlostejoveloso.tumblr.com/

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Gender in arts

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His work as a researcher aims at analysing artistic practices that are focused on identity, transculture and gender. Since 1997, he has also been researching Spanish Performance. He has given many workshops in museums and universities around the world, including in Spain, the United States of America, Cuba and Brazil. Additionally he works as a as a freelance curator. In that field, he has directed important projects including: Para voçês, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Santa Catarina. Florianópolis, Brazil; Un arte desde Valencia, Casa das Artes, Ayuntamiento de Vigo, Spain. La acción a debate, Centro Galego de Arte Contemporáneo [CGAC], Santiago de Compostela, Spain and Spanish Performing Art, Centro de Exposiciones de la ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina. Since 2004, he has been directing Chámalle X. Xornadas de Arte de Acción at the Pontevedra School of Art at Vigo University (more info at: http://webs.uvigo.es/chamalle/?lang=es).