Joan Tarrago Pampalona
Date of birth: 12/03/1981
Place of birth: Barcelona
Nation: SP
Education
08/2005-06/2006: graduate in Fine Arts/ Painting-Printing-Installation, Facultat de Belles Arts, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain
02/2005-07/2005: Athens School of Fine Arts, studio Sakelion, Painting, Greece
07/2000-06/2006: Fine Arts studies at Facultat de Belles Arts, Universitat de Barcelona
06/1999: High school degree in Industrial Technology, Spain
Professional Experience
01/2006 -at present: Assistant at the research project of IMARTE, multimedia printing department with Alicia Vela, Facultat de Belles Arts, Universitat de Barcelona
2006: working as product designer, producing items for designers stores, Mercat del Borne, Ras in Barcelona
2005-2006: T-shirts collections for Slider, skate store Sabadell, Barcelona and KC Tarifa, kiteboardstore in Tarifa, Spain
06/2004: Assistant for the artist Evru in the Advanced Music and Multimedia Art Festival, SONAR, Barcelona
08/2002-06/2003: Collaboration with the artist KiKu Mistu on the Laberint de Palla, ephemeral land installation game, Abrera de Llobregat, Spain
10/2001: Photo report of Antilla, Cuba for Ateneu del Mòn (NGO), St.Quirze del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain
School represented at
ITS#FIVE:
Kunsthochschule Berlin-Weissensee
Publications
04/2006: Intro monthly, music & life-style magazine, Germany
Additional info
03/2006: 9th Strickworkshop Apolda, Knitwear-workshop, design of a bags & accessories collection
12/2005: workshop Prospeccions Binaries-Estrategies Creatives, Dr. Miquel Casacoberta. Introduction to the Glitch concept, the errors of the computers as an elements of creation
10/2004: CAJAS, ephemeral urban installation, panopticon tower built with plastics boxes, Rambla del Rabal, Barcelona
05/2004: IMPRESSIONS, collective exhibition, organized by Alicia Vela, Central del Rabal, Barcelona
1995-2005: founding member of Diables de St.Quirze, scenography & pyrotechnics performance group