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Born 1982, Cabanas, A Coruña, Spain. Graduated from a BA (Hons) in Fine Art at The University of the Basque Country (Spain) in 2005; she completed an MA in Fine Art at Sheffield Hallam University in 2007. She has exhibited nationally (Liverpool, London, Sheffield) and internationally (Portugal, Spain, Norway, Istanbul, Italy). Hondartza is currently a studio holder at Patrick Studios (East Street Arts) in Leeds.
“I work primarily with video, photography and drawing, and sometimes from found objects and images. My work researches the emotional dependency relation between person, object and image. My latest works revolve around the notion of loss, distance, journey and the meaning of home. In my drawing, I am interested in using souvenirs and domestic objects to force a dialogue between the domestic and the remote, suggesting narrative and contradictions between seemingly unconnected subjects.”
CV
Residencies
| 2013 | Leverhulme Trust, Artist-in-Residence, Maritime Historical Studies Centre, University of Hull |
| 2011 | Occursus, based at Site Gallery, Sheffield (1-month artist-in-residence) |
| 2010 | LKV, Trondheim, Norway (2-month artist-in-residence) |
Solo Exhibitions
| 2013 | Ese Centro Frágil e Incierto, Sala Bretón, Astillero, Cantabria, Spain |
| 2012 | That Uncertain and Fragile Centre, GreySpace Galleries, Leeds, UK |
| 2011 | Mars was a Place, Site Gallery, Sheffield, UK |
| Ever Remote, Ever There, South Square Gallery, Bradford | |
| 2010 | Bearing Elsewhere, Bloc Projects, Sheffield, UK |
| Either Remembered or Not Seen, LKV guest artist, Babel, Trondheim, Norway |
Group Exhibitions
| 2012 | Paisajes de Fondo, Pocagallery, Portugalete, Spain | That Ever Increasing Distance, Supercollider, Blackpool, UK |
| Close to Home, Land2 and ESA, East Street Arts Leeds, UK | |
| Microcosm, Curated by Louise Ashcroft, Leeds, UK | |
| Woolgather Art Prize 2012, Leeds, UK | |
| Linear Progressions, SHINE, Leeds, UK | |
| 2011 | Last Requests, Bloc, Sheffield, UK |
| Wirksworth Festival, Various Venues, Wirksworth, UK | |
| Hydro Power, The Clocktower Gallery, Sheffield, UK | |
| occursus presents: Paul Evans and Hondartza Fraga, DLA Piper, Sheffield, UK | |
| Jour de Féte, The Private Space Gallery, Barcelona, Spain | |
| Temporary Art Show 3 Part 1, Westgate Studios, Wakefield | |
| 2010 | Above the Serious, The Gallery, Stoke Newington Library, London |
| Minutiae, Bank Street Arts, Sheffield | |
| The Drawing Shed, PSL [Project Space Leeds], Leeds, UK | |
| Drawn, Clock Tower Gallery, Sheffield, UK | |
| Abbarakadabra, Mardin Biennial, Mardin, Turkey | |
| Experimental Travel, Art in Unusual Spaces, The Light, Leeds, UK | |
| Hybrid, Various venues, Sheffield, UK | |
| Instinct, The Moor, Sheffield, UK | |
| 2009 | The Big Hang, Bank Street Arts, Sheffield, UK |
| From one distance to another, Colar…te…Gallery, Santander, Spain | |
| The Sheffield Pavilion 2009, The 11th Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul, Turkey | |
| Summer Salon, Islington Arts Factory, London | |
| >ZOOart 09, Art.ur Association, Cuneo, Italy | |
| The Object of Photography, The Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery, Leeds, UK | |
| Prism, The Showroom, Sheffield, UK | |
| 2008 | Conjunction 08 Art Festival, Airspace Gallery (and various venues), Stoke-on-Trent, UK |
| Lisbon Art Fair, Pente10, Lisbon, Portugal | |
| Proyecto Bahia Común, Colar…te Gallery, Cantabria, Spain | |
| On Your Wall Too, Leeds Met Gallery, Leeds, UK | |
| Relocating Absence, Elevator Gallery, London, UK | |
| Host 8: Observatory, Art Sheffield 08: Yes/No/Other Options, Sheffield, UK | |
| 2007 | Propuestas, Foconorte, Juan Silio, Santander, Spain |
| Bloc Assembly, Bloc, Sheffield | |
| Pending, Sylvester Space, Sheffield, UK | |
| Assembly#5, Bloc Space, Sheffield, UK | |
| 2006 | VIII Certamen Artistas Noveles, Sala Bretón, Astillero, Cantabria, Spain |
| Pause, End Gallery, Sheffield, UK. | |
| Red Wire Open, Red Wire Gallery, Liverpool, UK | |
| VIII Certamen Artistas Noveles, Centro de Adultos de Santander, Cantabria, Spain | |
| El Tiempo es para siempre, ni tú ni yo (Time is forever, not you, not me), End Gallery, Sheffield, UK | |
| VIII Certamen Artistas Noveles, Consejo de la Mujer de Cantabria, Parlamento de Cantabria. Santander, Spain |
Screenings
| 2012 | The Everyday, curated by Victoria Lucas, Bloc Projects, Sheffield |
| Official Selection, Aesthetica Short Film Festival, York, UK | |
| Tegel: Flights of Fancy, Kino Babylon Saal, Berlin | |
| 2011 | Ever Remote Screening (Touring), South Square Gallery, Bradford | Site Gallery, Sheffield | Crescent Arts, Scarborough |
| 2010 | QUAD Gleam Festival, Various Venues, Derby, UK |
| Between “the other” and “the self”, Voges Gallery, Frankfurt am Main, Germany | |
| 2009 | Cross-Cutting, Sierra Metro, Edinburgh, UK |
| New:Vision Award, Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
| Aurora/Outpost, Norwich Arts Centre, Norwich, UK | |
| 2008 | Selected Works, II Digital Photography Foconorte Prize, Centro Cultural Doctor Madrazo, Santander, Spain |
| 2007 | Host 07: Home Disco, touring screening to: Consortium, Amsterdam | Colarte Gallery, Santander, Spain | Di@metro, Mexico City, Mexico | 25th edition of the International Film Festival (Festival International du Premier Film), Annonay, France |
Commissions & Collections
| 2009 | Sheffield Pavilion 09, SCAF (Sheffield Contemporary Art Forum), Sheffield |
| Deciduous, work acquired by The Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery, Leeds | |
| 2008 | Conjunction 08, New work for Conjunction 08 Contemporary Art Festival, Stoke-on-Trent |
Projects
| 2010 | Steeling Skies, By Rednile in Concord Park, Sheffield, UK |
| 2008 | Outcasting, online screening venue by Michael Cousin : www.outcasting.org |
| Host 8: Observatory, selected by Host Artist Group to participate in their project for Art Sheffield 08: Yes/No/Other Options | |
| 2007 | DVD and Touring Screening: Host 7: Home Disco, selected by Host Artist Group |
| Publication: Sheffield Pavilion project publication, selected by Host Artist Group, Sheffield Contemporary Art Forum, launch in Venice Biennal and Kassel Documenta. |
