Bio & CV

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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, The Netherlands) and has collaborated in several occasions with HAG (Host Artist Group). She lives and works between Santander (Spain) and Sheffield (UK).

/ Nacida en 1982 en Cabanas, A Coruña. Licenciada en Bellas Artes en la Universidad del País Vasco (España), Hondartza Fraga completó un Master en Bellas Artes en Sheffield Hallam University (Reino Unido). Ha exhibido tanto nacional (Liverpool, Londres, Sheffield) como internacionalmente (Portugal, España, Holanda) y ha colaborado en varias ocasiones con HAG (Host Artist Group). Reside y trabaja entre Santander (España) y Sheffield (Reino Unido).

CV
Exhibitions (*Solo)

2010

Mar AV Festival 10, BBC Big Screen, Centre Square Middlesbrough, UK

Between “the other” and “the self”, Voges Gallery, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Feb * Either Remembered or Not Seen, LKV guest artist, Babel, Trondheim, Norway

Hybrid, Sheffield, UK

Jan Instinct, Sheffield, UK
2009

Dec The Big Hang, Bank Street Arts, Sheffield, UK

From one distance to another, Colar…te…Gallery, Santander, Spain

Short Shorts, Art in Unusual Spaces, 42 New Briggate Gallery, Leeds, UK

Cross-Cutting, Sierra Metro, Edinburgh, UK

Nov New:Vision Award, Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival, Copenhagen, Denmark

Aurora/Outpost, Norwich Arts Centre, Norwich, UK

Sep The Sheffield Pavilion 2009, The 11th Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul, Turkey

Jul Summer Salon, Islington Arts Factory, London

ZOOart 09, Art.ur Association, Cuneo, Italy

Jun A42D, Bloc Projects, Sheffield, UK

Apr HALLelujah!, private residence, Glasgow, UK

The Object of Photography, The Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery, Leeds, UK

Feb Prism, The Showroom, Sheffield, UK
2008

Nov Conjunction 08 Art Festival, Airspace Gallery (and various venues), Stoke-on-Trent, UK

Lisbon Art Fair, Pente10, Lisbon, Portugal

Sep Proyecto Bahia Común, Colar…te Gallery, Cantabria, Spain
May On Your Wall Too, Leeds Met Gallery, Leeds, UK
Apr Relocating Absence, Elevator Gallery, London, UK
Mar Host 8: Observatory, Art Sheffield 08: Yes/No/Other Options, Sheffield, UK
Feb Host 07:Home Disco, at 25th edition of the International Film Festival (Festival International du Premier Film), Annonay, France
Jan Selected Works, II Digital Photography Foconorte Prize, Centro Cultural Doctor Madrazo, Santander, Spain
2007 Dec Propuestas, Foconorte, Juan Silio, Santander, Spain
Host 07: Home Disco, Di@metro, Mexico City, Mexico
Bloc Assembly, Bloc, Sheffield
Host 07: Home Disco, Col…arte…Gallery, Santander, Spain
Sep Host 07: Home Disco, Consortium, Amsterdam.
Jul VIII Certamen Artistas Noveles, Sala Cultural Corte Inglés, Santander, Spain.
Jun Pending, Sylvester Space, Sheffield, UK
Feb Assembly#5, Bloc Space, Sheffield, UK
Jan Foconorte, Gallery “El Cantil”, Puente Arce, Cantabria, Spain
2006 Dec VIII Certamen Artistas Noveles, Sala Bretón, Astillero, Cantabria, Spain
Pause, End Gallery, Sheffield, UK.
Nov 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
Sep VIII Certamen Artistas Noveles, Consejo de la Mujer de Cantabria, Parlamento de Cantabria. Santander, Spain
2004 Dec 17ª Audiovisual Show Faculty of Fine Art,Sala de Exposiciones del BBVA, Bilbao, Basque Country
Oct Con las mujeres no hay quien pueda, Sala de Exposiciones Muinicipal de Baracaldo, Barakaldo, Basque Country
Jun GetxoArte 04, Las Arenas, Basque Country
Apr Del Conflicto y del Acuerdo, Zeppelín, Barcelona, Spain

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

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.

Grants & Awards

2008 Grant by Consejería de Cultura (Arts Council), Cantabria, Spain.
Selected in II Digital Photography Foconorte Prize, Cantabria, Spain.
2007 Grant by Consejería de Cultura (Arts Council), Cantabria, Spain.
2006 Selected for VIII Certamen Artistas Noveles, Consejo de la mujer de Cantabria, Santander, Spain
2004 Selected for GetxoArte 2004

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