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
| 2011 | Occursus, based at Site Gallery, Sheffield (1-month artist-in-residence) |
| 2010 | LKV, Trondheim, Norway (2-month artist-in-residence) |
Exhibitions (* Solo)
| 2011 | |
| Last Requests, Bloc, Sheffield, UK | |
| Wirksworth Festival, Various Venues, Wirksworth, UK | |
| Hydro Power, The Clocktower Gallery, Sheffield, UK | |
| * | Mars was a Place, Site Gallery, Sheffield, UK |
| occursus presents: Paul Evans and Hondartza Fraga, DLA Piper, Sheffield, UK | |
| Jour de Féte, The Private Space Gallery, Barcelona, Spain | |
| Ever Remote Screening (Touring), South Square Gallery, Bradford | |
| Temporary Art Show 3 Part 1, Westgate Studios, Wakefield | |
| * | Ever Remote, Ever There, South Square Gallery, Bradford |
| 2010 | |
| Above the Serious, The Gallery, Stoke Newington Library, London | |
| Minutiae, Bank Street Arts, Sheffield | |
| The Drawing Shed, PSL [Project Space Leeds], Leeds, UK | |
| * | Bearing Elsewhere, Bloc Projects, Sheffield, UK |
| Drawn, Clock Tower Gallery, Sheffield, UK | |
| Abbarakadabra, Mardin Biennial, Mardin, Turkey | |
| Experimental Travel, Art in Unusual Spaces, The Light, Leeds, UK | |
| Between “the other” and “the self”, Voges Gallery, Frankfurt am Main, Germany | |
| * | Either Remembered or Not Seen, LKV guest artist, Babel, Trondheim, Norway |
| 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 | |
| Cross-Cutting, Sierra Metro, Edinburgh, UK | |
| New:Vision Award, Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
| Aurora/Outpost, Norwich Arts Centre, Norwich, UK | |
| 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 | |
| Host 07:Home Disco, at 25th edition of the International Film Festival (Festival International du Premier Film), Annonay, France | |
| >Selected Works, II Digital Photography Foconorte Prize, Centro Cultural Doctor Madrazo, Santander, Spain | |
| 2007 | |
| 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 | |
| Host 07: Home Disco, Consortium, Amsterdam. | |
| VIII Certamen Artistas Noveles, Sala Cultural Corte Inglés, Santander, Spain. | |
| 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 |
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. |
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, Noruega, Estambul, Italia).
Trabajo principalmente con video, fotografía y dibujo, y algunas veces partiendo de objectos e imágenes encontradas. Mi obra está basada en la relación de dependencia emocional entre persona, objecto e imagen. Mis obras más recientes tratan nociones de pérdida, distancia, viaje y el significado de la idea de hogar. En mis dibujos estoy interesada en utilizar souvenires y objetos domésticos para forzar un diálogo entre lo familiar y lo remoto, sugeriendo narrativas y contradicciones entre temas aparentemente inconexos.
