ART ON PAPER

Albuixech, Valencia (Spain) 1977

MariCarmen Ruiz Ruiz, PhD Fine Arts, lives and works in Albuixech, Valencia, Spain. She graduated in Fine Art in the University of San Carlos in Valencia in 2000. She took one’s doctorate in the Engraving’s Program in 2008 at the same university. She is a painting and drawing teacher for workshops in adult learning centres. Nowadays she teaches painting and drawing in Pilar Ruiz adult learning centre in Albuixech, Valencia. At the same time she develops her career as an artist.

EDUCATION

2011 English Plus Fine Art (CSM), Level-Intermediate, Language Centre University of the Arts London, UK

International Projection Strategies II: Analysis individualized of projects, Fine Art University of San Carlos in Valencia, Spain

2010 International Projection Strategies I, Fine Art University of San Carlos in Valencia, Spain

2008 PhD Fine Arts, Engraving’s Program, Fine Art University of San Carlos in Valencia, Spain

2007 Course of “La estampación en color” in the Casa-Museo de Goya in Fuendetodos (Zaragoza)

2005 Course of Relief and texture on paper in Museu Molí Paperer de Capellades ( Barcelona)

2004 Course of Inicio a la composición de Tipografía mediante Tipos Móviles in the University of San Carlos in Valencia.

2000 Fine Arts Degree, Fine Art University of San Carlos in Valencia, Spain

Course of Serigrafía por Reserva Progresiva in the University of San Carlos in Valencia

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2004 Engravings, S’Hora Baixa Restaurant, Valencia, Spain

2002 Songes Somnis Sueños, La Marina Cultural Centre, El Puig, Valencia, Spain

1997 Draws and Pictures , Cultural Centre in Albuixech, Valencia, Spain

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2013 Navidad en L'Arteria, L'Arteria Gallery, Valencia, Spain

Feria de Arte Pequeño Formato, XAM Foundation, Valencia,  Spain

El Poder del Rojo, Centro Obra Propia Cultural, Valencia, Spain.

Sobre Papel, Galería Al Marge, Javea, Spain

Art Dating, SELECTA 2013, Las Naves, Valencia, Spain

3th Sofia Paper Art Fest 2013. Sofia Paper Art Biennal Exotic Art at Photo Synthesis Art Center, Gallery Basement, Sofia, Bulgaria

3th Sofia Paper Art Fest 2013. Art Book at National History Museum, Sofia, Bulgaria

5th AMATERAS Annual Mini Paper Art Exhibition/Competition, Prize Special certificate: Art on Paper Gallery Art Alley, Sofia, Bulgaria

Bibliofilia, Centro Obra Propia Cultural, Valencia(Spain)

The 3rd Round Alexandria International Biennale for Miniature Graphics, Library of Alexandria, Egypt

Arte Extendido, Centro Obra Propia Cultural, Valencia(Spain)

VII BIMPE, The University of British Columbia, Kelowna, BC (Canada).

VII BIMPE, The Society of Northern Alberta Print Artist, Edmonton, AB (Canada).

2012 I Fair of Art on Paper, Arte Extendido, Center Obra Propia Cultura, Valencia-Spain

First Competition of Engraving GARZAPAPEL (online Facebook)

VII BIMPE, Dundarave Print Workshop, Vancouver, British Columbia (Canada).

VII BIMPE, Federation Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia (Canada).

4th AMATERAS Annual Mini Paper Art Exhibition/Competition, Gallery Art Alley, Sofia, Bulgaria

Geografia Humana, XIII FIA FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE LAS ARTES 2012, San José, Costa Rica

2011 2nd Lessedra International Painting & Mixed Media Competition, Lessedra Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria

Mercat D'Art , Paspatú Gallery, Barcelona, Spain

31th Mini Print International-Cadaqués, Galery "L'Etangd'Art", Bages, France

31 th Mini Print International-Cadaqués, Fundació Tharrats d'Art Gràfic, Pineda de Mar, Barcelona, Spain

31 th Mini Print International-Cadaqués, Winfield Barns, Winfield, UK

31 th Mini Print International-Cadaqués, Taller Galeria Fort, Barcelona, Spain

10 th Lessedra Annual World Art Mini Print, Lessedra Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria

3rd AMATERAS Annual Mini Paper Art Exhibition/Competition, Gallery Art Alley, Sofia, Bulgaria

The Second Round Alexandria International Biennale for Miniature Graphics, Library of Alexandria, Egypt

Arts Libris 2011 (with the book Componer) Internatinal Fair of art and design book, Arts Santa Mónica, Barcelona

2010 9 th Lessedra Annual World Art Mini Print, Sofia, Bulgaria

International Biennale for Miniature Graphics, Mahmoud Mokhtar’s Museum of Cairo, Egypt

El grabado en el Bicentenario, Museum Nòmade del Grabado, MUNOGRA, Paco Urondo Cultural Center, Godoy Cruz, Argentina

2009 8 th Lessedra Annual World Art Mini Print, Sofia, Bulgaria

The First Alexandria International Biennale for Miniature Graphics, Library of Alexandria, Egypt

2008 7th Lessedra Annual World Art Mini Print, Sofia, Bulgaria

2007 6th Lessedra Annual World Art Mini Print, Sofia, Bulgaria

2005 4th Lessedra Annual World Art Mini Print, Sofia, Bulgaria

2004 El arte de dibujo y del grabado, Cultural Centre in Albuixech, Valencia, Spain

7th Concurso de las Artes 2004 del Colegio Mayor Galileo Galilei, Valencia, Spain

2001 Impresiones serigráficas , Junta Municipal Ciutat Vella, Valencia, Spain

Group Exhibition to collaborate with a NGO (Non-profit organisation) in Tavernes de la Valldigna, Valencia, Spain

2000 Engraving Group Exhibition in the Punt i Ratlla Exhibition Hall in Valencia, Spain

1998 The First Picture’s Contest of the Fundación Valenciana de Agricultura y Medio Ambiente, Valencia, Spain

De abajo arriba Pictures Exhibition, Junta Municipal Ciutat Vella, Valencia, Spain

1996 Hescultura, City Hall in Aldaia, Valencia, Spain

Hescultura, City Hall in Polytechnic University of Architecture of Valencia, Spain

PUBLICATIONS

2013 Catalogue of The 3rd Round Alexandria International Biennial for Miniature Graphics, Library of Alexandria, Egypt

2012 Catalogue of 4th AMATERAS Annual Mini Paper Art Exhibition/Competition, Gallery Art Alley, Sofia, Bulgaria

Catalogue of BIMPE VII The Seventh Biennial international Miniature Print Exhibition, Vancouver BC, Canada.

2011 Catalogue of 3rd AMATERAS Annual Mini Paper Art Exhibition/Competition, Gallery Art Alley, Sofia, Bulgaria

Catalogue of The Second Round Alexandria International Biennial for Miniature Graphics, Library of Alexandria, Egypt

Catalogue of 31 th Mini Print International-Cadaqués, Taller Galeria Fort, Barcelona, Spain

Catalogue of 10 th Lessedra Annual World Art Mini Print, Sofia, Bulgaria

2010 Catalogue of 9 th Lessedra Annual World Art Mini Print, Sofia, Bulgaria

2009 Catalogue of 8 th Lessedra Annual World Art Mini Print, Sofia, Bulgaria

Catalogue of The First Alexandria International Biennale for Miniature Graphics, Library of Alexandria, Egypt

2008 Catalogue of 7th Lessedra Annual World Art Mini Print, Sofia, Bulgaria

2007 Catalogue of 6th Lessedra Annual World Art Mini Print, Sofia, Bulgaria

2005 Catalogue of 4th Lessedra Annual World Art Mini Print, Sofia, Bulgaria

First Edition of the artist book Componer , Fine Art University of Valencia, Spain

1999 First Edition of the book 76 días del siglo XX , Fine Art University of Valencia, Spain

WORKS IN INSTITUTIONS

The library of Alexandria, Egypt

Colegio Mayor Galileo Galilei, Valencia, Spain

Cultural Center La Marina, El Puig, Valencia, Spain

University of Fine Art San Carlos in the Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain