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Obra de Irene G. Villanueva

biography


Born in Spain, 1987,
living and working in Austria.

2022_Diploma on Fine Arts, Experimental Art, University of Arts Linz;
Prof: Anna Jermolaewa / Andrea van der Straeten

2018_Bilateral Exchange Program, Guangzhou Academy of Art, China;
Prof: Feng Feng
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2017_Master in Teaching Spanish as a Second Language, International University Menéndez Pelayo, Spain
2017_Grant for academic excellence, International University Menéndez Pelayo, Spain
2011_Chinese Government Scholarship, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, China
2011_Bilateral Exchange Program, Zhejiang University, China
2011_Bachelor in East Asian Studies, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain
2010_Bachelor in Translation and Interpreting, University Pompeu Fabra, Spain
​2007_Erasmus Exchange, Haute Alsace University, France
2005_International Baccalaureate Diploma

--> 2010: Volunteer in the 45th Youth in Community Action UNESCO program, South Korea
--> 2004: Participant in the Eurotolerance European Youth Program, Germany
--> 2001-2005: Volunteer in Cooperation for Peace Assembly, Spain

Artist statement 

In my work I tend to navigate between the themes of identity, feminism and where do we stand as individuals in the material and the natural world. In this artistic research I use humour, irony, language and the absurd as my main tools. I believe that these tools can offer a critical view of our reality, a reality I consider a big playground. Spontaneity, daily life objects, my surroundings and society are a big part of my inspiration. I pay an important attention to the concept and then, to the medium, and although I have a predilection for video and photography in a performative way, I also work with installation, printmaking, painting and other media to explore the expanded possibilities of visual storytelling.

artist in residency

2023-2025:
Resident at Linz AG-Ateliers, Linz, Austria
2024:
Resident at Silvrett Atelier, Montafon-Voralberg, Austria
2021:
Resident at
 Alien in Residency, Online Artist Residency.

exhibitions, presentations and prizes

2025:
Solo Exhibition, Ups!, Atelierhaus Salzamt, Linz, Austria

Best Austrian Animation Festival, Official Selection, Vienna, Austria

Collective exhibition, SilvrettAtelier Montafon 2024, Kunstforum Montafon, Schruns, Austria

TV Premiere & Weekly screening at DORFTV, Zebricorn, The Series: Season 2, Austria and worldwide


Collective exhibition, TEXTE, dh5, Linz, Austria

Collective exhibition, SilvrettAtelier Montafon 2024, Künstlerhaus Palais Thurn und Taxis, Bregenz Austria

2024:
Collective exhibition, PREISE UND TALENTE, Landespreise für Kultur und Talentförderungsprämien 2023, die KUNSTSAMMLUNG, Linz, Austria

LINZ_media_arts 2024 Projektförderung
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Tricky Women Tricky Realities International Animation Festival, Award Winner, Jury Special Mention Austrian Panorama, Vienna, Austria

Tricky Women Tricky Realities International Animation Festival, Official Selection, Vienna, Austria

Worldwide Premiere of Zebricorn, The Series: Season 3, Online, Austria

2023:
Talentförderungsprämie 2023 in der Kategorie Experimentelle und interdisziplinäre Formen künstlerischen Arbeitens, Upper Austria, Austria

Kunstförderpreise der Stadt Linz 2023, Linz, Austria
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Best Austrian Animation Festival, Official Selection, Vienna, Austria

Expanded screening, Violencia.031222_1, Municipal Museum, Albacete, Spain
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Worldwide Premiere of Zebricorn, The Series: Season 2, Online, Austria

Collective exhibition, Arte en la calle, Albacete, Spain

Collective exhibition, Salon Jelka. Goes Privat, Linz, Austria

TV Premiere & Weekly screening at DORFTV, Zebricorn, The Series: Season 1, Austria and worldwide

2022:
Official selection: First-Time Filmmaker Sessions, Lift-Off Global Network, United Kingdom
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Diploma screening, Moviemento Cinema, Linz, Austria

Worldwide Premiere of Zebricorn, The Series, Season 1, Online, Austria

​2021:
Oö. Cultural Stipendium from Upper Austria, Austria

Finalist in Kunstpreis LENTOS Freunde and collective exhibition on Lentos Kunstmuseum, Linz, Austria

Duo exhibition, Fragile connections, Jin Space, Guangzhou, China

Collective exhibition, BESTOFF, Kunstuniversität Linz, Austria

Collective exhibition, Rundgang, Kunstuniversität Linz, Austria

Collective exhibition, Eating distance, I:project space, Beijing, China

Participant in Yami-Ichi, Ljubljana, Slovenia

​2020:
Worldwide Premiere of Zebricorn, The Series, Pilot Episode, Online, Austria

Collective screening, Operate: Performatives Kino, Austrian Film Museum Wien, Austria

2019:
Collective exhibition, Glory Hole, Die Küche, Kunstuniversität Linz, Austria​

​Collective screening, Operate: Performatives Kino, Austrian Film Museum Wien, Austria

​2018:
Collective exhibition, Cannot make out your flags, come nearer, Festival der Regionen, Upper Austria, Austria
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​Finalist in Kunstpreis LENTOS Freunde and collective exhibition on Lentos Kunstmuseum, Linz, Austria Austria

Solo exhibition, Behind the objects, Die Küche, Kunstuniversität Linz, Austria
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Collective exhibition and performance, SHEET, Edition:, Linz, Austria

​Collective exhibition, Fiktion, Raum, und wie der Körper da reinpasst, Kulturtankstelle, Linz, Austria ​

​2017:
​Collective exhibition, All in, Fräulein Florentine, Linz, Austria

2016:
Reading for ​Flores del Desierto overture, Madrid, Spain

2015:
Collective exhibition, Ladyfest 2015, Shanghai, China


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