Rosa Jijon

Email:rosajijon@gmail.com

Maria Rosa Jijon is an Ecuadorian artist working with photo, video, sound and
public interventions. She did her studies in Ecuador, Cuba and Sweden.

Jijon’s work deals with the idea of being a foreigner and with human mobility
in migratory contexts, hence it is based on mutual exchange and collaboration
with grassroots groups and local migrant organizations.

She is also a trainer and teacher with MUS-E a European Artistic Project, aimed at introducing art in elementary schools as a way to fight against violence.

She has attended various workshops on social and urban intervention with Michelangelo Pistoletto’s Cittadellarte Foundation, and is presently a member of El Puente
collective. Jijon has also taken part in a series of filmmaking projects regarding foreign communities in Italy.

Jijon has participated in several individual and collective international exhibitions, among them, Salon Mariano Aguilera 2007, Quito, SIART Bienal, Bolivia, 2007, Art Bus, Arco Madrid, 2007, III IDB Video Art Biennale, Washington, USA, 2006; Prague Biennale 2, 2005, I Trienal Poligrafica de San Juan, Puerto Rico 2004 , III Bienal Iberoamericana de Arte, Lima 2003 , fotoGrafia I & 2 Festival di Fotografia di Roma 2003 & 2004, Mujeres en la Plástica Ecuatoriana Casa de América, Madrid (2001); Mis Mujeres Galería Arte X Arte, Buenos Aires (2000) Encuentros Abiertos de Fotografia; Art Wired International Fotofest 2000, Houston , T.X.. ; Contemporary Ecuadorian Photography, The Camera Club of New York, 1999 and VI & VIII Bienal de Pintura de Cuenca, Ecuador, 1998 and 2004.

EDUCATION:
2003-2004: Università Roma 3, Italy, Master in Cultural Mediation and Politics.
1996-1998: Kungliga Konsthögskolan, Royal College of Fine Arts, Stockholm, Sweden; postgraduate student at the Printmaking Department.
1995: Intituto Superior de Arte, La Habana, Cuba; printmaking and theory postgraduate courses.
1990-1994: Universidad Central del Ecuador, Faculty of Fine Arts.

LANGUAGES:
Spanish mother language; English, French and Italian, fluent, Rumanian and Swedish basic.

EXHIBITIONS:
2007:
- AEQUATOR, 5th Siart Biennale, La Paz, Bolivia, October.
- Atlante Latinoamericano, Foro Nacional de las Culturas, Monterrey Mexico, Antonio Arévalo, curator. September.
- Des-figuraciones, Salon Nacional Mariano Aguilera, Quito, May, Carlos Rojas, curator.
- S/ago/me 547, Ministry of Foreign Affaires, Rome, Jan.
- Artbus, ARCO 07, Madrid, February.
- Femlink, RESISTANCE, video collage, various venues, February.

2006:
- V Festival arte en la calle, Quito, Dec.
- Freewaves, 10th Biennial Festival of Film, Video and Experimental New Media, Los Angeles, Nov.
- Diva art fair, Paris, special project, by Antonio Arévalo, Oct.
- III Inter-American Biennial of Video Art, Washington D.C.
- ENZIMI FESTIVAL 2006, Forte e Chiaro, Rome, Sept.
- III Biennale di Arti Nuove, RAID,! curator Antonio Arévalo, San Benedetto del Tronto, Italy, August.
- Roma Design +, Culture Hibride, curator Federica Lapaglia, ExMagazzini Generali, Rome, June.

2005:
- Agua Universo Cultural, YAKU Museo del Agua - Quito, curators Monica Vorbeck and Trinidad Perez, Quito, Dec.
- Arte Città Società, Fondazione Città dell’Arte Michelangelo Pistoletto, Venice Internacional, University, Venice, Sept.
- LA MOSSA DELLE IDEE - Videodays 2, Sala Santa Rita, Roma, curator Fiammetta Strigoli, Sept.
-Feel at Home, artwork and interventions at 317 So. Van Ness, San Francisco, California, curator Maria del Carmen Carrión, August.
- Ocaso Latino Americano “notte dei poeti”, performance, 51 Venice Biennale, curator Antonio Arévalo, July.
- Prague Biennale 2 Acción Directa, curator Marco Scotini, May.
- S/ago/me 547, Traforo di Vía Nazionale, Roma, marzo.

2004:
- Trienal Poligráfica de San Juan, Rojo, Puerto Rico curator Jose Ignacio Roca, Decemer.
- LA MOSSA DELLE IDEE - Videodays 2, Cinema Alfieri Atelier, Florence, curator Fiammetta Strigoli, December.
- Biennale Adriatica Arti Nuove, San Benedetto del Tronto, Italia, curator Antonio Arévalo, July.
- Designed for Livin’, Centro de Extension, Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago, curator Antonio Arévalo, July.
- Produciendo Realidad, Chiesa di San Matteo, Lucca, Italia, curator Marco Scotini, June.
- VI Salon Internacional de arte Digital, Pablo de la Torriente Abreu, Havana, Cuba, June.
- Rojo, Semana del Ecuador en Gènova, Casa America, Génova, May
- Migranti, Foier Auditorium Parco della Musica, Roma, January.
- VIII Bienal Internacional de Cuenca, International selection. Cuenca Ecuador, March. Curator Monica Vorbeck.

2003:
- Inchiostro Indelebile / Impronte a regola d’arte, MACRO Museum of Contemporary Art, Rome, November.
- Mostralonga, Festival Citt@rt, Venice, November.
- V Salon Internacional de arte Digital, Pablo de la Torriente Abreu, Havana, Cuba, June.
- DNA “DIESEL NEW ART”, Stockholm, Sweden, May.
- Upperground, Facoltà di Architettura - Rome 3 (ex mattatoio), May.
- FotoGrafia, II Photo Festival Rome, Calcio di Rigore, curator Antonio Arévalo, Rome, Italy, May.
- Archiviosud, Videogalleria Aleph, Rome, curators Antonio Arévalo and Maria Cristina Bastante, April.
- Upperground, University Campus, 8th DISTRIOT SPITALGASSE 2, Vienna, Austria, April.
- No Money – No Honey, Area contenitore d’arte contemporanea, curator Antonio Arévalo Palermo, Italy, January.

2002:
- Fratelli d'Italia, Galeria El Conteiner, Quito, curator Antonio Arévalo, Quito, November.
- Which reality?, Galeria Edo city, curator Sabrina Vedovotto, Rome, Italy, July.
- Da New York a Santiago del Cile, FotoGrafia 1Festival di fotografia di Roma, curator Antonio Arévalo, Roma, June.
- Andata e ritorno, Galeria ARTCO, Lima, Perù, April.
- III Bienal Iberoamericana de Lima, curator Betty Wapenstein, Lima, Peru, April.
- Andata e ritorno, Casa Hispanoamericana, Milan, Italiy, March.
- Visiones del arte digital del Ecuador, Centro Cultural Ricardo Palma, Lima, Peru, January.

2001:
- Bienal Itinerante de arte acontecimiento, Cuzco, Peru, October.
- La Huella del Grabado, Centro Cultural Universidad Católica de Quito,Quito, Ecuador. August.
- Visiones del arte digital del Ecuador, Aliance Francaise, Asunción, Paraguay, July.
- Mis Mujeres, Casa Internazionale delle Donne, Rome, Italy, May.
- Visiones del arte digital del Ecuador, Aliance Francaise, Buenos Aires, Argentina, April.
- La mujer en la plástica ecuatoriana, Casa de America, Madrid, Spain, March.

2000:
- Grabado Ecuatoriano, 2 Bienal Internacional de Lima, October.
- I Salón de Jóvenes Fotógrafos, Bogotá Colombia, June.
Mis Mujeres, Encuentros Abiertos de Fotografía, Galería Arte x
Arte, Buenos Aires, Argentina, March.
- On the Line: Arte Digital del Ecuador, Foto Fest 2000, Galveston, TX, USA, March.
- Art Wired International, Foto Fest, University of Houston- Down Town, Houston, TX USA March, award.

1999:
- On the line: Arte Digital del Ecuador, Foto Septiembre at Houston Center for Photography, Houston, TX USA. September.
- Contemporary Ecuadorian Photography, The Camera Club, NY, USA, July.
- Real Unreal, Gallery Atelier 35, digital prints, Bucharest, Romania, April.

1998:
- ¡Ay Dios! ampárame, Bar Café El Pobre Diablo, Quito, Ecuador, November.
- VI International Art Biennale Cuenca, Cuenca, Ecuador, November.
- Extranjeros, Galería Art Forum, Quito, Ecuador, March.

1997:
- Främlingen, Galeri Mejan, Stockholm, Sweden, May.

1996:
- Grafik från Konsthögskolan, Grafikhusett, Stockholm, Sweden, September.

1995:
- Altars, Municipal Museum, Guayaquil, Ecuador, December.
- Exposition under construction, Universidad Católica del Ecuador, video installation, Quito, Ecuador, November.

EXPERIENCE:
2006-2007: Teacher for European project MU-SE.
1998-2000: Printmaking lecturer at Universidad San Francisco de Quito (Fine Arts Faculty).
1994-2000: Printmaking lecturer at Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Architecture, Design and Fine Arts Faculty.
1994-1995: Academic coordinator at Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Architecture, Design and Fine Arts Faculty.

FILMS:
2007: Permit of Stay, 2min Femlink video collage, various venunes and countries.

2006: Forte e Chiaro, short, 5 min. Roma Medfest 2006. G2, short, 10 min. Moustafa Sohuir Prize, Italy.

2005: Tudo, short, 5 min, III IDB Video Art Biennale, La Polverera, documentary, 30 min, !0th Freewaves Festival, L.A., Roma Medfest 2006, NY INDEPENDENT FILM AND VIDEO FESTIVAL, NY; FIKE 2005 - Évora International Short Film Festival, Portugal, Mediterraneo Video Festival 2005, Paestum; Italia XXVII Festival Internazionale CINEMA e DONNE "Ma l'amore no" – Firenze, Ciampino Film Festival, TekFestival, Rome; Edge Festival, Rome,2006,
Intermundia 2006, Rome.

2004: TO BE OR TO FAO, documentary, 32 min, 40th International Pesaro Film Festival, Italy, June.

INTERESTS:
• Planning Committee for 1st LATIN AMERICAN COMMUNITY MIGRANT SUMMIT, Mexico 2007.
• Promotion Committee for International Campaign on Ratification of ONU Migrants Wrights Convention and European Citizenship.
• Participant in the 2nd Migrations Social Forum, Madrid, June 2006.
• Participant in the 4th World Social Forum, Porto Alegre, Jan 2005.
• Participant in the 1st American Social Forum, Quito, July, 2004.
• Participant in the 2nd European Social Forum, Paris, Nov.2003.
• Member of Candelaria, Associazione Donne Immigrate, ONLUS (Women Immigrants Association), Rome.
• Promotor and lecturer in multicultural studies and multicultural education for
children and women.

URL:
http://www.forma12.com/rosa
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