PROFILE
Cecilia Sebastian de Erice (Madrid in 1996) She graduated in Fine Arts from Manchester Metropolitan University, with honors, and has completed an Erasmus at the Academy of Fine Arts in Venice (Italy). She has worked as an intern managing and organizing the ARCO fair and resides in Madrid, the city where she also manages her artistic production space. Co-founder of www.moodart.es, an online platform dedicated to disseminating art events in the capital. She has won awards such as the MAFA President Painting Award, by the Manchester Academy of Fine Arts, and has been mentioned as an outstanding artist at the Genoa Biennale, Italy.
EXHIBITIONS
2020 Alégrame Esas Pascuas, Factoría de Arte y Desarrollo, Madrid.
New Era, Art Number 23, Online
Winter Exhibition, Lyndenhall Studio, Kent
Apertura, Gärna Art Gallery, Madrid.
2019 Alégrame Esas Pascuas, Factoría de Arte y Desarrollo, Madrid.
MAFA, Stockport Art Gallery, Manchester.
III Biennale Genova, Genova.
2018 Alégrame Esas Pascuas, Factoría de Arte y Desarrollo, Madrid.
Take Flight, Manchester School of Art, Manchester.
Pigment, Link Gallery, Manchester.
Museum of Colours, Goodstock, Manchester.
2017 Christmas Exhibition, Grosvenor Gallery, Manchester.
2016 Work in Progress III, Link Gallery, Manchester.
Museum of Imaginative Knowledge, London Scottish House, Manchester.
2015 Work in Progress II, Link Gallery, Manchester.
Medicine in Art, Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester.
2014 Work in Progress, Link Gallery, Manchester.
AWARDS
2019 Mention of Honour MAFA show, Stockport Art Gallery, Manchester. Featured artist in III Biennale Genova, Genova.
2018 MAFA President Painting Award. Manchester School of Art, Manchester.
Nomination for Outstanding Contribution to Arts, Manchester Metropoli- tan University, Manchester.
EDUCATION
2018-2019 Master in Art Market and Management of Related Industries, Universi- dad Antonio de Nebrija, Madrid.
2015-2018 BA(HONS) Fine Art, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester.
2016-2017 Erasmus, Accademia di Belle Arti Venezia: October-February, Venice.
2014-2015 Foundation Diploma in Art and Design, Manchester Metropolitan Univer sity, Manchester.
EXPERIENCE
2019-Present Co-Founder of MOODART www.moodart.es
2019-2020 Intern at ARCO 2020, IFEMA, Madrid.
2018-2019 Resident artist at Espacio PROA, Madrid
2018 Curator of Museum of Colours, Goodstock, Manchester
2018 Curator of Pigment Link Gallery, Manchester