PABLO GARCIA LOPEZ
caravaca1@gmail.com www.pablogarcialopez.com www.pablogarcialopez.weebly.com
Education
MFA 2012 Sculpture Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA), Baltimore, Maryland
PhD 2008 Neuroscience Complutense University of Madrid (UCM), Madrid, Spain
BA 2001 Biochemistry Autonoma University of Madrid (UAM), Madrid, Spain
Professional Experience
2013-present Assistant professor at SVA (School of Visual Arts). Department of Humanities and Science.
Classes taught: “Metaphors in science and culture”, “Neuroculture”, “Science and science fiction”, “Art, science and visual culture”, “Neuroscience and artificial intelligence”, “Fantastic voyage”, “ Paradigm shift”, “Human diseases”, etc.
2008-09 Visitor Scholar at School of Visual Arts, New York, developing the project ‘The Cortical Garden’, with Suzanne Anker
2004-08 PhD Graduate Student at the Instituto Cajal, Madrid, Spain, developing the doctoral thesis
2003-04 Graduate Student at the Instituto Cajal, Madrid, Spain, collaborating in the Exhibition ‘Cajal (1852-2002; Science and Art)’.
Exhibition Record
2021 Guttemberg Arts residency show.
The enchanted loom (solo show). York. University gallery. March 11- April 16
2020 Equity gallery (solo show online). April- May. Show online during May1-31
Spring Break show 2020
2019 The cured. Group show. Radiator Gallery.
Blurred Perceptions. Two persons show with Simona Prives. Hot Wood Arts Gallery.
2017 Sculpture Space residency program.
Sensei Gallery (solo show)
Governor Island Art Fair.
Artist in the Market Place residence.
Bronx Calling: The fourth AIM Biennial (group show).
2016 Gobernor Island Art Fair
Border show. Starr space. Bushwick (July)
Bassreliefs. (solo show). Catalyst gallery. Beacon, NY 12508 (July).
2015 Conception Contemporary art show, New York, NY (2015)
2013 Dissection and the fragmentation of the body. Franconia Sculpture Park (Minessota). (September)
Bodies ,the exhibition (solo show) . Creative alliance, Baltimore. Upcoming. (July).
The end of light. New York Academy of Science old mansion (New York).
Wider than the Sky (solo show). Local Project. New York.
2012 Academy 2012, Conner Contemporary, Washington DC, USA
Figment, New York, NY, USA
Crowd Surfing at Transmodern Festival, Baltimore, MD, USA
Brain: The mind as matter. Wellcome Trust, London, UK
Off the Rails, MFA 2012, Thesis Show, MICA, Baltimore, USA
Seeing Ourselves. MUSECPMI, New York, NY, USA
2011-12 Images of the mind. Mind Envisioning: The Mind in Art and Science. Deutsches Hygiene-Museum, Dresden, Germany and Moravská Galerie, Brno, Czech Republic
2011 1st year MFA, Fox Three Galery, MICA, Baltimore
Premio Joven, Complutense University Foundation, Madrid, Spain
2008 Molecular Music project. In Sonora IV. European Institute of Design. Madrid, Spain
Expedition to the brain. Scinema Australia, Science Festival Film. Australia
Book´s Fundation Exhibition. León, Spain
Premio Joven, Complutense University Foundation, Madrid, Spain
2006 Neuronal landspaces Exhibition. Museo CosmoCaixa, Barcelona, Spain
Molecular Music project. Casa Encendida, Madrid, Spain
Grants/Fellowships and Awards/Honors
2020/2021 Guttemberg Art residency
2020 Queens Council for the Arts grant
2019 Air Governors Island Residency
2016 Sculpture Space residency program
2013 Franconia Sculpture Park grant
2013 Recent Graduate Residents at Brooklyn Art Space, Brooklyn, NY.
2011 Accesit Premio Joven, Complutense University Foundation, Madrid, Spain
2010-12 Rinehart Fellowships, MICA, Baltimore, Maryland
2009 Caixa Galicia Fellowship to develop the project ‘Cortical Garden’ in the School of Visual Art, New York
2008 Best Experimental and Animation Award, SCINEMA, Australia
2004-08 Ramon Areces Foundation Grant to develop the doctoral thesis at the Cajal Insitute, Madrid, Spain
Bibliography
The Magic of Lines, The Magic of Lines II and The Dark Book. Chu Kuang.
The seeds of creation. Artists During The 2020 Pandemic. Cosmina Ene
Art and Spirituality. Cosmina Ene
Pablo Garcia Lopez- Fibrous neuroplasticity. Etty Yaniv.
JUXTA Positions. MICA. Sculpting the brain. ‘Neuroscientist comes to United States to connect Science, Art in Rinehart program’. Sept-Oct. 2011, pag. 8-9
Beacon, New York. Catallist Gallery. Sculpture Magazine. 2017/
Art for Progress. 2017. Pablo Garcia Lopez silk sculptures. Sabeena Khosla.
Raincoat society. By Tansy Shaw. 2018
The match factory SVA. magazine. 2019.
Icons and iconoclasts. Suzanne Anker.
Visiting Artist Lectures
2006 SIMBIOTICA, School of Anatomy and Human Biology. Univ. Western Australia, August 18th -22th, 2006, Perth (Australia) Lectures: ‘Cajal and the dendritic spine’ and ‘Cajal: science and art’.
Publications
Sculpting the brain. Frontiers in Human of Neuroscience, Front. in Hum. Neurosci, (2012) 6:5.doi:10.3389/fnhum.2012.00005
Dendritic Spines and development: Towards a unifying model of spinogenesis –A present day review of Cajal’s histological slides and drawings. Neural Plasticity, (2010) doi:10.1155/2010/769207
Cajal’s achievements in the field of the development of dendritic arbors. International Journal of Developmental Biology (2010) 54: 1405-1417 (Cover)
The histological slides and scientific drawings of the Cajal Museum. Front. Neuroanat. (2010) 4:9. doi:10.3389/neuro.05.009.
Updating old ideas and recent advances regarding the Interstitial Cells of Cajal Brain Research Reviews, (2009), 61: 154-169
The growth cone as seen through Cajal´s original histological preparations and publications. Journal of History of Neuroscicence, (2009), 18: 197 -210
Cajal´s contributions to the study of Alzheimer Disease”. Journal of Alzheimer Disease (2007), 11: 1-14.
The discovery of dendritic spines by cajal in 1888 and its relevance in present-day neuroscience. Progress in Neurobiology, (2007), 83: 110-130 (Cover)
Las preparaciones histológicas del Museo Cajal: catalogación e investigación. Revista de Museología (2007), 38: 6-16
Cajal´s contributions to glia research. Trends in Neuroscience, (2007) 30: 479-487 (Cover)
3D reconstruction of cerebral cortex pyramidal cell of a Cajal histological preparation. Journal of Neuroscience (2006), 26: 11249-11525 (Cover).
Chapter of books
Cajal: Arte, Science, Art and Microscopic Technique. The discrete charm of technology. Catalogue of NetArt Exhibition celebrated in the Museo extremeño e iberoamericano of contemporary art. Museo extremeño (Badajoz), ZKM (Kalsruhe). Claudia Gianetti (ed), (2008).
Molecular Music. MuVi. Video and moving image on Synesthesia and Visual Music. International exhibition of video. Edited by Dina Riccò & Maria José de Córdoba. Edizioni Poli. Design, Milano, 2007, pag. 92-93
Neuron. MuVi. Video and moving image on Synesthesia and Visual Music. International exhibition of video. Edited by Dina Riccò & Maria José de Córdoba. Edizioni Poli. Design, Milano, 2007, pag. 94-95
Conservación, tratamiento documental e investigación de los dibujos científicos de Santiago Ramón y Cajal Santiago Ramón y Cajal (1852-2002). Actas Congreso Cajal. Gobierno de Aragón. Departamento de Educación, Cultura y Deporte. Zaragoza, 2003, Colección Actas 67, pags. 361-379.
Valoración científica y tratamiento documental de los dibujos histológicos de Santiago Ramón y Cajal (1852-1934) Santiago Ramón y Cajal (1852-2003). Ciencia y Arte. V.A. Impresores, S.A., Madrid, 2003, pags. 55- 60.
Conferences
Oral contributions
The Legacy of Cajal. Chesnut Hill College, School of Undergraduate, October 5th-7th, 2006, Philadelphia (USA).The Discovery of Dendritic Spines.
IV Semana de la Ciencia de la Comunidad de Madrid. Instituto Cajal (CSIC), November 22nd, 2004, Madrid (Spain).Nervous system diseases through the histological slides and drawings of Santiago Ramón y Cajal
Congreso Cajal. October 1-3th, 2006 Zaragoza (Spain) Conservación, tratamiento documental e investigación de los dibujos científicos de Santiago Ramón y Cajal.
Posters
Congreso internacional de Sinestesisa” May 25th − 29th, 2007, Granada (Spain). Sinestesia I.
The Cajal Centenary Conference on the cerebral cortex. CosmoCaixa, 25th −29th April , 2006. Barcelona (Spain)Growth cones in cajal´s histological preparations”.
The Cajal Centenary Conference on the cerebral cortex. CosmoCaixa, Barcelona (España 25th −29th April , 2006.).An interactive computer−assisted coding for three dimensional reconstruction and quantitative analysis applied to the original preparations of Santiago Ramón y Cajal.
II Congreso Nacional de Psicobiología. September, 20th-2nd 2002, Almería (Spain) Estudio de la actividad Ag-NOR en hipocampo y cerebelo de ratas sometidas a tratamiento cronico y agudo con etanol.
Technical Abilities
Basic woodworking, basic MIG and Arc welding, mold making, aquaresin, silkscreen printing, etc.
Digital programs: Final Cut Pro, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Premier, Adobe Creative Suite CS5.5 (Photoshop, Illustrator), Microsoft Office 2003 (Word, Excel, Access), The Persistence of Vision Raytracer, Windows OS, MAC OS,
Foreign Languages Spoken
Spanish and Italian