Carlos Maciá
Carlos Maciá (Lugo, 1977) graduated in Fine Arts at the Polytechnic University of Valencia and now lives and works in Madrid. He has taken part in numerous group shows, including Hospitalidad. Obras en la colección del CGAC, curated by Miguel von Hafe (Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea, 2014); On Painting (CAAM, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 2013); Sin motivo aparente, curated by Javier Hontoria (CA2M, Móstoles, 2013); Urbanitas (MARCO, Vigo, 2006); Spain on the Edge. Fragments of a Narrative Conflict (Instituto Cervantes, Chicago, 2010); Look Up! Natural Porto Art Show, a performance project for the city of Porto, 2010; Ingràvid. Festival de Cultura Contemporánea do Ampordà (Figueres, Girona, 2010); Melodías prohibidas, a project for artistic actions in the framework of the Festival SOS 4.8 curated by David Barro (Murcia, 2011); and Festival Artec Primavera 2012 (Centro Ágora, Corunna). Among his solo exhibitions we should mention ¡Ten cuidado, no vayas a matar a alguien! (A Chocolataría, Santiago de Compostela, 2006); La leyenda del tiempo (MACUF, Corunna, 2008); ST. Provisória (espazo Carpe Diem: Arte e Pesquisa, Lisbon, 2011); and Pavillon Suisse at the Swiss Foundation of the Cité Internationale Universitaire in Paris. Maciá has received important prizes and scholarships such as those of the New York's Pollock-Krasner Foundation (2012), the CAM Plastic Arts Grant (Japan, 2009); Generaciones 2007 awarded by Caja Madrid, and the Unión Fenosa Grant for Artistic Creation Abroad (New York, 2006). His works can be found in important private and public collections such as Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea, Caja de Ahorros del Mediterráneo, MACUF, Caja Madrid, Caixanova, Cajastur and Fundación María José Jove.
