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Celeste Garrido Meira (Marín, Pontevedra, 1972) studied BA in Fine Arts at the University of Vigo, and a MA in Applied Creativity at the University of Santiago de Compostela. Since 1997 she is a collaborating member of the Research Group ES2, UVigo, and in 2003-2004 she was a collaboration grant holder of the Caixanova Chair of Feminist Studies, UVigo.

Garrido has been granted with the Lazo Violeta [Purple Ribbon] award by the City Council of Marín, for her outstanding career in the field of the visual arts in Galicia. This journey begins in 1996 with her participation in the exhibition Alternativas creativas at Teatro Principal and Liceo Casino, both in Pontevedra. Since then she has participated in numerous national and international group shows, and her work has been chosen for several group shows, among which Novos Valores (Diputación de Pontevedra, 1996) must be highlighted; Novos camiños (Santiago de Compostela, 1999); Cabanyal. Portes Obertes (Valencia, 1999); Bad Arts (2003); Clónicas (2004); Coser y Callar (2010); Género y artes visuales (University of Vigo, 2014). Alén dos xéneros. Prácticas artísticas feministas en Galicia (MARCO, Vigo / Auditorio de Galicia, Santiago de Compostela, 2017).

Among her solo exhibitions, the retrospective exhibition titled Non son as miñas espiñas as que me defenden (Manuel Torres Museum, Marín, Pontevedra, 2016) stands out).

She has curated about twenty editions of the exhibition Voilà. la femme, for which she was also granted the Lazo Violeta award by the City Council of Marín, for her committment in the defense of women through the world of art and for the promotion of young artists.