14 November 2007
MORATINOS RECEIVES PILAR AND JOAN MIRÓ FOUNDATION GRANT.
The Spanish artist Marian Moratinos has received the Pilar and Joan Miró Foundation Grant, it was announced by 511 GALLERY today.
The Pilar and Joan Miró Foundation was founded in 1981 when Joan Miró and his wife donated the artist's Mallorca workshop and many of his own works to the Palma City Council, in the hopes of preserving Miró's creative environment for posterity. The Foundation endeavors to be a cultural and artistic center that advances the recognition of contemporary art and keeps with the innovative spirit of Miró. The Foundation is a meeting place for artists to exchange ideas and collaborate, while creating cultural awareness in the modern world. Through the Pilar and Joan Miró Foundation Grant, Moratinos was awarded a residency with the Slade School of Fine Arts, University College in London for the summer of 2008. In 2003, Moratinos also received the Pilar and Joan Miró Fundation Foreign Workshops Grant.
Moratinos completed her post graduate studies at La Universidad Politécnica of Valencia, Spain. In New York, Moratinos also studied at Parsons School of Design and the Lower East Side Print Shop. Her works have been shown in a number of exhibitions and galleries throughout Spain and the rest of Europe. She lives and works in Palma de Mallorca.
Moratinos' most recent exhibition, The Artificial Order, was shown at 511 GALLERY in the spring of 2007.
