Perfil
Gema ÁLAVA CRISÓSTOMO
Multidisciplinary Artist/ Cultural Adviser at The World Council of Peoples for the United Nations, Nueva York
Postgraduate studies in United States, 1996
Nace en Madrid en 1973. Reside y trabaja en Nueva York desde el 2001. Ha estudiado en la Universidad Complutense de Madrid (Licenciatura en Pintura; Master en Pedagogía); el Chelsea College of Art & Design, The London Institute (becaria Erasmus); la Academy of Art College en San Francisco (Master en Pintura y Grabado); y el San Francisco Art Institute (Master en Nuevos Géneros Artísticos, 2000). Ha trabajado del 2001 al 2015 en los departamentos de Educación del MoMA, Museo de Arte Moderno de Nueva York, el Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, el Metropolitan Museum of Art, el Whitney Museum of American Art y la Morgan Library&Museum, en Nueva York, donde desarrolla e imparte talleres y conferencias para diversas audiencias. Escribe para las revistas Centerpoint Now y Fronterad.com. En el 2012 es nombrada Asesora de Cultura del World Council of Peoples for the United Nations (WCPUN). Ha expuesto en los museos Guggenheim, Metropolitan, Queens Art Museum y Bronx Museum of Art, la CUE Art Foundation, el Instituto Cervantes y Naciones Unidas en Nueva York; El Jersey City Museum; el Rana Museum en Noruega; y MANIFESTA, Bienal Europea de Arte Contemporáneo. Es ex becaria de la Peter Reed Foundation de Nueva York; ha sido nominada por la Institución Smithsonian de Washington por su obra artística; e invitada por la Columbia University, el Pratt Institute, la School of Visual Arts y la New York University como conferenciante. En 2013 publica el libro "Dime la Verdad" y en 2020 el libro "Cómo perder el miedo en un museo". En 2018 funda la plataforma www.hexagonsglobal.com
Gema's fellowship
Studies pursued with the fellowship
Bellas Artes
Type of studies
Postgraduate studies
Host university or research centre
Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA
Speciality of studies pursued with the fellowship
Plastic arts
Home university
Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Home speciality
General arts
Your fellowship code is . You have to include it in all the publications or dissemination materials you create which are related to the research funded by the ”la Caixa” fellowship. Particularly, this mention should read as follows: “The project that gave rise to these results received the support of a fellowship from ”la Caixa” Foundation (ID 100010434). The fellowship code is ”.
NOTICES ON GEMA
27 July 2021
Art that raises awareness
How can artists give a voice to those who need to be heard? How can we put artistic language to work for the most vulnerable among us? This moth, we spoke with three artists and ”la Caixa” Foundation fellows, who seek to use their art to build bridges between cultures rather than walls and barriers.
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The goal of the session is to develop your own self-awareness to feel more empowered and secure as a leader. You will also define what leadership means to you and connect with the leader already within you. Through the "Situational Leadership Model" you will learn about your natural leadership tendencies, and how to adjust your leadership style to fit each team member's needs.