Gorka Mohamed

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Born: 1978, Spain
Lives and works in London

Education
2006-08 Master in Fine Arts, Goldsmiths College, London, UK
1997-2003 Graduate in Art and Design, Escola Massana. Barcelona, Spain

Solo Exhibitions
2009
Toon Toon. Galeria Siboney. Santander, Spain.
2006
Puente de la Vision. Museum of Santander, Spain
Ghosts and premonitions.Galeria Luis Adelantado, Valencia

Selection Group Exhibitions
2010
Arco Art Fair, Galeria Distrito Cuatro, Madrid.
TAG, Brown Gallery, London.
il alla A  lai de lA il, Crimes Town Gallery. London.
Bragales Collection, Palacio de Sástago. Zaragoza. Spain.

2009
Ventriloquist, Timothy Taylor Gallery.London
Code of Being, Gallery With Space.(Jill Mason, Eemyun Kang, Gorka Mohamed). Beijing, China.
Modern Times, Vegas Gallery. London.
Notes from the underground, James Taylor Gallery.London.
2008
Arco Arf Fair, Galeria Luis Adelantado. Madrid, Spain
Arco Art Fair, Stand Gobierno de Cantabria, Spain
Roma Art Fair, Galeria Luis Adelantado, Italy.
2007
Planes Futuros (curated by Lorena and Maria del Corral), Sala Baluarte, Pamplona, Spain
Celeste Art Prize: T2 The Old Truman Brewery, London. Lyon & Turnbull, Edinburgh
Arco Art Fair, Galeria Luis Adelantado. Madrid, Spain
Sao Paulo International Art Fair,Galeria Luis Adelantado,Brasil
Maco Art Fair, galeria Luis Adelantado, Mexico

Beauty & Sadness: Galeria Torreao Nascente da Condoaria Nacional, Lisbon. Industrie-und Handelskammer. Frankfurt am Main, Germany
2006
Maco Art Fair, Galeria Luis Adelantado, Mexico Arco Art Fair, Galeria Luis Adelantado. Madrid, Spain

Awards and Grants
2008
Winner of the Warden's Purchase Prize
2005
Winner of the Pancho Cossio contest, Santander, Spain

Selected in the contest Caja Madrid Generation
2005
Arteleku Grant, San Sebastian, Spain
Residency in Piramidon, Barcelona, Spain
2002

Winner of the Casimiro Sainz contest, Reinosa, Spain
2001
Grant of studies by Escola Massana, Barcelona, Spain
Selected at the Miquel Casablancas contest, Barcelona, Spain
1997
Winner of the Pancho Cossio contest, Santander, Spain

Collections
Patio Herreriano, Museum of Spanish Contemporary Art, Valladolid, Spain
Bank Caja Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Reinosa Ayuntamiento, Reinosa, Spain
Culture Department of Cantabria, Santander, Spain
Fundacion Coca-Cola. Madrid, Spain.

Lectures
"La cultura alternativa como alternativa cultural", University of Cantabria, Spain. 2007

Selected Catalogues and Publications
Turpsbanana issue nº 6
Silenci? (2009)
Planes Futuros by Lorena & Maria del Corral (2007)
Celeste Art Prize (2007)
Emerging Art in Spain by Manuela Villa (2006 )
Beauty and Sadness by Monica Alvarez Careaga (2007)
Puente de la Vision (2006)
D[x]i Magazine, issue 21 (2006)
Street Logos by Tristan Manco (2004)
Alter Ego magazine nº 021 (2001)