EDUCATION
2021 - 2025
2017
2017
2013 - 2017
MA in Humanities: Contemporary Art, Literature and Culture with a specialization in Literature, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya. Academic exchange program at the University of Limerick, 2024.
Non-matriculating enrollment at the Escuela de Arte Útil (School of Useful Art), Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, 2017.
Non-matriculating enrollment in Politics of Public Space (undergraduate level), California College of the Arts, Oakland, 2017.
Bachelor of Fine Arts (thesis with Distinction), Universitat Politècnica de València. Academic exchange program at the California College of the Arts, 2017.
FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS
2024
9/2023
8/2023
8/2020 - 6/2021
9/2018 - 12/2018
2017
10/2014 - 5/2015
Erasmus Santander and Erasmus+ program (both merit-based scholarships for attending the University of Limerick), Santander Group, 2024.
First prize for poetry, Certamen Jóvenes Creadores Premios Madroño.
Finalist in the 2023 II Concurso de Relatos Vellosillo short story competition.
Department of Media and Performance Art, Curatorial Internship at MoMA (NY)
PROMOE International Mobility Grant (full-tuition, merit/based scholarship to attend California College of the Arts), Santander Group.
Think Tank Innovation 360, competitive call, Bankinter (Valencia).
EMPLOYMENT
4/2025 - Present
2019 - Present
2/2022 - 6/2023
5/2021 - 2/2022
9 - 12/2028
5 - 9/2017
Communications Consultant for Plan Eval. Contractor.
Grant Writer (for artist Reyes Pe, artist Astrid Kaemmerling and ASEDEC+I+A). Contractor.
Technical Project Manager, Paz y Desarrollo, Valencia.
Space Manager, WayCO, Valencia.
Curatorial Intern, Department of Media and Performance, Museum of Modern Art, New York.
Development & Fundraising Events Intern, Southern Exposure, San Francisco.
ARTIST RESIDENCIES
12/2019 - 7/2020
6/2018
10/2017 & 3/2018
Grupo para la Observación de la práctica Artística Local (Valencia, España). Link to research output.
Invited as a performance artist to join the research group on contemporary art practices.
Second Sight Project (Columbus, Ohio). Competitively selected for the Burke Residency Award.
Can Serrat International Art Residency (El Bruc, Spain). Competitive call.
Participated on two occasions: first as an invited artist and second as an Art Coordinator.
PUBLICATIONS
2017
2018
2018
2024
2024
2024
“Existir a pie. Una práctica interdisciplinar a partir de la urgencia del
caminar.” Undergraduate thesis, Universitat Politècnica de València.
http://hdl.handle.net/10251/97601.
“Studio Sessions: Astrid Kaemmerling.” Art Practical, February 27.
“Don't Look The Other Way: Escuela de Arte Útil.” Art Practical, November 21.
https://taniabruguera.com/dont-look-the-other-way-escuela-de-arte-util-2/
“Two Know Nothing Beyond_.” Hypertextual Memory.
https://ecervera0.wixsite.com/hypertextual-memory.
Cervera, Elia, Laura Rodriguez, Daniel Esteban, et al. 2023. Jóvenes 23. Clever Events, S.L.
Cervera, Elia, Victoriano Alcalde, Ana M. Garcia, et al. 2023. Repoblados: I Antología. Ediciones Rubeo.
SELECTED ARTWORKS
3/2018
9/2017
7/2017
7/2016
11/2015
Traces of intimacy, in collaboration with Amery Kessler and The Walk Discourse (San Francisco). / artist-led walk
I am the city of others who are the city, 4th World Congress of Psychogeography (Huddersfield) / artist-led walk
Mapping through storytelling with 3rd Space Lab Colective, Common Grounds Art Festival (San Francisco)
Walking the museum, visiting the street, Mediolanum Bank (Valencia) / artist-led walk
Apelar al lenguaje, acquired by the UPV’s art collection / artist book
CONTINUING EDUCATION
9/2023
3 - 4/2022
5 - 9/2020
7/2020
5/2020
9/2019 - 5/2020
6/2019
2/2019
1/2019
6 - 8/2018
4/2018
4/2018
9/2017
6 - 8/2017
12/2016
5/2016
4/2015
1/2015
11/2012
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona: Emotions a Philosophical Introduction (online)
Universitat de València: Cultural mediation: social action through artistic practices (Valencia)
Inland | Campo Adentro: Shepherds School (Madrid)
Steve Paxton: Drafting Interior Techniques, Azcuna Zentroa (Bilbao)
Vicente Arlandis: 24 propuetas raras para entender las artes vivas, Comitè Escèniques (Valencia)
Toni Aparisi: University of Valencia Dance Company (Valencia)
María del Mar Bernabé: Music in Physical Therapy, UV (Valencia)
Filipe Lourenço: dance workshop, IVAM (Valencia)
Ute Wasserman: Voice Laboratory, TEM (Valencia)
Mick Wilson: Contemporary Arts and Politics, Valand Academy, (Gothenburg)
Lucas Condró: Asymmetrical Motion, Botanic Espai de Dansa (Valencia)
Serge Pey and Chiara Mulas: Poetry in Action, TEM (Valencia)
Xavier Le Roy: Still Untitled, Skulptur Projekte (Münster)
Tania Bruguera: School of Useful Art, YBCA (San Francisco)
Mónika Günther: Performance Art, TEM (Valencia)
Javier Abarca: Graffiti and Psychogeography, UPV (Valencia)
Poncho Martínez: Del pliego al cosido, Bookbinding, UPV (Valencia)
Paco Nadal: Travel Journalism, UAM El País (Madrid)
Carlos Oltra: Landscape Photography, Asociación Najiru (Valencia)