martin bonadeo

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Martin Bonadeo was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina (1975) where he lives and works. He is an artist that hold a bachelor in advertising and a Ph. D. degree in Social Communication. His doctoral thesis is about human olfactory communication and its function in building up identities has been published during 2005 by the University -Universidad Austral-. He is a professor at UCA (Universidad Católica Argentina) at the communication department (ICOS) since 2002.

In 2000 he started developing art projects and studying art theory and work interpretation with Fabiana Barreda and Monica Girón. From 2001 he showed more than 20 site specific installations for different galleries and cultural centers of several cities including Buenos Aires, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Sao Paulo, Denver and Tokyo.

During 2004 he had been a scholarship holder of the Antorchas Foundation researching relations between art, science and technology for a year at the Hypermedia Studio, UCLA, U.S.A.

He was sponsored by Telefonica Foundation to participate in INTERCAMPOS program 2005.

Winner of the 2005 Fundacion Telefonica/MAMBA (Modern art Buenos Aires) Art and New Technologies Grand Prix (Grant) to develop “Moebius Display” (project leader in collaboration with engineers, computer scientists, architects and musicians). This project was also supported by OSRAM opto-semiconductors Germany.

Winner of 2006 Vida 9.0 (Fundación Telefónica Spain) grant to develop an iberoamerican art + science piece. Project: “dead/alive tree”.

In 2007 he founded TECAT (Taller Experimental de Ciencia, Arte y Tecnología) a multidisciplinary space to produce and think technological issues at Universidad Católica Argentina.

 

 

 

exhibitions

2007Moebius Display”, Dynamic luminic sculpture, installation, presented at "Memoria do futuro: 10 anos de arte e tecnologia no Itau Cultural", Itaú Cultural, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

2007Thermosynthesis 2”, interactive installation presented at "Cultura y Media 2", curated by Graciela Taquini, Centro Cultural General San Martín, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

2007Thermosysnthesis 1 ”, site specific interactive, curated by Cristian Segura at Galería Isidro Miranda, Buenos Aires , Argentina.

2007Horizon on dome”, site specific photograpic installation, in the show "Pampa, Ciudad y Suburbio" Curated by Laura Malosetti Costa at IMAGO, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

2006 “Art closed circuit”, site specific installation, Centro Cultural de España en Buenos Aires, Argentina.

2006 “Intimacy” site specific installation, central post office, Estudio Abierto Centro, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

2006 “Moebius Display”, Dynamic luminic sculpture, installation, Fundacion Telefonica/MAMBA (Modern art Buenos Aires) Art and New Technologies awards show, curated by Laura Buccelatto at Espacio Fundación Telefónica, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

2006 “Re-visits”, group installation at El Borde, Art Gallery, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

2006 “Japanese eyes ”, digital photos, TRIP art Gallery ArteBA 2006, Espacio Prometeo, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

2006 “Art closed circuit”, site specific installation, Centro Cultural de España en Buenos Aires, Argentina.

2005 "The interactive corn", site specific installation, Galería del Poste (Pole's Gallery), Centro Cultural Rojas (UBA), Buenos Aires, Argentina.

2005 "Inmigrant/Argentine", site specific installation, Inmigrant's historic street,Estudio Abierto Puerto 2005, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

2005 "Tires", site specific installation, selected fot the Chandón Awards, Museo Timoteo Navarro, Tucumán, Argentina.

2005 "Underground sky", site specific installation, Cruce de artes, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

2005 "Dolarized rastras", part of change, change installation, selected by the bienal de Bahía Blanca, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Bahía Blanca, Argentina.

2005 "Mullholland drive: pojecting topology", multimedia installation, selected at Japan Media Arts Festival, Tokyo, Japan.

2004/5 "HOPE", site & time specific installation, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Borde, San Francisco, USA.

2004 "Wind Chimes", site specific sound installation, UCLA Campus, Los Angeles, USA.

2004 "Locked up landscapes", photo installation, in Occupied Territories, Telefonica Foundation Space, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

2004 "NEWS, (It is not, literal translation from spanish)", multisensorial site specific installation, in Vertigo, Museum of Latin American Art in Buenos Aires (MalBA), Buenos Aires, Argentina.

2004 "Two suns", multisensorial site specific installation, in Crossroads, Raid Projects, Los Angeles, USA.

2003 "Closed/open closet", site specific installation, Jaqui & Pedro Green Gallery, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

2003 "On-off light", site specific installation, during Arte / en Progresión, Meeting on technological and artistic experimentation. Centro Cultural General San Martín. March 14 - 25. Supported by Secretaria de Cultura del Gobierno de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Subsecretaria de gestión e industrias culturales, Universidad de Tres de Febrero.

2003 "Fused Americas", interactive installation, gallery: El Borde, Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina.

2002 "Change, Change", site specific installation, Numismatic Museum (Museo Numismático del Banco Central de la República Argentina), internet re-edition 2003 www.sitearte.com.

2002 "Real time still life" and "Melted figures", 2 installations, during Acontecimiento 2x2, SITEARTE, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

2002 "Still life wallpapered", Site Specific Photo Installation, during Un mar de Trampas, Villa Victoria Ocampo, Mar del Plata, Argentina.

2002 "Corners", Photographs, Slide projection, during, Fuga Jurásica, Museo de Ciencias Naturales, Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina.

2002 "Together", 2 Site Specific Installations, during Futuro Inmediato, El Galpón, Estudios Abiertos San Telmo, Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina.

2002 "Indoor windows", Site Specific Installation, during Low-Tech-Hi-Fi, Fundación Klemm, Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina.

2002 "Delayed clock", site specific installation, Del Retiro Photo Gallery, Torre Monumental de los Ingleses, Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina.

2001 "Soul's path", site specific installation, Centro Cultural General San Martín, Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina.

2001 "El Pueblo-closed circuit" site specific installation, Centro Cultural de "El Pueblo" Estancias del Pilar (Pcia. de Buenos Aires), Argentina.

2001 "Locked up landscapes" photo installation, Centro Cultural de "El Pueblo" Estancias del Pilar (Pcia. de Buenos Aires), Argentina. 

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academic education

2003 Ph. D. in Social Communication, Thesis: Odotypes: olfactory communication in retailing brands, Universidad Austral, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

1997 Bachelor in Commercial Communications and Advertising, Universidad de Palermo Buenos Aires, Argentina.

1995 Junior Advertising Creative, Escuela Superior de Creativos Publicitarios, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

2001-2003 Artistic work analysis with artist Monica Girón, Buenos Aires.

2000-2002 Artistic work analysis with critic and artist Fabiana Barreda, Buenos Aires.

2001-2002 Escuela de Mitología Anfititre, Classic Mythology seminars by Ana Zetina Ph D. (UBA) Buenos Aires.

2001 Experimental music workshop directed by Santiago Vázquez, Buenos Aires.

1998 -2001 Writing workshop and text analysis with Alicia Steinberg, Buenos Aires.

2001 Universidad Austral, The problem of enunciation in audiovisual discourses, seminar by Gabriela Fabbro Ph.D. (U. Austral). Semiotics in audiovisual discourse, by Armando Fumagalli Ph. D. (Catholic University de Milan, Italy)

2000 Universidad Austral, Research in information companies, European economic press, by Angel Arrese Ph. D. (Universidad de Navarra, Spain). Economic press, Spain and UK cases, by Alfonso Nieto Tamargo Ph.D., (Universidad de Navarra, Spain).

1999 Universidad Austral, Knowledge integration, by Pedro Luis Barcia Ph. D (Universidad Nacional de La Plata). Epistemology, by Gabriel Zanotti Ph. D. Experiences in communications research, by Alfonso Nieto Tamargo (Universidad de Navarra, Spain). Institutional communications problems, by Abelardo Pithod Ph. D. (Univerisdad Nacional de Cuyo). New sociological tendencies, by Alejandro Navas (Universidad de Navarra, Spain).

1997 ¨Marketing 2005¨ Congress (A.A.M.)

1997 Universidad de Buenos Aires, "Organizational Communications" Seminar by Rubén Rojas Breu (U.B.A.)

1996-97 Universidad de Palermo, Public Relations workshops. Advertising workshops. Design and multimedia workshops

1995 Universidad de Palermo, experimental photography workshop by Charlie Piccoli (UBA)

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professional work

1999-today Freelance Communications and advertising consultant for Mercantil andina (insurances), Universidad de Palermo, Garagelatino (internet), Clicknest (internet), Congresos internacionales S.A. (congress & seminar organizations)

2002-today communication university professor, Universidad Catolica Aregntina

2002 Contemporary art assistant professor, Instituto Universitario Nacional de Artes.

1997 - 1999 Creative advertising copywriter, Faillace y Asociados Comunicación

1996 Freelance creative advertising copywriter, Downtown Publicidad

1996 Freelance Communications and advertising consultant for Holiday Express (tourism)

1995 Training in the creative department, De Luca Publicidad

1994 Social photography and filming, Arbetman-Felgueras 

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grants and awards

2006 Vida 9.0 Fundación Telefónica's (spain) Grant to develop dead/alive tree project.

2005 Fundacion Telefonica/MAMBA (Modern art Buenos Aires) Art and New Technologies Grand Prix.

2005 Fundación Telefónica's Grant to participate in INTERCAMPOS program 2005.

2003 Fundación Antorchas Grant for studying at the Hypermedia Studio UCLA during one year.

1999 Bronze Award in The New York Festivals (Advertising)

1998 Bureau Argentino de Radio: Runner up (Advertising)

1998 Clarín Creative Awards: Bronce Gran Prix y 1st in newspaper category (Advertising)

1998 Cronista Institutional Advertising Awards, Runner up (Advertising)

1996 Grand Award in Academia Argentina de Artes y Ciencias de la Comunicación: ¨New media tendencies ¨, published in AAACC Bulletin.

1996 ¨Christian Church Institutional Communication" published in AD-HOC

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publications

2007 "Pampa, ciudad y suburbio ", exhibition catalog of the show curated by Laura Malosetti Costa at IMAGO, Buenos Aires.

2006 “Arte y nuevas tecnologías: Premio Limb0 | MAMBA | Fundación Telefónica 2005”, Exhibition Catalog, Fundación Telefónica,  Buenos Aires, 2006.

2005 "Odotipo: Historia natural del olfato y su función en la identidad de Marca" (Odotype:Smell natural history and its function in brand identity), Martin Bonadeo's doctoral thesis, published by Universidad Austral.

2004 “Territorios Ocupados”, Exhibition Catalog, Fundación Telefónica,  Buenos Aires, 2004.

 

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