Jorge Artajo
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Jorge Artajo Muruzabal (October 14, 1952 - ) was born in Sádaba
, (Zaragoza
), Spain
. visual artist, poet, draftsman, writer, performer and social activist. He currently lives in Madrid
working as editor in chief at Canal + Spain TV channel.
(Zaragoza
) is a little medieval Spanish village of narrow and dark streets with old stone houses deteriorated by dampness and hard winds, located in the middle of a dramatic plain dry land with no trees, but full of huge cereal fields broken here and there for some little characteristic hills of the nearby desert of Los Monegros
. The harsh landscape and weather with heavy cold winters and extremely hot summers with its usual plague of flies, mosquitoes and horseflies, and also the ever present Catholic culture that ruled all social activities have made him a not beating around the bush person, but clear and direct, which sometimes make him to be not so much political correct in his work.
Graduate in Media Studies and Communications by the Complutense University (Universidad Complutense) in Madrid. He was arrested several times in 1970 and 1972 during Franco's dictatorship when demonstrating in several campaigns against political repression and for Amnesty and Freedom, and was confined from several months at the Carabanchel prison
(cárcel de Carabanchel) in Madrid. There he met the Proceso 1001 ten labour unionist leaders who dared to confront the fascist regime asking for working class people rights: Pedro Santiesteban, Marcelino Camacho
, Juan Muñiz Zapico “Juanín”, Fernando Soto, Nicolas Sartorius, Eduardo Saborido, Francisco G. Salve, Miguel Ángel Zamora, Francisco Acosta, Luis Fernández
.
As a painter and draftsman he has a great diversity of themes and stiles: From naïve and colourful paintings full of joyful comic like characters that he used to display at galleries, bars, cafés, restaurants or clubs of social and humanitarian organizations or in children’s books, to very dark drawings here he shows his nightmares, fears, hopes and frustrations, usually published in journals, magazines or in adult books or artist books.
Sádaba
Sádaba is a municipality located in the province of Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain.Sights include the ancient Roman Mausoleum of the Atilii and the Sádaba Castle....
, (Zaragoza
Zaragoza
Zaragoza , also called Saragossa in English, is the capital city of the Zaragoza Province and of the autonomous community of Aragon, Spain...
), Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
. visual artist, poet, draftsman, writer, performer and social activist. He currently lives in Madrid
Madrid
Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...
working as editor in chief at Canal + Spain TV channel.
Biography
His works and life have been deeply marked by the place where he was born. SádabaSádaba
Sádaba is a municipality located in the province of Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain.Sights include the ancient Roman Mausoleum of the Atilii and the Sádaba Castle....
(Zaragoza
Zaragoza
Zaragoza , also called Saragossa in English, is the capital city of the Zaragoza Province and of the autonomous community of Aragon, Spain...
) is a little medieval Spanish village of narrow and dark streets with old stone houses deteriorated by dampness and hard winds, located in the middle of a dramatic plain dry land with no trees, but full of huge cereal fields broken here and there for some little characteristic hills of the nearby desert of Los Monegros
Monegros
Los Monegros is a comarca in Aragon, Spain. It is located within the provinces of Zaragoza and Huesca. The area is prone to chronic droughts, and much of the area is badlands....
. The harsh landscape and weather with heavy cold winters and extremely hot summers with its usual plague of flies, mosquitoes and horseflies, and also the ever present Catholic culture that ruled all social activities have made him a not beating around the bush person, but clear and direct, which sometimes make him to be not so much political correct in his work.
Graduate in Media Studies and Communications by the Complutense University (Universidad Complutense) in Madrid. He was arrested several times in 1970 and 1972 during Franco's dictatorship when demonstrating in several campaigns against political repression and for Amnesty and Freedom, and was confined from several months at the Carabanchel prison
Carabanchel Prison
Carabanchel Prison was constructed by political prisoners after the Spanish Civil War between 1940 and 1944 in the Madrid's neighbourhood of Carabanchel. It was one of the biggest prisons in Europe until its closure in 1998...
(cárcel de Carabanchel) in Madrid. There he met the Proceso 1001 ten labour unionist leaders who dared to confront the fascist regime asking for working class people rights: Pedro Santiesteban, Marcelino Camacho
Marcelino Camacho
Marcelino Camacho Abad , was a Spanish trade unionist and politician. He was a founding member of Comisiones Obreras and its first Secretary-General, holding this position between 1976 and 1987, and a communist deputy for Madrid Province between 1977 and 1981.Born the son of a unionized signalman...
, Juan Muñiz Zapico “Juanín”, Fernando Soto, Nicolas Sartorius, Eduardo Saborido, Francisco G. Salve, Miguel Ángel Zamora, Francisco Acosta, Luis Fernández
Luis Fernández
Luis Fernández is a Spanish-French footballer who played as a defender / midfielder. He retired as a player in 1993 to become a manager....
.
As a painter and draftsman he has a great diversity of themes and stiles: From naïve and colourful paintings full of joyful comic like characters that he used to display at galleries, bars, cafés, restaurants or clubs of social and humanitarian organizations or in children’s books, to very dark drawings here he shows his nightmares, fears, hopes and frustrations, usually published in journals, magazines or in adult books or artist books.
Illustrated books
- Máscaras, Imágenes, proverbios y palabras. Carlos Roriguez. 1974.
- De qué va la alimentación natural. Rosa Sola Franch. 1977 Ediciones La Piqueta, dirigida por Juan Pablo Silvestre*http://www.rtve.es/rne/r3/pr/mundobabel/mundobabel.htm
- Somnis. Comediants. 1987 Editorial Aliorna
- La Nit. Comediants. 1987 Edicions de L’Eixample
- Prendas íntimas. Ana Rossetti. 1989 Ediciones Temas de Hoy
- Virgo Potens. Ana Rossetti. 1989. Ediciones El Gato Gris*http://www.elgatogris.com/
- La aventura de Sir Karel de Nortumbria. Manuel Alfonseca. 1990 Espasa Calpe
- La noche no es hermosa. Terenci MoixTerenci MoixTerenci Moix was a Spanish Catalan writer who wrote in Spanish and in Catalan. He is also the brother of poet/novelist Anna Maria Moix....
. 1994 Espasa Calpe - Las bodas reales. Ana Rossetti. 2006. Edicions Bellaterra*http://www.ed-bellaterra.com/
- Buenos días Sr. Hoy. Ana Rossetti. 2007. Editorial Kókinos*http://www.editorialkokinos.com/
Book covers
- Punto umbrío. Ana Rossetti. 1995 Hiperión.
- P/Herversions: Critical Studies of Ana Rossetti. Jill Robbins. 2004. BucknellBucknellBucknell may refer to:*Bucknell, Oxfordshire, England*Bucknell, Shropshire, England*Bucknell, California, United States*Bucknell Ridge*Bucknell University, Pennsylvania, United States...
- Teoría práctica del proceso creativo. Silvia Sauter. 2007. Iberoamericana lbros y ed. Sl.
- Soc Llegenda. Richard MathesonRichard MathesonRichard Burton Matheson is an American author and screenwriter, primarily in the fantasy, horror, and science fiction genres. He is perhaps best known as the author of What Dreams May Come, Bid Time Return, A Stir of Echoes, The Incredible Shrinking Man, and I Am Legend, all of which have been...
. 1988. Laertes, S.A. de ediciones - Historias fantásticas. Stephen KingStephen KingStephen Edwin King is an American author of contemporary horror, suspense, science fiction and fantasy fiction. His books have sold more than 350 million copies and have been adapted into a number of feature films, television movies and comic books...
. 1990. Cículo de lectores - La danza de la muerte. Stephen KingStephen KingStephen Edwin King is an American author of contemporary horror, suspense, science fiction and fantasy fiction. His books have sold more than 350 million copies and have been adapted into a number of feature films, television movies and comic books...
. 1990. Círculo de lectores - El hijo de la noche infinita. John FarrisJohn FarrisJohn Lee Farris is an American writer, known largely for his work in the southern Gothic genre. He was born 1936 in Jefferson City, Missouri, to parents John Linder Farris and Eleanor Carter Farris . Raised in Tennessee, he graduated from Central High School in Memphis and attended Southwestern...
. 1990 Círculo de lectores - La veu melodiosa. Montserrat RoigMontserrat RoigMontserrat Roig i Fransitorra was a Catalan writer of novels, short stories and articles.- Biography :...
. 1990. Círculo de lectores - Editorial Empúries. Barcelona.
Poems
- Van Gogh’s Ear (France/USA) 2005 *http://www.frenchcx.com/press/vge_5.html
- Mein heimliches Auge (Germany) 2006 *http://www.konkursbuch.com/html/auge.html
- Fósforo (Spain) 2004 *http://www.revistafosforo.com/jorgeartajo.htm digital magazine directed by Gonzalo Escarpa*http://www.escarpa.net/
- Flies and Flights (Finland) 2001. Edited by Sari Gurney to AIU: A Yoko Ono Box*http://www.a-i-u.net/
- Medios Revueltos (Spain) 1980, directed by Felipe Hernández Cava*http://www.tebeosfera.com/Documento/Entrevista/Cava/FelipeH.htm
- Writings on the Wall For the RikArt artist books collection *http://rikart.lib.hel.fi/en-GB/WorkOfArt/?WorkOfArtID=177 at the Rikhardinkatu Library *http://www.lib.hel.fi/en-GB/rikhardinkatu/ in Helsinki (Finland) 2004]
Shows and exhibitions
- FLUXMUSEUM - FLUXHIBITION#3 *http://fluxmuseum.org/
- FESTIVAL VISIBLE *http://www.festivalgayvisible.com/
- COGAMCOGAMLesbians, Gays, Transsexuals and Bisexuals Collective Organization is a Spanish non-governmental association stated as a public utility and non-profit organization in Boletín Oficial del Estado which works actively for the rights of lesbians, gays, transsexuals and bisexuals...
Madrid - Librería Berkana. Madrid*http://www.libreriaberkana.com/
- Librería Antinous. Barcelona*http://antinouslibros.com/catalog/
- Galería Ob-Art. Barcelona*http://www.ob-art.com/
- Axel Hotel. Barcelona
- Colegio Mayor Pio XII Madrid
- Colegio Mayor San Juan Evangelista , Madrid
- Cárcel de Carabanchel. Madrid
- Galería sobre el pont. MontgatMontgatMontgat is a municipality in the comarca of the Maresme inCatalonia, Spain. It is situated on the coast between Badalona and El Masnou, to the north-east of...
(Barcelona) - La Casa de la Puntxa. Tiana (Barcelona)
- Teatre LliureTeatre LliureThe Teatre Lliure is a theatre in Barcelona considered one of the most prestigious in Catalonia. It was created in 1976 in the neighborhood of Gràcia by a group of professionals from Barcelona's independent theater scene. It became distinguished for its practice of presenting theater in Catalan,...
. Barcelona - IsReal Gallery NutopiaNutopiaNutopia is a conceptual country, sometimes referred to as a micronation, founded by John Lennon and Yoko Ono. One of the reasons that the country was founded was address Lennon's then-ongoing immigration problems though satirical means. There is no leadership and not all citizenships have been...
- Restaurante El armario. Madrid
- Bar Moderno. Madrid.
- Bar El pobre Gaspar. Madrid
- Auditorio de la FNACFNACFNAC may refer to:* the fine needle aspiration cytology, a medical diagnosis technique;* the Fnac, a French cultural and consumer retailer...
Callao Madrid - Auditorio de la FNACFNACFNAC may refer to:* the fine needle aspiration cytology, a medical diagnosis technique;* the Fnac, a French cultural and consumer retailer...
Plaza Catalunya Barcelona - Cafeteria D4
- Circo de pulgas Madrid*http://www.revistafosforo.com/cdp/
- La Dinamo Madrid*http://www.ladinamo.org/
- Librería El bandido doblemente armado . Madrid*http://www.elbandidodoblementearmado.com/
- Librería Panta Rhei *http://www.panta-rhei.es/
Performances
- Virgo Potens y las ánimas (Virgo Potens and the souls). With Ana Rossetti
- La búsqueda de Diógenes nos 1 y 2 (Diogenes Search # 1 & 2)
- Retales’’ (Remnants)
- Gritar tu nombre (Screaming your Name)
- Plazos de entrega (Delivery Term)
- El último viaje (The Last Trip)
- Piloto automático (Autopilot)
- Tránsito (Transit)