IGNACIO RODRIGUEZ ARCAUTE

Knowledge area

Painting

Department

Centre

Electronic mail

natxo.rodriguez@ehu.eus

Artist, professor and researcher

Lecturer at the Department of Sculpture and Art and Technology of the Faculty of Fine Arts in the UPV/EHU since 1999. Vicedean for universitary outreach (2009 to 2017) and Director of Cultural Action of the UPV/EHU (2017-2020). Coordinator of the Doctoral Programme in Research in Contemporary Art and member of the academic board of the MA in Contemporary, Technologic and Performative Art.



As artist, he is been member of the groups SEAC, Selección de Euskadi de Arte de Concepto (1994-1998) and Rodríguez Fundación (1994-2012), taking part in projects related to performative arts, new media and tecnologies and collaborative art. He has been also linked to cultural associations and independent initiatives as member of Asamblea Amrika, civic initiative that developed the co-management Amarika Project (2008-2011) along with the Regional Government.



PhD from tthe UPV/EHU (2008) with the work titled “Artes visuales y cultura libre. Una aproximación copyleft al arte contemporáneo” (Visual Arts and Free Culture. An Aproachment from Contemporary Art). He has taken part in research projects and currently, with three six-year research periods, he is co-director of AKMEKA research group of the Basque Universitary System. Directed Three PhD (one international and another one Special Doctoral Studies Award at the UPV/EHU).



From 2021 he is co-director of AUSART, Journal For Research in Art.