BIO

Alejandra González Soca (Maldonado -Uruguay,1973), artista visual, docente y psicóloga. Licenciada en Artes Visuales por la Universidad de la República y Psicóloga por la Universidad Católica. Ha exhibido sus proyectos tanto en Uruguay como en el exterior, incluyendo: el Museo Nacional de Artes Visuales, Espacio de Arte Contemporáneo, Centro de Exposiciones SUBTE, Montevideo, Museo Histórico Cabildo de Montevideo, Centro Cultural de la República el Cabildo, Asunción, Espacio de Arte, Universidad de Lanús, Buenos Aires, Museo Casa del Risco, ciudad de México, Museo Qorikancha, Cusco, Perú, Casa Memorial Salvador Allende, La Habana, entre otros.
Recibe reconocimientos como: Premio Programa de Intercambio de Residencias Artísticas, Beca para la Creación Justino Zavala Muniz, Premio Fondo Concursable para la Cultura del Ministerio de Educación y Cultura,  Premio Patrocinio Comisión Bicentenario, Premio Festival Videoarte INMEDITERRANEUM11 y primer premio Encuentro de Intervenciones urbanas, Casablanca, Paysandú. Artista invitada en la VII Bienal Internacional de Arte Textil Contemporáneo. Seleccionada para: el 48° Premio Montevideo de Artes Visuales, II Bienal Internacional de Asunción, 55°y 56° Premio Nacional de Artes Visuales, Montevideo, Uruguay.
Realiza residencias en: Curadora, Santa Fé, Argentina, Centro de Estudios en Arqueología, Artes y Ciencia del Patrimonio, Universidad de Coimbra, Portugal, Bomeroom, Ciudad de las Artes, Córdoba, Argentina.
Profesora en la Licenciatura en Artes Visuales y Licenciatura en Educación de la Universidad Católica del Uruguay. Desde 1999 cuenta con su estudio taller Casa B.

Actualmente vive y trabaja en Montevideo. 


Alejandra González Soca  (Maldonado - Uruguay, 1973) is a visual artist, teacher and psychologist.  She holds a B.A. in Visual Arts from the National School of Fine Arts, University of the Republic, Uruguay (2002) and a degree in Psychology from the Catholic University of Uruguay (1995). She has taken part in various workshops related to contemporary art production and curation, such as: Contemporary context analysis and project tutorials by artist Carlos Capelán, 2011; Sismo  (international artists' programme)  with curator Daniel Fischer (Argentina), 2014-2016; Works analysis and process tracking in contemporary art projects with artist and curator Andrés Labaké (Argentina), Contemporary Art Space (EAC), 2017 and Curating in Context, coordinated by curator Verónica Cordeiro, 2017.
Her work has been exhibited in Uruguay and abroad, including the National Museum of Visual Arts, Contemporary Art Space, Juan Manuel Blanes Museum, Cabildo Historical Museum and SUBTE Exhibition Centre in Montevideo, Cultural Centre Kavlin (Punta del Este), Qorikancha Museum (Cusco), El Cabildo Cultural Centre (Asunción), Casa del Risco Museum (México city) and the Salvador Allende Memorial House (Havana), among others.  She received several recognitions, such as a fellowship for creation “Justino Zavala Muniz”, Ministry of Education and Culture of Uruguay (MEC); Funds for Culture program of Uruguay's (MEC) and the Sponsorship Bicentennial Commission Uruguay, all through an open competition. She was selected for the 48th Montevideo Visual Arts Prize and the 55th and 56th National Visual Arts Prize, Uruguay and invited artist in the 7th Contemporary Textile Art Biennial. González Soca has participated in international artist residencies like, Curator, Santa Fe, Argentina (2017), Centre for Archaeological, Art and Heritage Sciences Studies of the University of Coimbra, Portugal (2016), BomeRoom, Ciudad de las Artes, Córdoba, Argentina (2013). Since 1999 she has been Director of the CASAB Art Space. She is a teacher in the Bachelor of Visual Arts and the Bachelor of Education study programmes at the Catholic University of Uruguay.

She currently lives and works in Montevideo.

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