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I\u2019ve worked full-time since 2006 as a scholar and programme director at the intersection of graffiti, street art, and cultural institutions. I contribute world-leading expertise to the field through collaborations with universities, museums, foundations, cultural organisations, and government cultural offices across Europe and beyond.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m the founder and director of Unlock Book Fair<\/a>, Tag Conference<\/a>, and Art & Place Conference<\/a>, all landmark events in the world of graffiti and street art. Through my work, I have been instrumental in transforming the landscape of graffiti and street art studies, shaping more rigorous academic frameworks and institutional engagements.<\/p>\n

My involvement with the field dates back to the 1980s, when I emerged as a leading artist in the early Spanish graffiti scene. From 2006 to 2015, I taught the first-ever bachelor class<\/a> on graffiti and street art, at the Faculty of Fine Arts of the Complutense University of Madrid.<\/p>\n

Since 2008, I\u2019ve run Urbanario<\/a>, the leading Spanish-language research platform on graffiti and street art. My PhD (Fine Arts, 2010) and published texts are widely cited in specialised academic literature.<\/p>\n

When I am not travelling for commissions, I work between my office in Madrid and my home in the Asturias mountains on the lush northern coast of Spain. I am a trained artist, find my personal portfolio\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Contact: javier[a]urbanario.es<\/p>\n

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CV<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Lectures<\/h3>\n

2025: Art & Place: from graffiti to land art<\/em>. HBKsaar University, Saarbr\u00fccken, Germany.<\/p>\n

2025: Posters and wheatpasting in street art history<\/em>. HBKsaar University, Saarbr\u00fccken, Germany.<\/p>\n

2024:\u00a0Art & Place: from graffiti to land art<\/em>. Art on the Streets, London.<\/p>\n

2024:\u00a0Art & Place: from graffiti to land art<\/em>. Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures, Hamburg University.<\/p>\n

2024:\u00a0Art & Place: from graffiti to land art<\/em>. Pennings Foundation, Mondriaan Fund, Eindhoven.<\/p>\n

2024: Unearthing the lost legacy of Muelle and the \u2018flecheros\u2019 from 1980s Madrid<\/em>. Tag Conference, Catholic University of Linz, Austria.<\/p>\n

2023:\u00a0Graffiti and psychogeography, the city as a playground<\/em>. MGL, Munich.<\/p>\n

2023: What brought us here<\/em>. Tag Conference, Hamburg University.<\/p>\n

2023: Monikers in history and today<\/em>. Tag Conference, New York City.<\/p>\n

2022:\u00a0Graffiti goes ugly, and artsy: the rise of anti-style<\/em>. From Vandal to Art workshop. Sofia.<\/p>\n

2022:\u00a0From street art to exhibitions and murals<\/em>. From Vandal to Art workshop. Sofia.<\/p>\n

2022:\u00a0Graffiti is folk art<\/em>. Lisbon Street Art and Urban Creativity International Conference. Universidade de Lisboa.<\/p>\n

2021: From street art to murals, what have we lost?\u00a0<\/em>National Urban Art Network Conference, G\u00f6teborgs Konsthall, Sweden.<\/p>\n

2021:\u00a0History of Artivism<\/em>. Course on \u2018Artivism\u2019, Youth Peace Ambassadors Network, Madrid.<\/p>\n

2021:\u00a0Graffiti is not ‘Art’<\/em>. Bien Urbain Festival, Besan\u00e7on, France.<\/p>\n

2021:\u00a0Research, then Act: Graffiti as Reading of the City<\/em>. Artistic Research Day, Fontys University, Tilburg, Netherlands.<\/p>\n

2020: Graffiti is not \u2018Art\u2019<\/em>. Lisbon Street Art and Urban Creativity International Conference. Universidade de Lisboa.<\/p>\n

2019: Graffiti, street art and murals, what they are and how they work<\/em>. Fisart Festival, Timi\u0219oara, Romania.<\/p>\n

2019: Graffiti and psychogeography, the city as a<\/em> playground<\/em>. Street Art Communication, Ko\u0161ice, Slovakia.<\/p>\n

2019:\u00a0Graffiti is not ‘Art’<\/em>. Social Surfaces symposium, Manchester.<\/p>\n

2019: Graffiti and psychogeography, the city as a playground<\/em>. Kulturzentrum Schlachthof, Kassel, Germany.<\/p>\n

2019:\u00a0Moniker writing in Europe<\/em>. Tag Conference, Cologne.<\/p>\n

2019:\u00a0\u00bfConservar el arte urbano?<\/em>\u00a0National School of Conservation, Restoration and Museography, M\u00e9xico City.<\/p>\n

2019:\u00a0El papel de las publicaciones en el arte urbano<\/em>. Callegenera festival, Monterrey, M\u00e9xico.<\/p>\n

2019:\u00a0Curating street art<\/em>. Bien Urbain festival, Besan\u00e7on, France.<\/p>\n

2019:\u00a0Graffiti, from experience to spectacle<\/em>. Urban Creativity Conference, Lund University, Sweden.<\/p>\n

2019:\u00a0Curating street art<\/em>. Creative Europe Road Map meeting, Cologne, Germany.<\/p>\n

2019: Evoluci\u00f3n del arte urbano en Madrid<\/em>. Arte en la Calle exhibition, Centro Conde Duque, Madrid.<\/p>\n

2019:\u00a0Graffiti and psychogeography, the city as a playground<\/em>. Nuart Aberdeen festival, Scotland.<\/p>\n

2018:\u00a0The \u2018flechero\u2019 indigenous tagging culture of Madrid<\/em>. Tag Conference, Amsterdam.<\/p>\n

2018: Curating street art<\/em>. Unlock: Visual Dissidence, Herne, Germany.<\/p>\n

2018:\u00a0Graffiti and psychogeography, the city as a<\/em> playground. Calle Libre festival, Vienna.<\/p>\n

2018:\u00a0Punk graffiti<\/em>.\u00a0Tercera jornada Indague, Madrid.<\/p>\n

2018\u00a0Graffiti and psychogeography, the city as a playground<\/em>. Stencibility festival, Tartu, Estonia.<\/p>\n

2018: Dilemas en la conservaci\u00f3n del arte urbano<\/em>. Avant Garde festival, Tudela, Spain.<\/p>\n

2018:\u00a0Comisariar arte urbano<\/em>. Segunda jornada Indague, Palma, Spain.<\/p>\n

2018:\u00a0From intervention to exploration: twelve years of teaching<\/em>. Art On The Streets symposium, ICA, London.<\/p>\n

2017: The\u00a0Unlock project<\/em>. \u0411\u0443\u043a\u0432\u043e\u0431\u043b\u0443\u0434\u0438\u0435, Moscow.<\/p>\n

2017:\u00a0Unlock y el papel de la edici\u00f3n<\/em>. Primera jornada\u00a0Indague, Madrid.<\/p>\n

2017:\u00a0From street art to murals, what have we lost?<\/em>\u00a0Wall and Space conference, Halle, Germany.<\/p>\n

2017:\u00a0Graffiti and psychogeography<\/em>. CityLeaks festival, Cologne, Germany.<\/p>\n

2017:\u00a0Street art, murals, and power in public space<\/em>. Nuart festival, Stavanger, Norway.<\/p>\n

2017:\u00a0Curating street art<\/em>.\u00a0Lisbon Street Art and Urban Creativity International Conference. Universidade de Lisboa.<\/p>\n

2017:\u00a0Del arte urbano a los murales<\/em>. I Jornada de Arte Urbano, Vigo.<\/p>\n

2017:\u00a0Graffiti y psicogeograf\u00eda<\/em>.\u00a0Espai d\u2019Art Contemporani de Castell\u00f3.<\/p>\n

2017: Comisariar arte urbano<\/em>. Analog\u00edas Urbanas, Fine Arts Faculty, Complutense University of Madrid.<\/p>\n

2016: Muelle, entre el graffiti y el arte urbano<\/em>. Escuela Superior de Conservaci\u00f3n y Restauraci\u00f3n de Bienes Culturales, Madrid.<\/p>\n

2016: From street art to murals, what have we lost?<\/em> Keynote lecture at the Lisbon Street Art and Urban Creativity International Conference. University of Lisbon, Portugal.<\/p>\n

2016: Urbanario<\/em>. Congreso de Periodismo Cultural, Santander.<\/p>\n

2016: Graffiti y psicogeograf\u00eda<\/em>. Poliniza festival, Polytechnic University of Valencia.<\/p>\n

2016: El graffiti como caligraf\u00eda<\/em>. Fine Arts Faculty, Complutense University of Madrid.<\/p>\n

2015: From graffiti, to street art, to murals<\/em>. The Bridges of Graffiti lecture series, Venice Biennial, Italy.<\/p>\n

2015: Street art, murals and gentrification<\/em>. Street Art: Contours et D\u00e9tours international conference. Nice Sophia Antipolis University, Nice, France.<\/p>\n

2015: Ten years of teaching street art at the university<\/em>. Bien Urbain festival, Besan\u00e7on, France.<\/p>\n

2015: Graffiti as psychogeography<\/em>. Backjumps festival, Berlin, Germany.<\/p>\n

2015: El graffiti como dise\u00f1o gr\u00e1fico<\/em>. Instituto Europeo di Design, Madrid.<\/p>\n

2014: Arte urbano, murales y gentrificaci\u00f3n<\/em>. Medialab Prado, Madrid.<\/p>\n

2014: Arte urbano, murales y barrios<\/em>. CC Villaverde, Madrid City Council.<\/p>\n

2014: Arte urbano, murales y barrios<\/em>. CC Usera, Madrid City Council.<\/p>\n

2014: The mural festival, from dissent to speculation<\/em>. Open Walls Conference, CCCB, Barcelona.<\/p>\n

2014: The mural festival wave, from dissenting art to real state speculation<\/em>. Aesthetic Energy of the City international conference. University of \u0141\u00f3d\u017a, Poland.<\/p>\n

2014: The mural festival wave, from dissenting art to real state speculation<\/em>. Mural Meeting international conference, Dresden, Germany.<\/p>\n

2014: Revs, the unknown pioneer<\/em>. Lisbon Street Art and Urban Creativity International Conference. University of Lisbon, Portugal.<\/p>\n

2014: Egs and the history of graffiti in Finland<\/em>. ARCO art fair, Madrid.<\/p>\n

2013: Muelle y el legado del Madrid de los 80<\/em>. Centro de Arte Caja de Burgos, Burgos.<\/p>\n

2013: Graffiti, street art and gentrification<\/em>. GraffiCity international conference, University of Cologne, Germany.<\/p>\n

2013: El arte y la lucha por el espacio p\u00fablico<\/em>. Interact\u00faa lecture series, Toledo.<\/p>\n

2013: El graffiti en la historia<\/em>. Studio Banana, Madrid.<\/p>\n

2012: The mural in motion<\/em>. Riesa Efau, Dresden, Germany.<\/p>\n

2012: Brief overview of the Spanish graffiti and street art histories and scenes<\/em>. Stuck on the City festival, Municipal Library and Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic.<\/p>\n

2012: Graffiti y psicogeograf\u00eda<\/em>. Jornadas de arte y psicolog\u00eda. Faculty of Psychology,\u00a0Complutense University of Madrid.<\/p>\n

2012: Graffiti and psychogeography<\/em>. Bien Urbain festival, Institut Sup\u00e9rieur des Beaux Arts de Besan\u00e7on, France.<\/p>\n

2012: Teaching urban intervention<\/em>. A Di Citt\u00e0 festival, Rosarno, Italy.<\/p>\n

2012: Graffiti as psychogeographical map<\/em>. Het Vogelnest, Ghent, Belgium.<\/p>\n

2012: Graffiti, arte urbano, arte p\u00fablico<\/em>. University of Granada.<\/p>\n

2012: No compres<\/em>. Seminario Escritura e Imagen, Faculty of Philosophy, Complutense University of Madrid.<\/p>\n

2011: Muros grises, el espacio despolitizado<\/em>. Open Walls Conference, CCCB, Barcelona.<\/p>\n

2011: Graffiti e historia: la despolitizaci\u00f3n del espacio<\/em>. MAPA conference, Faculty of Fine Arts, Complutense University of Madrid, Aranjuez.<\/p>\n

2011: El graffiti como mapa psicogeogr\u00e1fico<\/em>. Homonymous international conference, Men\u00e9ndez Pelayo International University, Santander.<\/p>\n

2011: Law can\u2019t police taste<\/em>. Graffiti Dialogues international conference, Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, Bristol Museum, Bristol, UK.<\/p>\n

2011: Teaching urban intervention<\/em>. Idealab international conference, Tallin, Estonia.<\/p>\n

2010: Pintar graffiti, borrar graffiti: \u00bfqu\u00e9 es y para qu\u00e9 sirve?<\/em> Madrid Urban Arts festival.<\/p>\n

2010: Intervenci\u00f3n urbana<\/em>. Akme lecture series, University of the Basque Country, Bilbao.<\/p>\n

2010: Del graffiti al arte urbano<\/em>. Jornadas Culturales de Arte en la Calle, Autonomous University of Madrid.<\/p>\n

2010: La intervenci\u00f3n espec\u00edfica<\/em>. MUAU festival, A Coru\u00f1a.<\/p>\n

2010: Qu\u00e9 es el arte urbano<\/em>. Instituto Europeo de Design, Madrid.<\/p>\n

2010: Cuarenta a\u00f1os de graffiti<\/em>. Patio Herreriano Museum, Valladolid.<\/p>\n

2009: Arte aut\u00f3nomo en la calle: una panor\u00e1mica<\/em>. BLV Art festival, Bilbao.<\/p>\n

2009: La intervenci\u00f3n espec\u00edfica<\/em>. BLV Art festival, Bilbao.<\/p>\n

2009: Del graffiti a la intervenci\u00f3n espec\u00edfica: una evoluci\u00f3n del artista hacia la sociedad<\/em>. Poliniza festival, Polytechnic University of Valencia.<\/p>\n

2009: El poster art, contexto art\u00edstico y social<\/em>. Madposter festival, Madrid.<\/p>\n

2008: El arte urbano como agente en los procesos de gentrificaci\u00f3n<\/em>. Arte en el Espacio P\u00fablico: Barrios Art\u00edsticos y Revitalizaci\u00f3n Urbana international conference, Zaragoza. University of Zaragoza.<\/p>\n

2007: Del graffiti al arte urbano<\/em>. Asalto festival, Zaragoza.<\/p>\n

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Courses and workshops<\/h3>\n

2024: The calligraphy of tagging: writing with water<\/em>. Workshop. Bologna University.<\/p>\n

2024: Wildposting<\/em>. Workshop. HBKsaar University, Saarbr\u00fccken, Germany.<\/p>\n

2024: The calligraphy of tagging<\/em>. Workshop. Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures, Hamburg University.<\/p>\n

2023: Parallel Munich<\/em>. Exploration workshop. Munich Graffiti Library.<\/p>\n

2021:\u00a0Street art in the Nineties<\/em>. Guest masterclass at the Lisbon Street Art and Urban Creativity International Conference. Universidade de Lisboa.<\/p>\n

2020: Entender el arte urbano<\/em>. Four-hour theory course. Callegenera Festival, Monterrey, M\u00e9xico.<\/p>\n

2020: Ahondando en el graffiti<\/em>. Nine-hour theory course. Faculty of Fine Arts, Complutense University of Madrid.<\/p>\n

2020:\u00a0Creative censoring<\/em>. Anti-advertising workshop. Master Performing Public Space, Fontys University, Tilburg, The Netherlands.<\/p>\n

2019: Parallel Ko\u0161ice<\/em>.\u00a0Exploration workshop. Street Art Communication, Ko\u0161ice, Slovakia.<\/p>\n

2019:\u00a0Parallel Kassel<\/em>. Exploration workshop. Kulturzentrum Schlachthof, Kassel, Germany.<\/p>\n

2019:\u00a0Arte urbano, pol\u00edtica y sociedad<\/em>. Nine-hour theory course. Callegenera festival, Monterrey, M\u00e9xico.<\/p>\n

2019:\u00a0El tagging como caligraf\u00eda. Theory and practice workshop. Lab4, M\u00e9xico City.<\/p>\n

2019:\u00a0Parallel city tour: Aberdeen<\/em>. Exploration workshop. Nuart Aberdeen festival, Scotland.<\/p>\n

2019:\u00a0Arte urbano, pol\u00edtica y sociedad<\/em>. Nine-hour theory course. Faculty of Fine Arts, Complutense University of Madrid.<\/p>\n

2018:\u00a0El tagging como caligraf\u00eda<\/em>. Theory and practice workshop. Moments Festival, Escuela de arte San Telmo, M\u00e1laga.<\/p>\n

2018:\u00a0Entender el arte urbano<\/em>. Nine-hour theory course. Unmuted! Festival, C\u00e1ceres.<\/p>\n

2018:\u00a0Contemplative guide to Vienna<\/em>. Exploration workshop. Calle Libre festival, Vienna.<\/p>\n

2018:\u00a0Contemplative guide to Tartu<\/em>. Exploration workshop. Stencibility festival, Tartu, Estonia.<\/p>\n

2016: Entender el arte urbano<\/em>. Seven-hour theory course. Rexenera Festival, Carballo, Spain.<\/p>\n

2018: Entender el arte urbano<\/em>. Twelve-hour theory course. Faculty of Fine Arts, Complutense University of Madrid.<\/p>\n

2017:\u00a0Contemplative guide to Cologne<\/em>. Exploration workshop. CityLeaks festival, Cologne, Germany.<\/p>\n

2017:\u00a0Una introducci\u00f3n al graffiti<\/em>. Four-hour theory course. Desordes Creativas festival, Ordes, Spain.<\/p>\n

2017: Gu\u00eda contemplativa de Castell\u00f3n<\/em>. Exploration workshop. Espai d\u2019Art Contemporani de Castell\u00f3.<\/p>\n

2016: Gu\u00eda contemplativa de Valencia<\/em>. Exploration workshop. Poliniza festival, Polytechnic University of Valencia.<\/p>\n

2016: Culturas del graffiti<\/em>. Ten-hour theory course. Puerto del Rosario City Council, Fuerteventura.<\/p>\n

2016: El graffiti como caligraf\u00eda<\/em>. Theory and practice workshop. Faculty of Fine Arts, Complutense University of Madrid.<\/p>\n

2016: Entender el graffiti<\/em>. Nine-hour theory course. Faculty of Fine Arts, Complutense University of Madrid.<\/p>\n

2015: Gu\u00eda contemplativa de Barcelona<\/em>. Exploration workshop. Open Walls Conference, Barcelona.<\/p>\n

2015: Contemplative guide to Berlin<\/em>. Exploration workshop. Backjumps festival, Berlin, Germany.<\/p>\n

2014: Entender el graffiti<\/em>. Ten-hour theory course. Valdepara\u00edso Palace, Almagro, Ciudad Real.<\/p>\n

2013-2014:\u00a0Sesiones te\u00f3ricas Urbanario<\/em>. Series of 20 lectures. Tabacalera and CNT, Madrid.<\/p>\n

2012: Transversal guide to Besan\u00e7on<\/em>. Exploration workshop. Institut Sup\u00e9rieur des Beaux Arts de Besan\u00e7on and Bien Urbain festival, Besan\u00e7on, France.<\/p>\n

2012: AAA Cercasi. Art in context workshop<\/em>. Mediterranea University of Reggio Calabria, Rosarno, Italy.<\/p>\n

2012: Gu\u00eda transversal de Granada<\/em>. Exploration workshop. University of Granada.<\/p>\n

2011: Gu\u00eda transversal de Santander<\/em>. Exploration workshop. Men\u00e9ndez Pelayo International University.<\/p>\n

2010: Di\u00e1logo con A Coru\u00f1a<\/em>. Art and context workshop. MUAU festival, A Coru\u00f1a.<\/p>\n

2009: Di\u00e1logo con Bilbao<\/em>. Art and context workshop. BLV Art festival, Bilbao.<\/p>\n

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Published texts<\/h3>\n

2024:\u00a0Gu\u00eda del arte urbano de Madrid<\/em>. Anaya, Madrid.<\/p>\n

2024: \u00abOld Dirty Face:\u2028Graffiti and the freight train\u00bb. In\u00a0All City Writers X<\/em>, Sync-Sync Editions, Milano.<\/p>\n

2024: \u00abScrapped train fetishism\u00bb. In All City Writers X<\/em>, Sync-Sync Editions, Milano.<\/p>\n

2024: \u00abFrom ninjas to hooligans: confrontation as a school of trainwriting\u00bb. In All City Writers X<\/em>, Sync-Sync Editions, Milano.<\/p>\n

2024: \u00abFrom ‘all city’ to ‘all world’\u00bb. In All City Writers X<\/em>, Sync-Sync Editions, Milano.<\/p>\n

2021: \u00abGraffiti is ‘folk art’\u00bb. Catalogue for Graphomanies, \u00e9critures urbaines obsessionnelles<\/em>, Lille, France.<\/p>\n

2020: Interview with Cornbread. Tramontana<\/em> magazine issue 4. Barcelona.<\/p>\n

2019: Prologue to the book Glub<\/em>. Self-published by the Spanish graffiti pioneer.<\/p>\n

2018: \u201cGraffiti on trains, photography and Subterr\u00e1neos<\/em>\u201d. In\u00a0Street Art & Urban Creativity Scientific Journal<\/em> Vol 4, N\u00ba1. Lisboa.<\/p>\n

2018: \u201cGraffiti on trains after New York.\u201d In\u00a0Subterr\u00e1neos. <\/em>Cuadernos de La Kursala \/ Velvet Liga.<\/p>\n

2018: \u201cGraffiti sobre trenes, fotograf\u00eda y \u2018Subterr\u00e1neos\u2019.\u201d In\u00a0Ensayos Urbanos<\/em>. Spain.<\/p>\n

2018: \u201cInmediato pero no simple: Brad Downey.\u201d In\u00a0Campus Espontani.<\/em>\u00a0Polytechnic University of Valencia.<\/p>\n

2018: \u201cEl graffiti no es \u2018Arte\u2019\u201d. In\u00a0Ensayos Urbanos.<\/em> Spain.<\/p>\n

2017: \u201cCurating street art\u201d. In\u00a0Street Art & Urban Creativity Scientific Journal<\/em> Vol 3, N\u00ba2. Lisbon.<\/p>\n

2017: Introduction to the book\u00a0Tramp directories,\u00a0noms-de-road and unwritten codes. <\/em>Urbanario Libros, Madrid.<\/p>\n

2017:\u00a0\u201cScratching memories of graffiti\u201d. In\u00a0Trains, travels and murals<\/em>. International Neighborhood Verlag, Leipzig.<\/p>\n

2016: \u201cFrom street art to murals, what have we lost?\u201d. In\u00a0Street Art & Urban Creativity Scientific Journal<\/em> Vol 2, N\u00ba2. Lisbon.<\/p>\n

2016: \u201cTabacalera y la gentrificaci\u00f3n de Lavapi\u00e9s\u201d. In Barrios Art\u00edsticos<\/em>
\ny Distritos Culturales<\/em>. Miguel \u00c1ngel Chaves Mart\u00edn and Jes\u00fas-Pedro Lorente (eds.) Icono14, Madrid.<\/p>\n

2015: \u201cConservar o no conservar el arte urbano\u201d. In Mural<\/em> issue 2, journal of the Observatorio de Arte Urbano. Madrid.<\/p>\n

2015: \u201cThe mural festival, from dissent to speculation\u201d. In Time for Murals<\/em>. Riesa Eifau and Urban Script Continues, Dresden, Germany.<\/p>\n

2015: \u201cGraffiti, street art and gentrification\u201d. In GraffitiCity: Visual Practices and Contestations in Urban Space<\/em>. Eva Youkhana and Larissa F\u00f6rster (eds.). Wilhelm Fink, Paderborn.<\/p>\n

2014: \u201cRevs, the unknown pioneer\u201d. In the proceedings of the Lisbon Street Art & Urban Creativity 2014 International Conference.<\/p>\n

2013: \u201cMuelle, patrimonio cultural\u201d, with Elena Gayo. In Arte y Ciudades, las Ciudades en el Arte<\/em>. Lourdes de Diego and Jes\u00fas Pedro Lorente (eds.). Universidad San Jorge.<\/p>\n

2012: \u201cDeambular\u201d. Only chapter of the book Eltono: Deambular<\/em>. Urbanario Libros, Madrid. Editions in Spanish and English.<\/p>\n

2012: \u201cPinto gratis\u201d. in Eltono Line and surface<\/em>. Stickit, Utretch.<\/p>\n

2011: \u201cLo p\u00fablico y el arte\u201d. Tribuna Complutense<\/em> magazine. Complutense University, Madrid.<\/p>\n

2010: \u201cEl papel de los medios en el desarrollo del arte urbano.\u201d Journal of the Aragonese Association of Art Critics, Zaragoza.<\/p>\n

2010: Prologue for the book Madrid revolution<\/em>. Spray Planet, Barcelona.<\/p>\n

2010: El postgraffiti, su escenario y sus ra\u00edces<\/em> (PhD). Faculty of Fine Arts, Complutense University of Madrid.<\/p>\n

2010: \u201cMatthias Wermke, arte desde el graffiti\u201d. Momba\u00e7a<\/em> magazine, Salamanca.<\/p>\n

2009: \u201cQu\u00e9 es en realidad el arte urbano\u201d. Tribuna Complutense<\/em> magazine. Complutense University, Madrid.<\/p>\n

2009: Chapters on SpY and Trabajos en la Calle in the catalogue for the exhibition Hip\u00f3tesis Urbana<\/em>, C\u00edrculo de Bellas Artes, Madrid.<\/p>\n

2009: \u201cEl arte urbano como agente en los procesos de gentrificaci\u00f3n\u201d. In Arte en el Espacio P\u00fablico: Barrios Art\u00edsticos y Revitalizaci\u00f3n Urbana<\/em>. Blanca Fern\u00e1ndez and Jes\u00fas Pedro Lorente (eds.). Prensas Universitarias de Zaragoza.<\/p>\n

2008: \u201cMadrid eighties writing scene, Scandinavia and Garrulo\u201d.\u00a0Gasmask<\/em> magazine, Helsinki.<\/p>\n

2009: \u201cLos adhesivos en el arte p\u00fablico aut\u00f3nomo\u201d. Prologue for Signos Sobre Signos<\/em>. Espacio Ciudad, Vitoria City Council.<\/p>\n

2007: \u201cSpY no es un artista urbano\u201d. Serie B<\/em> magazine, Madrid.<\/p>\n

2005: Introduction for the catalogue of the exhibition Suso33: no volver\u00e9 a pintar paredes<\/em>. Biondetta gallery, Madrid.<\/p>\n

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Publishing<\/h3>\n

2008\u2013ongoing:\u00a0Urbanario Articles<\/em>. Online collection of texts. ISSN 2255-1239.<\/p>\n

2025: Art & Place Magazine No.2<\/em>: Die Gesellschaft der Stadtwanderer<\/em>. Urbanario Libros, Madrid.<\/p>\n

2025: Art & Place Magazine No.1<\/em>: A snapshot from the Eindhoven paste-up and sticker mania<\/em>. Urbanario Libros, Madrid.<\/p>\n

2024: Tag Spotlight <\/em>#5: Pinox<\/em>. Urbanario Libros, Madrid.<\/p>\n

2023:\u00a0Tag Spotlight <\/em>#4: Werkauszug<\/em>. Urbanario Libros, Madrid.<\/p>\n

2023:\u00a0Tag Spotlight #3: Benching Delta<\/em>. Urbanario Libros, Madrid.<\/p>\n

2023:\u00a0Tag Spotlight #2: Philadelphia Dark Pages<\/em>. Urbanario Libros, Madrid.<\/p>\n

2023:\u00a0Tag Spotlight #1:<\/em>\u00a0HAER Survey of the 3rd Avenue EL Line, 1974<\/em>. Urbanario Libros, Madrid.<\/p>\n

2018: Punk graffiti archives: Madrid<\/em>. Urbanario Libros, Madrid.<\/p>\n

2018: Punk graffiti archives: The Netherlands<\/em>. Urbanario Libros, Madrid.<\/p>\n

2017:\u00a0Tramp Directories, Noms-de-Road and Unwritten Codes<\/em>. Urbanario Libros, Madrid.<\/p>\n

2012:\u00a0Eltono: Deambular<\/em>. Urbanario Libros, Madrid.<\/p>\n

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Directing<\/h3>\n

Ongoing since 2020: Escuela Urbanario. Online teaching platform.<\/p>\n

2025: Art & Place Conference. Historical Museum Saar, HBKsaar State Academy of Arts, Saarbr\u00fccken, Germany.<\/p>\n

2025: Unlock Zine Bench. Montacargas, Madrid.<\/p>\n

2024: Tag Conference. Museum an de A, Hanze University, Groningen, The Netherlands.<\/p>\n

2024: Unlock Book Fair. Abguss-Museum Munich.<\/p>\n

2024: Tag Conference. Catholic University of Linz, Austria.<\/p>\n

2024: Unlock Zine Bench. Complutense University of Madrid.<\/p>\n

2023: Unlock Book Fair. Museum for Hamburg History.<\/p>\n

2023: Tag Conference. Hamburg University and Museum for Hamburg History.<\/p>\n

2023: Tag Conference. New York City.<\/p>\n

2022: Unlock Book Fair. Groningen, The Netherlands.<\/p>\n

2020: Unlock Book Fair. Modena.<\/p>\n

2019: Tag Conference. Cologne.<\/p>\n

2019: Unlock Book Fair. Cologne.<\/p>\n

2018: Tag Conference. Amsterdam.<\/p>\n

2018: Unlock Book Fair. Amsterdam.<\/p>\n

2018:\u00a0Unlock: Visual dissidence. Book fair. Herne, Germany. Co-directed with Robert Kaltenh\u00e4user.<\/p>\n

2018: Unlock at Bien Urbain. Book fair. Besan\u00e7on, France.<\/p>\n

2017: Tag Conference. Freie Universit\u00e4t, Berlin.<\/p>\n

2017: Unlock Book Fair. Berlin.<\/p>\n

2017: Unlock Talks Lisbon. Urban Creativity Conference, Lisbon University.<\/p>\n

2017:\u00a0Murales y barrios, rehabilitaci\u00f3n o especulaci\u00f3n<\/em>. Documentary screening series.\u00a0Urban District Art Festival, Barcelona.<\/p>\n

Ongoing since 2017: Unlock Showcase. Travelling bookstore. Lisbon, Moscow, London, Tartu, Besan\u00e7on, Wien, C\u00e1ceres, M\u00e1laga, Madrid, Aberdeen, Lund, Kassel, Manchester, Monterrey, Mexico City.<\/p>\n

2016:\u00a0Caligraf\u00eda salvaje<\/em>. Documentary screening series.\u00a0Open Walls Festival, Barcelona.<\/p>\n

2016:\u00a0\u00bfConservar el arte urbano?<\/em> International roundtable. CCCB, Open Walls Festival, Barcelona.<\/p>\n

2016: Unlock Book Fair. Barcelona.<\/p>\n

2011: Graffiti as psychogeographical map<\/em>. International seminar with Adam, Akay, Wermke-Leinkauf and Mathieu Tremblin. Men\u00e9ndez Pelayo International University, Santander.<\/p>\n

2010: Documentary screening series at MUAU festival, A Coru\u00f1a.<\/p>\n

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Curating<\/h3>\n

2018:\u00a0Unlock: Visual dissidence<\/em>. Exhibition. Alter Wartesaal, Herne, Germany. Co-curated with the Museum f\u00fcr Visuelle Dissidenz.<\/p>\n

2012: Deambular<\/em>. Residency and solo exhibition by Eltono. Artium Museum, Vitoria.<\/p>\n

2010: Postgraffiti, geometr\u00eda y abstracci\u00f3n<\/em>. Exhibition by MOMO, Eltono, Marlon de Azambuja and Sam Bassett. Fundaci\u00f3n Caixa Galicia, A Coru\u00f1a.<\/p>\n

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Committees<\/h3>\n

2025-ongoing: Scientific committee of the Art & Place Conference.<\/p>\n

2017-ongoing: Scientific committee of the Tag Conference.<\/p>\n

2014-24: Scientific committee of the Lisbon Street Art and Urban Creativity International Conference. University of Lisbon.<\/p>\n

2015-24: Scientific committee of the Lisbon Street Art and Urban Creativity<\/em> Scientific Journal. University of Lisbon.<\/p>\n

2018-19: Scientific committee of the Nuart Journal<\/em>. Stavanger, Norway.<\/p>\n

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