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Emma Álvarez Marty (2000, Madrid), es una artista, investigadora y activista franco-española que explora los saberes socio-natural locales y el gesto como un archivo vivo para la regeneración medioambiental a través de la práctica artística.
Graduada en Bellas Artes y en Máster de Fotografía Artística y Documental (Universidad TAI - URJC), actualmente realiza un doctorado en Bellas Artes por la Universidad Complutense de Madrid y es profesora en el Máster de Fotografía de la Universidad TAI. Está igualmente involucrada en el activismo ecologista, habiendo formado parte de Fridays For Future Madrid (FFF), Proyecto Verde de Colmenarejo y Verdemorillo.
Desde 2023 es miembro y coordinadora de El Local, un espacio independiente para la fotografía y la imagen contemporánea en Madrid y coordina La Embajada (2024-), una plataforma independiente para impulsar proyectos creados en el contexto del territorio español dentro del circuito no oficial del Festival Rencontres d´Arles en Francia.
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Emma Álvarez Marty (2000, Madrid) is a French-Spanish artist, researcher and activist who explores local socio-natural knowledge and gesture as a living archive for environmental regeneration through art.
Graduated in Fine Arts and Master in Artistic and Documentary Photography (TAI University - URJC), actually she is a PhD in Fine Arts by the Universidad Complutense of Madrid and is a teacher on the Master's Degree in Photography at TAI University. She is also involved in environmental activism, taking part as a member of Fridays For Future Madrid (FFF), Proyecto Verde of Colmenarejo and Verdemorillo.
Since 2023 she is a member and coordinator of El Local, an independent space for photography and the contemporary image in Madrid and coordinates La Embajada (2024-), an independent platform to showcase projects created within the Spanish territorial context in the unofficial circuit of the Rencontres d'Arles Festival in France.
Education
2024/act. PhD. Universidad Complutense de Madrid - UCM.
2022/2023 Official Master's Degree in Artistic and Documentary Photography, Escuela Universitaria de Artes TAI, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos. Madrid. Spain.
2018/2022 Expert Degree in Digital Design and Visual Production, Escuela Universitaria de Artes TAI, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos. Madrid. Spain.
2018/2022 Official Degree in Fine Arts, Escuela Universitaria de Artes TAI, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos. Madrid. Spain.
Exhibitions
2025 As Tranquil as Can Be. Curated by Ananta Mandal and Moomal S. Svojas Chari (Raqs Media Collective). Serendipity Arts Festival. The Old GMC Building Complex. Panaji, Goa. India.
2024 Lazos, collective screening during Freezer International Photography Festival. Casa Unclan & El Local. La Plata / Madrid.
2023 Colaborative exhibition "Uma `carta´ entre o sul e o norte". El Local + Paranapiacaba Photography Festival. Brazil.
2023 Síntesis aditiva. Curated by Fosi Vegue. Galería Nueva. Madrid. Spain.Fairs and festivals
2025 ArtsLibris. ARCO 2025. Madrid. Spain.
2024 Art Photo BCN (with El Local, thanks to the support of DiGood Collection). Disseny Hub. Barcelona. Spain.
2024 ArtsLibris. ARCO 2024. Madrid. Spain.
2023 MAPS. Getxophoto. Student representing the Escuela Universitaria de Artes TAI (URJC). Basque Country. Spain.
2022 Kosofoto. BFOTO Festival. Barbastro. Spain.
2022 Cosecha´22, Fiebre PhotoBook Festival. Palacio de cristal de Cibeles. Madrid. Spain.
2022 WeNow, Young Artists & Creators. Photography. Círculo de Bellas Artes. Madrid. Spain.
2022 WHITE BALANCE. Alcobendas Art Center. Madrid. Spain.
2022 Descubrimientos PhotoEspaña 2022 (25 anniversary).
2021 GENIAL ARTS - International Week of Young Artists and Creators of Madrid. Círculo de Bellas Artes. Madrid. Spain.
Grants, mentions, cultural management and art curatorship
2025 Management of the Self-Publishers' Table (with El Local). Fiebre Photobook Fest XII. La Casa Encendida. Madrid. Spain.
2024 Curator for the exhibition Re-connecting Satellite Event, New European Bauhaus. TAI (URJC). Madrid. Spain.
Residencies
2025 GRAGRA. Space for dissemination and typographic experimentation. Madrid, Spain.
Conferences and teaching
2025 Moderator in the presentation ‘Archive and abolition of the imagery created by machines and artificial intelligence around gender and the impact of creating new images’ alongside curator Jessica Baxter (Assistant Curator at Tate Modern in London), artist and researcher Esther Rizo (Xenovisual Studies Collective) and photographer Raquel Bravo, in the activity I Round Table of the Enlaces Programme – A programme to present the local Spanish art scene to international curators through private viewings and meetings at El Local (thanks to the support of PICE AC/E), coordinated by the president Ignacio Navas and the vice-president Emma Álvarez Marty of El Local in Madrid.
2025 Teacher on the Master´s Degree in Photography in the subject Artistic and Documentary Photography I at TAI University. Madrid, Spain.
2023 Talk at the subject of Critical Studies and Visual Culture of the University Degree in Photography and Audiovisual Creation in the session "Ecocriticism: how to understand the relationship between human beings and nature through art", TAI University (URJC). Madrid. Spain.
2023 Conference "El entorno del río Aulencia" with Carlos González-Amezúa for the Gregorio Peces-Barba Institute of Colmenarejo. Cultural Centre Manuel Entero of Colmenarejo, Madrid. Spain.
Press and Interviews
2023 'Río Aulencia: Claros y oscuros' solo show in Centro Cultural Manuel Entero of Colmenarejo. Clavoardiendo digital magazine
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