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Lectures and Courses JAUME PLENSA l LECTURES www.jaumeplensa.com 2017 JAUME PLENSA Leeuwarden, Friesland, Netherlands 18 December 2017 JAUME PLENSA MMoCA–Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison, Wisconsin, USA 1 December 2017 JAUME PLENSA: ARTIST TALK Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Wakefield, UK 11 November 2017 SOM: Engineering x (Art+Architecture) Talk with Jaume Plensa and SOM Mana Contemporary Chicago / Chicago Architecture Biennial, Chicago, USA 10 September 2017 JAUME PLENSA MAMC–Musée d’art modern et contemporain Saint-Étienne Métropole, Saint-Étienne, France 11 May 2017 JAUME PLENSA VMFA–Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, Virginia, USA 27 April 2017 JAUME PLENSA Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, Canada 25 April 2017 JAUME PLENSA PAMM–Pérez Art Museum Miami, Miami, USA 18 March 2017 JAUME PLENSA MAMC–Musée d’art modern et contemporain Saint-Étienne Métropole, Saint-Étienne, France 11 March 2017 2016 JAUME PLENSA MaX Ernst Museum, Brühl, Germany 18 November 2016 Talk: IDENTITIES IN THE BORDER Foro de la Cultura, Burgos, Spain 4 November 2016 CLOSING CIRCLES, OPEN HORIZONS. I INTERNATIONAL COLLOQUIUM IN GEOHUMANITIES Department of Humanities of the University Pompeu Fabra - UPF, Barcelona, Spain 21 October 2016 JAUME PLENSA The Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio, USA 23 June 2016 JAUME PLENSA Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, Florida, USA 12 April 2016 2015 JAUME PLENSA Business of Design Week Hong Kong Design Centre, Hong Kong, China 5 December 2015 JAUME PLENSA Facultad de Bellas Artes, UCM, Madrid, Spain 25 November 2015 JAUME PLENSA Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York, USA 6 November 2015 JAUME PLENSA Opening lecture Cátedra ACCIONA 2015-16/SUR, Escuela de Profesiones Artísticas Círculo de Bellas Artes, Madrid, Spain 19 October 2015 JAUME PLENSA University of North Carolina, Center City Building, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA 15 September 2015 JAUME PLENSA. HUMAN LANDSCAPE Botanic Hall, Cheekwood Estate and Gardens, Nashville, Tennessee, USA 21 May 2015 2014 L'ART NO S'ENSENYA, S'APRÈN Escola Superior de Disseny i Art Llotja, Barcelona, Spain 30 October 2014 JAUME PLENSA Davidson College, North Carolina, USA 24 October 2014 IN THE MIDST OF DREAMS Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, USA 1 October 2014 JAUME PLENSA Fullerton Hall, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, USA 16 June 2014 2013 40 AÑOS DE ESCULTURA EN LA CALLE Organized by the Colegio Oficial de,Arquitectos de Canarias and the Santa Cruz de Tenerife’s Council Espacio Cultural Caja Canarias, Sant Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Island, Spain 18 December 2013 JAUME PLENSA Circle lectures: "Architecture is Art... Is Architecture Art? Organized by the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago and the Chicago Architecture Foundation Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, USA 20 November 2013 JAUME PLENSA Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain 16 April 2013 JAUME PLENSA Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio, USA 14 May 2013 JAUME PLENSA EMMA–Espoo Museum of Modern Art, Helsinki, Finland 21 January 2013 2012 CRONIN LECTURE: JAUME PLENSA Organized by DeCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, USA Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, USA 12 October 2012 OLHAR NOS MEUS SONHOS, AWILDA Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 26 October 2012 2011 TEDxSMU 2011: Disruption. "Please do not touch, cares” The Dee & Charles Wyly Theatre, Dallas, Texas, USA 03 December 2011 MEMORIA VIVA DEL ARTE ESPAÑOL ACTUAL, EL TESTIMONIO DE LOS ARTISTAS Real Asociación Amigos del Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain 23 November 2011 SCULPTURE NETWORK. X INTERNATIONAL SCULPTURE FORUM-2011 Sculpture Today, a Space for Inquiry – Experience Re-Codified Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao, Spain 11 November 2011 JAUME PLENSA Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Wakefield, UK 23 September 2011 JAUME PLENSA Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TeXas, USA 16 February 2011 2010 JAUME PLENSA Iris & Gerald Cantor Art Center, Stanford University, Standford, California, USA 15 November 2010 L’ÂME DES MOTS, 1998-2009 Within the Lecture Cycle: “Les lundis de Picasso-L’art a la lettre” Organized by Musée Picasso d’Antibes, France 28 June 2010 JAUME PLENSA North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, USA 2 May 2010 JAUME PLENSA Whitsell Auditorium, Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon, USA 10 April 2010 2009 JAUME PLENSA The Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, USA 12 November 2009 IN THE PUBLIC SPACE The Art Institute of Chicago Rubloff Auditorium, Chicago, USA 11 November 2009 CONFLICTING TALES: Subjectivity (Quadrilogy, Part 1) Burger Collection, Berlin, Germany 30 October 2009 ARTIST IN CONVERSATION, JAUME PLENSA WITH ROCHARD CORK Shining Lights Center, Sutton Manor, St. Helens, UK 11 May 2009 THE ROLE OF PUBLIC SCULPTURE IN AN URBAN ENVIRONMENT Winzavod Center of Contemporary Art, Moscow, Russia 7 February 2009 2008 SEIS MIRADAS Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, Spain 28 November 2008 STAGING THE STAGE. SCENOGRAPHY INSPIRED BY PERFORMING Arts, 2nd International Scenographer’s Festival IN3 Institute Interior Design and Scenography, Basel, Switzerland 21 November 2008 THE ARTIST HIMSELF 21st International Sculpture Center’s Annual Conference Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park, Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA 2 October 2008 2007 GALERÍA FUTURA Art Futura 2007, Mercat de les Flors, Barcelona, Spain 27 October 2007 TRANSFORMACIONES ESTÉTICAS CONTEMPORÁNEAS Centro Andaluz de Arte contemporáneo, Sevilla, Spain 17 October 2007 AMERICANS FOR THE ARTS. 2007 ANNUAL CONVENTION – RISK AND REWARD; BALANCING ACTS IN ARTS AND COMMUNITY Las Vegas, Nevada, USA 2 June 2007 JAUME PLENSA; PROYECTOS EN ESPACIOS PÚBLICOS Spanish Embassy, Tokyo, Japan 7 May 2007 THE CROWN FOUNTAIN AT THE MILENIUM PARK OF CHICAGO: AN EXPERIENCE OF PUBLIC ART Louvre Auditorium, Musée du Louvre, Paris, France 14 May 2007 LE THÉÂTRE ET L’ÒPÉRA EN QUESTION. Trois debats au Studio de l’Òpéra Bastille Òpéra Bastille, Paris, France 3 February 2007 2006 HUMAN NATURE Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas, Texas, USA 26 October 2006 Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University Durham, North Carolina, USA 29 October 2006 OPERA PROJECTS Inside the cycle: Mozart 250 Anniversary Aula CAM, Alicante, Spain 15 February 2006 2005 ÓPERA Y ESCENOGRAFÍA Inside the cycle: “Encuentros con la ópera” Sede del Circulo de Bellas Artes, Madrid, Spain 4 July 2005 LA ARQUITECTURA, LOS ESPACIOS PÚBLICOS Y ESCENOGRÁFICOS Lectures cycle “Arquitecturas Tangentes 2005” Colegio Oficial de Arquitectos de Aragón, Zaragoza, Spain 2 June 2005 UNA IDEA LLENA DE INMENSIDAD International seminarys, Complutense University, Facultad de Bellas Artes, Madrid, Spain 6 May 2005 2004 THE ART OF MILLENNIUM PARK Rubloff Auditorium, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, USA 23 July 2004 AN ARCHIVE OF ITS PEOPLE… The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, USA 7 April 2004 2003 LA PALABRA / FIGURA EN LA OBRA DE JAUME PLENSA Paraninfo de la Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain 13 August 2003 2002 JAUME PLENSA Escuela de Arquitectura y Bellas Artes de la Universidad Europea de Madrid, Madrid, Spain 24 January 2002 2001 TALK FOR FULL CONTACT Miami Art Museum, Miami, USA 20 May 2001 2000 A CONVERSATION WITH JAUME PLENSA 11th Annual Chicago Humanities Festival, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, USA 5 November 2000 1999 EL ARTISTA FRENTE A SU PROPIA OBRA Real Asociación Amigos del Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain 13 December 1999 1998 JAUME PLENSA Southern Methodist University, Division of Art, Dallas, USA 10 April 1998 McKinney Avenue Contemporary Museum, Dallas, USA 15 April 1998 1997 TRANSITI E CONTAMINAZIONI NELLA CREATIVITÀ Galleria Civica d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Torino, Italy Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo per l’Arte, Torino, Italy 22 April 1997 ARTE Y LITERATURA, EL VA ELIGIENDO NUEVOS LENGUAJES PARA CALLAR Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea, Santiago de Compostela, Spain 9 April 1997 1996 Seminary: ART I ESPAI Lecture: DIVERSITAT Facultad de Bellas Artes, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain 17 January 1996 1993 ESCULPIR EN EL TIEMPO. Hipótesis y sospechas Facultad de Bellas Artes, Universidad del País Vasco, Bilbao, Spain 17 November 1993 JAUME PLENSA l COURSES 2012 PEOPLE VS SPACE School of the Art Institute, Chicago, USA June 18 – July 6 2012 2009 PUBLIC LIGHT & SPACE: Public Art Projects for the 21st Century Guest Professor at the School of the Art Institute, Chicago, USA November 2009 – May 2010 2007 Art workshop LA INTERPRETACIÓN DEL ESPACIO Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza / Fundación de la Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid, Spain 15 October 2007 2001 HACIA UN MUNDO NUEVO, TODAVÍA (conversations and debates with artists) UIMP Universidad Internacional Menéndez Pelayo, Formigal, Huesca, Spain 17 September – 21 September 2001 1992 GUEST SCULPTURE TEACHER FOR THE ACADEMIC YEAR: 1992-1993 École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris, France ENGRAVING WORKSHOP Facultad de Bellas Artes. Universidad de la Laguna, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain 6 December – 10 December 1992 .
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