Óscar Valero

Óscar Valero is an independent visual artist and architect with over fifteen years of experience in teaching in national and international institutions.

Valero mainly develops his artistic practice in the field of drawing, relating to other disciplines such as architecture, three-dimensional installations, video, ceramics, etc., with a very respectful approach, in order to search, for his works, the simplest and most reductive structure. A great part of his practice focuses on exploring the musical structure of J. S. Bach, investigating hidden structures of the music compositions through a visual process. He has exhibited his work in Spain, the United States, Germany, Amsterdam, Senegal, Cuba and Canada, and has won numerous awards. In 2008 Valero launched architecture workshop Cuatroescalones, specialized in supervising the process of architectural projects.

As a visual researcher, he has worked and collaborated with The Joseph and Anni Albers Foundation in its three locations in Connecticut, Senegal (Thread Artist residence) and West Ireland (Carraig-na-gcat).

He has been artist in residence in Cultureland, Amsterdam, Malaspina Artist Run Center, in Vancouver, and in New York, with Columbia University, the Thomas J. Watson Library of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and Guttenberg Arts.

Graduate and Master in Architecture from Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Valero has taught courses of design and architectural projects in different institutions such as IED Madrid, Universidad de Navarra, Universidad Camilo José Cela, Cuatroescalones and Estudio 10. He is Predoctoral Researcher. Theory and practice of the media. Art, Science and Technology. Faculty of Fine Arts, UCLM.

CORPORATE EXPERIENCE

• Carraig-na-gcat. The Josef and Anni Albers Foundation, Ireland, 2021

• The Josef and Anni Albers Foundation, Connecticut, USA, 2019

• Thread. The Josef and Anni Albers Foundation, Senegal, 2018

• Cultureland, Holland, 2017

• Guttenberg Arts, New York, USA, 2016

• Malaspina Printmakers, Vancouver, Canada, 2009 – 2012

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

• Adjunct Professor of Architecture, IE School of Architecture and Design, Spain, 2022

• Publication of the book “me llamo Flor”. ISBN: 978-84-09-35137-4. 2022

• Professor Design and Visual Arts, SEK. Universidad Camilo José Cela. Spain, 2019 – 2020

• Professor, IED, Istituto europeo di Design, Spain, 2016

• Academy Director, CuatroEscalones, Spain, 2006 – 2010

• Professor of Architecture Projects, Estudio 10, Spain, 2003 – 2005

ACADEMIC BACKGROUND

• Predoctoral Researcher. Department of Research in Art and Communication. Faculty of Fine Arts UCLM, Spain, 2021 – Present

• 7th Masters Degree in Graphic Art, CIEC Foundation, Spain, 2009

• Master of Architecture (M.Arch.) ETSAM. Politécnica de Madrid UPM, Spain, 2006

• Bachelor in Architecture, ETSAM, Politécnica de Madrid UPM, Spain, 2005