Marisa Navarro Arason
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Marisa is born in Barcelona 1954. But have
reside permanently in Reykjavik, Iceland since 1986.
The caracter of her works obtains of abstract images attained from the nature,
observing the inner world of the objects, ruins, rocks, forms and first and
foremost the sea, theme which she has been working at for years.
Member of the Society of Icelandic Visual Artists (FIM) and the Federation of
Icelandic Artists (SÍM
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Education and work experience
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1981-82 |
Courses and workshops in photography at La Agrupació Fotográfica de Catalunya.
Barcelona. Spain |
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1982-85 |
Student at Institut d'Estudis
Fotográfics de Catalunya.
Barcelona. Spain |
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1983-84 |
Summer work at Myndidn photographic laboratory. Reykjavík.
Iceland
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1987-88 |
Worked at Ímynd photographic studio with Gudmundur Ingólfsson |
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1988-89 |
Photographer for Thjódlíf, a monthly social and political review
and Myndidn with Leifur Thorsteinsson. Reykjavík. Iceland |
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1988-94 |
Photographer at Reykjavík Museum of Photography, working on projects for the
Icelandic Parliament (Althingi) documentation for the planning department of
the city of Reykjavik |
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1994 |
Established own studio. Reykjavík. Iceland |
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1994-96 |
Freelance photographer |
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1996-00 |
Photographer at Reykjavík Museum of Photography
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1998 |
Course of Collections and Diffusion Fine Art Photography. (Grant of The University Complutense of Madrid) San Lorenzo del Escorial. Spain |
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2000 |
Freelance photographer |
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2003
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Establish her own Website on the Internet (www.manavara.com) |
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Grants
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1993 |
The Reykjavík Museum of Photography. Iceland
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1993 |
Stefán Thorarensen (AGFA agent for Iceland)
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1998 |
The University Complutense of Madrid. Spain
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2000 |
Reykjavík European City for the Year 2000. Iceland
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2000 |
The Reykjavík Museum of Photography. Iceland |
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2000 |
The Cultural Committee of Reykjavík. Iceland
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2001 |
Reside during this year at the International Art Center in
Straumur. Hafnarfjord. Iceland |
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2002 |
The Icelandic Ministry of Culture (February) |
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2002 |
The Icelandic Ministry of Culture (November) |
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2003
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Myndstef. Icelandic Visual
Art Copyright Association
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