Paula Vicente IN RESiDENCE at the School Jaume Balmes

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Paula Vicente Puiggròs (Barcelona, 1997)

Paula Vicente is a visual artist and educator. Her practice questions how we inhabit and relate to the world and the ecosystems that surround and shape us, seeking to rethink the everyday to open up questions, experiment with other ways of listening and rhythms, and make space for doubt.

 

She graduated with a degree in Fine Arts from the University of Barcelona and has a Master's degree in Visual Arts from the Kask School of Arts in Belgium. In addition, she has completed the course Sound Art: Concept, Editing, Recording (Escola Massana, 2021) and Kaleidoscope: Articulating Agents between Art and Education (EART, 2019).

 

She has participated in various festivals and exhibitions in Catalonia, Argentina, Belgium and Italy. Her work has been exhibited at venues such as Fira A362 (Argentina), the Institut d’Estudis Ilerdencs (Lleida), Jardins de Llum 2024 (Manresa), Fabra i Coats (Barcelona), Hangar (Barcelona), Het Paviljoen (Belgium) and Sala d'Art Jove (Barcelona), among others. She has also designed and directed co-creation and co-transformation workshops for children, families and adults.

 

Winner of the IEI Embarrat 2023 award and a full residency grant at Can Serrat, El Bruc, she received the Art Jove 2021 production grant in Barcelona.

 

She has completed other residencies in Catalonia, the Balearic Islands and Argentina in spaces such as Coordenades Residència, Nau Coclea, Konvent 0, CACiS, El Bòlit, Nau Estruch, És Far Cultural and EART, where she has also worked as part of the educational team. She is currently a resident at La Escocesa, Barcelona.

 

 

Information updated as of September 2025

School Jaume Balmes

http://www.jaumebalmes.net/

Institut Jaume Balmes (Eixample, Barcelona) is taking part in EN RESiDÈNCiA for the ninth time. Following residencies by Pep Duran, Alícia Casadesús, Claudia Pagès (mediated by A Bao A Qu), Isabel Barios, Jordi Ferreiro (mediated by Experimentem amb l'ART), Cos Col·lectiu (with the mediation of Transductores), Nadia Hafid and Pere Llobera (meditated by MNAC and Experimentem amb l'ART), the school is participating in the programme with a group of fourth-year ESO students.

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Institut Jaume Balmes, founded in 1845, is Barcelona's oldest secondary school and one of the educational institutions most deeply rooted in the city's history. Since 1942, the school has been based in the Eixample district, at the junction of Pau Claris and Consell de Cent.

 

Information updated as of September 2025

Participants

Fourth-year ESO students

Teachers
Eva Mateo and Ana García

Curator and coordinator
EART 

Direction
Barcelona Institute of Culture and Barcelona Education Consortium