CV & BIO
Diego Gutierrez Valladares. (San José, Dec. 1981) is an art worker, researcher, and educator. His practice involves co-designing learning environments that explore collaboration, conviviality and ecologies of knowledge. His work includes printmaking, design, and workshops. He holds a Ph.D. in art from the E. Geppert Academy of Art and Design in Wroclaw, with the thesis title “Making milpa: towards collaboration, care and porosity”. He was awarded the Prince Claus Fellowship Cultural and Artistic Responses to Environmental Crisis (CAREC 4) and is a former alumnus at Saas-Fee Summer Institute of Art (2020), Salzburg International Academy of Art (2021). He was invited for art residencies at Cittadellarte-Fondazione Pistoletto, Zamek Centrum Kultury in Poznan, and Gudskul Ekosystem among others. He has exhibited internationally at venues including the Wrocław Museum of Contemporary Art, Zamek Centrum Kultury in Poznań, Bunkier Sztuki in Kraków, and the National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts. As a member of the collective "an office," he contributed to the project Dead Dove: Do Not Eat, presented at the ruruhaus within documenta fifteen (Kassel, 2022) and at the Center for Contemporary Art in Prague.
Education & Studies
2018–2022, PhD in Art (defended 2022). Thesis title: ‘Making milpa: towards collaboration, care and porosity’. Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Art and Design in Wrocław, Poland. Supervised by dr Aleksandra Janik and dr Paweł Drabarczyk vel Grabarczyk.
2013-2014. Postgraduate program. Interdisciplinary Printmaking. Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Art and Design in Wroclaw, Poland.
2011-2012. MA in Artistic production. Polytechnic University of Valencia (U.P.V).
2004-2009. BA in Fine Arts in printmaking. University of Costa Rica (U.C.R).
Further education
AltMA Food and Art (ongoing). The Gramounce. 2025-26.
Apartheid after South Africa. Seminars with prof. Achille Mbembe. European Graduate School. 2024-25.
The Earthly community. Seminars with prof. Achille Mbembe. European Graduate School. 2022.
Becoming “Lumbung”, course with ruangrupa. Salzburg International Summer Academy of Art. 2021.
Saas Fee Summer Institute of Art: Care, Caring and Repair in Cognitive Capitalism. 2020.
Life’s Futures. Seminars with prof. Achille Mbembe. European Graduate School. 2020.
Expanding exhibitions: New approaches to curating. NODE Center. 2019.
KlangKunstBühne, Universität der Künste Berlin. Der Prolog, course with Ursula Biemann. 2015.
KlangKunstBühne, Universität der Künste Berlin. Rooms with Attitude course with Alvin Curran. 2015
Photoetching in copper plate, directed by master printer Juan Lara of Ogami Press. 2011.
Residencies
2024. Unidee “Cracking concrete: creating and maintaining radical structures through place-based practice”. Cittadellarte-Fondazione Pistoletto. Biella, Italy.
2022. Gudskul Ekosystem. November 2022-January 2023. Jakarta, Indonesia.
2022. Zamek Culture Centre in Poznan Residency Program. May-Oct. Poznan, Poland.
2021. Unidee Lab: Tools and technologies for embedded arts practice. Cittadellarte-Fondazione Pistoletto. Biella, Italy.
2021. Spring Summer Residency 2021 Unidee Groundwork for embedded art practices. Cittadellarte-Fondazione Pistoletto. Biella, Italy.
2014. Falu Konstgrafiska Verkstad. Falun, Sweden.
2009. Guanlan International Print Base. Shenzhen,China.
2007. Taller de Gráfica Experimental. Havana, Cuba.
Awards and Grants
2025 Prince Claus Fund Fellowship Award- Cultural and Artistic Responses to Environmental Crisis (CAREC 4).
2024 Mikrogrant. Wrocław Institute of Culture (WIK)
2022 Mobility grant. Wrocław Institute of Culture (WIK).
2018 Scholarship PhD in Art. Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Art and Design in Wroclaw.
2014 Scholarship Postgraduate program Interdisciplinary Printmaking. Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Art and Design in Wroclaw.
2010 Honorable Mention. 14th International Print Biennal Exhibition R.O.C. National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts (NTMOFA). Taichung, Taiwan.
Collections
National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts (N.T.M.O.F.A). Taichung, Taiwan.
Guanlan International Print Base.
Conferences, Symposiums and academic papers
-From Echoes to Slogans- Artists responding to crises (organised by Prince Claus Fund). Framer Framed. Amsterdam, The Netherlands. 2025.
”Mapping towards relational practices”. Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk. November. 2020. Online.
“On the move”. Maps and territory. Philosophy and Cartography International conferences. E. Geppert Academy of Art and Design and University of Wroclaw. Oct. 2019. Wroclaw, Poland.
Teaching experience
2023-2025 IB Visual art and design teacher. Wroclaw International School. Wroclaw, Poland.
2018–2022 — Doctoral researcher with teaching responsibilities, Digital and Experimental Printmaking Studio (headed by dr hab. Aleksandra Janik), Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Art and Design, Wrocław. Designed and delivered courses within the studio program; taught undergraduate and Erasmus exchange students; tutored and supported assessment of final diploma projects.
Workshops facilitation
2025 Asset mapping. CAREC Lab Week and Coastal Community Conference. Flores Island, Indonesia.
2022. Graphic party (collaboration with Grafis huru hara). Gudskul Ekosystem. Jakarta, Indonesia.
2022 The language of water. Centrum Kultury Zamek in Poznan. Poznan, Poland.
2020 ƧPAM. Casa 49. San José, Costa Rica.
2020 Making milpa. Collective graphic workshop. Mutant letterpress, Wroclaw, Poland.
Curatorial projects
2022 Making milpa: Living room. Centrum Kultury Zamek in Poznan. Poznan, Poland.
2021 Making milpa: The Kitchen. E. Geppert Academy of Art and Design. Wrocław, Poland.
2020 ƧPAM. Casa 49. San José, Costa Rica.
2020 The language of Water, Centre for Social Development. Wroclaw, Poland.
Solo shows
2019 KAMIKAZE. Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Art and Design. Wrocław, Poland.
2009 The Uncontainable city. Galeria 1887. CENAC. San José, Costa Rica.
Selected group shows
2023 Gualan Print Biennial. China Print Museum. Shenzhen, China.
2022 Dead dove: Do not eat. Project as part of “an office”. Jeleni Gallery/Center for Contemporary art. Prague, Czech Republic.
2022. Dead dove: Do not eat. Project as part of “an office”. Documenta 15 (ruruhaus). Kassel, Germany.
2022 Beijing International Print Exchange Exhibition. China Printmaking Museum.
2020 Borders. Omsk State Contemporary Art Museum. Omsk, Russia.
2020 Satellite Images. TYPA Gallery. Tartu, Estonia.
2019 Maps and Territory. Centre for Applied Arts and Innovation. Wroclaw, Poland.
2019 Zeniths. Wroclaw Museum of Contemporary art. Wroclaw, Poland.
2018 Immersed in images. MTG Krakow Print Triennial. Main exhibition. Bunkier Sztuki. Krakow, Poland.
2018 9th Douro Biennial. Alijo, Portugal.
2015 Interdisciplinary printmaking exhibition Neon Gallery. Wroclaw Academy of Fine Arts.
2013 Circulation curated by Paul McAree. FLOOD gallery. Dublin, Ireland.
2012 Selecta. Galeria Kir Royal. Valencia, Spain.
2012 MTG Print Triennal Krakow (Main Exhibition). Bunkier Sztuki Contemporary art gallery. Kraków, Poland.
2011 "Millennial Wind: World Plate and Print Exhibition" . Millennial Anniversary of Tripitaka Koreana. World Exchange Hall. Hapcheon-gun, South Korea.
2010. "14th International Print Biennal Exhibition R.O.C". National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts. Taichung, Taiwan.
2009 2nd International Guanlan Print Biennial Exhibition. Guanlan Original Print Base. Shenzhen, China.
2008 "Premio Ingráfica: Contemporary Printmaking". Iglesia La Merced. Cuenca, España.