What I've been up to...
''The work of artist and educator Nien Boots, who hybridises the visual arts and community art methodologies with social justice, explores how the
archetypes of folk tales and fables constitute human retro-projections that can shape repressive or emancipatory ways of life. Convinced that every being possesses a creativity that is gangrened by social norms, Boots defends a naive plastic art that frees art from academic norms and deploys an imaginary that analyses, questions and subverts gender, social/cultural backgrounds and class roles.''
Dr. Christian M. Alonso
caosmosis.net
Art is a great communication tool, so I like to use it as a motor to spread messages from all different communities. In my work human rights and mental health are central, both in the community art projects as in my personal work. I am always searching for ways to engage people in a dialogue while playing and exploring with different materials.
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Currently I am working as a freelance for several organizations and institutions, as the Council of Sant Boi de Llobregat and for the network Generation Europe the Academy through the Association Càlam.
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Projects:
LAC, CCCA, Sant Boi, 2024 (up-coming)
Zanichelli, art direction videos, 2024
Guide To Activism: https://guide-to-activism.generationeurope.org/guide-to-activism/
Dia Mundial Personas Refugiadas, Sant Boi, 2024
Dia Escolar de la No-Violència i la Pau Biblioteca Sant Boi, 2024
Elephant in the Room, UCA, Benito Menni, Sant Boi, 2023
LAC, CCCA, Sant Boi, 2023
Dia Mundial Personas Refugiadas, Sant Boi, 2023
Dia Escolar de la No-Violència i la Pau Biblioteca Sant Boi, 2023
Multi Especies, La Panera, Lleida, 2023
LAC, Sant Boi, 2022
Refugium, CCCA, 2022
Bridges Muncih, 2022
Bridges, Sant Boi, 2022
Uncomfortable Bed, Cera Trece, BCN, 2022
Girls Like That, Teatre Versus, Barcelona, 2022
Dia Mundial Personas Refugiadas, Sant Boi, 2022
Animals Autòctons, CCCA, Sant Boi 2022
Multi Especies, La Capella, Barcelona, 2022
Dia Escolar de la No-Violència i la Pau Biblioteca Sant Boi, 2022
Ponts Per l’Acollida, Sant Boi 2021
Dia Mundial Personas Immigrantes, Begues 2021
Welcome! LAC, Sant Boi, 2021
Mar de Poesia, BAUU, Sant Boi,2020
Patio San Carles, Mural, Sant Boi 2020
Zoetrope, LAC, Sant Boi, 2020
Dia Mundial Personas Refugiadas, Sant Boi, 2020
Sota La Lupa, Espai Jove Palau Alos, Barcelona 2019
Mi Cosmos Mi Casa, LAC, Sant Boi, 2019
ARTaboo, Sant Boi, 2019,
ARTaboo, Sant Boi, 2018
TakePart, Barcelona, 2018
Be Your Own Super Hero, Barcelona, 2017
Tree, Xenia Leiden, Holanda, 2017
Color a la Calle, Barcelona, 2016
Proyecto Vibora, Elche, 2014
Que Me Cuent@s, (solo) exhibition:
Ateneu, Sant Boi 2021
CCCA, Sant Boi 2019
CC Sarria, Barcelona 2019
CC Trini, Barcelona 2018
Espai Garcilaso, Barcelona, 2016
Oficina Jove, Esplugues, 2015
Education
2015 - 2017
ISEP Barcelona
Master Creative Therapies
www.isep.es
Barcelona
2010 - 2014
Escola Massana
Visual Art / Arts Aplicats al Mur
www.escolamassana.es
2002 - 2007
Hoge School van Amsterdam
Bachelor in Social and Cultural Studies
Cultural and Social Education, Orientation and Communication, Programming and Organizing, Management, Supervising and Tutoring. Specialization in social inclusion and non-formal education.
www.hva.nl