nireEHU GABRIEL VILLOTA TOYOS
- Knowledge area
- Audio-visual Communications and Advertising
- Department
- Audio Visual Communications and Advertising
- Centre
- Faculty of Social and Communication Sciences
- Electronic mail
- gabriel.villota@ehu.eus
Gabriel Villota is Associate Professor, Visual Communication Department UPV/EHU, Basque Country University (Spain). Dr Villota is a critic, curator and producer who surveys a wide range of contemporary art. His current focus is on the relationship of the human body and surrounding space in works of new dance and video performance, with a special emphasis on the use of sound elements. He has been the recipient of several grants for his research, and was a visiting scholar at FMA Department, Temple University (2014); the Performance Studies Department, Tisch School for the Arts, NYU (2008); and the Basque Studies Program, Nevada University, Reno (2002). Gabriel Villota was Director of Cultural Activities, the Basque Country University (2010-13) coordinating the exhibitions, film, music and theater programs. His curatorial work extends to museums and galleries, and he has published also several books and articles around visual art issues.