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She is currently pursuing a PhD at the Universitat Politècnica de València (ACIF-GVA), where her research focuses on black pottery as a material system for regenerative design. In 2024, she received the Bio Art & Design Award, through which she exhibited in ‘Sensing Otherness’ at MU Hybrid Art House. Between 2022 and 2023, she conducted a research residency at Medialab Matadero, and in 2023 she was artist-in-residence at Domaine de Boisbuchet with the support of AC/E Cultura. Her work has been exhibited at venues such as the Centre del Carme Cultura Contemporània (CCCC) and at international events including Dutch Design Week, Lisbon Design Week, and Valencia Design Fest. Throughout her career, she has collaborated with studios such as MUT Design and Closca.
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Universitat Politècnica de València (ES)
2024-28
Master of Arts in Fine Art and Design (MA), Specialisation Social Design
Design Academy Eindhoven (NL)
2019-21
Bachelor in Industrial Design and Product Development, Summa Cum Laude
CEU Cardenal Herrera, Valencia (ES)
2015-19
Centre del Carme Cultura Contemporània (CCCC)
2026
Sobremesa (group)
Aires Mateus, Lisbon Design Week
2025
Trastos (group)
Zape Valencia
2025
Microbial Prophetesses x Sensing Otherness (group)
MU Hybrid Art House
2024-25
Post-Carbon Alchemy (group)
Material District Utrecht
2024
Cripto-Mitologías Húmedas (solo)
Nave 0, Matadero Madrid
2023
Twisting & Twining (group)
MUT Design Studio, Valencia Design Fest
2022
Désign Vegetal (group)
Domaine de Boisbuchet, France Design Week
2022
Private_Eye_Butler_Spy (group)
ARCAM, Architecture Centre Amsterdam
2021
Graduation Show (group)
Design Academy Eindhoven, Dutch Design Week
2021
The Object is Absent (group)
MU Hybrid Art House, Dutch Design Week
2020
2027
Portal Residency, Pluto x Acción Cultural Española (AC/E)
Espacio Pluto, Valencia (ES)
2025
ai2 Artistic Residency
Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)
2024
Domaine de Boisbuchet x Acción Cultural Española (AC/E) Residency
Domaine de Boisbuchet
2023
Situated Research Residency
Medialab Matadero
2022-23
Generalitat Valenciana
2026
Premio Nacional Fin de Carrera 2018-2019
Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades
2025
Subvenciones para la contratación de personal investigador predoctoral (ACIF-GVA)
Generalitat Valenciana
2024
Bio Art and Design (BAD) Award 2024
MU Hybrid Art House, Bio Art Lab, Dutch Design Foundation and Next Nature
2024
Distributed Design Mobility Scheme Prize 2023-24
Distributed Design, Co-funded by the European Union
2024
Creative Exchange Residency for Craft Practitioners 2023-25
World Crafts Council Europe (WCC), Co-funded by the European Union
2024
Partial scholarship, The New Centre for Research and Practice
The New Centre for Research and Practice
2022
Extraordinary End-of-career Award for the Best Academic Record in Engineering and Architecture
CEU Cardenal Herrera, Valencia (ES)
2019
Universitat Politècnica de València
2024 - present
Toda Propiedad es una Historia Condensada, MA in Design (workshop)
Universidad Complutense de Madrid
2024
Seient, Ofrena. Summer Bio Lab 2024 (workshop)
Serra Segàrria, Alicante
2024
Twisting and Twining, MUT Design (workshop)
Domaine de Boisbuchet
2022
Reencantar a las Bestias (workshop)
Medialab Matadero
2022
Data Streams. MA Social Design (workshop)
Design Academy Eindhoven (DAE)
2021
EASD Valencia
2026
Bienial International Conference for the Craft Sciences (BICCS) (conference)
The Craft Laboratory, Mariestad, Sweden
2025
MUT Design, Valencia (ES)
2021-23
Workshop Technician
Domaine de Boisbuchet (FR)
2023
Graphic Design and Art Direction
Closca Design, Valencia (ES)
2019
Furniture and Product Design
Yonoh Studio, Valencia (ES)
2018