About
José R. Alcalá is a media artist, curator, and researcher. Head Professor of New Media Art at the University of Castilla-La Mancha. Director of the Ibero-American Observatory of Digital and Electronic Arts. Director of ASRI; Art and Society; Research Magazine. Director of the MIDECIANT International Museum of Electrograph (1989-2018). Coordinator of Collections and Archives of Contemporary Art of Cuenca (2013-2018). Spanish Royal Academy of Arts National Award "for the innovations contributed to graphic art" (1999). Author of such the books as The skin of the Image: Essays on graphics in digital culture; Being Digital: Manual for converts to electronic culture; or Monsters, ghosts and aliens: Poetics of representation in cyber society.
Since 2021 José R. Alcalá is also board member of the Archive of Digital Art.
Since 2021 José R. Alcalá is also board member of the Archive of Digital Art.
CV
2013
Head of the "Collections and Archives of Contemporary Art (CAAC) of Cuenca" since its creation.
2006
Principal of the research group "Cultural Interfaces; Art and New Media" of the UCLM.
2000
Professor of New Media Art at the Fine Arts Faculty, University of Castilla-La Mancha (Spain)
1999
National Prize of the Royal National Engraving (to the MIDECIANT) "by the innovations developed in graphic art", Madrid (Spain)
1990
Principal Researcher of various international and national Excellent R+D projects related to the New Media Art and the Virtual Museum Studies.
1989
Director of the MIDECIANT (International Museum of Electrographic Artworks-Center for Innovation in New Media Art).,Cuenca (Spain), since its creation.
JOSÉ R. ALCALÁ (Valencia, Spain, 1960)
• Professor (Chair-since 2001). New Media Arts. Fine Arts Fac. University of Castilla-La Mancha.
• Director of MIDECIANT (Museo Internacional de Electrografía-Centro de Innovación en Arte y Nuevas Tecnologías / International Museum of Electrographic Artworks-Innovation Centre for New Media Art) of Cuenca, since its inauguration, 1989.
• Director of the Contemporary Arts Archives and Collections (CAAC) of Cuenca (Spain), since is set up, in 2013.
- Doctor in Fine Arts. Politechnique University of Valencia. 1990.
• Visiting Professor. University of Idaho. Dep. of Art & Design. Spring Semester, 2007.
• Director of the LÚMEN_EX Digital Art Awards. University of Extremadura. (in its 2 editions: 2010 & 2011). http://www.lumenex.net
• Director of the Human Orbital Observatory of Gijón. International Biannual Festival of Electronics Art. Centro de Cultura Antiguo Instituto. Town Council of Gijón (Spain). Since 2004. http://www.jornadasooh.net
• Curator of New Media Art exhibitions, Festivals and Symposiums, National and International exhibitions like new media artist from 1983.
• Research projects leader for the European Community, National Ministery of Educación and Competitivity, Regional and R&D projects for enterprises like Epson, Apple, Telefónica, Richmond/Santillana, Canon, Xerox, etc., since 1992.
• 1999 National Award of the Spanish Royal Academy of Arts for MIDE’s contribution to the developing of new printing systems.
• Artist in Residence at the Tokyo Art Lab (Japan 1991-1992), granted by Canon Foundation in Europe.
• Member of Scientific Committee. Ciberart Festival. Bilbao. 2004.
• Participant at the Expertise Forum for Artistic Education and Communication New Tech. Council of Europe. Strasbourg 1995.
• Participant at the UNESCO Forums for Art & Industry organized by the International Tele-communication Unit (1996-1998).
• Writer and Art Critic & researcher of several national and international publications about Media Arts, Digital Arts & Culture, Digital Education, New Art Museum strategies, etc.
• Artistic and critic references (most valuable):
- -SUMMA ARTIS. Historia General del Arte. Ed. Espasa Calpe. Madrid 2001. Tomo XLVII. pp.469-470. ISBN. 84-239-5492-7 (del Tomo 47).Diccionario Espasa de la Fotografía. Ed. Espasa. Madrid. 2002. pp.16-17, Illustration #2. ISBN.: 84-670-0282-4.
- -ARTEVISION. A History of the Electronic Arts in Spain (CD-ROM). MECAD. Barcelona. 2000.
- -Spanish Graphic Design (ICEX) (CD-ROM). Barcelona. 2001.
- -BRUNNET-WEINMANN, M.: Copigraphie. Elements pour une historie globale. Les produits logiques LopLop. Montreal. 2001.
- -SCHWARTZ, Hillel: The Culture of the Copy. Striking Likenesses, Unreasonable Facsimiles. Zone Books. New York. 1996. p.239 et p.469. ISBN: 0-94229935-3.
- -URBONS, Klaus: Elektrografie: Analogue und Digitale Bilder, Ed. Dumont, Col. Handbücher und Lexika, Köln, 1994. pp.30, 51, ils. 7, 10, 39, 48, 51, 53, 91, 93.
- -URBONS, Klaus: Copy Art, Kunst und Design mit dem Fotokopierer, Dumont Tascehnbücher, Köln, 1991. pp. 116, 118, 174, 260, ils. 3, 23, 24, 39, 97.
- -Monograph of the author: MIRA, Enric: Alcalacanales; El lenguaje artístico de la imagen electrográfica. Ed. Institució Alfons El Magnànim. Col. Itinerarios #7. Diputació de València. Valencia. 2000. ISBN. 84-7822-281-2.
José R. Alcalá
MIDE/UCLM
Campus Universitario de la UCLM, 16071-CUENCA (Spain)
Tls. 34-969-179115 (MIDECIANT)
Fax. 34-969-179102
JoseR.Alcala@uclm.es
http://www.caaac.uclm.es
https://www.linkedin.com/in/joseramonalcalamellado
http://www.joseramonalcala.blogspot.com
http://www.myspace.com/joseramonalcala /
Personal adress:
Av. Aragón, 13. B-I, Esc.A. P.29.
46010-Valencia (Spain)
34-680222241 (Mobile)
Head of the "Collections and Archives of Contemporary Art (CAAC) of Cuenca" since its creation.
2006
Principal of the research group "Cultural Interfaces; Art and New Media" of the UCLM.
2000
Professor of New Media Art at the Fine Arts Faculty, University of Castilla-La Mancha (Spain)
1999
National Prize of the Royal National Engraving (to the MIDECIANT) "by the innovations developed in graphic art", Madrid (Spain)
1990
Principal Researcher of various international and national Excellent R+D projects related to the New Media Art and the Virtual Museum Studies.
1989
Director of the MIDECIANT (International Museum of Electrographic Artworks-Center for Innovation in New Media Art).,Cuenca (Spain), since its creation.
JOSÉ R. ALCALÁ (Valencia, Spain, 1960)
• Professor (Chair-since 2001). New Media Arts. Fine Arts Fac. University of Castilla-La Mancha.
• Director of MIDECIANT (Museo Internacional de Electrografía-Centro de Innovación en Arte y Nuevas Tecnologías / International Museum of Electrographic Artworks-Innovation Centre for New Media Art) of Cuenca, since its inauguration, 1989.
• Director of the Contemporary Arts Archives and Collections (CAAC) of Cuenca (Spain), since is set up, in 2013.
- Doctor in Fine Arts. Politechnique University of Valencia. 1990.
• Visiting Professor. University of Idaho. Dep. of Art & Design. Spring Semester, 2007.
• Director of the LÚMEN_EX Digital Art Awards. University of Extremadura. (in its 2 editions: 2010 & 2011). http://www.lumenex.net
• Director of the Human Orbital Observatory of Gijón. International Biannual Festival of Electronics Art. Centro de Cultura Antiguo Instituto. Town Council of Gijón (Spain). Since 2004. http://www.jornadasooh.net
• Curator of New Media Art exhibitions, Festivals and Symposiums, National and International exhibitions like new media artist from 1983.
• Research projects leader for the European Community, National Ministery of Educación and Competitivity, Regional and R&D projects for enterprises like Epson, Apple, Telefónica, Richmond/Santillana, Canon, Xerox, etc., since 1992.
• 1999 National Award of the Spanish Royal Academy of Arts for MIDE’s contribution to the developing of new printing systems.
• Artist in Residence at the Tokyo Art Lab (Japan 1991-1992), granted by Canon Foundation in Europe.
• Member of Scientific Committee. Ciberart Festival. Bilbao. 2004.
• Participant at the Expertise Forum for Artistic Education and Communication New Tech. Council of Europe. Strasbourg 1995.
• Participant at the UNESCO Forums for Art & Industry organized by the International Tele-communication Unit (1996-1998).
• Writer and Art Critic & researcher of several national and international publications about Media Arts, Digital Arts & Culture, Digital Education, New Art Museum strategies, etc.
• Artistic and critic references (most valuable):
- -SUMMA ARTIS. Historia General del Arte. Ed. Espasa Calpe. Madrid 2001. Tomo XLVII. pp.469-470. ISBN. 84-239-5492-7 (del Tomo 47).Diccionario Espasa de la Fotografía. Ed. Espasa. Madrid. 2002. pp.16-17, Illustration #2. ISBN.: 84-670-0282-4.
- -ARTEVISION. A History of the Electronic Arts in Spain (CD-ROM). MECAD. Barcelona. 2000.
- -Spanish Graphic Design (ICEX) (CD-ROM). Barcelona. 2001.
- -BRUNNET-WEINMANN, M.: Copigraphie. Elements pour une historie globale. Les produits logiques LopLop. Montreal. 2001.
- -SCHWARTZ, Hillel: The Culture of the Copy. Striking Likenesses, Unreasonable Facsimiles. Zone Books. New York. 1996. p.239 et p.469. ISBN: 0-94229935-3.
- -URBONS, Klaus: Elektrografie: Analogue und Digitale Bilder, Ed. Dumont, Col. Handbücher und Lexika, Köln, 1994. pp.30, 51, ils. 7, 10, 39, 48, 51, 53, 91, 93.
- -URBONS, Klaus: Copy Art, Kunst und Design mit dem Fotokopierer, Dumont Tascehnbücher, Köln, 1991. pp. 116, 118, 174, 260, ils. 3, 23, 24, 39, 97.
- -Monograph of the author: MIRA, Enric: Alcalacanales; El lenguaje artístico de la imagen electrográfica. Ed. Institució Alfons El Magnànim. Col. Itinerarios #7. Diputació de València. Valencia. 2000. ISBN. 84-7822-281-2.
José R. Alcalá
MIDE/UCLM
Campus Universitario de la UCLM, 16071-CUENCA (Spain)
Tls. 34-969-179115 (MIDECIANT)
Fax. 34-969-179102
JoseR.Alcala@uclm.es
http://www.caaac.uclm.es
https://www.linkedin.com/in/joseramonalcalamellado
http://www.joseramonalcala.blogspot.com
http://www.myspace.com/joseramonalcala /
Personal adress:
Av. Aragón, 13. B-I, Esc.A. P.29.
46010-Valencia (Spain)
34-680222241 (Mobile)
News
29.10.2015
Round Table “A.N.T la exposición como excusa – el Media Art Revisitado”. 19:00h at IVAM Museum, Valencia (Spain)
Round table at the IVAM Museum of Valencia (Spain) on the occasion of the exhibition “A.N.T. Arte y Naturalezas tecnológicas” which is displayed in the Punto Gallery, in Valencia (Spain). Participants: José Ramón Alcalá (Valencia, 1960); Hugo Martínez-Tormo (Valencia, 1979); Bosch & Simons (Amsterdam, 1958 -1961); Solimán López (Burgos 1981); y Enrique Radigales (Zaragoza 1970). http://www.ivam.es/en/actividades/round-table-a-n-t-la-exposicion-como-excusa-el-media-art-revisitado/
Round Table “A.N.T la exposición como excusa – el Media Art Revisitado”. 19:00h at IVAM Museum, Valencia (Spain)
Round table at the IVAM Museum of Valencia (Spain) on the occasion of the exhibition “A.N.T. Arte y Naturalezas tecnológicas” which is displayed in the Punto Gallery, in Valencia (Spain). Participants: José Ramón Alcalá (Valencia, 1960); Hugo Martínez-Tormo (Valencia, 1979); Bosch & Simons (Amsterdam, 1958 -1961); Solimán López (Burgos 1981); y Enrique Radigales (Zaragoza 1970). http://www.ivam.es/en/actividades/round-table-a-n-t-la-exposicion-como-excusa-el-media-art-revisitado/
Exhibitions & Events
Publications & References
Alcalá Mellado, José Ramón and Virginia Paniagua. »Metáforas visuales de la ciudad digital actual, dos décadas después.« In La ciudad Digital; esperanzas, riesgos y desilusiones en las redes., edited by Col. Estudios #145, 157-190. Cuenca, Spain: Ediciones de la Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, 2015.
Alcalá Mellado, José Ramón. »La condición de la imagen digital. Estudios iconográficos para su análisis y clasificación..« Icono14. Revista de Comunicación y Tecnologías Emergentes 12, no. 2 (2014): 113-140.
Alcalá Mellado, José Ramón. »Gráfica después de la posmodernidad, ¿hacia una gráfica radicante?.« Estampa 11 , no. 5 and 6 (December 2013): 173-177.
Alcalá Mellado, José Ramón and Vicente Jarque. »Utopías del arte tecnológico. Un análisis de la situación, cincuenta años después.« Artnodes. Revista de arte, ciencia y tecnología , no. 13 (2013): 4-15.
ALCALÁ MELLADO; Jose Ramón. La piel de la imagen: Ensayos sobre gráfica en la cultura digital. Valencia: Sendemá, 2011.
ALCALÁ MELLADO, José Ramón. Ser Digital; Manual para náufragos de la cultura electrónica.. Santiago de Chile (Chili): Ediciones de la Universidad de Chile., 2009.
Alcalá Mellado, José Ramón and Javier Ariza. Explorando el Laberinto; Creación e investigación en torno a la gráfica digital a comienzos del siglo 21. Col. Caleidoscopio 5, Cuenca, Spain: Ediciones de la Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, 2005.
Alcalá Mellado, José Ramón. Monstruos, fantasmas y alienígenas : poéticas de la representación en la cibersociedad. Madrid: Fundación Telefónica, 2005.
ALCALÁ MELLADO, José Ramón. Ars & Machina. Electrografía Artística en la colección MIDE. Santander: Fundación Marcelino Botín, 2004.
ALCALÁ MELLADO; José Ramón. »Sistemas telemáticos compartidos: Arquitecturas virtualizadas para un nuevo modelo de creación y la exhibición del arte electrónico contemporáneo..« Binaria. Universidad Europea de Madrid III (2003).
Alcalá Mellado, José Ramón. »Las tecnologías digitales de la imagen en la práxis artística actual.« Revista de Estudios Provinciais , no. 13 (1997): 201-259.