(Guipúzcoa, 1953)
Graduate in Philosophy and Letters, specializing in Geography and History, from the University of Deusto (1976). Head of the Municipal Public Library of Tolosa (1977-1982). Professor of Art History, Contemporary History and Geography and History of Spain and America at the “Ikastola Laskorain” secondary school in Tolosa (1979-1982). Director of the Department of Culture, Education and Youth of the City Council of Tolosa (1983-1987). Director of Arteleku, Center for Contemporary Art and Culture of the Provincial Council of Gipuzkoa (1987-2006). Member of the content team of “UNIA arteypensamiento” of the International University of Andalusia (2001-2015). Member of the Basque Council of Culture (2002-2006). Coordinator with BNV Producciones de Sevilla of the ALF project. Architectures. Film Languages (2006-2015). Director of Tabakalera in Donostia/San Sebastián (2006). Cultural Director of DSS2016EU, Candidacy of Donostia/San Sebastián for European Capital of Culture 2016 (2009-2011). Member of the Basque Council of Culture (2009-2012). General Director of Cultural Spaces and Contents of Madrid Destino (2015). Member of the Board of Trustees of the Spanish Academy in Rome (2018). Gure Artea Award (2011).
He participated in Medialab Madrid banquete08 with the blog “Networks: forms of symbolic and social construction” (June 5, 2008) together with Natxo Rodríguez, Arturo (Fito) Rodríguez and Jorge Luis Marzo. Also with “Espai en Blanc” (June 19, 2008), “Citizen Network after 11-M (July 15, 2008)”, “Neither apocalyptic, nor integrated” (August 12, 2008) and “Social Internet . From monopolistic dominance to social self-management” (September 1, 2008).
