Fernando Baños
Specialty
Cinema. Visual arts.
Education
PhD in Fine Arts from the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM)
Master in Art, Creation and Research from the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM)
Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM)
Degree in Chemistry from the University of Oviedo (Uniovi)
Career path
He began his academic career as a scholarship researcher at the Faculty of Fine Arts of the Complutense University of Madrid, with an active presence in projects, seminars, publications and a research stay in Buenos Aires. In parallel, he desempeña the functions of delegate of image and communication of the dean of said faculty.
In 2014 he joined the University School of Arts TAI as a professor, where he currently holds the position of academic director. Since 2022 he is also the director of the International Festival of Young Artists and Creators in Madrid, WE NOW.
His artistic career has been linked, mainly, to cinema and the audiovisual arts, although he has collaborated as an actor, composer, writer or visual artist in different projects of his own or those of others. His work has been projected and / or exhibited in different art centers, galleries and festivals around the world.
His publications include books The Memory Tourist (Complutense Publishing House) and in slow motion (Publishing Notorious-Fund. Rebross).
Subjects and workshops
MASTER OFFICIAL IN ARTISTIC AND DOCUMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHY
Moving Image Technology
MASTER OFFICER IN AUDIOVISUAL ANIMATION CREATION
Idea, Concept and Development of Animation Projects
Research lines
Imagining the future from the past: relations between the image-archive and contemporary narratives. Time, duration and contemplation in the cinema. Postnarrativity: the end of stories
Awards, mentions and recognitions
ANECA accreditation in the figures of contracted professor doctor and private university professor
Invited filmmaker for a retrospective at the FLUX Autor Video Festival
Aid for the production of records, videos and books by the SGAE Foundation
Support for the documentation and research phase of audiovisual creation projects by the SGAE Foundation
Scholarship for University Teacher Training (Ministry of Education)
Extraordinary Award for Bachelor of Fine Arts (UCM)
Best Short Film Award at the VI Vallecas Experimental Film and Video Festival, Puerta del Cine
Other merits
Member of the Scientific Committee (magazine Cinema & Territory Journal) from the University of Madeira
R&D project member Images of art and rewriting of images in global visual culture (UCM)
Scholarship for Initiation in Research Activity (UCM)