LECTURES / COURSES


2023

THE PUBLIC SPACE: A DIALOG WITH THE COMMUNITY.
Caja Canarias Foundation, Tenerife, Canary Islands. Spain
15 December 2023

Inaugural lesson: SPACE AND COMMUNITY.
Escola Massana, Barcelona
07 November 2023

JAUME PLENSA. I INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS: ART & CONTEXT.
Facultad de Bellas Artes de UMC, Madrid
12 May 2023

DIALOGUE BETWEEN JAUME PLENSA AND JAVIER MOLINS.
Fundació Catalunya La Pedrera, Barcelona
19 April 2023

CONVERSATION WITH JAUME PLENSA
Sala Foyer, Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona, Spain
15 February 2023

2022

Round Table: EL ARTE DE JAUME PLENSA
Instituto Cervantes, Madrid, Spain
17 November 2022

AN EVENING WITH JAUME PLENSA
Snite Museum of Art, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, USA
21 September 2022

JAUME PLENSA
SAIC–School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
20 September 2022

JAUME PLENSA; Lectures cycle “In context”
Universidad Internacional Menéndez Pelayo, Santander, Spain
21 July 2022

JAUME PLENSA
Musée d'art moderne Céret, Céret, France
7 May 2022

2021

GALERIE LELONG: DIALOGUES. JAUME PLENSA WITH CAROL KINO
Galerie Lelong & Co., New York. Online talk
21 December 2021

A CONVERSATION WITH JAUME PLENSA, UTOPIA SCULPTOR
Huizenga Grand Room, Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park, Grand Rapids, MI, USA
30 November 2021

JAUME PLENSA IN CONVERSATION WITH CHRISTINA OLSEN
UMMA–University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, MI, USA. Online talk
5 February 2021 

PLENSA: ART, FROM SILENCE TO COMMUNICATION. WITH JAUME PLENSA AND TAMARA DJERMANOVIC
Inside the cycle: Diàlegs Humanístics UPF 2021. Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
19 January 2021

2020

JAUME PLENSA AND PAUL GRAY. WELCOMING THE WORLD: HONORING A LEGACY OF LOVE
Program hosted by Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park. Online talk
12 November 2020

ARTISTS FORUM. PUBLIC ART: VERSATILITY AND NEW TECHNOLOGIES
ARCO 2020, Madrid, Spain
29 February 2020

JAUME PLENSA
Artists and Cultural Productions Seminar – SAPC'19-20
Facultat de Belles Arts, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain
20 February 2020

JAUME PLENSA
Carnegie Mellon University, School of Art, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
4 February 2020

2019

CONVERSATION WITH JAUME PLENSA, CARMEN GAITÁN, CARMEN REVIRIEGO AND SANTIAGO ESPINOSA
MUNAL–Museo Nacional de Arte, Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico
23 October 2019

JAUME PLENSA
MMOMA – Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Moscow, Russia
9 July 2019

Round Table: SCIENCE AND CULTURE. II CLÍNIC BARCELONA SUMMER SCHOOL
Fundació Vila Casas, Barcelona, Spain
1 July 2019

ART AND COMMUNITY
M17 Contemporary Art Center, Kyiv, Ukraine
22 May 2019

INVISIBILIDAD
Lecture cycle: Comparaciones Incomparables. Fundación Amigos Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain
9 April 2019

2018

LA FORMA Y LA IDEA
Universidad Internacional Menéndez Pelayo, Santander, Spain
9 August 2018

WHISPERING
Susan T. Marx Distinguished Lecture Series. Arthur Ross Gallery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA 
18 April 2018

2017

JAUME PLENSA
Leeuwarden, Friesland, Netherlands
18 December 2017

JAUME PLENSA
MMoCA–Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
1 December 2017

JAUME PLENSA: ARTIST TALK
Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Wakefield, UK
11 November 2017

SOM: Engineering x (Art+Architecture)
Mana Contemporary Chicago / Chicago Architecture Biennial, Chicago, USA
10 September 2017

JAUME PLENSA
MAMC–Musée d’art moderne et contemporain Saint-Étienne Métropole, Saint-Étienne, France
11 May 2017

JAUME PLENSA
VMFA–Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, Virginia, USA
27 April 2017

JAUME PLENSA
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, Canada
25 April 2017

JAUME PLENSA
PAMM–Pérez Art Museum Miami, Miami, USA
18 March 2017

JAUME PLENSA
MAMC–Musée d’art moderne et contemporain Saint-Étienne Métropole, Saint-Étienne, France
11 March 2017

2016

JAUME PLENSA
Max Ernst Museum, Brühl, Germany
18 November 2016

Talk: IDENTITIES IN THE BORDER
Foro de la Cultura, Burgos, Spain
4 November 2016

CLOSING CIRCLES, OPEN HORIZONS. I INTERNATIONAL COLLOQUIUM IN GEOHUMANITIES
Department of Humanities of the University Pompeu Fabra – UPF, Barcelona, Spain
21 October 2016

JAUME PLENSA
The Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio, USA
23 June 2016

JAUME PLENSA
Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, Florida, USA
12 April 2016

2015

JAUME PLENSA
Business of Design Week
Hong Kong Design Centre, Hong Kong, China
5 December 2015

JAUME PLENSA
Facultad de Bellas Artes, UCM, Madrid, Spain
25 November 2015

JAUME PLENSA
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York, USA
6 November 2015

JAUME PLENSA
Opening lecture Cátedra ACCIONA 2015-16/SUR, Escuela de Profesiones Artísticas
Círculo de Bellas Artes, Madrid, Spain
19 October 2015

JAUME PLENSA
University of North Carolina, Center City Building, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
15 September 2015

JAUME PLENSA. HUMAN LANDSCAPE
Botanic Hall, Cheekwood Estate and Gardens, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
21 May 2015

2014

L'ART NO S'ENSENYA, S'APRÈN
Escola Superior de Disseny i Art Llotja, Barcelona, Spain
30 October 2014

JAUME PLENSA
Davidson College, North Carolina, USA
24 October 2014

IN THE MIDST OF DREAMS
Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, USA
1 October 2014

JAUME PLENSA

Fullerton Hall, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, USA
16 June 2014

2013

40 AÑOS DE ESCULTURA EN LA CALLE
Organized by the Colegio Oficial de Arquitectos de Canarias and the Santa Cruz de Tenerife’s Council
Espacio Cultural Caja Canarias, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Island, Spain
18 December 2013

JAUME PLENSA
Circle lectures: "Architecture is Art... Is Architecture Art?
Organized by the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago and the Chicago Architecture Foundation
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, USA
20 November 2013

JAUME PLENSA
Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
16 April 2013

JAUME PLENSA
Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio, USA
14 May 2013

JAUME PLENSA

EMMA–Espoo Museum of Modern Art, Helsinki, Finland
21 January 2013

2012

CRONIN LECTURE: JAUME PLENSA
Organized by DeCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, USA
Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, USA
12 October 2012

OLHAR NOS MEUS SONHOS, AWILDA
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
26 October 2012

2011

TEDxSMU 2011: Disruption. "Please do not touch, cares”
The Dee & Charles Wyly Theatre, Dallas, Texas, USA
3 December 2011

MEMORIA VIVA DEL ARTE ESPAÑOL ACTUAL, EL TESTIMONIO DE LOS ARTISTAS
Real Asociación Amigos del Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain
23 November 2011

SCULPTURE NETWORK. Xth INTERNATIONAL SCULPTURE FORUM-2011
Sculpture Today, a Space for Inquiry – Experience Re-Codified
Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao, Spain
11 November 2011

JAUME PLENSA
Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Wakefield, UK
23 September 2011

JAUME PLENSA
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas, USA
16 February 2011

2010

JAUME PLENSA
Iris & Gerald Cantor Art Center, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA
15 November 2010

L’ÂME DES MOTS, 1998-2009
Within the Lecture Cycle: “Les lundis de Picasso-L’art a la lettre”
Organized by Musée Picasso d’Antibes, France
28 June 2010

JAUME PLENSA
North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, USA
2 May 2010

JAUME PLENSA
Whitsell Auditorium, Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon, USA
10 April 2010

2009

JAUME PLENSA
The Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, USA
12 November 2009

IN THE PUBLIC SPACE
The Art Institute of Chicago Rubloff Auditorium, Chicago, USA
11 November 2009

CONFLICTING TALES: Subjectivity (Quadrilogy, Part 1)
The Burger Collection, Berlin, Germany
30 October 2009

ARTIST IN CONVERSATION, JAUME PLENSA WITH RICHARD CORK
Shining Lights Centre, Sutton Manor, St. Helens, UK
11 May 2009

THE ROLE OF PUBLIC SCULPTURE IN AN URBAN ENVIRONMENT
Winzavod Center of Contemporary Art, Moscow, Russia
7 February 2009

2008

SEIS MIRADAS
Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, Spain
28 November 2008

STAGING THE STAGE. SCENOGRAPHY INSPIRED BY PERFORMING
Arts, 2nd International Scenographer’s Festival IN3
Institute Interior Design and Scenography, Basel, Switzerland
21 November 2008

THE ARTIST HIMSELF
21st International Sculpture Center’s Annual Conference
Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park, Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
2 October 2008

2007

GALERÍA FUTURA
Art Futura 2007, Mercat de les Flors, Barcelona, Spain
27 October 2007

TRANSFORMACIONES ESTÉTICAS CONTEMPORÁNEAS
Centro Andaluz de Arte contemporáneo, Sevilla, Spain
17 October 2007

AMERICANS FOR THE ARTS. 2007 ANNUAL CONVENTION – RISK AND REWARD; BALANCING ACTS IN ARTS AND COMMUNITY
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
2 June 2007

JAUME PLENSA; PROYECTOS EN ESPACIOS PÚBLICOS
Spanish Embassy, Tokyo, Japan
7 May 2007

THE CROWN FOUNTAIN AT THE MILLENNIUM PARK OF CHICAGO: AN EXPERIENCE OF PUBLIC ART
Louvre Auditorium, Musée du Louvre, Paris, France
14 May 2007

LE THÉÂTRE ET L’ÒPÉRA EN QUESTION. Trois debats au Studio de l’Òpéra Bastille
Òpéra Bastille, Paris, France
3 February 2007

2006

HUMAN NATURE
Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas, Texas, USA
26 October 2006
Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University Durham, North Carolina, USA
29 October 2006

OPERA PROJECTS
Inside the cycle: Mozart 250 Anniversary
Aula CAM, Alicante, Spain
15 February 2006

2005

ÓPERA Y ESCENOGRAFÍA
Inside the cycle: “Encuentros con la ópera”
Sede del Circulo de Bellas Artes, Madrid, Spain
4 July 2005

LA ARQUITECTURA, LOS ESPACIOS PÚBLICOS Y ESCENOGRÁFICOS
Lectures cycle “Arquitecturas Tangentes 2005”
Colegio Oficial de Arquitectos de Aragón, Zaragoza, Spain
2 June 2005

UNA IDEA LLENA LA INMENSIDAD
International seminarys, Complutense University, Facultad de Bellas Artes, Madrid, Spain
6 May 2005

2004

THE ART OF MILLENNIUM PARK
Rubloff Auditorium, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, USA
23 July 2004

AN ARCHIVE OF ITS PEOPLE…
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, USA
7 April 2004

2003

LA PALABRA / FIGURA EN LA OBRA DE JAUME PLENSA
Paraninfo de la Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain
13 August 2003

2002

JAUME PLENSA
Escuela de Arquitectura y Bellas Artes de la Universidad Europea de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
24 January 2002

2001

TALK FOR FULL CONTACT
Miami Art Museum, Miami, USA
20 May 2001

2000

A CONVERSATION WITH JAUME PLENSA
11th Annual Chicago Humanities Festival, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, USA
5 November 2000

1999

EL ARTISTA FRENTE A SU PROPIA OBRA
Real Asociación Amigos del Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain
13 December 1999

1998

JAUME PLENSA
Southern Methodist University, Division of Art, Dallas, USA
10 April 1998
McKinney Avenue Contemporary Museum, Dallas, USA
15 April 1998

1997

TRANSITI E CONTAMINAZIONI NELLA CREATIVITÀ
Galleria Civica d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Torino, Italy
Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo per l’Arte, Torino, Italy
22 April 1997

ARTE Y LITERATURA, EL VA ELIGIENDO NUEVOS LENGUAJES PARA CALLAR
Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
9 April 1997

1996

Seminary: ART I ESPAI, Lecture: DIVERSITAT
Facultat de Belles Arts, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
17 January 1996

1993

ESCULPIR EN EL TIEMPO. Hipótesis y sospechas
Facultad de Bellas Artes, Universidad del País Vasco, Bilbao, Spain
17 November 1993

 

COURSES

2012

PEOPLE VS SPACE
School of the Art Institute, Chicago, USA
June 18 – July 6 2012

2009

PUBLIC LIGHT & SPACE: Public Art Projects for the 21st Century
Guest Professor at the School of the Art Institute, Chicago, USA
November 2009 – May 2010

2007

Art workshop LA INTERPRETACIÓN DEL ESPACIO
Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza / Fundación de la Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid, Spain
15 October 2007

1992

GUEST SCULPTURE TEACHER FOR THE ACADEMIC YEAR: 1992-1993
École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris, France

ENGRAVING WORKSHOP
Facultad de Bellas Artes. Universidad de la Laguna, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
6 December – 10 December 1992