THE GUIRADO ESTATE COLLECTION
Catalina Guirado
Art Heiress
Catalina Guirado is the president of the Guirado Art Estate, continuing the legacy of her father the internationally acclaimed Spanish-Australian painter from Jaén, Andalucia Spain.
As heiress to the Guirado Estate Catalina embarked upon a mission following the death of her Father in 2010 to restore his name to the higher echelons of Spanish Art History. Having worked in music She has spent the last 12 years working with a team of professionals from around the globe, curating and overseeing the running of the estate, and international art exhibitions with museums, foundations, and galleries to re-introduce the artist’s work on an international level. With the 2017 exhibition at Coral Gables Museum during Art Basel Miami, she presented her late father’s artwork to a contemporary audience by collaborating with FLOAT VR, successfully converting his spiritual paintings into a meditative VR experience. Producing an exhibition in 2018 with the University of Jaén, honoring Guirado as maestro of the region and inducting him to the Cesario Rodriguez Aguilera foundation alongside Picasso, Miro, Tapies, and other Spanish masters, she helped lay the foundations to ensure that Guirado’s legacy lives on, and he earns its rightful place in Spain’s rich artistic history and the mythology of Andalusia. A new collaboration with London gallery Red Eight acting as the estate art sales agent means she can move forward with her plans to start the Guirado Foundation planned for 2023/24.
Catalina and the Guirado Estate have been featured in top publications including Vanity Fair, L'Officiel Art, ELLE, Marie Claire, Arte, AD magazine, and ABC Culture as well as television and radio interviews about her work to promote Spanish art. She has also been a guest speaker on Art Estate management and Art VR at Soho House. Partnered with Hix, Saachi, and The Los Angeles Art Assn. Foundation Pons, Coral Gables Museum, Patron Tequila, Hendrick’s Gin, Pernod Ricard, the Karma Sanctum, Roommates, and others.
The Guirado Estate
With works in the permanent collection of the Reina Sofia Museum, Madrid, The Museum of Malta, Museo Gilabert, Arboles, ES amongst others, over 50 solo shows over his career and 20 group shows, winner of the gold medal of the Grolla D'rollo art competition in 1975, Venice and with a string of successful exhibitions following Juan Antonio Guirado's passing in 2010, the Guirado Estate's most recent Museum & University shows in 2018 at the Coral Gables Museum, Miami (alongside Carlos Cruz-Diez), and at the University of Jaén have proven Guirado to continue to be an artist of international acclaim and interest.
With Juan Antonio Guirado being included in a new UNED Mooc university course for Spanish-speaking students successfully launched in 2017, the interest in the artist proves that the themes of his paintings, Spirituality, environmental issues, and politics, resonate with a fresh contemporary audience.
Having recently been curated into the Cesario Rodriguez- Aguilera Foundation, belonging to the University of Jaén, Guirado was curated alongside Spanish masters Picasso, Miro, Tapies amongst a who's who of Spanish art. The exhibition 'Parallel Visionaries' was curated by Laura Revuelta, Art Critic, Curator, and Editor in Chief of ABC Culture, as part of an education program on Guirado and his historical relevance in Spanish art.
Guirado Estate presents - Re Birth Through the third eye exhibition, Madrid 2015
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VIBE CURATOR
Boutique Consultancy Los Angeles/London
Catalina Guirado has over 20 years of experience in art and entertainment in the areas of fashion, television, and music industry as well as fine art. She now consults and connects people with an invaluable ‘Little Black Book’ of international VIP connections at her fingertips!
As President of the Guirado Estate, she has partnered with leading members of the art community across the world including artists, galleries, museums, and foundations attending the VIP programs at International art fairs and being part of the Leadership Circle at MOCA; Patron of the Tate Americas Foundation and Advisory Board at Los Angeles Art Association in Los Angeles.
Over 12 years of experience in planning and overseeing exhibitions and events, curating, estate planning, art archival, cataloging, and storage, writing content, digital design work, web design, social media content planning & creation, and a postgraduate degree in Social Marketing from Northwestern University.
the Art VIP offers boutique-style consultancy & event planning for an insider’s guide to the often exclusive world of art.
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