CURRICULUM
Andrea Ayala Closa
Date of birth: 5 September 1979
Nationality:Spanish, Catalan.
Drivers Licence :B1
Contact.: 00 34 650 688 205 barcelona
00 32  0 4983 671 51  antwerp, belgium
e-mail: andreaayala5@ hotmail.com
http://www.andreaayala.com
Catalan, Spanish and English : trilingual in the the three languages
French , Italian: fluent
Flemish: Basic level.


HIGHER EDUCATION
-´04 / ´05 / ´06 /´07  Fashion Academie, Antwerp with Master degree.. Compleated education with Kandidatur diploma and Master diploma. Hogeschool Antwerpen , Department Audiovisuele en Beeldende Kunst, Optie Mode-Textiel-en toneelkostuumontwerpen. Grootse onderscheiding as final grade in the Master degree.

-´97/´98/´99/´00 EATM/  Fashion Design;Escola d´Arts i tècniques de la Moda, University of Southampton.  ESDI/ Escola Superior de Diseny, Universitat Ramon Llull.   June ´01 Final project degree    . Womenswear. Printing research collection. Dissertation title: Fiction & cotidianity.  Qualification: Second Class Division I    ( BA Fashion )

-St. Martins School of Arts, summer curses: July1998   Experimental Fashion Design July1999    Figure and Fashion Drawing. All curses with the Professor Howard Tanguy.

-September 1998/ June 2000. EVENING SCHOOL: Pattern Cutting and Tailoring. Sistema Feli. Diploma obtained of first cycle in pattern cutting and tailoring womenswear. Barcelona.


EMPLOYMENT
-April 2009 - current free lance work for John Rocha- Designing the  Womenswear collection for the mainline, presented in the London Fashion Week. Presenting and sending to Dublin Drawings, patterns, and presenting finall tryouts.All done from my own Barcelona studio.

-May 2009. Project free lance for Publicity Advertising Company. HAPINESS BRUSSELS.Advertising & Beyong. Working together with the art director developing textile products for different international companies/ permanet clients from the advertising company.. Brussels, Belgium.

-March 2008 - April 2009 . First designer assistant for John Rocha. Full Time Job as a designer for the Womenswear main line collection of John Rocha. Taking part in the full creation of two consecutive collections spring summer 09, autum-winter 010.Presentation everyseason in London Fashion Week. www.johnrocha.ie

-November ´07  Project for Geneal Optica.  Free Lance Designing a collection of sunglasses collection. Womenswear and Menswear.

-March ´04. Free Lance work. Instituto Helena Francis / Augusta Natural. Barcelona. Renovation of all the uniforms/working clothes for a new and prestigious beauty institute.  Study of the new image, the branding, and the design of the space. Design of the uniforms of five different disciplines working in the company. Managing production Augusta Natural,Barcelona

-September ´01- April ´03. Designer Assistant. Josep Abril, Menswear/Womenswear Taking part in the three consecutives regular collections. Designing the womenswear collection. Design of knitwear secondary  collections. Controling  the production of the sampling  of both, womenswear/ meanswear and knitwear.
     Abril Studio S.L . www.josepabril.com   contact@josepabril.com

-Oct.´98/March ´99/Oct.´99  Textile Spanish agent in Limonta. Collaboration with Texlook S.L, in Premiere Vision, Paris. Three consecutives editions.


OTHER RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
-September 2009. Selected to participate in 080 BARCELONA  FASHION WEEK. CATWALK AND SHOWROOM

-June 2009 . Exhibition in the Historisch Museum Arnhem. Tentoonstelling:La maison de Poupeé.Organize by the collective Suze May Sho . With the collection “ Denominate an Space” .

-June 2009. Invited artist in Arnhem Biënale 2009. Head line event for cutting-edge fashion. Presentation of the collection “Denominate a space” together in a pavillon with  Tom Brown collection.
Exhibition in Eusebius kerk with especial commission piece for Arnhem Mode Biennale SHAPE. Arnhem, Holland.

-May 2009. Exhibition Altermode. Fashion Beyong clothes. Curated by Tomas Rajnai. Exposing in two different galleries with another artist Bogomir Doringer ( Belgrad/Amsterdam) in two different  spaces.  Weld and Klerup gallery . Invited as an artist to expose a retrospective of my work.  Stockholm, Sweeden.

-February 2009. Participation with some pieces of headwear design from my MA Collection. London College of Fashion Millinery exhibition,  MA graduates. Millinery  and headwear design. By Gemma Williams, fashion Curator.A display of hats together with Piers Atkinson, Philip Tracy and other headwear designers.The Mall Gallery, London.

-February 2008. Participation in Talente 2008. International Trade fair competition for skilled Trades, Munich. Obtention of the first price in the fashion and textiles award. Munchen, Germany.

-Nobember.2007 Exhibition vitrine in label.inc shop. Exhibiting the MA collection “Denominate a space”.Antwerp, Belgium

-October 07-January 08. Participation with the MA collection,” Denominate a space” in the exposition curated by Walter Van Beirendonck and Dirk van Saene about Surrealism. Museum Boymans van Beuningen, Rotterdam.

-October 2007 Presentation Collection “Denominate a Space” Le vif-Léxpress and weekendknack. Brussels fashion weekend.

-August. 2007. Presentation in Amsterdam fashion week. Collection “Denominate a space” MA Collection. Together with Andrea Crews ( Paris) and the Artist/ scenographer  Martin Butler ( Amsterdam)

-July 2007 Participation in the exposition of The best emerging designers of ModaFad.. in 24th edition Technocolor. CosmoCaixa.

-September 2006.Antwerp Vitrin Labels.Inc . with colection” Redrawn to understand” Collection of the third year of Antwerp fashion Academie.

-March 2006. Finalist of project, creation of a perfume. IFF: International Fragance and Flavors. New York City.

-September 2005. Invited as only designer to present a development of the collection” Piedras” in Jean Nouvel´s Moritz factory under construction in Barcelona. Exhibition assembly by Niall O´Flynn. For the 22^nd KIT Edition .Moda FAD. Colection of fifteen siluetes. Fashion show of my collection with life music by Polvorosa and showcase parade.

-September 2003.Antwerp Vitrin. Labels. Inc..Display, and selling of the collection “face less war”.autum/winter03/04. Antwerp,Belgium.

-February  2003. -Presentation of collection” face less black War” Plataforma db Moda.Modafad. Palau de la Metalurgia Pavello 8. Catwalk and showcased parade  Womenswear/Menswear collection Autumm/Winter 03/04. Producction and selling points:  El Chalet de los Alpes, 4 elements, Barcelona. Labels. Inc , Antwerpen.

-Sept. ´02. Finalist in Merkafad contest in the 16^th Edition Je táime mon amour 16^th edition. With the collection “Sex / ual” www.modafad.org  FAD. Foment De Les Arts decoratives. www.fad.org.