MARIONA OMEDES, multimedia artist.
Mariona welcomes me in the Marina neighborhood, at the digital art studio nueve ojos, of which she is co-founder, where they make memorable productions from spectacular mappings on city façades, audiovisuals for exhibitions, animations for films to the scenography of the Goya Awards gala. A sign on the wall sums up the atmosphere at nueve ojos: Creativity is my weapon.
She explains that she wanted to be a painter and went to London to study art. And how an encounter with the much-missed Pepo Sol, showing her a digital animation, made her change her mind and marked her professional future. Since then -she tells me- she has worked a lot, maybe even too much. But she has also enjoyed it a lot, because she is passionate about what she does.
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Mariona Omedes is a multimedia artist, trained as a painter, graphic designer and illustrator. Her artistic qualities let her participate in audiovisual projects of a distinctive cultural nature, and her knowledge and concerns, in developing audiovisual communication.
She specializes in postproduction and applies it in the direction of documentaries, event direction, audiovisuals for museums, large screenings, film postproduction, credits and all kinds of disciplines that require audiovisuals. She developed her knowledge working for ten years (1989-1999) at the digital postproduction company Oframe, which she ended up directing.
In 2011 she received the National Culture Award of Catalonia granted by CoNCA, in the audiovisual category.
She currently directs nueve ojos, a visual creativity studio that was born in May 2008 in Barcelona.