Mila Lozano

As a child, she played with colored pencils that she then carefully placed in their metal box, on an ascending scale, from lightest to darkest. He organized the whole world in that box. At that time, I was drawing horses and faces. That's all. I think I longed to treasure beauty. But beauty is elusive and doesn't need you. Beauty is, all the more, when imperfect and not pursued. When I stopped looking for her, I began to recognize her.

To be honest, I have never been overly interested in what is real, what is obvious. I think that without realizing it I have installed myself a prudent foot from the ground, caressing the intangible, the uncertain, until placing it in the center.

I revere abstraction in all its manifestations and as a lover of the word as I am, I collected some during the years I spent in the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters. At that time, the word was enough... Each word is a decision, as is each look. And there they were: power, possibility, transit, invisible, uncertain, infinite, emptiness, frequency, breath, synchrony, temple... My drawbridges. The foundations of my painting.

I believe in artistic creation as an engine of knowledge, and in the interconnection of disciplines. How fascinating it would be to be able to seat Hipatia, Leonardo da Vinci, Turner, Khalil Gibran, Carmen Martín Gaite, José Antonio Marina, Georgia O'Keeffe, Chris Martin, Jorge Wagensberg and my grandfather Luís at the same table, armed with his violin and his poetry…

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Am multidisciplinary artist, strategic consultant and Collaborating Teacher of Creativity and Innovation Techniques and of Strategic and creative communication in organizations (Bachelor and Master) at the UOC, Open University of Catalonia

I investigate the connections between the arts and business (founder of Maeve Projects, Art & Business Connections). In addition to my artistic activity, I collaborate with companies and national organizations and international providing creative and disruptive thinking tools, promoting connected innovation, communication and the construction of valuable organizational cultures.

I moderate the networking network EOL Forum, made up of a thousand professional women that I represent in the Women's Council of Barcelona City Council. I am a volunteer on the Committee UN Women Spain, providing advice in the field of communication and corporate alliances.

Lover of the word and its transformative power, I graduated in Philosophy and Letters (Philology) at the Autonomous University of Barcelona. cursé Creation Painting at the Massana School of Art and Design in Barcelona, and I made PhD studies at the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Barcelona, obtaining the DEA Investigative Sufficiency. Today I start my doctoral thesis on applied innovation at the University of Girona.

Specialized in Communication and Marketing Management by Eada Business School of Barcelona, in Neuroleadership, by the University of Barcelona, in Fundamentals of Art Therapy by Metaphor, in Training of trainers by the University of Barcelona and in Management of cultural projects and cultural heritage by the Barcelona Provincial Council.