Photo: Helga Pfister
Tanja Grass
Director and exhibition curator
Tanja Grass graduated in German, English and Spanish Philology, and is a translator and consecutive interpreter by training. She has dedicated herself to Drap-Art since 1995. Since 2019 she is a member of the Culture Council of the Government of the Balearic Islands. She grew up in Formentera, as the daughter of a painter and an art historian, cousin niece and great-niece of artists, surrounded by artists and intellectuals. She has been active in the cultural world of Barcelona for more than 30 years.
As an interpreter in the world of politics and as a translator in the world of publishing and comics. She participated in the underground effervescence of the 90s in Barcelona, collaborating in the organization of events such as Palepoesía Urbana de Pueblo, collaborating in other projects of Accidents Polipoètics, Rosa Pera, Joan Casellas and Xavier Sabater among others. In 1995 she founded the Drap-Art association and since then she has been in charge of its management, the direction of the International Festival of Art and Sustainability of Catalonia and has curated many of its exhibitions. Furthermore, she is also in charge of conserving, catalogizing and exhibiting her families artistic and architectural legacy, conserving, organizing among others retrospectives of her father Hans Grass’ artworks.
Margarita Farran Pintó
Coordinator
Bachelors in general history and geography with degree in cultural anthropology
for the University of Barcelona. With 25 years of experience as consultant for EuropeAid (the
European Union official Agency of international cooperation). European director of several
bilateral projects to fight against poverty and gender violence in slum areas of big cities in Latin
America. Project manager of the European projects of IL3-UB (Lifelong learning Institute of the
Barcelona University) . Director of the Ideaborn Foundation working in Barcelona for Human
Rights in Africa and Latin America. Director of regional projects in the European Institute of the
Mediterranean (IEMed). President of El Temple del gothic association working in
interculturality and social inclusion in the gothic quartier in Barcelona. . Manager of the
integration of Barcelona in the Climate Alliance of the European cities and indigenous peoples
from Amazon basin.
Christian Konn
Technical director
Founding member of Drap-Art, involved in the first years of the association, in the production and technical
direction of the Marathon Creative Recycling of Barcelona. Trained as a gold and silversmith, he has
worked for various jewelry workshops in Formentera, Germany and Barcelona. During the 90s, together
with Carlos Jovellar he started to collaborate with several performers, such as Accidents Polipoètics,
Oscar Ascaso and Steven Foster, giving them technical suport.
They founded the EBA cooperative, giving services of prototype creation, robotics and interactive devices
for artists, theaters and museums. He has developed different devices for Kònic Thtr, Marcel·lí Antúnez, la
Fura dels Baus and Roland Olbeter. He has also worked in the development of interactive elements for the
Expo Water of Zaragoza, the stand of Spain in the Universal Expo of Aichi in Japan, the Barça Museum
and Cosmocaixa.
Juliana Mateu
Marketing and sales
Communications professional and specialist in creating transmedia projects. Her professional life stands out for creating a network and synergy between professionals and organizations to achieve Sustainable Development Goals. She promotes direct actions and successful alliances to achieve the objectives proposed for the 2030 Agenda. As a Communication consultant, she is also a part of the Network of Urban Gardens of Barcelona, assists Neighborhood Associations and belongs to the network of feminist migrant collectives for gender equality in Barcelona. As an artist, audiovisual producer, and writer, she transmits values that promote equity, the expression of identity, and awareness of current issues.
Carlos Sánchez Barragán
Community management
Sánchez Barragan graduated in Philosophy and holds a Master in Contemporary Thought (University of Barcelona). He also has training in Community Mediation (Gentis) and in Programming, dynamization and development of Cultural Actions (Pere Tarrés). He has actively participated in the artistic and cultural field for more than twenty-five years, mainly as a creator of cultural content (exhibitions, social gatherings, magazine or book presentations, micro-theater, etc.). As an author, he has published poetry and essays, and premiered some of his plays. Currently, he teaches courses and workshops on transversal skills and coordinates the Drap-Art Territory 01 project.
Xavier Pons Inbernon
Workshops and courses
Born in Girona in 1977, Xavier Pons Inbernon is a multidisciplinary artist, who since years combines
painting with the creation of sculptures made from various recycled objects, such as discarded plastics, abandoned dolls, paint tubes and other materials, which, once melted, chopped up or substracted from their original function and meaning, constitute the raw material with which he undertakes his work.
With pedagogical training and extensive experience as a workshop guider and teaching courses in drawing, mural painting, comics, manga, etc., he currently teaches extracurricular classes with Drap-Art in different schools in the Ciutat Vella district within the framework of the Extra Extra activities of Pla de Barris.
Administrative Board
- Tanja Grass, President
- Karol Bergeret, Vice-president
- Acinari tribe of San Marzano, Secretary
- Christian Konn Corredoira, Treasurer
- Douglas E. Smith, Vocal
Collaborators
- Betty Bigas, curator
- Raquel Medina, curator
- Monica Smilge Peix, logistics, ReBarna project
- Agata Puciato, ReBarna project
- Paqui Costea, project manager
- Merche Gallego (Atelier Comunicación), Press
- Consuelo Bautista, Photography
- Xavier Agut, German de Souza, Webmaster
- Niger Tous, Video & Editing
- Susana Grass, Graphic Design
- Sabina Pringle, Legal advice
Partners
- University of Barcelona Faculty of Fine Arts
- Royal Artistic Circle of Barcelona
- Cittadellarte – Pistoletto Foundation
- Espronceda Institute of Art & Culture
- The Borsí for the Neighborhood
- Crafts Catalonia
- Ocean Drive Hotels
- Núñez and Navarro
- Balearic Foundation
- Montana Colors
- Cosmica Montevideo
- Kinact Kinshasa
Interns & Volunteers
- Axelle Galoo
- Marcus John Bongon
- Ryan Yui Ting Wong
- Iona Poldervaart
- Melody Xinyue Dai
- Saraelena Cabrera
- Cristian Bertolo
- Sofia Losadas
- Carlos Jorge Chinchilla
- Gabor Zsoka
Margarita Farran Pintó
Coordinator
Bachelors in general history and geography with degree in cultural anthropology
for the University of Barcelona. With 25 years of experience as consultant for EuropeAid (the
European Union official Agency of international cooperation). European director of several
bilateral projects to fight against poverty and gender violence in slum areas of big cities in Latin
America. Project manager of the European projects of IL3-UB (Lifelong learning Institute of the
Barcelona University) . Director of the Ideaborn Foundation working in Barcelona for Human
Rights in Africa and Latin America. Director of regional projects in the European Institute of the
Mediterranean (IEMed). President of El Temple del gothic association working in
interculturality and social inclusion in the gothic quartier in Barcelona. . Manager of the
integration of Barcelona in the Climate Alliance of the European cities and indigenous peoples
from Amazon basin.