Dr. Ignacio J. Urricelqui Pacho
D. graduate in Humanities from the University of Navarra (1999), obtained in 2006 the degree scroll of doctor in Philosophy and Letters with the doctoral thesis Ambiente artístico y actividad pictórica en Navarra en el período de entre siglos (1873-1940), which was awarded with the Extraordinary award of doctorate in the History Section. He has been teaching assistant professor of the Art department of the University of Navarra (2000-2006), and technical secretary of the Chair of Heritage and Art of Navarra. Currently, he is Senior Museum Technician at the Museum of Carlism, cultural infrastructure of the Government of Navarre.
He is the author of several books on contemporary art in Navarre, including La pintura y el ambiente artístico en Navarra (1873-1940) ( Pamplona, Government of Navarre, 2009), as well as the monograph dedicated to the painter Inocencio García Asarta (Pamplona, 2002). He has also published the works Palacio Real de Olite 1869. Los textos, dibujos y planos de Juan Iturralde y Suit y Aniceto Lagarde que evitaron su demolición (Pamplona, Gobierno de Navarra, 2006) and Recuerdos de una guerra civil. Álbum del bloqueo de Pamplona (Pamplona, Government of Navarra, 2007). He is the author, together with Javier Azanza López, of the book El cartel de la Feria del Toro de Pamplona 1956-2006. Arte, design y tauromaquia (Pamplona, Casa de Misericordia, 2006), and together with José Luis Molins Mugueta, of the work Artistas en homenaje a Sarasate. Álbum de Roma 1882 ( Pamplona, City Hall, 2009). He is also co-author of the books Carlos Ciriza (Murcia, 2000) and guide de escultura urbana en Pamplona (Pamplona, Ayuntamiento, 2009). He has published several research articles on contemporary art in the magazines file Español de Arte, bulletin de Arte, Príncipe de Viana and Ondare.
He has participated in collective works published by the Lázaro Galdeano Foundation, the Chair of Heritage and Art of Navarra, the Society of Historical programs of study Navarra, the Museum of Fine Arts of Bilbao, the Museum of Navarra, and the City Council of Pamplona. She has attended as a speaker at various congresses and conference on contemporary art, heritage and image, and has also given lectures in cycles organized by various cultural organizations. He has curated several temporary exhibitions dedicated to contemporary Navarrese artists.
Currently, his research focuses on the image and identity of Carlism, which have an advance in thegraduate work "Ante Dios nunca serás héroe anónimo": imagen e ideología en torno a la muerte del Boina Roja en la Guerra Civil (1936-1939)", published in the conference proceedings of the III Simposi d'Història del Carlisme (Centre d'Estudis d'Avià, 2015).