Dr. Javier Zubiaur Carreño

Adjunct Professor at the University of Navarra between 1988 and 2013, teaching the subjects of "History of Contemporary Art", "Museology" and "History of Cinema and other Audiovisual Media". At this University he received his PhD in Philosophy and Letters (1985) with a thesis on "The painters of the School of Bidasoa", directed by Dr. Mª Concepción García Gainza, published in 1986 by the Government of Navarra with the degree scroll La Escuela del Bidasoa, una actitud ante la naturaleza (The School of Bidasoa, an attitude towards nature). He has been a member of the cultural team of Caja Navarra and has been director of publications of the Institución Príncipe de Viana, which he directed between 1991 and 1995. Senior technician of the Museum of Navarre by civil service examination, he directed it between 1999 and 2002. He was president of the Cine-club Lux of Pamplona between 1985 and 1990. His line of research focuses on the contemporary world: audiovisual media, art and ethnography of Navarra.

Since 1995 he has been partner the ALLGEMEINES KUNSTLER LEXIKON, a dictionary of visual artists publishing house by the Saur publishing house (Munich). Author of numerous articles and books, among them Etnografía de San Martín de Unx. 30 años de investigaciones en un pueblo de la Navarra average (2007), in partnership with his brother José Ángel; Historia del cine y de otros medios audiovisuales (1999), ENINCI award for the best film book published in Spain (2000); and Curso de Museología (2004), as well as biographies of several 20th century artists. Among them, José Salís Camino, un pintor de la transición a la modernidad (1863-1926), which earned him the Europa award from the University of Navarra (1990), and Ingmar Bergman, fuentes creadoras del cineasta sueco (2004), with its correlative essay Allen en perspectiva bergmaniana ( 2007). He is co-author of the resource guide of Artistic Photography in Spain (2002), an electronic publication of the Ministry of Culture.