Elena Ochoa Foster
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Lady Foster of Thames Bank. (Prof. Dr Elena Ochoa), a graduate of Complutense University of Madrid
, was a Fulbright Scholar at the University of California
, Los Angeles (USA) and a visiting research scholar at the universities of Cambridge
(UK), Chicago (USA) Kraków (Poland), Hamburg (Germany), and Pennsylvania (USA), among others. She was Titular Professor of Psychopathology
at Complutense University of Madrid
for over twenty years. She has also worked at TVE, Radio Nacional, and newspapers such as El Pais for many years.
Until 2001, Elena Foster was Honorary Professor at King's College London
. She founded Ivory Press in 1996, based on a lifelong interest in the visual arts and creativity, subjects that she has from time to time linked to her academic work. Ivory Press (www.ivorypress.com) is devoted to collaborations with sculptors, painters and photographers. Works for collectors and museums range from combinations of facsimiles, photographs and writings to sculptures in bronze, brass, stainless steel, wood and card. The first collaboration 'Reflections' was produced with the late Eduardo Chillida
. More recent works include: 'Walking and Sleeping' (Richard Long
); 'Wound' (Anish Kapoor
); 'Open Secret' (Anthony Caro
); 'Detritus', unpublished work by Francis Bacon
which was prepared with the help of the Estate of the late artist; 'Isamu Noguchi: 18 Drawings, 18 Photographs' also prepared with the help of the Noguchi Foundation in New York; 'Danger Book: Suicide Fireworks' (Cai Guo-Qiang
); and 'NotThePoint' (Richard Tuttle
).
In 2004, Elena Foster founded Elena Foster Publications Ltd. and Art Commissioners Ltd. Lady Foster is Chairman and CEO of IvoryPress Ltd (with offices in London and Madrid) and Art Commissionners Ltd. She is Executive Director of C International Photo Magazine
and IvoryPress Art+Books Space (Madrid, Spain).
Lady Foster has been Chairman of the Tate International Council from April 2004 to September 2008. Currently, she is a Trustee of the Isamu Noguchi Foundation and advisor of the Mutual Art Trust and of Phillips de Pury Auction House.
In 2005 Ivory Press launched C International Photo Magazine
, which is published in English, Spanish, Mandarin and Japanese. C Photo Magazine is distributed worldwide.
Lady Foster has been co-curator of the Italian Pavilion 'C on Cities' Exhibition at the Venice Biennale 2006: 'Photographs from C on Cities do not simply reproduce reality; they frequently employ abstract or lateral images to depict urban lives, or they show private spaces to describe the city without obvious representations'. She also has been co-curator of the 'Blood on Paper' Exhibition at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, 2008; 'I wanted to do an exhibition that contained works from the 21st century because the concept of the artist book is changing'
She is married to the architect, Lord Foster of Thames Bank, with whom she has a daughter of ten years and a son of eight years.
Complutense University of Madrid
The Complutense University of Madrid is a university in Madrid, and one of the oldest universities in the world. It is located on a sprawling campus that occupies the entirety of the Ciudad Universitaria district of Madrid, with annexes in the district of Somosaguas in the neighboring city of...
, was a Fulbright Scholar at the University of California
University of California
The University of California is a public university system in the U.S. state of California. Under the California Master Plan for Higher Education, the University of California is a part of the state's three-tier public higher education system, which also includes the California State University...
, Los Angeles (USA) and a visiting research scholar at the universities of Cambridge
Cambridge
The city of Cambridge is a university town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It lies in East Anglia about north of London. Cambridge is at the heart of the high-technology centre known as Silicon Fen – a play on Silicon Valley and the fens surrounding the...
(UK), Chicago (USA) Kraków (Poland), Hamburg (Germany), and Pennsylvania (USA), among others. She was Titular Professor of Psychopathology
Psychopathology
Psychopathology is the study of mental illness, mental distress, and abnormal/maladaptive behavior. The term is most commonly used within psychiatry where pathology refers to disease processes...
at Complutense University of Madrid
Complutense University of Madrid
The Complutense University of Madrid is a university in Madrid, and one of the oldest universities in the world. It is located on a sprawling campus that occupies the entirety of the Ciudad Universitaria district of Madrid, with annexes in the district of Somosaguas in the neighboring city of...
for over twenty years. She has also worked at TVE, Radio Nacional, and newspapers such as El Pais for many years.
Until 2001, Elena Foster was Honorary Professor at King's College London
King's College London
King's College London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom and a constituent college of the federal University of London. King's has a claim to being the third oldest university in England, having been founded by King George IV and the Duke of Wellington in 1829, and...
. She founded Ivory Press in 1996, based on a lifelong interest in the visual arts and creativity, subjects that she has from time to time linked to her academic work. Ivory Press (www.ivorypress.com) is devoted to collaborations with sculptors, painters and photographers. Works for collectors and museums range from combinations of facsimiles, photographs and writings to sculptures in bronze, brass, stainless steel, wood and card. The first collaboration 'Reflections' was produced with the late Eduardo Chillida
Eduardo Chillida
Eduardo Chillida Juantegui, or Eduardo Txillida Juantegi in Basque, was a Spanish Basque sculptor notable for his monumental abstract works.-Early life and career:...
. More recent works include: 'Walking and Sleeping' (Richard Long
Richard Long (artist)
Richard Long is an English sculptor, photographer and painter, one of the best known British land artists. Long is the only artist to be shortlisted for the Turner Prize four times, and he is reputed to have refused the prize in 1984...
); 'Wound' (Anish Kapoor
Anish Kapoor
Anish Kapoor CBE RA is a British sculptor of Indian birth. Born in Mumbai , Kapoor has lived and worked in London since the early 1970s when he moved to study art, first at the Hornsey College of Art and later at the Chelsea School of Art and Design.He represented Britain in the XLIV Venice...
); 'Open Secret' (Anthony Caro
Anthony Caro
Sir Anthony Alfred Caro, OM, CBE is an English abstract sculptor whose work is characterised by assemblages of metal using 'found' industrial objects.-Background and early life:...
); 'Detritus', unpublished work by Francis Bacon
Francis Bacon
Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Albans, KC was an English philosopher, statesman, scientist, lawyer, jurist, author and pioneer of the scientific method. He served both as Attorney General and Lord Chancellor of England...
which was prepared with the help of the Estate of the late artist; 'Isamu Noguchi: 18 Drawings, 18 Photographs' also prepared with the help of the Noguchi Foundation in New York; 'Danger Book: Suicide Fireworks' (Cai Guo-Qiang
Cai Guo-Qiang
Cai Guo-Qiang is a Chinese contemporary artist and curator.-Biography:Cai Guo-Qiang was born in 1957 in Quanzhou, Fujian Province, China. He was trained in stage design at the Shanghai Theater Academy from 1981 to 1985. Cai's work is scholarly and often politically charged...
); and 'NotThePoint' (Richard Tuttle
Richard Tuttle
Richard Dean Tuttle is an American postminimalist artist known for his small, subtle, intimate works. His art makes use of scale and line.- Biography :...
).
In 2004, Elena Foster founded Elena Foster Publications Ltd. and Art Commissioners Ltd. Lady Foster is Chairman and CEO of IvoryPress Ltd (with offices in London and Madrid) and Art Commissionners Ltd. She is Executive Director of C International Photo Magazine
C International Photo Magazine
C International Photo Magazine covers contemporary photography in a range of cultural, geographic and themes. It was created by Elena Ochoa Foster, founder of Ivorypress and is published twice yearly...
and IvoryPress Art+Books Space (Madrid, Spain).
Lady Foster has been Chairman of the Tate International Council from April 2004 to September 2008. Currently, she is a Trustee of the Isamu Noguchi Foundation and advisor of the Mutual Art Trust and of Phillips de Pury Auction House.
In 2005 Ivory Press launched C International Photo Magazine
C International Photo Magazine
C International Photo Magazine covers contemporary photography in a range of cultural, geographic and themes. It was created by Elena Ochoa Foster, founder of Ivorypress and is published twice yearly...
, which is published in English, Spanish, Mandarin and Japanese. C Photo Magazine is distributed worldwide.
Lady Foster has been co-curator of the Italian Pavilion 'C on Cities' Exhibition at the Venice Biennale 2006: 'Photographs from C on Cities do not simply reproduce reality; they frequently employ abstract or lateral images to depict urban lives, or they show private spaces to describe the city without obvious representations'. She also has been co-curator of the 'Blood on Paper' Exhibition at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, 2008; 'I wanted to do an exhibition that contained works from the 21st century because the concept of the artist book is changing'
She is married to the architect, Lord Foster of Thames Bank, with whom she has a daughter of ten years and a son of eight years.