Gabriela Giménez de la Riva is an art historian and curator. She holds a M.A. in Contemporary Art History and Visual Culture, with a specialization in Art Criticism, from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid and the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía. She has worked in Contemporary Art institutions such as the Peggy Guggenheim Collection and the Venice Art Biennale, including as a Project Development Assistant at the curatorial association Venice Art Factory. Currently, she works as a professor of Art History and Cultural Heritage of Málaga at the Escuela de Turismo de la Costa del Sol (Málaga), and is engaged with other artistic and cultural projects.

Magda Bellotti was born in Algeciras (Spain) in 1957.

Magda has strong relationships with Gibraltar, her mother was a Gibraltarian. Studied in Gibraltar till 1969 when the frontier was closed by spanish dictator Franco.

She graduated in Philosophy from the Sevilla University in 1982.

She opened Magda Bellotti Art Gallery in october of 1982 in Algeciras. Focused on the young very talented spanish artists that emerged when Sapin recovered democracy. Very intense years of hard work to promote contemporary art in the south of Spain.

In 2001 the Gallery moved to Madrid, and opened a space in the Barrio de las Letras, between the Prado, Thyssen and Reina Sofía Museums.

Since the gallery was opened in 1982  the Gallery has participated in numerous art fairs, such as  ARCO, Madrid,  ART FRANKFURT , ARTISSIMA Torino, MACO Mexico,  BALELATINA  Basel,   ARTBO Bogotá,  DIVA Art fair New York,  PINTA Art Fair London,  LOOP Barcelona,  MADRID PHOTO,  ESTAMPA Madrid,  DRAWING ROOM Madrid, ARTESANTANDER, amongst others.

Magda has also been very active in associations related with the arts in Spain, she has been founder and formed part of the committees of the IAC (Instituto de Arte Contemporáneo); ARTEMADRID (Madrid association of Galleries) ; MAV (Women in the Visual Arts); CONSORCIO of Spanish Art Galleries;

In 2018 the gallery closed and Magda moved on to live in Algeciras, where she is involved in numerous art projects as a curator.

Magda is very interested in promoting  young talented artists living in Gibraltar and the Campo de Gibraltar area she discovered when she returned to Algeciras.

Magda also sees the potential of this whole area with the impressive Strait of Gibraltar with Africa just on the other side. An enormous energy that we must take advantage of with ambitious cultural initiatives. In some of these initiatives she is working currently.

AWARDS, EXHIBITIONS & TV

2017 Awarded 'Freedom of the city Gibraltar"

2017 Exhibition on board the Queen Victoria

2017 2 hour Live painting of Kristin Scott Thomas for cover of Financial Times ‘How to spend it magazine’ - Paris

2016 2 hour Live painting of the Maharaja of Jodhpur - India

2016 2 hour Live painting of Joan Bakewell for Sky Arts Awards

2016 2 hour Live painting of British Actor Simon Callow

2016 Chronos - solo show clarendon gallery London

2016 Children in Crisis exhibition at Clarendon Gallery

2015 'Honey Jar' - Portrait of Alan Cumming selected by Lord Leighton as one of the100 masterpieces from the National Galleries of Scotland

2015 Sky Arts documentary -Painting Mick Hucknall, Fabrice Muamba and Sue Johnston

2014 Winner of Sky Arts Portrait Artist Of The Year - UK

2014 Exhibition at National Portrait Gallery

2014 Portrait of Alan Cumming (Actor) in Scottish National Portrait Gallery - Permanent Collection

2014 Portrait of Amir Khan (world champion boxer) in Bolton Museum Art Gallery's Permanent Collection

2014 Featured on 'Little book of Portraits' by Quadrille publishers

2014 Featured on the book 'portrait in a day' by Quadrille publishers

2014 Portrait of Sarah Ferguson (Duchess of York), Alan Cumming, Sir Ian McKellen, Daniella Nardini, Richard Dawkins, Sally Hitchiner

2014 Solo Exhibition - Clarendon Gallery

2013 LS Lowry Exhibition - Clarendon Gallery

2013 Gibraltar Spring Art Festival - 2nd prize

2012 Gibraltar International Art Exhibition - 1st prize

2012 Gibraltar Spring Art Festival - Jubilee Award

2012 Gibraltar Spring Art Festival - 3rd prize

2011 Gibraltar International Art Exhibition - 1st prize

2011 Singer songwriter competition - 3rd prize

2011 Gibraltar International Art Exhibition - 3rd prize

2010 Singer songwriter competition - 2nd prize

2010 Gibraltar Spring Art Festival - Highly commended

2010 Gibraltar International Art Exhibition - 2nd prize

2010 Arte A Diario - Diario de Jerez

2010 Estereographica Vol2- Galeria Municipal 'Manolo Ales'

2009 La Teteria - Grey collection

2009 Encuentro en la tierra del sol - Collecion Apane Estepona

2009 Gibraltar Spring Art Exhibition - 2nd Prize

2009 Gibraltar Heritage Trust Open Air Drawing Competition 2nd Prize

2008 Gibraltar Spring Art Exhibition - 2nd Prize

2008 The body - Gibraltar Fine Arts Gallery

1991 Kate Parker Life Drawing Award - London

Howard Bilton is Chairman and founder of The Sovereign Group – one of the world’s largest privately owned consultancies specialising in the provision of offshore trusts and companies and associated international tax advice- www.SovereignGroup.com. He currently lives and works in Hong Kong.

Howard holds a joint honours BA degree in classics and law from the University of Keele and is qualified as a Barrister and called to the Bars of England/Wales and Gibraltar. He is a regular contributor of articles to The Telegraph and Financial Times. He is a visiting non-resident professor at Texas A and M University where he assists with their LLM and Masters degrees in International Tax and Offshore Centres. In 2003 he formed The Sovereign Art Foundation Limited which is a charity registered in Hong Kong, Singapore, Guernsey, South Africa and the UK. SAF has raised over US$9 million which has been used to help many thousands of disadvantaged children using art as a means of rehabilitation and education. See www.SovereignArtFoundation.com. He is the principal of Hillvalley Limited which since 2005 has been making wine in Portugal which is sold throughout the world under the “Howard’s Folly” brand name. See www.HowardsFollyWine.com