Gallen in her studio photographed by Suffo Moncloa.
Elena Gallen (1984) is a film director, writer and artist. Graduated at Blanquerna in Media Studies (Barcelona), specialized in film-making at the New York Film Academy (Universal Studios, Hollywood) and in screenwriting at ECAM (Madrid). Her work has been showcased at the European Culture Congress in Wrocław, MoMA PS 1 (Museum of Modern Art of New York) as part of the New York Art Book Fair, MUSAC (Museum of Contemporary Art of Castilla and Leon), Estoril FashionArt Festival (Portugal) or The Center for Creative Communications (CCC) in Shizuoka (Japan), among other venues. Along her client's list, you can find production companies CANADA or Universal Music Group, fashion brands like Reebok or Camper, MELIÀ Hotels International, 080 Barcelona Fashion, or artistic institutions such as La Casa Endencida or MUSAC (Contemporary Art Musesum of Castille & Leon)...
For the past decade, Gallen has been working profusely as a creative and art director, designer and curator within the fields of Arts, Film, Fashion and Culture developing artistic and commercial work, often pushing the boundaries between both. A gaining national and international recognition resulted in the artist becoming face and ambassador of fashion brands like Converse or Reebok, among other numerous sponsorships and creative collaborations. For four years, Gallen was a Professor of the Fashion Communication Masters at Instituto Europeo di Design (IED) in Madrid. Nowadays, though focused on her film career and her side art projects, she finds time to write for gender equality
and Queer culture at FREEDA Media, leader on interaction and impact among national social media for women in Spain in 2019.
PRESS HIGHLIGHTS
EXHIBITIONS
SELECTED PRESS
INFLUENCER
Vanity Fair w/ Brianda Fitz-James Stuart
Vanity Fair w/ Purificación Garcia
El Mundo w/ Purificación Garcia
TALKS
VEIN GIRLS with Adriana Roslin
at IED Visual Communication
Madrid, 2017
LIBROS MUTANTES: Perspectivas Mutantes
at La Casa Encendida
Madrid, 2012
jury of
ADG Laus Awards
2013
contact/FOLLOW
2016
Chicas, ¿Por qué decidistéis montar un grupo?,
MUSAC, León
:ndex Guadalajara Art Book Fair,
Guadalajara, Mexico
2014
Printed Matters, NY Art Book Fair, MOMA PS1
New York City
Sprint (Salone di editoria indipendente e d'artista)
Milano, Italy
Atelier Des Jeunes, La Fabrica
Madrid
Atelier Des Jeunes, La Fresh Gallery
Madrid
OffGallery, JustMad Art Fair
Madrid
Longing for Tesla, Gallery Design BWA Wrocław
European Culture Congress, Polonia
2013
Galeria Espacio Valverde
Madrid
JustMad Art Fair
Madrid
2011
Libros Mutantes, La Casa Encendida
Madrid
Elena Gallen (Solo exhibition), Kulte Store
Aix en Provence, France
2010
Boomshirt, Estoril FashionArt Festival
Estoril, Portugal
2009
Sacred Geometry (P.Phung), Urban Outfitters
Manchester, UK
2007
In An Absolute World, Sala Offlimits
Madrid