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  • Rosa Almirall Oliver

    Manager of Trànsit, Catalan public support service for trans* people. Chair Kasa Trans*

Rosa Almirall Oliver

Manager of Trànsit, Catalan public support service for trans* people. Chair Kasa Trans*

Transfeminist cis woman. Director of public reproductive and sexual health services. Almirall is the driving force behind Trànsit, a Catalan support service for trans* people. Training in and counselling on trans* health to national and international professionals, entities and government bodies. Chair of Kasa Trans*. Accolades Ashoka Fellow, FELGBT Pluma Prize, Francesc Macià Medal for Work Merit.

  • Aitzole Araneta

    Sexologist (education, consultancy and therapy) and equality consultant. Equality Technician at Pasaia Local Council.

Aitzole Araneta

Sexologist (education, consultancy and therapy) and equality consultant. Equality Technician at Pasaia Local Council.

Aitzole Araneta graduated as a Sexologist (education, consultancy and therapy) from the Institute of Sexological Sciences (Incisex) at the University of Alcalá de Henares, and has a Master’s Degree in Interdisciplinary Gender Studies from the Autonomous University of Madrid; she is also currently an Equality Technician in Pasaia.
She is a driving force of the Trans Depathologisation Network, as well as being a coordinator of the “Stop Trans Pathologization” international campaign.  Araneta was an expert in the State Trans Act Working Group (2022) and was involved in the reform of the Transsexual Act of the Basque Country (2024); for 8 years, she was a member of the task force that advised the World Health Organisation on the process to revise the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (CIE-11) on adult, child and adolescent transsexuality (2011-2018).
She has lectured on different masters and university programmes, as well as being a speaker for international, national and local institutions and entities. She has authored articles for numerous publications; and directed and presented “Transintonia”, the first podcast on transsexuality completely in Basque, for EITB (Basque Public Broadcasting Company). Araneta has been a consultant for works of fiction in her field. In 2024, she became a member of the Steering Committee of the Spanish Association of Sexology Professionals.
She works on an ongoing basis with associations of families with under-age children, such as Chrysallis, Arelas, and, in particular, with Naizen.

  • Jon Arcelus

    Member of WPATH and EPATH. Co-chair of the Standards of Care 8 by WPATH. Nottingham Young people Gender National Service. UK

Jon Arcelus

Member of WPATH and EPATH. Co-chair of the Standards of Care 8 by WPATH. Nottingham Young people Gender National Service. UK

Prof. Dr. Jon Arcelus (He/Him) is an Emeritus Professor in Mental Health and Wellbeing at the University of Nottingham, UK. Clinically, he works at the Nottingham Young people Gender National Service. He studied medicine at the University of the Basque Country, and he moved to the UK to train as a child and adolescent psychiatrist. He is particularly interested in the role of society regarding the wellbeing of the individual. He trained in psychotherapy, including Sexual and Relationship, Systemic and Interpersonal Psychotherapy.
During his training he worked at the Gender Identity Development Service (GIDS) in London over 20 years ago, and he maintained his interest in transgender health during his whole career. He moved to the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health in 2014 and he became a Full Professor at the University of Nottingham in 2016, where he established the first clinical academic centre for transgender health in the UK.
Academically, he has over 180 publications. He has been an Associate Editor of the International Journal of Transgender Health for 10 years. He works closely with Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), part of the University of Barcelona. He has been the co-chair of the Standards of Care 8 developed by WPATH.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3805-0180

  • Atilano Carcavilla

    Paediatric endocrinologist. Gender Identity Multidisciplinary Unit at La Paz Hospital, Madrid.

Atilano Carcavilla

Paediatric endocrinologist. Gender Identity Multidisciplinary Unit at La Paz Hospital, Madrid.

Paediatric endocrinologist at the Endocrinology Service of La Paz Hospital since April 2018. Master’s Degree in Sexology from the Institute of Sexology Sciences (INCISEX). Diploma in Statistics in the field of Health Sciences and a Master’s Degree in Design and Analysis of Health Science Research from the Autonomous University of Barcelona. Member of the Skeletal Dysplasia Multidisciplinary Unit (UMDE), belonging to the European Reference Network on Minority Bone Diseases (ERN-BOND). Coordinator of the RASopathies Multidisiplinary Unit at La Paz Hospital.
Carcavilla is a member of the Gender Identity Multidisciplinary Unit at La Paz Hospital, Madrid. Active member of the Spanish Society of Paediatric Endocrinology (SEEP), and a member of the society’s Differences in Sexual Development task force. Carcavilla’s research work has focused on the area of minority genetic disorders, particularly on Noonan Syndrome and other RASopathies, and more recently on gender diversity at paediatric age.
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1735-0237

  • Annelou de Vries

    Child and adolescent psychiatrist. President of the EPATH. Co-chair the Adolescent Chapter of the Standards of Care 8 by WPATH. Center of Expertise on Gender Dysphoria of the Amsterdam UMC, NL

Annelou de Vries

Child and adolescent psychiatrist. President of the EPATH. Co-chair the Adolescent Chapter of the Standards of Care 8 by WPATH. Center of Expertise on Gender Dysphoria of the Amsterdam UMC, NL

Annelou de Vries is a child and adolescent psychiatrist working at the Amsterdam UMC/ Levvel Amsterdam Academic Center of Child and Adolescent psychiatry. Her main and special interest is dedicated to transgender adolescents. Apart from her clinical work with these adolescents, Annelou de Vries is Associate Professor and Principle Investigator and leads a line of research and publishes and supervises several studies on mental health and treatment evaluation.
Annelou de Vries is leading the Child Psychiatry Department of the Center of Expertise on Gender Dysphoria of the Amsterdam UMC. She is the 2023-2025 president of the European Professional Association of Transgender Health (EPATH). She co-chaired the Adolescent Assessment Chapter of the World Professional Association of Transgender Health (WPATH) 8th revision of their Standards of Care (Coleman et al., 2022).
Annelou de Vries is further full staff member of the department of child and adolescent psychiatry and as such participating in teaching and training of medical students, nurses, and pediatric and child & adolescent psychiatry residents. Her clinical work is further dedicated to adolescents admitted for an intensive OCD, Anxiety and Somatoform symptoms program.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6161-4116

  • Darko Decimavilla

    Activist (they/them). Founder of No Binaries España.

Darko Decimavilla

Activist (they/them). Founder of No Binaries España.

Founder of No Binaries España. Decimavilla has extensive experience in defending the rights of LGTBIAQ+ people, particularly regarding the visibility of the non-binary and trans realities. They have worked on projects aimed at promoting inclusiveness, fighting discrimination and generating safe spaces for the collective. Their work includes designing and developing educational materials and training activities that address gender and sexual diversity from intersectional and critical perspectives.
At No Binaries España, Decimavilla has coordinated initiatives focused on education and awareness-raising related to non-binary and trans identities. They have also worked on reviewing legislation and on setting up practical resources to support the members of the collective against social and legal challenges. Decimavilla also trains volunteers who work with minors, particularly in the world of scouts. The focus is on conveying the importance of eradicating adultcentrism and allowing children and adolescents to be part of their own learning process and discovery of their identity and orientation.

  • Olatz Etxebarria Perez de Nanclares

    Educator and researcher. University of the Basque Country.

Olatz Etxebarria Perez de Nanclares

Educator and researcher. University of the Basque Country.

Olatz Etxebarria Perez de Nanclares lectures at the Department of Didactics of Language and Literature of the University of the Basque Country, and has a PhD in Psychodidactics: Psychology of Education and Specific Didactics, from the University of the Basque Country with an international stay at Harvard University.
Etxebarria has 17 years of experience in different areas of education in the Basque Country, United States and Asia. Her main lines of research are gender identity, special education needs, and multicultural and multilingual educational environments. She has published in high-impact journals and has been a speaker at international and national conferences. She fiercely defends diversity and real inclusion.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2998-4395

  • Pablo Expósito

    PhD student in Psychology at the University of the Basque Country. Researching transition and detransition experiences

Pablo Expósito

PhD student in Psychology at the University of the Basque Country. Researching transition and detransition experiences

Pablo Expósito-Campos is a general health psychologist and PhD student in Psychology at the University of the Basque Country. His doctoral project, funded by the Predoctoral Research Fellowship Program of the Department of Education of the Basque Government, focuses on exploring gender transition and detransition experiences among Spanish-speaking adults to gain a deeper understanding of these processes and improve psychological support services. Pablo also has an academic background in gender studies and philosophy of science and has published several articles in high-impact national and international journals.
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5825-0211

  • Alessandra D. Fisher

    Specialist in Endocrinology and Andrology. Board member of the EPATH. Italy

Alessandra D. Fisher

Specialist in Endocrinology and Andrology. Board member of the EPATH. Italy

Alessandra D. Fisher is a Clinical Research scientist and a Clinical Physician specialist in Endocrinology and Andrology with a special interest in transgender health. She is a co-founder and the current Past President of the Italian Society Gender, Identity and Health (SIGIS). She has been an elected board member of the European Association for Transgender Health (EPATH), as well as a board member of the Italian Society for Andrology and Sexual Medicine (SIAMS). She is a member of the European Society of Sexual Medicine (ESSM) education transgender committee, and young researcher committee of the International Society for Sexual Medicine (ISSM).
She has won the Best of The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism 2016 and the ESSM Research Grant 2016.
She has been involved in several multicentric clinical studies regarding persons with GD/GI. She is a highly experienced clinical trial leader, having a previous experience as coordinator in different multicentric clinical studies involving multidisciplinary teams, mostly having GD/GI and Sexual Medicine as topic. She is part of the Endocrinology Steering Committee within the project European Network for the Investigation of Gender Incongruence (ENIGI). She has authored or coauthored more than 100 scientific international, high impacted journals, papers and book.
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3446-5132

  • Lucía Glez-Mendiondo Carmona

    Sexologist. Zaragoza University.

Lucía Glez-Mendiondo Carmona

Sexologist. Zaragoza University.

Psychologist, sexologist and a PhD in Sociology. Assistant Lecturer at the Department of Educational Science at Zaragoza University. Associate lecturer on different master’s degrees and specialisation courses in Sexology.
Over the last 20 years, Gonzalez-Mendiondo has implemented and developed different Sexiology Care and Education Services in Madrid and Aragón, where she worked with different entities and institutions. She headed the Sexology Care Service of Huesca City Council’s Municipal Youth Plan between 2007 and 2020, which she combined with private individual and couple counselling from 2005 to 2022.
She is the author of different publications on gender and sexuality, included her latest book: El género y los sexos. Repensar la lucha feminista, published in 2019 and reissued in 2022.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6273-8671

  • Cal Horton

    Research Fellow at Oxford Brookes Centre for Diversity Research Policy and Practice. UK.

Cal Horton

Research Fellow at Oxford Brookes Centre for Diversity Research Policy and Practice. UK.

Dr Cal Horton (they/them) is a Research Fellow at Oxford Brookes Centre for Diversity Research Policy and Practice. They are a mixed methods social scientist specialised in Applied Trans Studies. Their research focuses on the rights and well-being of trans children and young people, in healthcare, education and families. Their education focused research considers trans children’s experiences in UK schools and the factors that help trans children to thrive in education. In healthcare they are currently leading a 4 year multi-country research project on Patient Reported Outcomes Measures for trans healthcare, focusing on the identification and prioritisation of healthcare outcomes that matter most to trans children, adolescents and young adults.
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1944-4122

  • Eder Iturralde

    Philologist and specialist in social integration from the sexology perspective. Naizen member

Eder Iturralde

Philologist and specialist in social integration from the sexology perspective. Naizen member

I am a philologist and university specialist in social integration from the sexology perspective. As an active member of Naizen – the Basque and Navarre Association of Families with Trans Minors, I have strived to highlight and support the realities of trans people.
I was born with a vulva and lived socially as a woman until I was 17; until I understood that I am a man. I started my transition in 2018, including hormone treatment that I decided to stop after four years. This personal experience has allowed me to address sexual diversity from a holistic and critical perspective.
Over time, I have given talks at education centres to make students aware of the reality of trans people, foster empathy and push for a coexistence based on respect and inclusion. My work combines personal experience with a social and academic approach, aimed at creating spaces where diversity is appreciated as an asset.

  • Josebe Iturrioz

    Transfeminist activist. Founder of the Medeak collective. Philosophy teacher in secondary education.

Josebe Iturrioz

Transfeminist activist. Founder of the Medeak collective. Philosophy teacher in secondary education.

Born in 1978 in Ordizia, she currently lives in Donostia. She began her activism in the Basque Country Feminist Movement at the age of 19, as part of the group Plazandreok. In 2000, she co-founded the TransFeminist collective Medeak with other colleagues. Over the years, she has worked extensively to promote transfeminism both in the Basque Country and at the state level.
She holds a degree in Philosophy, completed two doctoral programs, and eventually earned a Master’s in Equality from the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU). She has worked as an Equality Technician in Tolosa, as an Equality Advisor for the Provincial Council of Gipuzkoa, and has contributed to various media outlets. Currently, she identifies as a transfeminist activist and works as a Philosophy teacher in secondary education.

  • José Ramón Landarroitajauregi Garai

    Teacher, psychologist and sexologist 30 years working with trans people.

José Ramón Landarroitajauregi Garai

Teacher, psychologist and sexologist 30 years working with trans people.

(better known as Joserra Landa)
He trained in education, psychology and sexology. He heads and teaches at the Institute of Substantive Sexology (Isesus); he also co-manages and provides couple and sexual therapy at the BIKO ARLOAK Couple Care Centre. He directed a Master’s Degree in Substantive Sexology and the Miguel de Cervantes European University in Valladolid, and was a member of the INCISEX teaching staff. He has lectured on multiple post-graduate programmes (Master’s Degree in Family Therapy at the Pontifical University of Salamanca, Master’s Degree in Sexology at the Camilo José Cela University, Master’s Degree in Sexology at Alcalá University…). He is currently lecturing on the Master’s Degree in Relational Systemic Psychotherapy at Deusto University and on the Sexual Education Specialisation Diploma at the UPNA. Joserra Landa has been a speaker, organiser and member of different scientific committees at many symposiums, conferences and congresses. He has published different articles, monographs, chapters and books.
In the last 30 years, he has worked with transsexual people, along with their partners and families. Furthermore, he has collaborated with Naizen (Association of Families with Trans Minors) He has published several works on this theme.
https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Ram%C3%B3n_Landarroitajauregi_Garai

  • Aingeru Mayor

    Sexologist. Founding member of Naizen. Research lecturer at the University of the Basque Country.

Aingeru Mayor

Sexologist. Founding member of Naizen. Research lecturer at the University of the Basque Country.

Founding member of Naizen where he provides families with assistance and support; designs and creates educational resources and awareness-raising campaigns; works with public institutions to achieve legislative changes; writing guides and action protocols at schools; and better medical care for transexual people; training and mentoring professionals from different fields and dissemination tasks. Author of the book Tránsitos. Comprender la transexualidad infantil y juvenil a través de los relatos de madres y padres, and other articles on transsexuality and sexual diversity.
He has a PhD in Computers and a Master’s Degree in Sexology. Researcher and lecturer at the University of the Basque Country. He has recently dedicated his research to child and youth transsexuality and published his results in scientific journals.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3054-790X

  • Joz Motmans

    Psychologist. Coordinator of the Centre for Sexology and Gender at Ghent University Hospital. Board member of the WPATH and EPATH. Belgium

Joz Motmans

Psychologist. Coordinator of the Centre for Sexology and Gender at Ghent University Hospital. Board member of the WPATH and EPATH. Belgium

Joz Motmans is the coordinator of the psychosocial care of the Centre for Sexology and Gender at Ghent University Hospital. As a licensed psychologist, social researcher and transgender expert, his expertise includes LGBTIQ+ studies, new social movements, equality, emancipation, health, quality of life, and social attitude research. MA in Clinical Psychology. Post-graduate in Women’s Studies. PhD in Social Sciences [Social movement theory & trans emancipation].
Member of the Working Group on gender inclusive language (Taalunie). Member of the European Society for Sexual Medicine ‘Transgender Sexual Health and Dysfunction Scientific Committee’. Board Member of the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH). Founding board member & current past-president of the European Professional Association for Transgender Health (EPATH). Senior researcher in regional, national and international research projects on LGBTIQ+ health, quality of life, violence and discrimination, social attitudes. He has several scientific publications.
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7643-4153

  • Nieves Moyano

    Researcher specialised in assessing human sexuality. Jaén University.

Nieves Moyano

Researcher specialised in assessing human sexuality. Jaén University.

Professor at the University of Jaén (Psychology Department in the area of Developmental and Educational Psychology). Nieves Moyano’s research career has focused on assessing human sexuality, particularly as regards validating psychometric tests and the relevance of different sexual constructs in sexual health. She has published over 60 scientific articles (in Web of Science journals), is the co-author of 1 book in the field of sexological assessments, and has co-authored 6 book chapters. Moyano has given around 100 papers at conferences, mainly at international level. In this field, she has adapted/validated 8 scales to assess different dimensions of human sexuality in Spain and Ecuador. Moyano has published articles in the most influential journals in the area of human sexuality: Archives of Sexual Behavior, Journal of Sex Research, Journal of Sexual Medicine, and Sexual and Relationship Therapy. She is a research member of the Human Sexuality Laboratory of the Mind, Brain and Behaviour Research Centre at Granada University; she is also an external member of the ‘S57_17R Educaviva – Education and Psychological Processes’ research group recognised by the Government of Aragón. She is also a Q1 peer reviewer for journals including: Plos One, Journal of Sexual Medicine, Sex Roles, and the International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology. Moyano is a member of the Editorial Board of IJERPH (Q1) for two special issues, and 1 special issue of Frontiers in Psychology (Q2).

  • Teo Pardo

    Trans activist. Secondary school teacher. Expert in feminist sexual education.

Teo Pardo

Trans activist. Secondary school teacher. Expert in feminist sexual education.

Trans activist and feminist. Secondary school biology teacher. Expert in feminist sexual education and in critical masculinities in the classroom. Between 2015 and 2020, Teo was an educator in the Sexualitats project, run by Sida Studi, on feminist sexual education in childhood, adolescence and adulthood. He is currently a teacher for the Catalan Department of Education and educator for different entities and institutions. Teo has worked on different transfeminist anthologies including Transfeminismos: fricciones, epistemes y flujos (2013) and (h)amor 6 trans (2021). He has also co-authored different manuals of the Claves reflexivas para la educación sexual (2018-19) collection, published by the Sida Studi Sexualitats project, and has published in specialist journals, such as Revista Galega de Educación (issue 90, 2024).

  • Ares Piñeiro

    Sexologist. Founder and secretary of Errespetuz, the Basque association for the defence and integration of transsexual persons.

Ares Piñeiro

Sexologist. Founder and secretary of Errespetuz, the Basque association for the defence and integration of transsexual persons.

Ares Piñeiro López is a well-known Basque activist and sexologist; he is a founding partner of Errespetuz – the Basque association that works for the defence and integration of transsexual persons – and has been its a secretary since the association was founded in 2007.
Ares has dedicated his life to fighting for the rights of the transsexual community, focusing on highlighting, educating and support transsexual persons in their transition process.
Based on his personal experience, he has raised awareness about the difficulties facing transsexual persons both in the family and at work.
As a high profile activist, Ares has taken part in multiple events aimed at raising social awareness of the transsexual community: interviews for the press, talks and lectures, etc. His two landmark moments are first, being the master-of-ceremonies of Gay Pride in Santurtzi, the town where he was born, and second, being involved in the making of “Memoria diversa II”, the book written by Eva Mejuto, which brought him even closer to the land of his roots and his ancestors.

  • Itxaso Rica

    Paediatrician-endocrinologist. Member of the Osakidetza (Basque Health Service) Gender Identity Unit. Chair of the Spanish Paediatric Endocrinology Society (2020-2024).

Itxaso Rica

Paediatrician-endocrinologist. Member of the Osakidetza (Basque Health Service) Gender Identity Unit. Chair of the Spanish Paediatric Endocrinology Society (2020-2024).

PhD in General Medicine and Surgery from the UPV/EHU and specialising in Paediatrics-Endocrinology, with specialist training in diabetes and the endocrinologist approach to transexual minors. Section Head of Paediatric Endocrinology at Cruces University Hospital (Osakidetza). Chair of the Spanish Paediatric Endocrinology Society (2020-2024). Member of the Gender Identity Unit of the Basque Health Service-Osakidetza. Co-author of the “Guide to Comprehensive Care for Transsexual Persons” of the Basque Government. Member of the SEEN and ESPE Gender Identity task forces.
In the last 8 years, Rica has published scientific articles in 39 international and national journals and in 5 Paediatric Endocrinology treatises; has presented communications and papers at 90 national and 18 international conferences; and has taken part in 14 research projects. She has also taken part in many specific training activities on gender diversity.
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Itxaso-Rica

  • Jiska Ristori

    Psychologist and psychotherapist. Member of the EPATH and WPATH. Italy.

Jiska Ristori

Psychologist and psychotherapist. Member of the EPATH and WPATH. Italy.

Jiska Ristori is a psychologist and psychotherapist, working within the field of gender identity since 2008. In particular, her activity is focused on supporting gender affirming paths in young and adult transgender people, as well as addressing gender related issues. She is part of scientific associations such as SIGIS, EPATH and WPATH and is active in research, with several scientific publications mainly in the field of gender identity health. She regularly participates in national and international congresses with oral communications. She is co-author of the Children Chapter of the WPATH SoC 8 and part of the WPATH Global Education Institute.
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8684-9643

  • Elsa Ruiz

    Comedian, illustrator and YouTuber. Radio and television contributor. Activist.

Elsa Ruiz

Comedian, illustrator and YouTuber. Radio and television contributor. Activist.

Elsa is a comedian, illustrator, YouTuber, radio and television contributor, and a tireless activist for the rights of the LGTBIQ+ community and gender equality.
From her earliest days as a stand-up  comedian in the theatre to the setting up of her own YouTube Lost in Transition channel and her comic of the same name, Elsa has used humour as a tool to highlight the reality of trans people and to address social and political themes from a critical and always close perspective.  Her accolades include awards from organisations such as COGAM, the Trans Association of Andalusia-Sylvia Rivera, and more recently from CinemaTrans in 2024; her career shows that art and activism can go hand in hard to transform the way we understand the world.

  • Bea Sever Egaña

    Sexologist. Head of care and support at Naizen.

Bea Sever Egaña

Sexologist. Head of care and support at Naizen.

Bea Sever is a sexologist, expert in Suicidology, journalist and mother. She has specialised in transsexuality in minors, runs training courses, gives talks, and attends congresses, seminars and symposiums as a speaker on the theme. She is head of care and support at Naizen. Lever also offers guidance and mentoring to professionals of education, medicine, psychology, social services, the media, local councils, etc.

  • Nat Thorne

    Research lead at the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health in Nottingham, UK

Nat Thorne

Research lead at the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health in Nottingham, UK

Dr Nat Thorne (They/Them) is a research lead at the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health in Nottingham, UK. Nat started their career as a journalist, but left to complete a Masters in Psychology Research at the University of Nottingham. During an internship, Nat met Prof. Jon Arcelus and after their Masters, Nat decided to do a PhD supervised by Jon. Their thesis looked at non-binary identities and how language affects the mental health of individuals who identify this way. Nat works at the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health in a research capacity.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2382-7735

Association representatives

Cristina Palacios

Arelas

Encarni Bonilla Huete

Chrysallis

Natalia Aventín

Euforia. Familias Trans-Aliadas

María Angeles Fal

Llar Trans

Bea Sever

Naizen

Carmen Ceballos

TT Córdoba

Olga Nadal

Veus Trans*
GenderLens (Italia)

Guest artist

  • Berta Canals Vilanova

    Sculptural activist

Berta Canals Vilanova

Sculptural activist

Berta Canals Vilanova was born in Barcelona in 1986

Berta defines herself as a sculptural activist as she uses that medium as her artistic expression.
She qualified in mechanical manufacturing from 2010 to 2016. In 2017, after an accident at work, Berta embarked on the ‘L’art de la ferrera’ [The Blacksmith’s Art] project and the Catalan Government recognised her as a blacksmith by trade. In 2021, Berta unveiled her first sculpture, La Rosa Invisible [The Invisible Rose] in Monistrol de Calders; she took first prize at the II Urbici Soler i Manonelles Sculpture Contest with her work La Degradación de las Libertades [The Degradation of Freedom] in 2023.
Her creations come from emotions and the body itself, as a source of inspiration, as a creature in gestation inside her. They are very intense months due to everything stirring inside and that ends with a very striking piece. Her artistic influences include such leading figures as Frida Kahlo, Barbara Hepworth and Richard Serra.

Berta is currently studying for a higher degree in Advanced Sculpture Projects at Vic Art School, after qualifying in Artistic Wrought Iron with the sculpture “La Herida” [The Wound]; her goal is for sculpture to create the space.

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