Oliva Maria RubioShe holds a PhD in Art History from the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters, UAM (Autonomous University of Madrid), 1992. She is an art historian and curator. She was the artistic director of PHotoESPAÑA from 2001 to 2003, where she developed themes related to identity that materialized in From the South, Feminine and Us-Others and has organized more than 60 exhibitions of national and international artists. She was the director of the exhibitions department at La Fábrica (2004-2012), artistic director of La Fábrica from 2012 to 2019, and director of the PHotoEspaña Master's Program: Theories and Artistic Projects from 2015 to 2019. From 2000 to 2012, she was responsible for the Generaciones project: Art Prizes and Grants of Obra Social Caja Madrid. From 1987 to 1994, she taught in the seminar on contemporary art of the Master's Program in Aesthetics and Theory of the Arts, organized by the Institute of Aesthetics and Theory of the Arts in Madrid. From 2008 to 2011, she directed the summer photography course and gave lectures at the School of the Arts, organized by... el Círculo de Bellas Artes and the Carlos III University of Madrid. She is the author of The inner gaze. Surrealism and paintingTecnos, Metropolis Collection, 1994, and numerous articles in catalogs and magazines.