Jordi Pericot i Canaleta

In 1980 he became professor of design at the University of Barcelona (1980-1991). Later on, he became professor of audiovisual communication at Pompeu Fabra University (1991-2001), where he is subsequently appointed vice-chancellor, and later professor emeritus. In addition, he is a full member of the Reial Acadèmia Catalana de Belles Arts de Sant Jordi, member of the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de Santa Isabel de Hungría in Seville and the Gold Medal of Cultural Merit of the City of Barcelona.

In 1972 he represents Spain at the 36th Venice Biennale, opportunity that opens a door for him in the international art field.

At the end of the sixties, it prioritized the most theoretical and teaching research field. In 1968, again in Barcelona, he was appointed director of the Elisava design school (a position he would hold until 1980), where he began a long research on visual communication that culminated in a thesis dedicated to this specialty. In Barcelona he maintains an outstanding artistic and cultural activity, especially in the search for kinetic art. He created the group MENTE ("Spanish Exhibition of New Aesthetic Trends"), which brings together personalities such as Oriol Bohigas, Ricard Bofill, Ricard Salvat, Josep Mestres Quadreny or Daniel Giralt-Miracle, and introduces the concepts he had cultivated in Paris in participatory and non-commercial artistic creation.

In 1958 he moved to France, where he introduced himself to experimental film techniques and began his artistic career. Between 1960 and 1967 he lived in Paris and dedicated himself to art, teaching and experimental cinema.

Jordi Pericot i Canaleta (born November 16, 1931 in El Masnou, Barcelona, Spain) is a Spanish plastic artist and designer.