My name is Paola Guimerans and I am an E-textiles education specialist and an Interaction Design and Wearable Technology expert. I work at the intersection of technology, art and learning. I hold a bachelor's degree in Fine Arts at the University of Seville, an MFA Design + Technology at Parsons School of Design in New York and a Ph.D. degree at the Complutense University of Madrid.
Since 2011 she worked as a professor for universities such as Parsons School of Art and Design (NY), Istituto Europeo di Design (Spain), Institut Supérieure des Arts de Toulouse (France) or the American University of Sharjah (United Arab Emirates) ). Among others projects, I am the author of the online resources platform PrototipadoLAB and the founder of the innovative educational technology project Aula STEAM:E-textiles and Education . For a decade I have participated in national and international conferences such as the Make Education New York World Maker Faire, Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interfaces TEI13, INTED12 The annual International Technology, Education and Development Conference, IATED International Academy of Technology, Education and Development conference. My artwork has been displayed in centers such as Eyebeam Art+Technology Center NY, Medialab-Prado Madrid, SONAR/MACBA Barcelona, MAC Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Gas Natural Fenosa de a Coruña or Ventana244 Art Space Brooklyn NY.