About me
MARCELL IBARROLA WAS BORN IN MEXICO CITY, MEXICO. HE STUDIED BA IN PHILOSOPHY AT PANAMERICAN UNIVERSITY AND COMPLETED HIS BA IN ARCHITECTURE AT WESTHILL UNIVERSITY, MEXICO CITY IN 2014, FOLLOWED BY A DIPLOMA IN ARTS HISTORY AT SOR JUANA CLOISTER UNIVERSITY IN MEXICO CITY IN 2015. HIS PASSION FOR ART AND ARCHITECTURE, COMBINED WITH A PHILOSOPHICAL APPROACH, ALLOWS TO MARCELL TO ACQUIRE PROJECTS IN AN INNOVATIVE WAY. IN 2012 BECAME A PARTNER AND CMO AT BNKR ARQUITECTURA. FOLLOWING THE SUCCESS OF THE SUNSET CHAPEL, A PROJECT THAT MARCELL PUSHED THROUGH THE MEDIA. AS A RESULT, THE SUNSET CHAPEL WON THE AZURE AWARD IN TORONTO, CANADA, FOR THE BEST COMMERCIAL AND INSTITUTIONAL BUILDING. THIS AND TWO OTHER PROJECTS (ACAPULCO BAYBRIGE AND THE EARTHSCRAPPER) ARE NOW PART OF THE COLLECTION AT CENTRE POMPIDOU IN PARIS, FRANCE. FURTHERMORE, MARCELL IBARROLA HAS A RICH EXPERIENCE IN WORKING WITH INTERNATIONALLY ESTABLISHED ARTISTS SUCH AS UGO RONDINONE, BOSCO SODI, AND JOHN GIORNO. ALSO, HE DESIGNED AND CONSTRUCTED A SPORTS COMPLEX IN CASA WABI FOUNDATION (WHERE HE WORKED AS A RESIDENCY DIRECTOR FOR MORE THAN ONE YEAR.) THIS SPORTS COMPLEX IS LOCATED IN THE SAME MASTER PLAN AS TADAO ANDO'S RESIDENCY, AND KENGO KUMA AND ALVARO SIZA PAVILLIONS. THE DIVERSITY OF MARCELL'S WORKS ALLOWED HIM TO GIVE NUMEROUS LECTURES AT UNIVERSITIES AROUND MEXICO AND EUROPE.
Skills
Architecture, Art Direction, Artist Management, Branding, Budgets Planning / Allocation, Exhibition Design, Fine Arts, Management, Presentation, Production, Studio Management, Web Design