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Biography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 04 Executive statement . . . . . . . . . 06 Professional achievements . . . . 08 Production . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Partners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Contact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Biography Mauro Rojas is an artist and creator of brands and products in the creative industry sector, with a career of 17 years. He has participated in conferences, exhibitions, festivals and residences in Argentina, Bosnia and Herzegovina, China, Ecuador, Portugal, and Turkey.
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Winner of the Cultural Entrepreneurs Awards 2015 and Ecuador Triunfador Awards 2008, Mauro is CEO and Founder of ONOFFON, a platform for promoting creativity for socioeconomic development of Ecuador, through a brand of woven bags and a circuit of craftspeople; he is also Founder and Director of Eonminu, design and branding consultancy. The portfolio of Mauro Rojas includes a diverse offer of artworks, corporate design projects, and editorial products.
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Executive statement Culture is the key seed for transforming the world. Communication, arts and entertainment are powerful tools that can model the human thinking on a positive way, for activating determination on the individual and dynamizing the development of communities.
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Vision To be a leader in artistic creativity for social, cultural and economic impact in Ecuador, towards international reach.
Mission To promote the socioeconomic and cultural development of Ecuador, through innovative products that boost the ecosystem of creative industries.
Goals 1. To generate art and entertainment content that provokes the mobilization of virtual communities. 2. To develop innovative products that diversify the offer of the creative industry in the Ecuadorian market. 3. To promote the influence of the arts and entertainment in the development of the Ecuadorian industry, through products that generate cultural, social and economic impact.
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Professional achievements Mauro has intervened in several events inside and outside of Ecuador, nourishing his experience and sharing his creative vision through exhibitions, art-culture and tourism residences, presentations of design projects, workshops, conferences, among others.
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National events 2015. ONOFFON’s presentation. Sánchez Aguilar Theatre, Guayaquil. 2015. Conference at La Rueda. ESPOL, Guayaquil. 2013. ONOFFON’s presentation at Arte Actual Gallery. FLACSO, Quito.
International events 2015. Conference at Latam Design Meeting. Buenos Aires, Argentina. 2015. ONOFFON’s presentation at Universidad de Palermo, Argentina. 2013. Project presentation at Latam Design Meeting, Argentina. 2013. Open Doors Expo. Eugenio de Almeida Foundation, Portugal. 2011. International Portraits’ Biennial INTERBIFEP. Bosnia & Herzegovina. 2010. Residence on cultural heritage and tourism. Alanya, Turkey. 2008. International Students’ Exhibition. Shanghai Biennale, China.
Awards 2015. Emprendedores Culturales. Ministry of Culture, Ecuador. 2008. Ecuador Triunfador: Creativity. Consorcio NOBIS, Ecuador.
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Production Mauro is committed to the development of products that include artistic creativity as essence and strength of the economic dynamics of Ecuador. His business portfolio strategically links visual and performing arts, editorial products, corporate design projects and cultural promotion.
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Art production
Mauro Rojas has an artistic proposal that is enriched from informalism and constant experimental search, with visual and theatrical artworks, combining digital and traditional media. His professional road started on performing arts, integrating the Casa de la Cultura Choir of Guayas Province, and Sarao, dance-theater company, on 2002. Since the adolescence stage, he has been a self-taught in visual arts.
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Sketchbooks
The sketchbooks collection of Mauro Rojas is designed for dreamers who create fantastic worlds with the power of their imagination. The first launch of this product was under a limited edition, for progressively incorporating new collections under massive production, of planning books, sketchbooks and notebooks, related to creativity and art content.
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Corporate communication design
Eonminu is a design and branding consultancy, working as digital agency, result of Mauro’s 14 years experience as a freelance graphic designer and illustrator.
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Cultural promotion
ONOFFON is a commercial system for reactivating culture towards Ecuador’s socioeconomic development, through a brand of woven bags and a Video Blog platform. 18
Partners Traveling this path has been satisfactory thanks to the valuable contribution of several professionals who trust in my work. Listing all of them is not an easy task, but I must highlight five partners who have brightly collaborated during the developing of my projects.
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María de los Ángeles Custoja Arqueologist and Art historian, especialist in art therapy and researcher on handicraft topics.
Alfredo Moreira Independent Consultant in Museography and Cultural Heritage.
Freddy Cruz Photography and video creator for ONOFFON and Eonminu.
Alejandro Muñoz / Su Copicentro Digital printing: promotional material and editorial prototypes.
Jenny Carvajal Contemporary dancer, Director of Cuerpo Raíz, performing arts.
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Contact Email · hola@maurorojas.art Whatsapp · (+593 9) 6180 0289 Guayaquil, Ecuador
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www.maurorojas.art