Teaching
Lectures and/or workshops at Nothbrook College, Hayward Gallery (London), October Gallery (London), Gallery-Caernarfon and Oriel Mostyn Gallery LLnadudno. Various workshops and art projects in primary schools, nurseries and young offender insititutions.

Solo Exhibitions
2009 - "La Magdalena y el Capitan Chorizo" Site Specific Installatin, Centro de Historia, Zaragoza, Spain
2009 - GX Gallery, London, UK
2008 - GX Gallery, London, UK
2008 - Galeria Pilar Gines, Zaragoza, Spain
2007 - Behind Doors, GXgallery, London, UK
2005 - New Works, GXgallery, London, UK
2004 -WILD DUCK AT HOME. Interactive Installation. Collab. with artist Meg Power. Brighton Festival
2003 - 54º North Festival. Painting. Hull Art Festival. HULL-UK
2003 - Paintings, GXgallery, London
1994 - Photography & Dance. Teatro Principal de Zaragoza. Spain
1993 - International Dance Festival. Photography. Valladolid. Spain
1992 - Pablo Gargallo Art Gallery. Painting. Zaragoza - Spain
1991 -La Caixa de Tarragona Art Gallery. Photography. Tarragona. Spain

Group Shows
2009 - TRASH VORTEX a Tangent Project, East London
2008 - 'CONTAIN' Artots Space. Hertogenbosch, Holland
2007 - Hunters and Gatherers. Gallery at Willesden Green. London
2007 - A Forest of Drawings, installation in The Big Draw @ Kew Gardens, London
2007 - Identidad.es Cervantes Institute-London. Site specific exhibition S.A.L.
2006 - ESQUILOS LEJANOS (Curator) Museo de Historia, Zaragoza.
2005 - S-A-L presentation party and exhibition. Cockpit Art Studios, London, UK
2005 - GQ-QG International Conference. Virtual paintings group show. Santa Barbara, California USA
2005 - SIGNALS III Crystal Palace Artists group show
2005 - Towers and Icons. Artists Harbour Gallery, Portsmouth UK
2004 - Emergency Exhibition. Antenna Studios, Crystal Palace, London
2003 -The Best of 2002 Bettie Morton Gallery. London UK
2002 – Bettie Morton Gallery. London Uk
2001 -Summer Exhibition Oriel Myrddin. Carmarthen Wales UK
-Torbay International Festival Torquay Devon UK
-Chichester Open Art Exhibition. Chichester Sussex UK
1997 -Drawing Contest Isabel de Portugal Zaragoza Spain
1995 "THE SEDUCED CAMERA" Four Spanish Dance Photographers at the European Union Press Building, Strassbourg
-Drawing contest Isabel de Portugal Zaragoza - Spain
1993 -Photography Contest Isabel de Portugal. Zaragoza . Spain
1992 -Photography Contest Isabel de Portugal, Zaragoza, Spain
1991 -Photography Contest Villa de Tauste
1986 -Villa de Tauste Painting contest. Tauste – Spain
1985 -Young Expression. Painting and Drawing. Zaragoza - Spain
- Isabel de Portugal contest. Painting. Zaragoza Spain
1984 - Certamen "El Corte Inglés" Painting Zaragoza - Spain

Performing Arts
2009 - Delicatesen” set design for the first Dance Produccion of the CDA (Centro Dramatico Aragon) Zaragoza, Spain
2009 - “Dancing with Nature, Painting with bodies” Dance in nature project for Spiro Arts, Utah, USA
2009 - “Blank Canvas” Residency. Filkrin Krane, Cork, Ireland
2008 - Festival Valderrobres Danza Contemporanea. Three site-specific interventions working with community.
2008 - TRAYECTOS Festival, Dance and architecture workshops. Zaragoza, Spain
2008 - TRAYECTOS Festival, Dance and architecture workshops. CDAN (Centro de Arte y Naturaleza), Huesca Spain
2007 - Madrid Dance Maraton (Performance)
2007 - Strange Creatures Festival. Den Bosch, Holland.
2006 - "SI EL TIEMPO NO(S) LO IMPIDE" . PERIFERIAS Festival, Huesca, Spain. International co-production The Exploration Corporation + ABC Danza. Concept and Direction
2006 - SWITCH Oriel Mostyn Gallery, Llandudno. Performance and workshops based on Femke Van Gent's exhibition.
2006 - KEBULLAKOLORES! Opening number of the Madrid Dance Maraton 2006.
2006 - "Stillness & Movement": Performance &workshops based on Femke Van Gent and Sue Fielding visual art. Galeri, Caernarfon.
2006 - "QX Evol".Brighton Fringe Festival/Nightingale Theatre. Launch of "The Exploration Corporation" (Unlimited)
2006 - Bodyparts Festival, Royal Scottish Accademy of Art, Edinburgh.
2005 - "Drawn to Dance" Dance performance at the Hayward Gallery. Site specific piece inspired by the work of Rebecca Horn and the building's layout.
2005 -"Qx", premiere Brighton Festival. Interactive, movement based show inspired by Don Quixote's character.
2005 - Movement and Drawing workshops for Rebecca Horn's exhibition at the Hayward Gallery
2004 - Co-Artistic Director of SIX THOUSAND CHAIRS
2004 Three days Contemporary Art event, at Crystal Palace Park, London (site-specific installations performances).
2004 -THE BIG MATCH Football based performance
2004 -PASTORAL Site-specific performance. Concept and Direction
2003 -DANCE and MUSIC PERFORMANCE Project at the Orchard Lodge Remand Centre- London
2003 - LETTERS FROM SIBERIA An Interactive Community Promenade Performance around the ruins of a castle with the people of Paide (Estonia). Inspired on the letters written by those who were sent to Siberia by Stalin.
2003 - A THIN LINE INTERACTIVE PERFORMANCE (Still touring) Created, Directed and Performed by Carlos Cortes: Space Invaders (Fierce Internat. Performance Festival), Coventry.UK Time & Space Intern. Performance fest. Paide, Estonia. The Big Stage Cardiff, UK. ARTIC Festival de Arte Contemp. Zaragoza Spain.Candem People's Theatre,London, UK. 54º N Art Festival Hull UK.2002-3, Nightingale Theatre (Brighton) International Festival Community and Performance, Rhode Island USA. En La Frontera Art Festival. Zaragoza, Spain
2002 - THREE POEMS (BALLET) SET AND COSTUMES DESIGN Chopin/Derek Deane, Ballet de Zaragoza Spain
2002 - ARABIAN NIGHTS SET AND COSTUMES DESIGN Dominic Cook Isleworth Actors Co London-UK
2000 - CANTERBURY TALES SET AND COSTUMES DESIGN Chaucer/ Isleworth Public Hall Isleworth Actors co.London
2002 - PROJECT 4/STAGE WIMBLEDON. SITE SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE WSA Theatre. London UK

Commissions
2007- A Forest of Drawings, installation in The Big Draw @ Kew Gardens, London
2007 -Madrid Dance Maraton (Performance)
2007 -Strange Creatures Festival. Den Bosch, Holland
2005 - "Drawn to Dance". Dance performance at the Hayward Gallery

Collections
Public: Zaragoza Council
Private collections in Europe, USA and New Zealand

Awards
2007 - Big Draw 'Drawing Inspiration Award' 07
2001 - 1st Prize (Painting) Chichester Open Art Exhibition
1997 - Awarded a grant to study Theatre Design in London by the Cultural Dpt of Regional Development, Zaragoza
1994 - Photography - Honourable Mention, International Contest Bienal de Arquitectura de Zaragoza
1991 - Photography - 2nd Prize, Aragon Young Photographers