Pello Mitxelena graduated with a Degree in Fine Arts, specialising in Sculpture, from the Faculty of Fine Arts at the University of the Basque Country (UPV-EHU), where he is currently a lecturer on the Degree in Art course and supervises projects on the Degree in Creation and Design. For many years, he has been a member of a discussion group on the teaching of the art, where sculpture is considered as a means to tackle issues such as representation and techniques, symbolisation and form or discourse and image.