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Photographer | Spain
Nowadays Contemporary Photography can only be understood as Art and all Contemporary Art is about language. Unfortunately, Photography uses reality as a raw material, instead of words, inks, wood... and reality is terribly stubborn and doesn’t like to be modified. So to construct a language with photography beyond de old "photography as a window" or "photography as a mirror", the artist must get a certain degree of freedom from reality. First, it’s done by a lot of technical decisions, from the when, where, to focus, aperture, shutter speed, framing, composition, point of view, lenses... to even deciding whether taking or not a picture. As soon as photography turns reality into something static and two dimensional realities disappear and we have just a image, a word, a sentence which represents a personal view of it and, in this way, possibly a lie. On the other hand Photographic Art employs metaphors, strategy and other semiotic tools. These can be found contemplating a single work but it’s more evident when analysing a complete work. I am fascinated with Photography as a meta-language which happens when photography deals with itself as a kind of language and I have working hard on this. Although my work is not location dependant I have found certain places that are so intriguing that I can construct strong metaphors on them. Lately I visited Pyramiden (a mining town abandoned within the Arctic Circle) or Prypiat. In both of them the brutalistic repetitive architecture contrasted with the minimal decoration by their inhabitants and with random decay. Furthermore I am quite fond of constructing Diptychs or Polyptychs like setting up a sentence from different works that may came from different times or parts of the world.
2018
• Special Prize Aixe Getxo for professional work in the Art world.
• Shortlisted International Photography Award Enaire Foundation.
• Shortlisted Albacete Town Biannual Plastic Arts Contest.
2017
• Finalist Banca March International Photography Awards.
2016
• Second prize ENAIRE Foundation International Photography Contest.
• Finalist Caminos de Hierro.
2014
• Shortlisted AENA Foundation International Photography Competition.
• Finalist Torroella de Montgrí Fundació Vila Casas International Contemporary Photography Prize.
• Commended Sony World Photography Awards.
• Finalist Caminos de Hierro.
2013
• Silver Award One Eyeland Awards
• Shortlisted Asisa photo contest
• Shortlisted Diputacion de Alicante International Plastics Arts and Photography Contest
2012
• Finalist LUX Prize
• Shortlisted X Town of Albacete Biannual Plastic Arts award.
• Shortlisted International Fine Art Photography Award
• Honorable mention International Photographic Awards Competition.
• Silver Award Photographer of the Year. Better Photography Magazine.
• Shortlisted Art of Building International Photo Contest
2011
• Shorlisted AENA Foundation International Photography awards.
• Finalist Premios Prize.
SOLO EXHIBITS:
2018 • "Post Production Life". Galeria Vanguardia. Bilbao. 2017 • "Post Production Life". Abierto Espacio Cultural. Fundacion FIE. Madrid 2016 • "Open Copy". Galeria Vanguardia. 2013 • "Rooms of Solitude". Galeria Vanguardia. 2012 • “Res Nullius”. BilboArgazki 2012. Paraninfo de la UPV. Bilbao. 2011 • “Paisajes Reconstruidos”. Galeria Vanguardia. 2010 • “Res Nullius”. Sala de exposiciones del ayuntamiento de Sestao. • Donostimagen. Sociedad Fotografica de Guipuzcoa. San Sebastian. 2009 • Galería Vanguardía. • Galería Ines Barrenechea. Madrid. 2008 • Presentación del libro “Apología de lo Inutil”. Estudio de Francisco Leiro. Madrid • UBS Madrid • Espacio Triarte Casadecor. Madrid. 2007 • Can Xicu. Formentera.
GROUP EXHIBITS:
2018 • Museo de Albacete • "Valca". Itinerante • Instituto Cervantes. PhotoEspaña 2018. 2017 • No Lugares. Galeria Vanguardia/Getxophoto. • Real Academia de las Artes de San Fernando. PhotoESPAÑA. 2016 • Bienal de Arquitectura de Venecia. • Fundación ENAIRE. 2014 • Fundación AENA • Galeria Vanguardia. • Artespacio A25. San Sebastián. • Heist Gallery. London. 2013 • "The STory of the Creative". New York. • Bilbao Art District. Bilbao.. • "World in transition". Hanmy Gallery. London. • Diputacion Provincial de Alicante. 2012 • X Bienal de Artes Plasticas Ciudad de Albacete. 2011 • Observatorio del Arte. Arnuero. • Galeria Vanguardia “25 años, 25 artistas”. 2010 • SestaoPhoto 2009 • “Metrópoli”. Area de cultura Ayuntamiento de Sestao. FAIRS: • ARCO. Madrid 2012. • ARCO. Madrid 2011 • MADRIDFOTO. Madrid 2011 • ARTMADRID. Madrid 2011 • International Art Fair OASIS. Osaka 2011 • RODART. Valencia 2011. • ART MAISON. Madrid 2011. • FLECHA. Madrid 2010 • ARTMADRID. Madrid 2010 • MADRIDFOTO. Madrid 2010 • ESTAMPA. Madrid 2009. • OPEN ART FAIR. Utretch 2009. • ART/SALAMANCA. Salamanca 2009. • ARTEFAIM. Madrid 2009
