Bio
Born in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain. He resides in Barcelona where he combines his work as a Photography teacher with the production of personal works. In his work create visual worlds where people appear to interact in intimate spaces. In bounded territories to explore our identity. Places to show our fragility. The permanent duality in which we live: the conflict between what we appear to be and our true selves.
He put the focus on the moment that consciousness and unconsciousness are found, where reality and fiction blur the border and coexist in the mind in a recreation of two parallel worlds that make up our essence.
His motivation is to continue exploring new emotional landscapes. Stagings of the strangeness, of the everyday life dramas hidden in suburban existence.
Education
2017- 19
Graduate Diploma in Management, Preservation and Dissemination of Photographic Archives. UAB, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Spain
2003
MA on Curatorial and Cultural Practices in Art and New Media. MECAD, ESDI. Barcelona, Spain
1996-97
Grisart International School of Photography. Barcelona, Spain
1989-94
Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Arts. UPV, Basque Country University. Leioa – Vizcaya, Spain
Awards & Mentions / Selection
2021
FESTIVAL IMAGES GIBELLINA. Gibellina, Sicily – Winner
OPENWALLS ARLES. British Journal of Photography & Galerie Huit Arles, France – Winner
FLOW PHOTOFEST. Highlands and Islands, Scotland – Winning Image
SANTIAGO CASTELO International Photography Award. Unesco Extremadura Center. Cáceres, Spain – Honorary Mention
BFOTO FESTIVAL. Barbastro, Spain – Selected
FOTONOVIEMBRE Atlántica Colectivas. Tenerife, Spain – Selected
CHAMBRE 07 Festival International de Photographie. Aubenas, France – Selected
FOTOARICA Festival Internacional de Fotografía. Arica, Chile – Selected
KOLGA TBILISI PHOTO AWARD. Tbilisi, Georgia – Shortlisted
BELFAST PHOTO FESTIVAL. Belfast, Northern Ireland – Highly Commended Artist
LIFE FRAMER PHOTOGRAPHY AWARD, Night Life judged by Christophe Jacrot. London, UK – Honorary Mention
2020
ART PHOTO BCN. Barcelona, Spain – Winner
HELSINKI PHOTO FESTIVAL, Portfolio Rewiews. Helsinki, Finland – Winner
OPENWALLS ARLES. British Journal of Photography & Galerie Huit Arles, France – Winner
HELSINKI PHOTO FESTIVAL. Helsinki, Finland – Winner
VERZASCA FOTO FESTIVAL. Sonogno, Verzasca Valley. Switzerland – Selected
RESTART. Lithuanian Photographers Association. Vilnius, Lithuania – Finalist
MERGENTES – International Photography Award Encontros da Image. Braga, Portugal – Selected
HEAD ON PHOTO AWARDS. Australia – Semi-Finalist
LIFE FRAMER PHOTOGRAPHY AWARD, Night Life judged by Todd Hido. London, UK – Honorary Mention
2019
GOMMA PHOTOGRAPHY GRANT – Shortlisted
IMAGO LISBOA PHOTO FESTIVAL. Lisbon Meeting Point Photofolio Review. Lisbon, Portugal – 20 best portfolios
BIPA, Barcelona International Photography Award. Best 50 photographers – Finalist
LUCIE FOUNDATION. Chromalux X Fine Art Scholarship. Los Angeles, USA – Shortlisted
LES BOUTOGRAPHIES. Montpellier, France – Shortlisted
ATHENS PHOTO FESTIVAL. Athens, Greece – Shortlisted
BELFAST PHOTO FESTIVAL. Belfast, Northern Ireland – Shortlisted
PHOTOESPAÑA. Discoveries PHE19. Madrid, Spain – Selected
LIFE FRAMER PHOTOGRAPHY AWARD, Night life. London, UK – Editor’s pick
HELSINKI PHOTO FESTIVAL. Helsinki, Finland – Winner
2018
TOKIO INTERNATIONAL FOTO AWARDS. Tokio, Japan – Gold Winner and Honorable Mention
IPA INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS. Los Angeles, USA – 2nd Place Winner
SOLAR FOTO FESTIVAL. Fortaleza, Brazil – Selected
2017
BURN EMERGING PHOTOGRAPHER FUND, Burn Magazine. USA – Shortlisted
2016
ATHENS PHOTO FESTIVAL. Athens, Greece – Shortlisted
ADDIS FOTO FEST. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – Selected
2014
VOIES OFF AWARDS. Arles, France – Selected
Solo exhibitions
2021
Where Fireflies Unfold. BFOTO FESTIVAL. Sala Francisco Goya, UNED. Barbastro, Spain
2020
Where Fireflies Unfold. PHOTO IS:RAEL International Photography Festival. Kikar Hamedina, Tel-Aviv. Israel
2016
Insomnia. La Grey, Space for Contemporary Creation. SCAN Tarragona 2016, International Photography Festival. Spain
Group exhibitions / Selection
2022
Where Fireflies Unfold. Fondazione Istituto di Alta Cultura Orestiadi Onlus. Gibellina, Sicily (summer 2022)
2021
Where Fireflies Unfold. FOTONOVIEMBRE Atlántica Colectivas – COAC Colegio Oficial de Arquitectos. Tenerife, Spain (29 oct – 19 dic)
Where Fireflies Unfold. SANTIAGO CASTELO International Photography Award. Sala Pintores. Cáceres, Spain (22 oct – 30 nov)
Where Fireflies Unfold. FLOW PHOTOFEST. Highland Print Studio. Inverness, Scotland
Where Fireflies Unfold. OPENWALLS ARLES 2021. Galerie Huit Arles. France
Where Fireflies Unfold (Projection). FESTIVAL IMAGES GIBELLINA. Palazzo di Lorenzo. Gibellina, Sicily
Insomnia. CHAMBRE 07. Centre Le Bournot. Aubenas, France
Insomnia. FOTO ARICA Festival Internacional de Fotografía. Fundación Casa Yanulaque. Arica, Chile.
Insomnia. MASS ISOLATION FINLAND. Veteli Art Manor. Veteli. Finland (fall)
Insomnia. MASS ISOLATION FINLAND. Nykyaika Photographic Center. Tampere. Finland
Insomnia. MASS ISOLATION FINLAND. Northern Photographic Centre. Oulu. Finland
Insomnia. MASS ISOLATION FINLAND. Galleria Ratamo. Jyväskylä. Finland
2020
Where Fireflies Unfold. VERZASCA FOTO FESTIVAL 2020. Of men and woods. Sonogno, Verzasca Valley. Switzerland
Where Fireflies Unfold. OPENWALLS ARLES 2020. Galerie Huit Arles. France
Where Fireflies Unfold. HELSINKI PHOTO FESTIVAL. Trust, National Museum and Korjaamo. Helsinki, Finland
Where Fireflies Unfold. Prospectus Gallery, Restart. Vilnius, Lithuania
Where Fireflies Unfold (Projection). Agora Gallery. New York, USA.
2019
Where Fireflies Unfold (Projection).BIPA Best 50th photographers, Valid Foto Gallery. Barcelona, Spain
2018
Insomnia. PH21 GALLERY, Nocturnal Budapest, Hungary
Insomnia. HELSINKI PHOTO FESTIVAL. Love, Galleria Futura and Kellohalli. Helsinki, Finland
Insomnia (Projection). SOLAR FOTO FESTIVAL, Centro Dragão do Mar de Arte e Cultura. Fortaleza, Brazil
2016
Insomnia. ADDIS FOTO FEST. Sheraton Addis H. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
2014
Insomnia (Projection). VOIES OFF AWARDS, Archbishop’s Palace court-yard. Arles, France
Publications / Catalogues
2021
Insomnia. @mass isolation projectfi. Finland
2020
Where Fireflies Unfold. RESTART. Lithuanian Photographers Association. Vilna, Lituania
Network
2021
Where Fireflies Unfold. Interview , Art Photo Bcn
Where Fireflies Unfold. PHMuseum Featured Project
Where Fireflies Unfold. LIFE FRAMER Collection
2020
Where Fireflies Unfold. 100 HUNDRED PHOTOGRAPHIZE ANUAL BOOK Best Selected 2020
Where Fireflies Unfold. Top 250 PHMuseum Stories of 2020
2019
Where Fireflies Unfold. DER GREIF, Guest Room. «Your Truth» an online exhibition curated by Sara Hemming
Where Fireflies Unfold. BURN MAGAZINE
Mimetic. PHOTO-LETTER
Insomnia. LIFE FRAMER, Night life Editor’s Pick
2018
Lucernario. DER GREIF, Guest Room. «Post HomoSapiens» an online exhibition curated by Mónica Allende
Collections
Consorcio Universitario UNED Barbastro