About

Barcelona 1978

I am photographer and professor since 2003. I have a degree in Biology as well as anthropology studies. This interest in anthropology has led me to focus my photographic production on the knowledge of realities that are alien to me, discovering different ways of interpreting the world or trying to understand human behavior in different situations.

I have exhibited and projected my work individually or collectively in more than 30 cities on 4 continents. I have received several national and international awards, among which stand out the SAIF revelation prize of the VOIES OFF festival in Arles, the New Talent Fnac or two POYLatam Awards.

I am part of the Spanish Photographers Dictionary of La Fábrica with the Cuatro15 collective. I have been present since its inception in the “Portal de Fotografía Catalana de la Generalitat de Catalunya” and in 2016 I was selected for the exhibitions "A vista de campanar" and "Nuevos relatos fotográficos", which review contemporary Catalan and Spanish photography.

My work is part of the collection of ANC (Arxiu Nacional de Catalunya) and Kursala collection.

I am the co-founder and coordinator at El Observatorio, a creative space devoted to long-term documentary projects.


EXHIBITIONS AND PROJECTIONS


2023:
- Group exhibition. Fundació Vilacasas Photoaward Finalist. Torroella de Montgrí, Spain

2021:
-À la ville de... Individual exhibition in Centre Cívic Parc Sandaru, Art Photo Bcn. Barcelona, Spain

2020:
- Dies d’incerteses. Collective exhibition “Tiempo detenido” in PhotoEspaña. Online.

2019:
-À la ville de... Individual exhibition in Can Basté. Barcelona, Spain
-Tajo: Entre un punto A y un punto B. Exhibition with Roberto Feijoo, Manu Mart and Mingo Venero in Imagine Cafè. Barcelona, Spain
-À la ville de... Individual exhibition in Sala Kursala. Cádiz, Spain
- Desde la isla cuántica. Collective exhibition "Realitats imaginaries" with Fifty Dots Gallery. Barcelona, Spain

2018:
- Desde la isla cuántica. Collective exhibition "Transeünts" with Fifty Dots Gallery in Voies Off Festival. Arles, France.
- À la ville de... Individual exhibition in La Fotofesta. Barcelona, Spain
- Desde la isla cuántica. Collective exhibition "Reality Exchange" with Fifty Dots Gallery in FK-Gallery. 48hr Neukölln. Berlin, Germany
- Desde la isla cuántica. Projection in La Fabrica Photobook week. Madrid, Spain
- À la ville de... Projection in SantanderPhoto. Santander, Spain
- Ch'alla. Exhibition with Ainhoa Valle in B the Travel Brand Expirience. Barcelona, Spain
- Tajo: Entre un punto A y un punto B. Exhibition with Roberto Feijoo, Manu Mart and Mingo Venero in Sala Riu. Santa Coloma de Gramenet, Spain

2017:
-  Desde la Isla Cuántica. Individual exhibition in IX Jornades Fotográfiques del Masnou. Masnou, Spain
- À la ville de... Projection in Seminario de Fotografía y Periodismo de Albarracín. Teruel, Spain
- Tajo: Entre un punto A y un punto B. Exhibition with Roberto Feijoo, Manu Mart and Mingo Venero in DocField. Barcelona, Spain
- Desde la Isla Cuántica. Projection in LAPSO. Valencia, Spain

2016:
- Desde la Isla Cuántica. Collective exhibition "Nous Relats Fotogràfics". Madrid, Spain
- Desde la Isla Cuántica. Projection in Fotoistanbul. Istanbul, Turkey
- Desde la Isla Cuántica. Projection in Encontros da Imagem. Braga, Portugal
- Ch'alla. Exhibition with Ainhoa Valle, Museo Tambo Quirquincho. La Paz, Bolivia
- Ch'alla. Exhibition with Ainhoa Valle. Ch'alla, Bolivia
- Dioses de Alquitrán. Individual exhibition in L'Albergueria. Vic, Spain
- Desde la Isla Cuántica. Collective exhibition "Nous Relats Fotogràfics". Barcelona, Spain
- Dioses de Alquitrán. Collective exhibition "A vista de Campanar". Vic, Spain

2015:
- Desde la Isla Cuántica. Projection in Ankor Photofestival. Siem Reap, Cambodia
- Desde la Isla Cuántica. Individual exhibition in PA-TA-TA Festival. Granada, Spain
- Desde la Isla Cuántica. Projection in DocField Festival. Barcelona
- Desde la Isla Cuántica. Collective exhibition "Paisajes Interiores". Quito, Equador
Desde la Isla Cuántica. Individual exhibition in Fnac. Barcelona, Madrid, Murcia, Valencia, Sevilla and Bilbao. Spain
- Sikhs. Individual exhibition in Fine Art Festival. Igualada, Spain

2014:
- Desde la Isla Cuántica. Projection in Month og Photography. Minsk, Bielorussia
- Desde la Isla Cuántica. Projection in Fotoaplauso. Madrid, Spain
- Desde la Isla Cuántica. Projection in Forum Fotográfic Can Basté. Barcelona, Spain
- Desde la Isla Cuántica. Collective exhibition in Paraty em Foco. Paraty, Brasil
- Desde la Isla Cuántica. Individual exhibition in Voies Off. Arles, France
- Desde la Isla Cuántica. Collective exhibition "Spanish Photography" in Phmuseum. Online

2012:
- Dioses de Alquitrán. Collective exhibition "Invernadero 5+7". Murcia, Spain

2011:
- Desde la Isla Cuántica. Collective exhibition in Festival Internacional de Valparaiso, Chile
- Yak42. Individual exhibition with Isabel González. Barcelona, Spain
- Yak42. Individual exhibition with Isabel González. Vitoria, Spain

2010:
- Yak42. Individual exhibition with Isabel González. Palafrugell, Spain
- Yak42. Projection with Isabel González in Festival Internacional de Fotoperiosdismo. Gijón, Spain

2009:
- Yak42. Projection with Isabel González in Trafic. Barcelona, Spain
- Yak42. Projection with Isabel González in Luna Krea. Vitoria, Spain
- Sikhs. Projection in Festival Internacional de Fotoperiosdismo. Gijón, Spain
- Yak42. Projection with Isabel González in Slideluck. Barcelona, Spain
- Yak42. Projection with Isabel González in Las Baladas del Cíclope mecánico. Sevilla, Spain


GRANTS AND AWARDS

2021:
- Desde la isla cuántica: Screen Award at La Nuu Festival

2019:
- Desde la Isla Cuántica: 2º place in multimedia. POYLatam awards

2018:
- À la ville de... Finalist in SantanderPhoto.

2017:
- Cholets: Honorable Mention in POYLatam awards.

2016:
- Desde la Isla Cuántica. Profesional Grant in Seminario de Fotografía y Periodismo de Albarracín. Spain
- Desde la Isla Cuántica. Finalist in Encontros da Imagem. Braga, Portugal

2015:
- Desde la Isla Cuántica. Aqaba Media Grant. Spain
- Desde la Isla Cuántica. Finalist in Nexo Foto award. Spain
- Desde la Isla Cuántica. Finalist in Golden Camera award. Russia

2014:
- Finalist in Fotopres La Caixa
- Desde la Isla Cuántica. Honorable mention in Festival Internacional de Fotografía de Cabo Verde
- Desde la Isla Cuántica. Discovery award la SAIF in Voies Off festival. Arles, France
- Desde la Isla Cuántica. Nuevo Talento FNAC. Spain

2011:
- Dioses de Alquitrán. El Invernadero Grant. Spain

2010:
- Yak42. Finalist in Festival Internacional de Fotoperiodismo de Gijón

2009:
- Magnum Workshops Grant in Barcelona. Spain
- Sikhs. Finalist in Festival Internacional de Fotoperiodismo de Gijón


INDIVIDUAL BOOKS:

- À la ville de... Cuadernos de la Kursala / El Observatorio
- Desde la isla cuántica. Ediciones Anómalas

COLLECTIVE BOOKS

- Tiempo detenido. Ed. La Fábrica / Fundación Enaire. (Dies d'incerteses)
Nuevos relatos fotográficos. Ed. La Fábrica. (Desde la isla cuántica)
- Invernadero 5+7. El Invernadero. (Dioses de Alquitrán)
- Viatge a la Conca de Barberà. PassFoto (Passanant-Belltall)

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