FALL 2020:
- Exhibition: Mapamundistas. La Transformación 
La Ciudadela Pamplona (ES) - Sept/Oct 20
- Talk: Paisaje y Tiempo. Del Archivo Histórico a la Imagen Digital. MCP. Pamplona (ES) - Oct
- Talk: Working with Archives. Creating Fictions & Building Counter-Narratives. KABK. The Hague. (NL) - Oct
- Exhibition: PASS IT ON. Private Stories - Public Histories
FOTODOK (NL) - Nov/Feb 20/21



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Barcelona, Spain, 1986
Lives & works in Amsterdam (NL)



EDUCATION

MFA Photography. Image Text. Ithaca College. (US)
CE Photography. International Center of Photography. New York. (US)
MFA Artistic Production & Research. Universitat de Barcelona. (ES)
BFA Painting. Universitat de Barcelona. (ES)
Diploma in General Studies of Photography. Institut d’Estudis Fotogràfics de Catalunya. (ES)



ARTISTIC PRACTICE

Exhibitions

Solo
2016 - The Archive from A Place to Disappear. Konstanet. Tallin. (EE)
2013 - Related Time. REVELA+T Festival de Fotografia. Vilassar de Dalt. (ES)

Group
2020 - PASS IT ON. Private Stories - Public Histories. FOTODOK. Utrecht. (NL) curated by Daria Tuminas
2020 - Mapamundistas. La Ciudadela. Pamplona. (ES) curated by Alexandra Baures
2019 - Follow My Hand. Deli Gallery. New York. (US) curated by Drew Sawyer
2019 - Belonging to the Story. The Finnish Museum of Photography. Helsinki. (FI)
2019 - OFFLAND. Centro Galileo. PhotoEspaña. Madrid. (ES) curated by Sema d’Acosta
2018 - Retrato de Familia. Palau Robert. Barcelona. (ES)
2018 - Collecting Images, displaying connections. ARTBO. Bogotá. (CO) curated by Pedro Torres
2018 - SCAN Photobooks. SCAN International Festival of Photography. Tarragona. (ES)
2018 - From the Ground Up. McKinsey & Co. New York. (US)
2018 - Still-Life: Photography Now. Center for Photography at Woodstock - CPW. New York. (US) curated by Elizabeth Ferrer
2018 - Territoris de Paper. Fotografia a Catalunya. Barcelona. (ES) curated by Pedro Torres
2018 - Bequeathment. Handwerker Gallery. Ithaca. (US) curated by Bruno Ceschel
2018 - Center Forward. The Center for Fine Art Photography. Fort Collins. (US) curated by Kris Graves
2018 - Annual Juried Exhibition. Houston Center for Photography. Houston. (US) curated by Lisa Volpe
2018 - Unbound7. Candela Gallery. Richmond. (US)
2018 - Embarrat. Fabrica del Trepat. Tàrrega. (ES) curated by Fede Montornes
2018 - There is no threat. Float Magazine. New York. (US)
2017 - Fluxuating Monuments. Handwerker Gallery. Ithaca. (US)
2016 - AutoEdit 2. Centro de Arte Huarte. Pamplona. (ES) curated by Juan Pablo Huércanos
2015 - Small is Beautiful. Flowers Gallery. New York. (US)
2015 - ArtBook. Festival Embarrat. Tàrrega. (ES) curated by Roser Cambray
2015 - Alter-Retrato. The Folio Club. Barcelona. (ES) curated by Pedro Torres
2015 - Through the looking-glass. Pantocrátor Gallery. Shanghai. (CN)
2015 - NOWHERE: Barcos y volcanes. Salón. Madrid. (ES) curated by Eduardo Hurtado
2014 - Tancat. Espai RocaUmbert. Granollers. (ES)
2014 - Getxoarte. Salón de Prácticas Contemporáneas. Getxo. (ES)
2014 - New Spanish Photography: Visions beyond borders. FotoWeek. Washington D.C. (US) curated by Javier Moreno
2014 - Under the Subway. Local Project Gallery. New York. (US) curated by Antonio Ortuño
2014 - El Proyector. Fundació Foto Colectania. Barcelona. (ES)
2014 - Todo saldrá bien. A*Desk. Barcelona. (ES) curated by Irina Mutt
2014 - New Spanish Photography: Visions beyond borders. New York University (KJCC). New York. (US) curated by Javier Moreno
2013 - Libros que son fotos, fotos que son libros. Museo Centro de Arte Reina Sofía. Madrid. (ES) curated by Horacio Fernández

Fairs
2020 - Art Libris-ARCO. Meteoro Editions. IFEMA. Madrid. (ES)
2019 - Unseen Photobook Market. Meteoro Editions. Westergas Fabriek. Amsterdam. (NL)
2019 - AIPAD Fair. +Kris Graves Projects. Pier 94. New York. (US)
2018 - New York Art Book Fair. +Kris Graves Projects. PS1 MoMA. New York. (US)
2018 - AIPAD Fair. +Kris Graves Projects. Pier 94. New York. (US)
2017 - New York Art Book Fair. +Kris Graves Projects. PS1 MoMA. New York. (US)
2015 - SWAB Art Fair. La Galería Encantada. Barcelona. (ES)

Grants & Prizes
2020 - Ayudas a la Producción. Huarte Centro de Arte Contemporáneo. Huarte. (ES) Awarded
2019 - VIPhoto. Sala Amarica. Vitoria (ES) Selected
2019 - De Donkere Kamer. FotoMuseum Rotterdam. Rotterdam (NL) Selected
2019 - Plat(t)form. FotoMuseum Winterthur. Winterthur. (CH) Selected
2018 - PDN Curator Awards. Grand Prize. New York. (US) Awarded
2018 - Austria. The Art of Discovery. British Journal of Photography. London.  (UK) Shortlisted
2018 - Cornish Family Prize for Art & Design Publishing Prize. Melbourne. (AU) Shortlisted
2018 - PDNs 30. PDN Online. (US) Nominated
2017 - Critical Mass. Portland. (US) Shortlisted
2017 - Curator´s Choice. Ain´tBad Magazine. Savannah. (US) Selected
2017 - First Book Award - MACK Editions. London. (UK) Nominated
2017 - Art Jove. Sala d’Art Jove. Barcelona. (ES) Awarded
2015 - IAP. New York Foundation for the Arts. New York. (US) Selected
2013 - Becas de Producción. Fundació Guasch-Coranty. Barcelona. (ES) Awarded

Residencies
2016 - DNA Artist Residency. Provincetown. (US)
2014 - Listhús Artist Residency. Olafsfjordur. (IC)

Portfolio Reviews
2020 - Singapore International Photography Festival. Singapore (SG)
2020 - Breda Photo Festival. Breda (NL)
2019 - PhotoForum Pasquart. Biel/Bienne. (CH)
2019 - FotoMuseum Rotterdam. Rotterdam. (NL)
2018 - Full Contact. SCAN International Festival of Photography. Tarragona. (ES)
2018 - TransEurope. Madrid. (ES)
2018 - FotoFest. Houston. (US)
2017 - PhotoLucida. Portland. (US)
2013 - Photoville. New York. (US)

Publications
2020 - Urgency Reader 2: Mutual Aid Publishing During Crisis. QUEER Archive. Providence. (US)
2019 - A Frame of Darkness. Gato Negro & Image Text Ithaca ITI. Mexico/New York. (MX/US)
2018 - Greenfield. The Archive. Meteoro Editions & Centre d’Art La Panera. Amsterdam/Lleida. (NL/ES)
2018 - As of Late: Pablo Lerma. Oranbeg Press. New York. (US)
2017 - A Place to Disappear. Kris Graves Projects +KGP. New York. (US)
2017 - Northern Vessels. Self-Published. New York. (US)
2016 - Arga. Self-Published. New York. (US)
2015 - Stumps. Self-Published. New York. (US)

Work in collections
Museu Picasso. Barcelona. (ES)
Institut d’Estudis Fotogràfics de Catalunya. Barcelona. (ES)
Universitat de Barcelona. Barcelona. (ES)
Fundació Guasch-Coranty. Barcelona. (ES)
Museo Universidad de Navarra. Pamplona. (ES)
Houston Center of Photography. Houston. (US)

Publications in collections
Visual Studies Workshop. Rochester. (US)
International Center of Photography. New York. (US)
SF MoMA. San Francisco. (US)
School of Art Institute of Chicago. Chicago. (US)
Guggenheim. New York. (US)
Aeromoto. Mexico City. (MX)
Centro de la Imagen. Mexico City. (MX)
Duke University. Durham. (US)
Museum of Modern Art - MoMA. New York. (US)
Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York. (US)
Museum of Fine Arts – MFA. Houston. (US)



TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2020/current - Lecturer Social Practice. Willem de Kooning Academy. Rotterdam. (NL)
2019/current - Adjunct Professor Media & Communication. Webster University. Leiden. (NL)
2013/current - Faculty Member. International Center of Photography. New York. (US)
2016/19 - Adjunct Professor Fine Arts. Kean University. Union City. (US)
2015/16 - Lead Instructor. PhotoUno School of Photography. New York. (US)

Workshops
2020 - Photography in the Social Media Era. Webster University. Leiden. (NL)
2020 - Paisaje y Tiempo. Del Archivo Histórico a la Imagen Digital. MCP. Pamplona (ES)
2019 - Professional Photographic Development. Art Photo BCN. Arts Santa Monica. Barcelona. (ES)

Talks
2020 - Working with Archives. Creating Fictions & Building Counter-Narratives. KABK. The Hague. (NL) 
2020 - Publicaciones desde el archivo. ARCO Speaker’s Corner. Feria ARCO. Madrid. (ES)
2019 - Working with Archives. Creating Fictions & Building Counter-Narratives. Willem de Kooning Academy. Rotterdam. (NL)
2019 - A Frame of Darkness. De Donkere Kamer. FotoMuseum Rotterdam. (NL)
2019 - The Future of Photobooks. Photobooks Switzerland. PhotoForum Pasquart. Biel/Bienne. (CH)
2017 - Professional Photographic Development Abroad. Universidad Finis-Terrae. Santiago. Chile (CHL)
2017 - The Assembly. Rubber Factory Gallery. New York. (US)
2014 _ A Place to Disappear. Chapter 3. Iceland. Universitat de Barcelona. Barcelona. (ES)

Presentations
2019 - Greenfield. The Archive. Alalimon Gallery. Barcelona. (ES)
2019 - Greenfield. The Archive. UNSEEN Photobook Market. Amsterdam. (NL)
2018 - Greenfield. The Archive. Library. International Center of Photography. New York. (US)
2018 - A Place to Disappear. Art Deal Project Gallery. Barcelona. (ES)