Joan Fontcuberta

(Spanish, born 1955)

el mite de la caverna by joan fontcuberta

Joan Fontcuberta

El mite de la caverna, 1980

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Biography

Timeline

1955
Born in Barcelona, Spain
1976 - 1977
Founded the Alabern group with Manel Esclusa and Pere Formiguera
1982
Co-founded the Primavera Fotográfica de Catalunya, the first photographic festival in Spain
Was the Artistic Director of Les Rencontres d'Arles (France)
1988
Received the National Photography Award (Madrid, Spain)
1998
Received the National Photography Award (Madrid, Spain)
2013
Awarded the International Award Hasselblad

Exhibitions

2010
Galería Vanguardia, Bilbao, Spain
2008
Sputnik, Musée Gassendi, Digne (solo)
Botánica oculta, Photomuseim, Zarautz (solo)
Googlegramas, Galerie Braunbehrens, Munich, Germany (cat. / solo)
Googlegramas, Instituto Cervantes, Nápoles, Italy (solo)
Googlegramas, Instituto Cervantes, Pekín, China (solo)
Deconstructing Osama, Fundació Octubre, Valencia, Spain (solo)
Deconstructing Osama, Fundació La Caixa, Lleida, Spain (solo)
Tierras de nadie, Centro Cultural Miguel Castillejo, Jaén, Spain (cat. / solo)
Des monstres et des prodiges, Musée-Château, Annecy, France (solo)

Public Collections

Centre Pompidou (Paris)
MOMA (New York)
Centro de Arte Reina Sofía (Madrid)