Nacido en Logroño (La Rioja). Vive en Londres.
Producciones de Video
Social Sculptures 9 min HDV Single channel installation.
Specialized Technicians Required: Being Luis Porcar. 1min DVcam. Single channel installation featuring Luis Porcar and the voice of John Malkovich.
Parallel Universes Meet at Infinity 12 min DVcam. Installation format DVD. Produced during a residency at Springhill Institute in Birmingham. Supported by the Arts Council of England
The Differend. 21 min Dvcam. Installation format: DVD. A scene of William Willer’s The Collector performed in eleven different languages. 2002
Shown at Iberian Tribes, Tribes Gallery NY.
Upwards Compatible. 6’ Production Format: DigiBeta, Screening Format: DVD. An opening credits sequence for 2001 A Space Odyssey. Conceived to be shown at Metronom (Barcelona) 2002
Shown at Cité des Ondes festival (Canada)
Reencontres Internationales Paris Berlin
I’d rather Jack, S1 Artspace Sheffield (UK)
Mind Your Own Business. For Cinema Exhibition. 30’’ Production format: DVCam, Screening format: 35 mm (cinema) DVD (gallery). Commercial for the exhibition MYOB at Galeria Trinta, Santiago de Compostela, Spain. 2002
Time Multiplexing 12 min. Three screen installation DVD, 2001
Shown at Otras naturalezas, Murcial (Spain)
Deinterlaced Memories 6 min. MiniDV, 2000
Shown in Festival Audiovisual de Navarra (Spain)
Shown in Videoex Festival. Zurich, (Switzerland)
iLego 1', Digital Video, 2000
Created for Akihabara TV Project, Tokyo (Japan)
Shown in Darklight Festival, Dublin (Ireland)
Shown in G-Niale Festival, Stralsund (Germany)
and in Greenwich Film Festival at APT Gallery (London)
Plot 2' 20'' Digital Video 1999
Shown in Darklight Festival, Dublin (Ireland)
Shown in G-Niale Festival, Stralsund (Germany)
Video Hacking 4' Digital Video 1999
Special mention, Int. Kurz Film Fest. Hamburg (Germany)
Shown in VideoLisboa (Portugal)
and Impakt (The Netherlands)
Selected for Impakt Highlights 2000
Independent Exposure, Seattle (USA)
London Zero Zero, Taos New Mexico (USA) and Gasswoks Gallery (London)
The Cabinet at The Lux Cinema (London)
Transmediale 2001, Berlin.
Pleasure Dome, Canada
Lightcone, Paris Toulouse.
Video Venecia. Venice Biennale
Monocanal, Museo Reina Sofia, Madrid (Spain)
We Are Not Afraid, VTO Gallery, London.
Relevos 70' Digital Video 1999
Commission for Sajazarra Art Show
The Burial of the Dead (Karaoke Remix) 5’, Betacam,
shown in I USE SEVERAL BODIES 1999.
Shown in Impakt, Utrecht (The Netherlands)
Greenwich Film Festival at APT Gallery (London)
And in Speaking Bodies at the Gallery 101, Ottawa (Canada)
Hardcore 1’ 10’’ Betacam,
Shown in Festival de Cortometraje y Cine Experimental de Granada 1999
Transitions 1' , MiniDV, 1999.
Metonimia (Selfportrait as a Fountain) 1' , Betacam,
Shown in Failure, Gallery W139, Amsterdam 1999
Updated 4/98, 10’,1998 Betacam,
shown in World Wide Video Festival 1998, Amsterdam
Proyectos de Comisariado
2004 No Pre No Con (Ni premisas ni conclusiones) Galería Moriarty, Madrid (Spain)
Paul Eachus, Meiro Koizumi, Arjen de Leeuw and Monika Oechsler
All Tomorrow’s Déjà Vu Works of 10 international artists shown at the Island Art Film and Video Festival (London) and the Video Mundi Festival (Chicago) in April.
videoDictionary An ongoing project consisting on a collection of video art works one minute in length. Launched during the Island Art Film and Video Festival (London) and shown at La Casa Encendida (Madrid) www.videodictionary.org
2003 25hrs (24hrs of Video Art) Screening of 308 videos of 270 international artists. Barcelona May 2003. www.25hrs.org
Xpert Scheme 10 videos from international artists to be shown at the Container Exhibition fo the Tokyo Designers Week. October.
2001 Surplus with Jorge Bravo. Centro Cultural de España en Lima (Perú). Luis Bisbe, Mireya Masó, Juande Jarillo, Ester Partegàs, Francesc Ruiz.
Psychical Therapy and Leisure. London Based Art, Galería Moriarty, Madrid (Spain) Carlos Bayala, Pierre Bismuth, Tiago Carneiro da Cunha, Kenny Macleod and Richard McRae.
Exposiciones Individuales
2005 A New Chance for Symbolic Dimension Alma Enterprises Gallery (London)
Se requieren técnicos especializados (Specialized Technicians Required) Galeria Moriarty (Madrid)
2004 NOMINAL_POLITICS T1+2 Artspace London
2003 If Alive Museu de l’Emporda, Figueres, Girona, Spain.
2002 Mind Your Own Business Show about advertising at Galeria Trinta, Santiago de Compostela. Spain.
Upwards Compatible, Galeria Metronom Barcelona (Spain)
2000 Unattended Operation, Part of "Transito Contemporary Art". Toledo (Spain)
1999 I USE SEVERAL BODIES Galería Trinta, Santiago de Compostela (Spain)
CAMPO KAITEN SHOT Video installation shown in Project Rooms ARCO1999, Madrid (Spain)
Antitrack Galería DV, San Sebastián (Spain)
1997 )Modelo( (mundo) Galería Elba Benítez, Madrid (Spain)
1996 Reality Classics The Castellani Art Museum of Niagara University, Niagara (USA)
1995 El Desierto Digital (The Digital Desert) Galería Antonio de Barnola, Barcelona (Spain)
1994 Tres Disparos (Three Shots) Galería Moriarty, Madrid (Spain).
Metafísica de Entrenamiento (Metaphysics of Training) Espacio Cajaburgos, Burgos (Spain)
Reservas (Reserves) Galería Trayecto, Vitoria (Spain)
1993 Conforme a la Lógica (In Conformity With Logic) Sala Amós Salvador, Logroño (Spain)
1992 Mercancías Peligrosas (Dangerous Commodities) Galería Cave Canem, Sevilla (Spain)
1991 Galería Moriarty, Madrid (Spain).
Wanda Reiff Gallery, Maastricht (Netherlands)
Círculos Virtuosos (Virtuous Circles) . Espai 13. Fundación Joan Miró, Barcelona (Spain)
1989 Galería Moriarty, Madrid (Spain)
Wanda Reiff Gallery, Maastricht (Netherlands)
1988
Galería Ciento, Barcelona (Spain)
Exposiciones Colectivas (selección)
2005 Save The Day Kunstbuero, Vienna, Austria
Monitoring. Kasseller Dokumentfest, Kassel Germany
Emergency2 Aspex Gallery, Portsmouth (UK)
2004 Land at Alma Enterprises Alma Enterprises Projects Space, London
East End Academy Whitechapel Gallery, London
Coalesce: foro Galería Palma XII. Vilafranca. Barcelona
2003 We Are Not Afraid VTO Gallery, London
Random-ize, Taipei, Taiwan
Overexposed, Galeria Joan Prats, Barcelona. Curated by Jorge Bravo.
2002 Iberian Tribes Tribes Gallery New York City.
Partially Bent Mafuji Gallery London
Tell Me M&M Gallery, Bornem (Belgium)
EAST Norwich (United Kingdom). Selectors Lawrence Weiner and Jack Wendler .
2001 Hiroshima Art Crossing Hiroshima (Japan) Curator Tomoko Aratani
Otras Naturalezas Murcia (Spain) Curator Juan Bautista Peiró
2000 The rest of the story Chelsea School of Art (London) Curator Hana Sakuma
Corps Parlants/Speaking Bodies Gallery 101 Ottawa (Canada) Curator Nicole Gingras
1999 Akihabara TV, Command N Gallery, Akihabara, Tokyo
Failure, Gallery W139 Amsterdam (Netherlands) Curator Begoña Muñoz.
Existencias Agotadas Mercado Puerta de Toledo Madrid Curator Jorge Bravo
1998 Ciudades, Salas de la Comunidad de Madrid, Madrid (Spain) Curator Juan Antonio Álvarez Reyes
Dibujos Germinales, Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid (Spain). Curator Rosa Queralt.
Naturalezas Inverosímiles, Centro Cultural Español en Lima (Perú)
1997 La Casa. Su Idea, Salas de la Comunidad de Madrid, Madrid (Spain) Curator Juan Antonio Álvarez Reyes
1996 Thinking Of You, Konsthallen Göteborg (Sweden) Curator Rosa Martínez
1995 EAST, Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, Norwich (United Kingdom). Selectors Marian Goodman & Giuseppe Penone.
1994 Becados Banesto 1992, Círculo de Bellas Artes. Madrid (Spain)
Six Voices From Spain Atlantis Gallery, London, Bristol, Wrexham, Powys, Carlisle (United Kingdom) Curators Michael Nixon and Elanie Marshall
Recent Acquisitions Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid (Spain)
Corpus Delicti, Espacio 13, Fundación Miró, Barcelona (Spain)
International Meeting Of Sculpture, European Cultural Centre in Delphos (Greece) Curator Sania Papa
1993 Salón De Los 16 Auditorio, Santiago de Compostela, Palacio de Velázquez, Madrid (Spain)
1992 Selección Pabellón De España - EXPO/92. Sevilla (Spain).
5 Trienal Fellbach Kleinplastik'92, Germany ). Curator J.M. Bonet.
Ode Aan Het Licht, Pulchri Studio, Den Haag (Netherlands)
Last Roses Of Summer, Wanda Reiff Gallery, Amsterdam (Netherlands).
Artistas En Madrid Años 80, Sala de la Comunidad de Madrid, Madrid (Spain)
1991 Bienal 0, Lérida (Spain). Curator Gloria Picazo.
Emergences, Centre Culturel Espagnol. Paris (France). Curator Gloria Picazo.
Sacra Sponte, Comuna de Sassari, Sardinia (Italy).
Escultura de Vanguardia, Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores: Lisboa, El Cairo. Curator Cathie Coleman.
1990 Artificial Nature Deste Foundation For Contemporary Art, Athens (Greece). Curator Jeffrey Deitch.
1989 Artecontexto, Canal de Isabel II, Madrid (Spain). Curator Lola Garrido.
Konstructioner, Udstillingsbygningen, Copenhague (Denmark).
XX Bienal Internacional De Sao Paulo Sao Paulo (Brazil). Curator Miguel Fernández-Cid.
1988 Imágenes Del Video (Images of the Video) Sala Amadís, Madrid (Spain)
Antipodas (Arte español actual) World Expo 88 Brisbane (Australia). Curator Francisco Calvo Serraller.
1987 Les Bords De La Memoire, 10 Artistas Españoles, Galerie Le Chanjour, Nice (France). Curators Edouard Merino & Serge Aboukrat.
1986
17 Artistas, 17 Autonomías, Palacio Mudéjar, Sevilla (Spain). Curator Juana de Aizpuru.
Residencias y Becas
2004 Springhill Institute Artist in Residence programme. Birmingham (UK)
1995 International Visitor (U.S.A)
Midlands Alliance Artist in Residence (U.S.A.)
Beca ENDESA (Spain)
1992 Banesto de Artes Plásticas (Spain)
Dirección de Talleres
2000 Video Arte de guerrilla / Guerrilla Videoart, Centro Cultural de España en Lima, (Perú)
1997 El rostro: hombres y máquinas, realidad y representación./The Visage: Men and Machines, Reality and Representation, Arteleku, San Sebastián (Spain)
1993
El tamaño del marco (visto desde el passepartout)/ The size of the frame (as seen from the passepartout), Arteleku, San Sebastián (Spain)
Otras Actividades
Since 2005 Editor of the artDVDbook collection. www.artdvdbook.co.uk
Since 2001
TheVideoArtFoundation founder member. www.thevideoartfoundation.com
Since 1999 UNXposed founder member www.unxposed.com