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JON CAZENAVE — Bio / CV

Bio / CV

Graduated in Economic Sciences from the University of Deusto (2001) he moves to Barcelona in order to study documentary photography at IDEP School of image and Design (2006).

From 2007 to 2019 he develops a long term project called Galerna published in 2020 by the iconic publishing house Éditions Xavier Barral and Dalpine.

Cazenave´s work has been exhibited at international Art Institutions including Fundación Canal de Isabel ll (Spain), CaixaForum (Spain), CCCB (Spain), CentroCentro Palacio de Cibeles (Spain), Museum Belvédère (The Netherlands), Museo de Artes Visuales MUNTREF (Argentina), Foto Museum Antwerp (Belgium) or Guangdong Museum of Art (China). He has also participated in several international photography festivals, such as: Les Rencontres de la Photographie d´Arles (France), Noorderlicht (The Netherlands), Guangzhou Image Triennial (China), BIENALSUR (Argentina), Foto México (México) or Photoespaña (Spain).

His photographs have been published in El País Semanal, Harper´s Bazaar, Vogue UK, M le magazine du Monde and also in specialized media including GUP Magazine, Dienacht Magazine, L´Oeil de la Photographie, EXIT Magazine, Babelia, El Cultural or 30y3 Spanish Photography.

His work has been recognized in awards such as: FOAM Paul Huf Award, Photoespaña discoveries, FotoPres La Caixa grant, Basque Government Fine Arts grant 2019, 2020 and 2021, Tokyo International Photography award, PDN award, Arts Libris award or Voies Off Arles.


RESIDENCIES & STUDIES:

2023.
SOLU Bioarts Society. Residency program. Kilpisjarvi, Finland.
Nautilus. Residency program. Lanzarote, Spain.

2020.
Tabakalera. Residency program. San Sebastian, Spain.

2017.
53 Art Museum. Residency program. Guangzhou, China.

2016.
Paradise Air. Short stay residency program. Matsudo, Japan.

2007.
Journalism & documentary photography. IDEP School of Image & Design. Barcelona, Spain.

2001.
Degree in Economics & Business. University of Deusto. San Sebastian, Spain.


SELECTED INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS:

2023.
Galerna - ArtPhoto Bcn. La Farinera del Clot. Barcelona, Spain.

2021.
Galerna/Sòl - Espai d´art Contemporani Castelló. Castellón, Spain.

2020.
Galerna - Artegunea Kutxa, Tabakalera. San Sebastian, Spain.

2019.
Galerna - Valdivia International Photography Festival. Valdivia, Chile.

2018.
UR AITZ - Sala Amárica. Vitoria, España.

2017.
OMAJI - “European Eyes on Japan”. Tamamo-Jo. Takamatsu, Japan.
Fílira
- “En la noche”. Photoespaña´17. Royal Botanic Garden. Madrid, Spain.

2016.
AMA LUR - Galerie Temple. Paris, France.

2014.
Herri ixilean - Le Rocher de Palmer. Bordeaux, France.

2013.
Herri ixilean - Kolga Tbilisi Photo. Tbilisi, Georgia.

2010.
Herri ixilean - Getxophoto Photography Festival. Bilbao, Spain.

SELECTED COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS:

2023.
UR AITZ - "El origen es ahora". Galería Altxerri. San Sebastian, Spain.

2022.
Galerna - “Feeling/Concealing”. Casa de los Morlanes. Zaragoza, Spain.

2021.
Galerna - “Best Book Awards”. Les Rencontres de la Photographie. Arles, France.

2019.
Galerna - “A certain landscape”. BIENALSUR 2019. Museo de Artes Visuales. Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Hatsa - “New visions in Contemporary Photography”. Imago Lisboa Photofestival. Carpintarias de Sáo Lázaro. Lisbon, Portugal.

2018.
UR AITZ - “IN VIVO. The nature of nature”. Noorderlicht Photofestival. Museum Belvédère. Heerenveen, The Netherlands.
Galerna - “A certain landscape”. Centro Cultural de España. Lima, Perú.

2017.
UR AITZ - “Simultaneous Eidos”. Guangzhou Image Triennial. Guangdong Museum of Art. Guangzhou, China.
Galerna - “A certain landscape. Recent autor photography in Spain”. Canal de Isabel ll Foundation. Madrid, Spain.
Galerna - “Photography & Resistance. A new generation of Spanish photographers”. Foto Museum. Antwerp, Belgium.
AMA LUR - “Photobook Phenomenon”. CCCB. Barcelona, Spain.

2016.
OMAJI - “European Eyes on Japan”. BWA gallery. Wroclaw, Poland.
OMAJI - “European Eyes on Japan”. Punta Begoña gallery. Bilbao, Spain.
AMA LUR - “Autoedit II” – Huarte Contemporary Art Center. Huarte, Spain.
AMA LUR - “Look up at the sky”. EspaiDos. Terrassa, Spain.

2015.
AMA LUR - “19 FotoPres La Caixa”. CaixaForum Center Madrid. Madrid, Spain.
AMA LUR - “DIWO. Do It With Others”. CentroCentro Palacio de Cibeles. Madrid, Spain.
Ixil Ar - Jorge Oteiza Foundation. Alzuza, Spain.
Galerna - “The human condition”. Tokyo International Photography Festival. Art Factory Jonanjima. Tokyo, Japan.
AMA LUR - “The best photography books of the year”. National Library of Spain. Photoespaña´15. Madrid, Spain.
AMA LUR - “Best Book Awards”. Les Rencontres de la Photographie. Arles, France.

2014.
Ardora - “P2P. Contemporary Practice in Spanish Photography”. Photoespaña´14. Madrid, Spain.
Galerna - “Photobooks. Here & Now”. Foto Colectania Foundation. Barcelona, Spain.
Horizon - “Contemporary Photography Meetings”. Institut Français. Madrid, Spain.
Galerna - “Autoedit” – Huarte Contemporary Art Center. Huarte, Spain.

2013.
Ixil ar - Gandiaga Cultural Center. Oñati, Spain.
Galerna - “Miradas Sonoras”. Cruce de Miradas Festival. Contemporary Art Center of Andalucia. Sevilla, Spain.

2012.
Galerna - “Terra Cognita”. Noorderlicht Photofestival. Museum Belvédère. Heerenveen, The Netherlands.
Galerna - “Epicentre“. Voies Off, Recontres d´Arles. Arles, France.

2011.
Galerna - “Emergentes”. Encontros da Imagem. Braga, Portugal.

2009.
Galerna - “Visionaris”. Pilar and Joan Miró Foundation. Mallorca, Spain.


PUBLICATIONS:

Monograph:

2020.
Galerna. Éditions Xavier Barral/Dalpine. ISBN: 978-84-09-21985-8.

2015.
AMA LUR. Dalpine Ed.. ISBN: 978-84-617-3714-7.

2011.
Galerna. Selfpublished. ISBN: 978-84-615-1406-9.

2010.
Herri ixilean. Getxophoto Ed.. ISBN: 978-84-606-5174-1.

Catalogue:

2022.
The Art of the Government
. Basque Government. ISBN: 978-84-457-3611-1.
Feeling/Concealing. Zaragoza City Council. L.D.: Z 501-2022.

2021.
Mendiburu. Materia y memoria
. Fine Arts Museum of Bilbao. ISBN: 978-8418171-08-6.
Aguas turbulentas. Ocenographic Museum San Sebastian. ISBN: 978-84-942751-2-8.
Galerna-Sòl. Espai d´art Contemporani Castelló. ISBN: 978-84-482-6640-0.

2020.
Look up at the sky. Terrassa City Council. ISBN: 978-84-15421-07-8.

2019.
Balenciaga and Spanish Painting. Thyssen-Bornemisza National Museum. ISBN: 978-84-171-7331-9.

2018.
IN VIVO. The nature of nature. Noorderlicht´18. ISBN: 978-90-76493-48-0.

2017.
Simultaneous Eidos. Guangzhou Image Triennial. ISBN: 978-7-5362-6427-4.
A certain landscape. Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation. ISBN: 978-84-451-3612-6.

2016.
European Eyes on Japan, vol. 18. EU-Japan Fest Committee.

2015.
Ixil Ar Alzuza. Jorge Oteiza Foundation Ed.. ISBN: 2774027884949.

2013.
Kolga Tblisi Photo. ISBN: 978-9941-0-4606-3.

2012.
Terra Cognita. Noorderlicht´12. ISBN: 978-90-76703-48-0.

2010.
GetxoPhoto 2010, Elogio del Ocio. Begihandi Ed.. ISBN: 978-84-6142880-9.

2009.
Visionaris: de la utopia a la realidad. Fundación Miro. L.D.: PM-1291-2009.

Texts:

2022.
Exit Express. De tempestades y abrigos, by Marta Martín.
Bulletin of Spanish Studies. Between narrative, poetic and cinetic. The complexity of the contemporary Spanish photobook, by Marta Martín.

2021.
Photographic Museum. How a storm shapes a Country, by Colin Pantall.
American Suburb X. Galerna, by Brad Feuerhelm.
9 lives magazine. La tempête de Jon Cazenave, by Ericka Weidmann.
El periódico Mediterráneo. Jon Cazenave: territorio, memoria i identitat, by Eric Gras.

2020.
Babelia, El País. La identidad vasca en paisajes y objetos, by Gloria Crespo.
LUR estudios visuales. Todos los tránsitos para decir ‘Galerna’, by Rosendo Cid.

2019
Diari de Girona. Fotografía i matéria, by Eudald Camps.

2018.
La semaine du Pays Basque. Au-delà de la photographie, by Emmanuelle Gabory.
Metal Magazine. Jon Cazenave: una inmersión lenta y profunda.

2017.
GUP magazine. Portfolios. Numen, by Sharon Zelnick.

2016.
Professor Frantz. AMA LUR, by Franz Gotze.
Ars Gravis. El origen de la muerte y la vida, by Raimon Arola.

2015.
ABC Cultural, Arte. IXIL AR. Un alfabeto para Oteiza, by Noemí Méndez.
Photo Eye. AMA LUR, by Colin pantall.
Innocent curiosity. AMA LUR, by Marcin Grabowiecki.
Cuatro cuerpos. AMA LUR, by Olmo González.

2014.
American Photo. Photography fragmented at Photoespaña, by Jack Kramer.

2013.
L´Oeil de la Photographie. Jon Cazenave – L’âme basque, by Lola Fabry.

2012.
El País. New talents: photography in search of nature.

Publications:

2022.
Leica Camera Blog. Balenciaga and Spanish painting. Text by Carla Erdmann.

2019.
Harper´s Bazaar. Balenciaga y la pintura española. Text by Alberto Pinteño.
Vogue UK. How The Old Masters Inspired Cristóbal Balenciaga’s Designs. Text by Gianluca Longo.
El Cultural. Balenciaga, museos y prejuicios. Text by Javier González de Durana.

2016.
Dienacht magazine #19. AMA LUR.

2015.
Fotofobia #8. AMA LUR.

2012.
El País Semanal. Basque soul. Text by Bernardo Atxaga.

2011.
M Le Magazine de Le Monde. Carte Blanche.

GRANTS & AWARDS:

2023.
Arts Libris award.
Foam Paul Huf Award. Nominee.

2022.
Foam Paul Huf Award. Nominee.
Ankaria Photo Prize. Finalist.

2021.
Photography Book Award, Photoespaña. Selected.
Best Books Awards. Les Rencontres d´Arles. Selected.

2020.
Fine Arts Grant. Department of Culture of the Basque Government.

2019.
Fine Arts Grant. Department of Culture of the Basque Government.

2016.
European Eyes on Japan. Participant.

2015.
Tokyo International Photography Competition.
Photography Book Award, Photoespaña. Selected.
The 2015 Books Awards. Les Rencontres d´Arles. Selected.

2013.
FotoPres´13 grant. La Caixa Foundation.

2012.
Voies Off. Arles, France. Finalist.

2011.
Emergentes DST. Encontros da Imagem. Braga, Portugal. Third prize.

2010.
Descubrimientos Photoespaña. Madrid, Spain. Selected.

2009.
Albarracin photography and journalism gatherings. Albarracín, Spain.

2008.
PDN Student Award. New York, USA.


TEACHING, LECTURES & WORKSHOPS:

2022.
Fotografía y creación. Lecture. Círculo de Bellas Artes. Madrid, Spain.

2021.
Diálogo de un arte a otro. Lecture. Trobades Camus. Menorca, España.
Los infinitos soportes de la fotografía. Workshop. Medialab Tabakalera. San Sebastián, Spain.
La memoria del paisaje. Lecture. Formentera Fotográfica. Formentera, Spain.
La memoria del paisaje. Lecture. EACC, Espai d´art contemporani. Castellón, Spain.
Ser (a través de) la imagen. Workshop. Fundación Hospital de Benasque. Benasque, Spain.
La memoria del paisaje. Curso. Escuela Labasad. Barcelona, Spain.

2020.
Ser (a través de) la imagen. Workshop. Tabakalera. San Sebastián, Spain.
Galerna. Lecture. San Telmo Museum. San Sebastián, España.

2019.
Territorio, paisaje e identidad. Lecture. UNED. Tudela, Spain.
La imagen ritual. Workshop. Festival de Fotografía de Valdivia. Valdivia, Chile.
La praxis del fotógrafo documental. Lecture. Centro de Fotografía Contemporánea. Bilbao, Spain.

2018.
The cyanotype process. Workshop. University of Navarre. Pamplona, Spain.
La memoria del paisaje. Workshop. Huarte Contemporary Art Center. Huarte, Spain.
Fotografía de autor en España. Lecture. Centro Cultural de España. Lima, Peru.
Territorio, paisaje e identidad. Workshop. Museo San Telmo. San Sebastian, Spain.
Galerna, un estudio de caso. Lecture. Museo San Telmo. San Sebastian, Spain.
Diálogos de la imagen lll. Lecture. TAI Centro Universitario de Artes. Madrid, Spain.
Sobre la creación. Lecture. Sala Amárica, ViPhoto Photofestival. Vitoria, Spain.

2017.
El pulso de la imagen. Workshop. La Casa Encendida. Madrid, Spain.
El paisaje y el territorio como construcción de uno mismo. Lecture. Getxophoto Photofestival. Getxo, Spain.

2016.
European Eyes on Japan. Lecture. TIFF Festival. Wroclaw, Poland.
Galerna. Lecture. Kagawa Museum. Takamatsu, Japan.

2015.
Ixil Ar. Lecture. University of Navarre. Pamplona, Spain.
La imagen ritual. Lecture. Caixaforum. Barcelona & Madrid, Spain.
Horizon. Lecture. Institut Française. Madrid, Spain.
Galerna. Lecture. School of Image and Design IDEP. Barcelona, Spain.
AMA LUR. Lecture. Centro de Fotografía Contemporánea. Bilbao, Spain.

2014.
Galerna. Workshop. La Plantación. Orense, Spain.


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