Overview
"I'm not the best, but I'm good"
In 1983 he produced his first images with a marked personal accent. He broke into the photographic field with a language in which aggressive colour and irony were his expressive weapons. Three years later he had his first solo exhibition at the Galería Moriarty in Madrid and since then he has participated in hundreds of exhibitions both in Spain and abroad. He was one of the first photographers, along with Ouka Leele, Alberto García Alix, Javier Vallhonrat and Joan Fontcuberta, to exhibit his photographs in general art galleries and at the ARCO International Contemporary Art Fair.
Works
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Ciuco GutiérrezTatoo, 2012Photograph on RC paper siliconised on methacrylate with golden baroque frame100 x 80 cmView more details -
Ciuco GutiérrezClaws, 2014hotograph on baryta paper and grey frame60 x 80 cmView more details
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Ciuco GutiérrezReader, 2014Photograph on Baryta paper and gray frame106 x 76 cmView more details
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Ciuco GutiérrezRed Flowers, 2015Photograph on Baryta paper and gray frame76 x 106 cmView more details
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Ciuco GutiérrezRetrato fondo gris 2, 201576 x 106 cmView more details
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Ciuco GutiérrezBlack tears, 2015Photograph on Baryta paper and black frame76 x 106 cmView more details
Biography
His work has revolved around the staging of spaces and places in which, starting from a very intimate gaze in which imagination has been a fundamental part of the discourse. His work has a strong narrative and literary charge in which paradox and metaphor, accompanied by irony and colour, are fundamental elements in the construction of a dreamlike universe of his own.
His images are represented in private and public collections, including the Museo Nacional de Arte Reina Sofía in Madrid, the IVAM in Valencia, the Telefónica Collection, the Norte Collection of Contemporary Art of the Government of Cantabria, the Community of Madrid, the La Caixa Foundation in Barcelona, Alcobendas City Council, Alcorcón City Council, Caja Cantabria, the Coca Cola Foundation, Cádiz Provincial Council, UNICAJA, the Niemeyer Art Centre in Avilés, etc.
He was awarded the Marcelino Botín Foundation Scholarship in 2004 and the Madrid Regional Government's Plastic Arts Scholarship in 2007 and 2008.
He has curated exhibitions for different institutions, notably the Spanish Ministry of Culture and the AECID, the latter being travelling exhibitions in different Latin American countries.
He has given many lectures and seminars in different private institutions and universities, such as the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Universidad de Lyon (France), Universidad de San José de Costa Rica, Universidad de Cádiz, Universidad de Cantabria, Centro Cultural de España en Montevideo (Uruguay), Universidad Americana de El Cairo (Egypt), among many
His images are represented in private and public collections, including the Museo Nacional de Arte Reina Sofía in Madrid, the IVAM in Valencia, the Telefónica Collection, the Norte Collection of Contemporary Art of the Government of Cantabria, the Community of Madrid, the La Caixa Foundation in Barcelona, Alcobendas City Council, Alcorcón City Council, Caja Cantabria, the Coca Cola Foundation, Cádiz Provincial Council, UNICAJA, the Niemeyer Art Centre in Avilés, etc.
He was awarded the Marcelino Botín Foundation Scholarship in 2004 and the Madrid Regional Government's Plastic Arts Scholarship in 2007 and 2008.
He has curated exhibitions for different institutions, notably the Spanish Ministry of Culture and the AECID, the latter being travelling exhibitions in different Latin American countries.
He has given many lectures and seminars in different private institutions and universities, such as the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Universidad de Lyon (France), Universidad de San José de Costa Rica, Universidad de Cádiz, Universidad de Cantabria, Centro Cultural de España en Montevideo (Uruguay), Universidad Americana de El Cairo (Egypt), among many
Exhibitions
