JOAN FONTCUBERTA

Joan Fontcuberta was born in 1955 in Barcelona, where he lives and works. One of Spain's most prominent and innovative artists, Fontcuberta is best known for exploring the interstices between art, science, and illusion. Where science reaches its limits in his works, the imagination frequently finds a creative space in which to flourish. With nearly four decades of prolific dedication to photography, he has developed both artistic and theoretical work, which focuses on the conflicts between nature, technology, photography, and truth.

He has held solo shows at New York MoMA, the Chicago Art Institute, and Valencia IVAM, among others, and his work has been collected by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, San Francisco MoMA, the National Gallery of Art (Ottawa), Folkwang Museum (Essen), Centre Georges Pompidou (Paris), Stedelijk Museum (Amsterdam), MACBA (Barcelona), MNCARS (Madrid), and others.

Since 2008, Joan Fontcuberta has been the President of the Visual Artists Association in Catalonia.