JOAN FONTCUBERTA
Biography
Born February 24, 1955 in Barcelona
Lives and works in Barcelona
Selected One-Person Exhibitions
2012 Through the looking glass, Photoforum PasquArt, Bienne
A través del mirall, Museu de l’Empordà, Figueres
Sirènes, CAIRN Réserve Géologique de Haute-Provence, Digne-les-Bains
Through the looking glass, Photoforum PasquArt, Bienne
2011 Fauna, Museo Universitario del Chopo, Mèxico
A través del espejo, Puertas de Castilla, Murcia
A través del espejo, Casa de la Moneda, Bogotá
Frontal Nude i altres paisatges, Palma XII, Vilafranca del Penedès
2010 La Chartreuse, Avignon
De Natura, Palais des Beaux Arts, Lille
Through the looking glass, Galeria Angels Barcelona
[Artspace] at Untitled, Oklahoma City
Landscapes Without Memory, Foam, Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam
Resiliència, Galeria Mayoral, Barcelona
Miracles et Cie – L’Odyssée du Soyouz, La Chartreuse de Villeneuve lez Avignon
2009 Images Recalled, Reiss-Engelhorn Museen, Mannheim
Alter llenguatges, Fundació Espais, Girona
Blow up Blow up, Atelier des Forges, Arles
Datascapes, Djanogly Art Gallery, Nottingham
Googlegramas, Galeria Vanguardia, Bilbao
Santa inocencia, Museo de Albarracín
Hydropithèque: la sirène d’Annecy, Musée-Château,
Annecy
2008 Galerie von Braunbehrens, Munich, Germany
Des monstres et des prodiges, Musée-Château, Annecy
Sputnik, Musée Gassendi, Digne
Googlegramas, Palacete del Embarcadero, Santander
Googlegramas, Instituto Cervantes, Valladolid
Deconstructing Osama, Fundació Octubre, Valencia
2007 Landscapes without Memory, The University of New Mexico Art Museum, Albuquerque, USA Orogenesis, Bellas Artes Gallery, Santa Fe, NM, USA
Perfida Imago, Musée dAngers (France) Datascapes, Galerie VU, Quebec Datascapes, Espace Virtuel, Chicoutimi, Canada Landscapes without Memory, Galeria Bielska BWA, Bielsko-Biala (Poland) Deconstructing Osama, Fundació Pilar i Joan Miró, Palma de Mallorca Googlegrams, Galeria Visor, Valencia Googlegrams, Galeria Xavier Fiol, Palma de Mallorca Googlegrams, Studio Marangoni, Florence Googlegrams, Australian Center of Photography, Sydney Googlegrams, My Name is Lolita Gallery, Madrid Goglegrams, Galería Fernando Silió, Santander
2006 Landscapes without Memory, Aperture Foundation, New York Googlegrams, Zabriskie Gallery, New York Datascapes, Artcore / Fabrice Marcolini, Toronto Contravisions, Pavillion des Arts, Aix-en-Provence La sirena del Tormes, Casa de las Conchas, Salamanca
Orogenesis, Galeria Cadaqués Dos, Cadaqués
2005 Sciences Friction, Musée de lHotel-Dieu, Mantes-la-Jolie (France)
Miracles et Cie, Cloître Saint-Trophime, Rencontres de la Photographie, Arles
Googlegrammes, Institut Cervantes, Paris
Orogenesis : Dalí, Galería Bacelos, Vigo
Pin Zhuang, Forum Pasquart, Bienne (Switzerland)
Pin Zhuang, Casa de Cultura Ignacio Aldecoa, Vitoria
Mazzeri, Centre Culturel de Bastia (Corse)
Lugares comunes, Fotomuseo, Bogotá
2004 Pin Zhuang, Zabriskie Gallery, New York Karelia : Miracles & Co, Galeria Forum, Tarragona
Imaginary Gardens, Centro Cultural Español, Miami Imaginary Gardens, Centro Culrural Español, Mexico DF Orogenesis : Dalí, Galeria Senda, Barcelona
Orogenesis : Dalí, Galeria Xavier Fiol, Palma de Mallorca
Orogenesis : Dalí, Galería Vanguardia, Bilbao
Mazzeri, Institut Français, Barcelona Pin Zhuang, Galerie Synopsis, Lausanne
2003 Imaginary Gardens, The Salvador Dalí Museum, St Petersburg, FL
La isla de los vascos, Artium, Vitoria La isla de los vascos, Ertzi Museoa, San Sebastian
Karelia : Miracles & Co, Zabriskie Gallery, New York
Karelia : Miracles & Co, Etelä-Karjalan Taidemuseo, Lappenranta, Finland El ojo, la cámara y la guitarra, Museo Picasso, Málaga
El ojo, la cámara y la guitarra, Aliança Francesa, Sabadell Orogenesis, Galería T20, Murcia
Orogenesis, Galería Spectrum, Zaragoza
Mazzeri, Bastion de Saint Lorent, Corsica
Securitas, Chateau de Salses (Francia)
2002 Karelia : Miracles & Co, Fundación Telefónica, Madrid
Paysages Encryptés, Galerie Nathalie Pariente, Paris
Scherzi della Natura, Fondazione Italiana per la Fotografia, Torino
Simulis, Forum Culturel, Blanc-Mesnil (France)
Pin Zhuang, Galeria Vanguardia, Bilbao
Pin Zhuang, Galeria Xavier Fiol, Palma de Mallorca
Securitas, Sala Caballerizas, Murcia
Securitas, Galeria Filomena Soares, Lisbon
Constelaciones, Transfoma, Vitoria
Orogenesis, Galeria Rrose Selavy, Barcelona
2001 Contra Natura, Palazzo delle Esposizioni (Roma)
Contra Natura, Museo de la Universidad de Alicante
Sputnik, Bell Gallery, List Art Center (Providence)
Pin Zhuang, Galeria Senda (Barcelona)
Securitas, Centre dArt Santa Mònica (Barcelona) Securitas, Fundación Telefónica (Madrid) Securitas, Centre dArt Santa Mònica (Barcelona) Twilight Zones, Adriana Schmidt Galerie (Stuttgart) Joan Fontcuberta, La Fábrica (Madrid) Twilight Zones, Galerie 52 (Anterwen)
Semiopolis, Yeni Tzami (Museum of Archeology) (Tessaloniki)
Fauna, Dunlop Gallery (Regina)
2000 Twilight Zones, Zabriskie Gallery (New York) Semiopolis, Adriana Schmidt Galerie (Cologne) Twilight Zones,Galeria Cesar (Lisbon) Twilight Zones, Museu Comarcal Salvador Vilaseca (Reus, Spain) Fauna, Musée du Seminaire (Sherbrooke, Canada) Sputnik, Galeria Tinta Invisible (Barcelona) Sirens, Galerie du Cairn (Digne, France) Fauna, Presentation House (Vancouver) Mummies Garden, LOeil de Poisson (Quebec City) Fauna, TPW Gallery (Toronto) Countervisions, Museo Español de Arte Contemporáneo (Madrid)
Selected Group Exhibitions
1995 The End(s) of the Museum, Fundació Tápies, Barcelona
1994 Lessons in Life, The Art Institute of Chicago
1994 Barcelona a vol d'artista, Centre de Cultura Contemporania, Barcelona
1994 Quest for the Moon and Other Stories, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
1993 Curios et Mirabilia, Chateau d'Oiron, France
1993 Within Memory, Montage '93. Midtown Plaza Center, Rochester, and Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover MA
1993 Flora Photographica, New York Public Library, and Muses des Beaux Arts, Montreal
1992 More Than One Photography: Works Since 1980 from the Collection, The Museum of Modern Art, New York
1992 De la curiosité. Petite anatomie d'un regard, Dazibao, Montreal
1992 La Ménagerie du Palais, Centre National de la Photographie, Paris
1991 La photographie en miettes, Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre George Pompidou, Paris
1991 Des vessies et des lantevnes, Centre Culturel La Botanique, Brussels, and Centre National de la Photographie, Paris
1990 Signs of Life. Process and Materials, 1960-1990, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia
Selected Public Collections
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
The Museum of Modern Art, New York
The George Eastman House, Rochester, New York
Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles
Center for Creative Photography, Tucson, Arizona
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
The Art Institute, Chicago
Fogg Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge
Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara
National Gallery of Art, Ottawa, Canada
Museo de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires
Museo Espanol de Arte Contemporaneo, Madrid
MNAC Barcelona
IVAM Valencia
MNCARS Madrid
MACBA Barcelona
ARTIUM Vitoria
Musée d’Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris
Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris
FNAC, Paris
FRAC, Aquitaine, Bordeaux, France
FRAC, Champagne-Ardennes, Reims, France
FRAC, Rhone-Alpes, France
Musée Cantini, Marseilles
Folkwang Museum, Essen, Germany
Museum fur Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, Germany
Musée de Elysée, Lausanne, Switzerland
Museet for Fotokunst, Odense, Denmark
Publications
Landscapes without Memory, Aperture, 2005
Miracles et Cie, Actes Sud, Arles, 2005
Joan Fontcuberta: Sciences – Friction, Ed. Somogy, Paris, 2005
Pin Zhuang, Arte y Naturaleza, Madrid, 2004
Mazzeri, Centre Méditerranéen de la Photographie, Bastia, 2003
La Isla de los Vascos, Artium, Vitoria, 2003
Mapping Dalí, Dalí Museum, St Petersburg, FL, 2003
Karelia: Milagros & Co, Fundación Telefónica, Madrid, 2002
Securitas, Editorial GG, Barcelona, 2001
Contra Natura, Actar, Barcelona, 2001
Securitas, Fundación Telefónica, Madrid, 2001
Joan Fontcuberta, Phaidon, London
Twilight Zones, Actar, Barcelona, 2000
The Artist & The Photograph, Actar, Barcelona, 2000
Ciencia y fricción, Mestizo, Murcia, 1998
Sputnik, Fundación Arte y Tecnologia and Fundacion Sputnik, 1997
Historia Artificial: Joan Fontcuberta: El Cor I Les Tenebres, Ivam Centre Julio Gonzalez, 1997
L'artista e La Fotografia: Acura di Joan Fontcuberta, Galleria Civica, Modena, 1995
Joan Fontcuberta, Wundergarten der Natur, Rupertinum, 1995
Joan Fontcuberta, Moby Dick, Tarragona, 1995
Ria De Bilbao: Vulkanoren Sutegia, Bilbao Bizkaia Kutxa, 1994
Joan Fontcuberta, Constel-lacions, Generalitat de Catalunya, 1994
Joan Fontcuberta, Lankidetzak, Bilbao Bizkaia Kutxa, Bilbao, 1994
Joan Fontcuberta, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, 1990
Joan Fontcuberta: Frotogramas, Galerie Juana Mordo, Madrid, 1989
Fauna Secreta, Fundacio Caixa de Catalunya, Barcelona, 1989
Joan Fontcuberta, Pere Formiguera, Fauna, Junta de Andalucia, 1989
Frottogrammes, Dept de Cultura, Generalitat de Catalunya, 1988
Fauna, European Photography, Gottingen, Germany
Ciencia y Ficcion, Palacio Almudi,Ajuntament de Murcia, 1987
Animal-trouvé, Caja de Ahorros Vizcaina, Bilbao, 1985
Herbarium, Cromoarte, Barcelona, 1985
Herbarium, ed. Gustavo Gili, Barcelona, 1984