Bio & Approach
Born in Pamplona in 1970 and graduate in Graphic Design in Barcelona in 1992, Javier Aristu is a visual artist living and working between both cities who is particularly interested in tensions between idea and form, picture and word, obvious and cryptic, natural and sophisticated or meaningful and meaningless. He usually plays with photography, graphics, video, audio, objects, writings or series and his work can be categorized into two big areas, one photographic inspired by looking and other conceptual produced by thinking. Among his most conscious influences are Bruce Nauman, Piero Manzoni, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Sophie Calle, Elliott Erwitt, Hans-Peter Feldmann or Robert Frank, while the unconscious ones are countless and probably include everything from Lou Reed or Stanley Kubrick to The Clash or Monty Python
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Born in Pamplona in 1970 and graduate in Graphic Design in Barcelona in 1992, Javier Aristu is a visual artist living and working between both cities who is particularly interested in tensions between idea and form, picture and word, obvious and cryptic, natural and sophisticated or meaningful and meaningless. He usually plays with photography, graphics, video, audio, objects, writings or series and his work can be categorized into two big areas, one photographic inspired by looking and other conceptual produced by thinking. Among his most conscious influences are Bruce Nauman, Piero Manzoni, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Sophie Calle, Elliott Erwitt, Hans-Peter Feldmann or Robert Frank, while the unconscious ones are countless and probably include everything from Lou Reed or Stanley Kubrick to The Clash or Monty Python
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Contact & Info
For enquiries or purchases please contact me by email, for open edition prints in 30 x 20 cm sheets you can also visit Saatchi Art or Ediciones Enderiz
Unless otherwise stated, photos (most around 50 x 40 cm, some around 30 x 20 cm) and ink-on-paper works are editions of 3, available as giclée prints with Epson Ultrachrome Pro 12 ink on Hannemühle paper Photo Rag 308 gsm or Matt Fibre 200 gsm, both 100% cotton, acid-free and conforming to ISO 9706, which guarantees museum quality and maximum resistance to aging
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For enquiries or purchases please contact me by email, for open edition prints in 30 x 20 cm sheets you can also visit Saatchi Art or Ediciones Enderiz
Unless otherwise stated, photos (most around 50 x 40 cm, some around 30 x 20 cm) and ink-on-paper works are editions of 3, available as giclée prints with Epson Ultrachrome Pro 12 ink on Hannemühle paper Photo Rag 308 gsm or Matt Fibre 200 gsm, both 100% cotton, acid-free and conforming to ISO 9706, which guarantees museum quality and maximum resistance to aging
Once you enter any work on this web, you can use the Left and Right buttons on your keyboard as Previous or Next
© Almost all rights reserved
Exhibitions & Events
2024
Collective exhibition Delicartessen 23, Galeria Esther Montoriol, Barcelona, Spain
2024
Solo exhibition Retrautos, Casa del Vinculo, Puente la Reina, Navarre, Spain
2024
Solo exhibition Retrautos, Sala de Armas de la Ciudadela, Pamplona, Spain
2023
Collective exhibition Delicartessen 22, Galeria Esther Montoriol, Barcelona, Spain
2023
Collective and traveling exhibition Proyecto Kul, San Martin de Unx and Sansol and Burgui, Navarre, Spain
2023
Solo exhibition Mire Oiga, Sala de Armas de la Ciudadela, Pamplona, Spain
2022
Collective exhibition Delicartessen 21, Galeria Esther Montoriol, Barcelona, Spain
2022
Collective exhibition Enfoca Pamplona, Palacio del Condestable, Pamplona, Spain
2022
Collective exhibition Tick of the Clock, Galeria Potassi K19, Barcelona, Spain
2022
Selected work included in the Saatchi Art online gallery, London, UK
2019
Presentation of the book Perlas, Galeria Cromo, Barcelona, Spain
2012
Collective exhibition Libido, Eat Meat Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
2011
Collective exhibition Tots Sants, Eat Meat Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
2010
Collective exhibition Many Xmas Harinezumi, Galeria Otrascosas, Barcelona, Spain
2009
Collective project Barcelona 2159 Time Capsule, CosmoCaixa Museum, Barcelona, Spain
2008
Collective event 60 Seconds Battle, CaixaForum Museum, Barcelona, Spain
2024
Collective exhibition Delicartessen 23, Galeria Esther Montoriol, Barcelona, Spain
2024
Solo exhibition Retrautos, Casa del Vinculo, Puente la Reina, Navarre, Spain
2024
Solo exhibition Retrautos, Sala de Armas de la Ciudadela, Pamplona, Spain
2023
Collective exhibition Delicartessen 22, Galeria Esther Montoriol, Barcelona, Spain
2023
Collective and traveling exhibition Proyecto Kul, San Martin de Unx and Sansol and Burgui, Navarre, Spain
2023
Solo exhibition Mire Oiga, Sala de Armas de la Ciudadela, Pamplona, Spain
2022
Collective exhibition Delicartessen 21, Galeria Esther Montoriol, Barcelona, Spain
2022
Collective exhibition Enfoca Pamplona, Palacio del Condestable, Pamplona, Spain
2022
Collective exhibition Tick of the Clock, Galeria Potassi K19, Barcelona, Spain
2022
Selected work included in the Saatchi Art online gallery, London, UK
2019
Presentation of the book Perlas, Galeria Cromo, Barcelona, Spain
2012
Collective exhibition Libido, Eat Meat Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
2011
Collective exhibition Tots Sants, Eat Meat Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
2010
Collective exhibition Many Xmas Harinezumi, Galeria Otrascosas, Barcelona, Spain
2009
Collective project Barcelona 2159 Time Capsule, CosmoCaixa Museum, Barcelona, Spain
2008
Collective event 60 Seconds Battle, CaixaForum Museum, Barcelona, Spain
Editions & Publications
2024
Edition of 50 numbered and signed copies of the book Worded Pictures, Ediciones Enderiz, Barcelona/Pamplona, Spain
2023
Edition of 25 numbered and signed copies of the book Former, Ediciones Enderiz, Pamplona, Spain
2023
Edition of 50 copies of the catalogue-poster Mire, Ediciones Enderiz, Pamplona, Spain
2023
Publication of a selection of photos from The Latinoamerica Series in LF Magazine, Barcelona, Spain
2022
Publication of the photo Woman waiting in the online gallery #StreetStyle at PHotoEspaña22, Madrid, Spain
2022
Publication of a selection of photos from The Worded Pictures Series in LF Magazine, Barcelona, Spain
2022
Publication of the photo Estudiantes das Escolas do Amanhã (from The Latinoamerica Series) in the online gallery #RecorridosUrbanos at PHotoEspaña22, Madrid, Spain
2020
Edition of 100 numbered and signed copies of the book Retrautos, Ediciones Enderiz, Barcelona, Spain
2019
Edition of 100 numbered and signed copies of the book Curiosidades ilustradas, Ediciones Enderiz, Barcelona, Spain
2018
Edition of 100 numbered and signed copies of the book Perlas, Ediciones Enderiz, Barcelona, Spain
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2024
Edition of 50 numbered and signed copies of the book Worded Pictures, Ediciones Enderiz, Barcelona/Pamplona, Spain
2023
Edition of 25 numbered and signed copies of the book Former, Ediciones Enderiz, Pamplona, Spain
2023
Edition of 50 copies of the catalogue-poster Mire, Ediciones Enderiz, Pamplona, Spain
2023
Publication of a selection of photos from The Latinoamerica Series in LF Magazine, Barcelona, Spain
2022
Publication of the photo Woman waiting in the online gallery #StreetStyle at PHotoEspaña22, Madrid, Spain
2022
Publication of a selection of photos from The Worded Pictures Series in LF Magazine, Barcelona, Spain
2022
Publication of the photo Estudiantes das Escolas do Amanhã (from The Latinoamerica Series) in the online gallery #RecorridosUrbanos at PHotoEspaña22, Madrid, Spain
2020
Edition of 100 numbered and signed copies of the book Retrautos, Ediciones Enderiz, Barcelona, Spain
2019
Edition of 100 numbered and signed copies of the book Curiosidades ilustradas, Ediciones Enderiz, Barcelona, Spain
2018
Edition of 100 numbered and signed copies of the book Perlas, Ediciones Enderiz, Barcelona, Spain
