Bio & Approach
Born in Pamplona and graduate in graphic design in Barcelona, Javier Aristu is a visual (and martial) artist particularly interested in natural tensions, of course between attraction and repulsion but also between idea and form, form and color, color and light, light and shadow, ink and light, reality and fiction, cryptic and obvious, analysis and synthesis, choice and renounce, one and other, natural and sophisticated, chaos and order, in and out, part and whole, nothing and thing, thing and think, think and feel, memory and oblivion, letters and numbers, pictures and words, words and music, music and time, time and space, energy and matter, chance and destiny, animal and human, madness and sanity, group and individual, poor and rich, freedom and safety, meaningful and nonsense or even that and this. He plays with photography, graphics, video, audio, objects, writings or series and his work can be categorized into two main areas, one photographic inspired by looking and other conceptual produced by thinking. Among his most conscious influences are Bruce Nauman, Piero Manzoni, Stanley Kubrick, Elliott Erwitt, Hans-Peter Feldmann, Tibor Kalman, Sophie Calle, Luis Buñuel, Henri Cartier-Bresson or Monty Python, while the unconscious ones are countless
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Born in Pamplona and graduate in graphic design in Barcelona, Javier Aristu is a visual (and martial) artist particularly interested in natural tensions, of course between attraction and repulsion but also between idea and form, form and color, color and light, light and shadow, ink and light, reality and fiction, cryptic and obvious, analysis and synthesis, choice and renounce, one and other, natural and sophisticated, chaos and order, in and out, part and whole, nothing and thing, thing and think, think and feel, memory and oblivion, letters and numbers, pictures and words, words and music, music and time, time and space, energy and matter, chance and destiny, animal and human, madness and sanity, group and individual, poor and rich, freedom and safety, meaningful and nonsense or even that and this. He plays with photography, graphics, video, audio, objects, writings or series and his work can be categorized into two main areas, one photographic inspired by looking and other conceptual produced by thinking. Among his most conscious influences are Bruce Nauman, Piero Manzoni, Stanley Kubrick, Elliott Erwitt, Hans-Peter Feldmann, Tibor Kalman, Sophie Calle, Luis Buñuel, Henri Cartier-Bresson or Monty Python, while the unconscious ones are countless
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Contact & Purchase
For any inquiry or purchase please contact by email, for open edition prints you can also visit Saatchi Art or Ediciones Enderiz
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For any inquiry or purchase please contact by email, for open edition prints you can also visit Saatchi Art or Ediciones Enderiz
Specifications & Shipping
Unless otherwise stated all pieces are unique, except for the photographs and the ink-on-paper works, which are editions of 3 numbered, signed and sealed copies in giclée printing with Epson Ultrachrome Pro 12 ink on paper Hannemühle Photo Rag 308 gsm or Matt Fibre 200 gsm, both 100% cotton, acid-free and compliant with the ISO 9706 standard, which guarantees museum quality and maximum resistance to aging. All works include its Certificate of Authenticity and all orders are sent carefully protected in a cardboard envelope, tube or box, depending on their size and volume
Unless otherwise stated all pieces are unique, except for the photographs and the ink-on-paper works, which are editions of 3 numbered, signed and sealed copies in giclée printing with Epson Ultrachrome Pro 12 ink on paper Hannemühle Photo Rag 308 gsm or Matt Fibre 200 gsm, both 100% cotton, acid-free and compliant with the ISO 9706 standard, which guarantees museum quality and maximum resistance to aging. All works include its Certificate of Authenticity and all orders are sent carefully protected in a cardboard envelope, tube or box, depending on their size and volume
Exhibitions & Events
2025
Selection of the photo Tree and ladder for the announcement of the call #CaptarLoInvisible at PHotoEspaña25, Madrid, Spain
2024
Collective exhibition Delicartessen 23, Galeria Esther Montoriol, Barcelona, Spain
2024
Former and Worded Pictures are acquired by the Complutense University to become part of the artistic publications collection of its Faculty of Fine Arts, Madrid, 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, 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
2025
Selection of the photo Tree and ladder for the announcement of the call #CaptarLoInvisible at PHotoEspaña25, Madrid, Spain
2024
Collective exhibition Delicartessen 23, Galeria Esther Montoriol, Barcelona, Spain
2024
Former and Worded Pictures are acquired by the Complutense University to become part of the artistic publications collection of its Faculty of Fine Arts, Madrid, 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, 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
2025
Edition of 11 numbered, signed and sealed copies of the print The Amazing Pale Blue Dot, Ediciones Enderiz, Barcelona/Pamplona, Spain
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, Barcelona/Pamplona, Spain
2023
Edition of 50 copies of the catalogue-poster Mire, Ediciones Enderiz, Barcelona/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
2025
Edition of 11 numbered, signed and sealed copies of the print The Amazing Pale Blue Dot, Ediciones Enderiz, Barcelona/Pamplona, Spain
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, Barcelona/Pamplona, Spain
2023
Edition of 50 copies of the catalogue-poster Mire, Ediciones Enderiz, Barcelona/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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