Bio & Approach
Born in Pamplona in 1970, Javier Aristu lives and works between Pamplona and Barcelona. His personal work can be classified 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, Sophie Calle, Elliott Erwitt, Mario Eskenazi, Hans-Peter Feldmann, Tibor Kalman, Luis Buñuel, Erik Kessels, Robert Frank or Monty Python
After founding his own design studio in 2005 and cofounding the cultural magazine WHAT in 2012, in 2018 he founds Ediciones Enderiz, a small publisher focused on very limited editions, through which he publishes the books Perlas (2018), Curiosidades ilustradas (2019), Retrautos (2020), Former (2023), Worded Pictures (2024) or Los sudamericanos (2025). In 2022 he begin to regularly publish and exhibit his personal work, which includes books but also photography, graphics, audiovisuals or installations
He is particularly interested in the idea of tension as a synonym for relationship, of course between attraction and repulsion, but also between images and words, words and numbers, numbers and music, music and sound, sound and vision, vision and fiction, fiction and reality, reality and truth, truth and meaning, meaning and sense, sense and nonsense, nonsense and humor, humor and intelligence, intelligence and instinct, instinct and emotion, emotion and beauty, beauty and quality, quality and quantity, quantity and singularity, singularity and copy, copy and original, original and origin, origin and essence, essence and simplicity, simplicity and elegance, elegance and mystery, mystery and knowledge, knowledge and experience, experience and process, process and progress, progress and evolution, evolution and change, change and time, time and space, and so on
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Born in Pamplona in 1970, Javier Aristu lives and works between Pamplona and Barcelona. His personal work can be classified 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, Sophie Calle, Elliott Erwitt, Mario Eskenazi, Hans-Peter Feldmann, Tibor Kalman, Luis Buñuel, Erik Kessels, Robert Frank or Monty Python
After founding his own design studio in 2005 and cofounding the cultural magazine WHAT in 2012, in 2018 he founds Ediciones Enderiz, a small publisher focused on very limited editions, through which he publishes the books Perlas (2018), Curiosidades ilustradas (2019), Retrautos (2020), Former (2023), Worded Pictures (2024) or Los sudamericanos (2025). In 2022 he begin to regularly publish and exhibit his personal work, which includes books but also photography, graphics, audiovisuals or installations
He is particularly interested in the idea of tension as a synonym for relationship, of course between attraction and repulsion, but also between images and words, words and numbers, numbers and music, music and sound, sound and vision, vision and fiction, fiction and reality, reality and truth, truth and meaning, meaning and sense, sense and nonsense, nonsense and humor, humor and intelligence, intelligence and instinct, instinct and emotion, emotion and beauty, beauty and quality, quality and quantity, quantity and singularity, singularity and copy, copy and original, original and origin, origin and essence, essence and simplicity, simplicity and elegance, elegance and mystery, mystery and knowledge, knowledge and experience, experience and process, process and progress, progress and evolution, evolution and change, change and time, time and space, and so on
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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 and signed 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 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 and signed 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 orders are sent carefully protected in a cardboard envelope, tube or box, depending on their size and volume
Exhibitions & Events
2025
Collective exhibition Delicartessen 25, Galeria Esther Montoriol, Barcelona, Spain
December 9—January 17
2025
Solo exhibition Disparos lejanos, Sala de Armas de la Ciudadela, Pamplona, 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
2024
Grant for the Fronton photographic series, Programa Innova by Caja Navarra Foundation and La Caixa Foundation, 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
Collective exhibition Delicartessen 25, Galeria Esther Montoriol, Barcelona, Spain
December 9—January 17
2025
Solo exhibition Disparos lejanos, Sala de Armas de la Ciudadela, Pamplona, 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
2024
Grant for the Fronton photographic series, Programa Innova by Caja Navarra Foundation and La Caixa Foundation, 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 120 numbered and signed copies of the book Los sudamericanos, Ediciones Enderiz, Barcelona/Pamplona, Spain
Coming Soon
2025
Limited edition of the print Bleeding Flag, created for the Posters x Gaza call by FAD and MSF
2025
Selection of the photo Tree and ladder for the announcement of the call #CaptarLoInvisible at PHotoEspaña25, Madrid, Spain
2025
Edition of 11 numbered, signed and sealed copies of the print The Pale Blue Dot in Black and White, Ediciones Enderiz, Barcelona/Pamplona, 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
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 Los sudamericanos 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 Escola (from Los sudamericanos 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 120 numbered and signed copies of the book Los sudamericanos, Ediciones Enderiz, Barcelona/Pamplona, Spain
Coming Soon
2025
Limited edition of the print Bleeding Flag, created for the Posters x Gaza call by FAD and MSF
2025
Selection of the photo Tree and ladder for the announcement of the call #CaptarLoInvisible at PHotoEspaña25, Madrid, Spain
2025
Edition of 11 numbered, signed and sealed copies of the print The Pale Blue Dot in Black and White, Ediciones Enderiz, Barcelona/Pamplona, 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
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 Los sudamericanos 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 Escola (from Los sudamericanos 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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