
Oriol Jolonch
Born: 1973
Hometown: Barcelona
Based in: Barcelona
Born: 1973
Hometown: Barcelona
Based in: Barcelona
I was born on February 23, 1973 in Barcelona and although I have realized studies of design and photography, I consider myself to be one self-taught of vocation.
My interest to give expression to invented realities comes from young, when I inherited an old airbrush from muy father and I used it to do muy firsts “works”, small pictures to illustrate front pages of old cassettes and some poster that I keep with very much love in some corner of house and especially in my memory.
I always kept a direct contact with the photography, but when the digital age began, this was what seduced me definitively, and it took me inevitably to the passion for creating other worlds, others realities that seem invented but somehow or other trues.
They are basically works fruit of imagination, some of them pondered and studied in detail and with a long travel behind; others are like small flashes of clarity that I have some times and after, I try to give expression to fixed images, without any plan more that people stop a few instant in front of the image and observes it with a little more attention, and if they want, they can do some questions themselves or imagine the story that could be behind every scene interpreting the reality and inducing the spectator to confuse reality and fiction.
What inspires you?
In life in general
Describe your creative process.
I start from an initial idea, and then I take the photographs that I need and through digital processes, I assemble them until I get the final image.
What are 3 words that best describe your work?
Original, surreal and evocative
Who are some artists that have influenced your work?
Salvador Dalí, Shana and Robert ParkeHarrison, Chema Madoz, Gilbert Garcin, El Bosco, Man Ray, etc...
What is the most important tool when creating your work?
The imagination
What is the best piece of advice you have been given?
If you have a passion, don't abandon it even if the wind is contrary.
Where do you go for inspiration?
As they say, let your imagination find you working.....
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Awards
2º Premio del IV Concurso de Fotografía UPCYCLING
2016
Premiado en XVIII Encuentros de Aarte Contemporáneo
2014
1º Premio de fotografía Fundació Vila Casas
2014
3º Premio Concurso de Fotografía Digital del INICO
2013
1º Premio de composición digital CREATIVE
2012
1º Premio FEP European Professional Photographer of the Year
2011
Accesit Caminos de Hierro
2010
2º Premio de Arte digital Jaume Graells
2010
Exhibitions
Galería El quadern robat - Barcelona
Spain, 2018
Galería Alba Cabrera - Valencia
Spain, 2017
Me&Mr. Jones - Galeria El Quadern Robat – Barcelona
Spain, 2017
Realidades Inventadas - Museo Can Framis – Fundació Vila Casas
Spain, 2015
Galeria Artifact – New York
United States of America, 2015
Rassegna Internazionale di fotografia – Agropoli
Italy, 2015
Galeria El Quadern Robat - Barcelona
Spain, 2014
Galería Victor Lope ( Programa Talent Emergent ) – Barcelona
Spain, 2013
Galería Mediadvanced – Gijón
Spain, 2013
Press
2020 Eye – Photo Magazine, Austria
2020
Adore Noir, Canad
2016
Fine Art Photo, Alemaña
2015
Photo +, Corea del Sur
2015
In the Red, China
2014
SuperFoto, España
2013
Foto Cult, Italia
2012
Arte Fotográfico, España
2012
Arte y Diseño por ordenador, España
2012
La Fotografía Actual, España
2011