PATRIK GRIJALVO
Gravitación Visual
16.03.17 - 13.05.17
PATRIK GRIJALVO
Gravitación Visual
16.03.2017 - 13.05.2017
With this exhibition Patrik Grijalvo (Bilbao, 1984) goes a step forward in his process of
sculpting photography that began many years ago, (2010) with a series under the name
“Photography as object”. Whether at that point he wanted to develop an approach to
“Gravitaciones” of Eduardo Chillida or to the studies of cut photograph of Jerry McMillan
(with his famous question “Does a photograph need to be flat?), but with the distinction
that the raw material where the architectural photography’s made by himself, now it goes
beyond of the represented image to use it as colour layouts. This was already in his latest
series “Rotten Apples” (that will be exhibited next April 2017 at The Guggenheim Museum of Bilbao), in which if only if we get close to the artwork you can appreciate that what
apparently were flat black stains where a vegetal lattice. Now, in “Gravitación Visual”, the
same thing happens. Here the raw materials are manipulated in such way that there is a
minimum sign of what these primitive photographs portrayed and the record of the work is
brought closer to the sculptural, almost leaving the spectator without arguments to speak
about the proper photograph.
Serie: Gravitación visual, 2017
Analogic photography made with Hasselblad
camera with medium format, with Portra 400
film, digitalized and printed on Hahnemühle
Fine Art Photo Rag with pigmented inks.
Edition of 3 + 1 A.P
150x150 cm
Serie: Gravitación visual, 2017
Analogic photography made with Hasselblad
camera with medium format, with Portra 400
film, digitalized and printed on Hahnemühle
Fine Art Photo Rag with pigmented inks.
Edition of 3 + 1 A.P
150x150 cm
Serie: Photography as object, 2017
Analogic photography made with Hasselblad
camera with medium format, with Portra 400
film, digitalized and printed on Hahnemühle
Fine Art Photo Rag with pigmented inks.
Edition of 3 + 1 A.P
150x150 cm
Serie: Gravitación visual, 2017
Analogic photography made with Hasselblad
camera with medium format, with Portra 400
film, digitalized and printed on Hahnemühle
Fine Art Photo Rag with pigmented inks.
Edition of 3 + 1 A.P
88x88 cm
Serie: Gravitación visual, 2017
Analogic photography made with Hasselblad
camera with medium format, with Portra 400
film, digitalized and printed on Hahnemühle
Fine Art Photo Rag with pigmented inks.
Edition of 3 + 1 A.P
77x77 cm
Serie: Gravitación visual, 2017
Analogic photography made with Hasselblad
camera with medium format, with Portra 400
film, digitalized and printed on Hahnemühle
Fine Art Photo Rag with pigmented inks.
Edition of 3 + 1 A.P
77x77 cm
Serie: Gravitación visual, 2017
Analogic photography made with Hasselblad
camera with medium format, with Portra 400
film, digitalized and printed on Hahnemühle
Fine Art Photo Rag with pigmented inks.
Edition of 3 + 1 A.P
77x77 cm
Serie: Gravitación visual, 2017
Analogic photography made with Hasselblad
camera with medium format, with Portra 400
film, digitalized and printed on Hahnemühle
Fine Art Photo Rag with pigmented inks.
Edition of 3 + 1 A.P
77x77 cm
Patrik Grijalvo, Bilbao 1984
EDUCATION
2004-2009 Bachelor of Fine Arts, specializing in audiovisual image and photography by the
University of the Basque Country UPV. 2008-2009 University Athens School of Fine Arts,
Greece. 2009 Erasmus Scholarship at the Faculty of Fine Arts Athens, 2009 Grant BBK for
enlargement and studies in the European Union, 2009 Basque Government Scholarship for
intra-European mobility, 2010 Scholarship residence in Bilbao Art Foundation, Bilbao, Spain,
2011 Scholarship residence in the "Kunsthaus Bregenz Museum “, Austria, 2012 Grant:
Residency at the "Het Wilde Weten" in Rotterdam, Holland 2014 Scholarship in Bilbao Art
Foundation, Bilbao, Spain 2015 Grant : Residency at the International City of Arts Paris,
France.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2010 "After holiday", Gallery Michel Mejuto Bilbao, Spain, 2011 "Rothko Series" Hospiz Gallery Bregenz, Austria, 2012 "Neutal Space"; Het Wilde weten, Rotterdam, Netherlands, 2012
"Neutal Spaces"; Sala Rekalde, Bilbao, Spain. 2013 "Gravitation" Rozas Botrán Foundation”
City Guatemala, Guatemala. 2013 "Photography as Object" at the Museum of Eibar 2014
"Photography as Object" In Photo Gallery 20, Bilbao. 2015 " Photography as Object "in
COAVN Basque Association of Architects. 2016 “The physical nature of the image” in NON
Galerie, Tabakalera San Sebastian.
EXHIBITIONS:
2009 Artower Gallery, Athens. 2009 Ibilarte 2009 Showroom Ondarea, Bilbao, Spain.
2009 Zuloa Space, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain. 2009 Athens Photo Festival APHF. 2009
Getxoarte 09 , Spain. 2010 Ibilarte Gallery Ondarea Spain. 2010 Foto- Sculpture, Photo
Gallery 20, Bilbao, Spain. 2010 Series Rothko, Galerie Stephanie Hollenstein, Austria. 2010
Getxoarte 10 , Spain. 2010 Days PuertasAbiertas, Bilbao Art Foundation, Spain. 2011 "Ibilarte 11" Exhibition Hall Bilbao, Spain. 2012 Hospiz Gallery, St.Christoph, Austria. 2012 "Ibilarte
12" Exhibition Hall Ondarea, Bilbao, Spain. 2013 Hospiz Gallery, Vienna, Austria. 2013 "traveling exhibition of visual arts Ertibil" Sala Rekalde, Bilbao, Spain. 2014 " International Award
a Extremadura 2014 "Plasencia, Caceres, Spain. 2014 EAC XIV - International Competition
Encounters of Contemporary Art Juan Gil-Albert (Alicante). 2015 XVI Young Award University Complutense de Madrid UCM - A3Bandas 2015 A3Bandas in the Gallery 6mas1.2016
Code Inconnu in Victor lope Galerie.
AWARDS
2009 Selected in Athens Photo Festival APHF. 2009 Honorable Mention on "International
Photography Awards" (Lucie Foundation) for the series Blindness. 2010 Honorable Mention
in "International Photography Awards" (Lucie Foundation) for the series "Blue sky". 2011
Honorable Mention in "International Photography Awards" (Lucie Foundation) for the series "Neutral Spaces ". 2013 First prize of the Traveling Visual Arts Ertibil. 2014 Finalist in
the International Emerging Artist Award (Dubai). 2014 Finalist in the International Art Prize
OPEN-WORK Extremadura 2014. 2014 Finalist EAC XIV –International Contemporary Art
Encounters Juan Gil-Albert (Alicante). XVI Edition 2014 National Award University Complutense de Madrid.
WORK IN COLLECTIONS
Provincial Council of Bizkaia, Spain./ Area of Culture Vorarlberg, Austria./ Athletic Club Fundazioa Foundation, Spain./ Het Wilde weten Center Rotterdam, Netherlands.
Art Foundation Bilbao, Bilbao, Spain./ Athens School of Fine Arts, Greece.