Today, 12nd of february 2015, at 08:00pm, Landnemar exhibition's opening takes place at espaciofoto (Viriato St.) by the photographer Álvaro Sánchez-Montañés. He presents us, with his photographs, devasted landscapes and minimalist architectures in a not very common relationship between culture and landscape.

From the 12nd of January to the 28th of March, espaciofoto gallery (Viriato St., 53. Madrid) houses the photographic exhibition "Landnemar" by  Álvaro Sánchez-Montañés (Madrid, 1973), with twenty images in colour in which the author transited through a country of icy lands, empty spaces and minimalist architecture created to barren landscapes.

Through his images we participate as distant witnesses from an untameable and hostile space to which its settlers, as first colonists, surrender and give themselves up. A new and inimaginable relationship between culture and landscape for the western urbanite appears, invitating us to reflexione about the human necessity of domaining Nature.

The whole serie, composed by more than 60 images, has been taken during four years in boreal Icelandic lands and has been awarded with the First Prize of AENA Foundation of Photography 2012, besides having been finalist from prizes as Purificación García 2012, Pilar Citorel 2011 and Hasselblad Masters 2011.

Landnemar. Álvaro Sánchez-Montañés.
Opening.- Thursday 12nd January 2015, 08.00pm.
Dates.- 12nd January to 28th March 2015.
Venue.- Viriato St., 53, 28010, Madrid, Spain.

Espaciofoto gallery.-

It begin its activity in 2010 with the philosophy of creating an approach between art photography and public, allowing the achievement of author's works in limited editions, numered and certificated with an afforable prize. From 2012 espaciofoto gallery's project evolves to new proposals with a program of individual exhibitions and extending as well its presence in art fairs. In that sense, highlight that the gallery represents photographers as Eduardo Momeñe, Luis Baylón, Jessica Lange, Miguel Bergasa, Álvaro Sánchez-Montañés, Sofía Santaclara, José María Díaz-Maroto, Emilio Pemjean and José Ramón Bas.

Álvaro Sánchez-Montañés is aeronautic engineer at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. Autodidact in his artistic formation.

Prizes and grants.-

2012  Primer premio VI edición Premio de Fotografía Fundación AENA;
IX Edición Premio Bienal Purificación García. Finalista; 2011 Convocatoria I de Fotografía OCEMX (oficina cultural de España en México); Hasselblad Masters. Finalista ; XIV Premio Unicaja de Fotografía. Certamen de Compra; 2010 Premio Internacional de Fotografía Pilar Citoler. Finalista; Finalista Premio de Fotografía Estampa; Descubrimientos PHE 2010; 2009 Premio Caja España de Fotografía en Color; Primer premio III Edición Concurso Epson Fotografía digital; III Edición Premio Fotográfico Fundación AENA: Mención especial;
International Photography Awards (IPA): Primer Premio categoría Fine Arts
Landscape; Beca de Arte Fundación Arena; 2008 Accésit II Edición Concurso Epson Fotografía Digital;2007 Mejor Serie. Fotociencia 07.

Individual exhibitions.-

2012 MIA Fair 2012, Milán Italia; Landnemar, Galería Spectrum Sotos, Zaragoza; El Fotómata, Sevilla;2011 Desierto Interior, OCEMX (Embajada de España en México); Landnemar, PhotoGallery20, Bilbao; MIA, Milán. Italia; 2010 Emergent Lleida 2010; Entrefotos XII, Madrid; 2009 30 fotografías, exposición inaugural de la Galería VálidFoto. Barcelona; 2008 Islandia, Tierra de hielo. Centro Cultural de Barajas. Madrid; 2007 Bienal Off ArteLanzarote, (MIAC).

Collective exhibitions.-

2012 Air_Port_Photo, Jardín Botánico de Madrid. Sección Oficial de PhotoEspaña; Premio Purificación García. Circulo de Bellas Artes, Madrid; XIV Premio Unicaja de Fotografía, Sala Siglo, Málaga; Entre Ville et Paysage, Galería Helene Detaille, Marsella; El Brocense, Certamen Anual, Cáceres; 2011 Photo Off 2011, Paris; Land/City/Real/Imagined, Galería Diemar Noble, Londres; XIV Premio Unicaja de Fotografía, Centro Unicaja de Cultura, Almería; Exposición Artes Plásticas Rei en Jaume, Ayuntamiento de Calviá; MadridFoto, 2011. Stand Galería VàlidFoto; IV Bienal Iberoamericana Ciudad de Cáceres; I am solitary, Gift Gallery, Londres; On Qui Quan, galería VàlidFoto, Barcelona; Premio Pilar Citoler, Sala Puerta Nueva, Córdoba; 20 Años-20 imágenes. IVAM Valencia; 2010  Mostra Inernacional Unión Fenosa. A Coruña; MadridFoto, galería VàlidFoto; Exposición colectiva: H2O. La fórmula mágica. Sitges; Feria de arte Estampa, galería VàlidFoto. Madrid; Proyecto OFNI. Galería Vàlid Foto. Barcelona; 2009 Best of Show(Lucie Awards), Nueva York; Exposición colectiva en el complejo de cervezas El Águila, PhotoEspaña09; 100x100 Galería Espai B. Barcelona.

Work in collections.-

Unicaja, Fundación AENA, Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores, Caja España, Epson, ADIF.

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Published on: February 12, 2015
Cite: "Landnemar by Álvaro Sánchez-Montañés" METALOCUS. Accessed
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