#LUMINICFESTIVAL
ARTISTS
GLORIA OYARZABAL
As a visual artist and photographer, she diversifies her professional activity between film, photography and teaching. She has been living in Mali for 3 years, where she is developing her research on the construction of the Idea of Africa and the processes of colonisation/decolonisation. Her projects have been recognised by several international awards and have appeared in several international publications.
ÁNGEL BIYANUEBA
Visual artist from Biscay whose work explores urban design as a tool in the control exercised by the state over citizens, approaching it from aesthetic and anthropological perspectives. Mass surveillance, identification documents and hostile architecture form the core of his projects.
JORDI JON
Jordi Jon is a documentary photographer and journalist. Co-founder of MÓN, he explores the intersection of history and the environment with a critical perspective. A National Geographic Explorer, he has worked on desertification and reforestation. His work has been exhibited at Les Rencontres d’Arles and the Warsaw Museum.
CARLOS BOSCH
Carlos Bosch declares "My photography is not fine art, I make photographic documents when I want, all of them are false, I’m lying all day. When I worked as a journalist I always lied, I never told the truth. Like all journalists who put their lenses on and falsify reality". This is the personality of Carlos Bosch, 1945-2020. Argentine photojournalist who landed in Barcelona in 1976. In 1976 he worked as a graphic reporter for the newspaper El Correo Catalán, for Cambio16 magazine and was graphic editor for Primera Plana. He was also co-founder of the newspaper El Periódico de Catalunya, editor-in-chief and graphic editor of the magazine Interviú and worked for the delegation of the newspaper El País in Barcelona, as a photographer for the editorial office. In 1986 he settled in Luxembourg and from there collaborated as a freelance with various European magazines such as Opinión, Tiempo, The Observer, Sunday Times, Stern, among others. Carlos Bosch died in Buenos Aires on June 22, 2020 at the age of 75.
NURIA LÓPEZ TORRES
Nuria López Torres focuses her work on issues related to women, identities and violence, placing special emphasis in recent years on the social challenges facing developed societies. Her work has been published in The New York Times, The Washington Post, or GEO among others, and has been awarded numerous prizes such as the Global Peace Photo Award. Her projects have been exhibited in America, Europe and Asia.
PAULA ARTÉS
Artist committed to raising awareness and questioning the hidden spaces of power, and therefore control. Starting from an essential preliminary investigation, he reveals these spaces. Paula has exhibited in several museums, has won several awards, such as Art Nou with àngels barcelona. Her work is in the collection of the National Photography Plan.
VALENTIN VALETTE
French of Algerian origin, born in 1994. Photographer and PhD candidate in visual anthropology. Based between France, the Maghreb, and the Persian Gulf. His work explores photography as a research tool, focusing on political, economic, and social dynamics in the Gulf. Since 2024, he has been affiliated with IDEAS at Aix-Marseille University.
JAVIER ARBOLEDAS
Holds a Master’s Degree in Photography, Art, and Technique from the Polytechnic University of Valencia. Between 2004 and 2008, he collaborated in the organization of the PHotoEspaña Photography Festival. He has also worked with Contacto Agency. Currently, he balances freelance work with various emerging personal projects focused on memory and territory.
SCHOOLS
FACULTY OF FINE ARTS
The Fine Arts degree is one of the studies in the Faculty of Fine Arts. The degree offers our students the possibility to train in artistic practice and thinking, taking into account both the specificity of the different disciplines and the transdisciplinary reality of contemporary art.
The Faculty of Fine Arts participates in the sixth edition of the Light Festival with the one student.
This student is:
Lucía Cruz with the project "No sóc ultra"
EAD SANT CUGAT
L’Escola d’Art i Disseny de Sant Cugat participates for the second time in the Lumínic festival with a selection of photographs of students from Higher Education Courses. These photographs show different approaches to power relations, based on previous research in which they have analyzed the photographic work of contemporary authors.
INSTITUT D'ESTUDIS FOTOGRÀFICS DE CATALUNYA
The Institut d'Estudis Fotogràfics de Catalunya participates in the sixth edition of the Luminic Festival with student Kila who will show the work “Seda de plata”.
ELISAVA
Elisava participates in the sixth edition of the Luminic Festival with one student that will show their work which they have made in the Master of Photography and Design.
This student is:
Paula Mateu with the project "Archivo de la Inocencia"
EL OBSERVATORIO
El Observatorio participates in the sixth edition of the Lumínic Festival with two students where they will show the work of authors who have completed the Author's Documentary Photography course.
These alumni are:
Helena Palau with the project "No sé si soy lo que esperábamos"
Berta Camprodon with the project "Interior/Exterior"
