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BIO
David Cantarero Tomás (Teruel, 1979) studied graphic design and illustration at the Art School of Zaragoza (2003) and graduated in Fine Arts from the University of Barcelona (2008). In 2006 he was awarded an Erasmus grant at the University of the West of England, Bristol and between 2008 and 2010 he took a Master in Contemporary Though back on the UB. During this period he developed a collaboration grant in the Teaching Supporting Unit (USD) of the Resources Centre for Teaching and Research (CRAI). He is currently in Valencia taking the postgraduate program Art: Production and Research, in the Faculty of Fine Arts at the Polytechnic University of Valencia, where he also plays a role as an intern in the Vice-deanship of Culture. In the field of art production the work he has been carrying out the last few years has led him to be awarded several grants and prizes such as the “Young Art Exhibition” of the Government of Aragón or the “University of Zaragoza Artistic Creation Prizes” as well as exhibiting at various museums, exhibition halls and art centers such as the Museum of Teruel, the Cuarto Espacio Cultural of Zaragoza, the main hall of the University of Zaragoza or the Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona (CCCB).
STATEMENT
The work I have been carrying out the last few years of artistic production can be described as a “dialog with the image”. Image considered not only as something two-dimensional, but as something more vast and complex, directly related with the way we perceive, represent and transform the world surrounding us. And a dialogue, pointing out the importance language has both, in our perception of images and reality and in our capacity of reflection. This articulation is what we can see in most of my recent works, focused from the relation between the images humans produce within an artistic context, and the theoretical and critical discourses that dial with them, condensed in something we can class as “metaimages”, namely second-order visual reflections on what the images themselves are.
WORKS
Audiovisual works included in this portfolio: www.vimeo.com/dacanto
More works, exhibitions, events and texts related to my art practice: www.davidcantarerotomas.com www.dacanto.blogspot.com.es www.issuu.com/dacanto
Déjà-vu 2005 fotografía color (x6) 25x18cm (documentando intervención en el espacio público)
Déjà-vu 2005 color photograph (x6) 25x18cm (documenting intervention in public space)
Déjà-vu 2005 fotografía color (x6) 25x18cm (documentando intervención en el espacio público)
Déjà-vu 2005 color photograph (x6) 25x18cm (documenting intervention in public space)
Manivelas
Handles
2006 fotografía color (x4) 30x20cm (documentando intervención en el espacio público)
2006 color photograph (X4) 30x20cm (documenting intervention in public space)
sin t铆tulo 2006 instalaci贸n: papel impreso b/n dimensiones variables (2,5x3m aprox)
no title 2006 installation: b/w prints variable dimensions (2,5x3m approx)
sin título, (condensación del texto, serie de lo denso al vacío -texto y lenguaje-) reflexión en tres pasos (1) 2006 instalación: papel, piedra, mesa 250x150x125cm
no title, (text condensation, from density to emptiness series -text and language-) reflection in three steps (1) 2006 installation: paper, stone, table 250x150x125cm
sin título, (en-con torno al lenguaje y el vacío I, serie de lo denso al vacío -texto y lenguaje-) reflexión en tres pasos (2) 2007 instalación: cinta, cartón, proyección dimensiones variables
no title (a-round language and emptiness I, from density to emptiness series -text and language-) reflection in three steps (2) 2007 installation: packing tape, cardboard, slide show variable dimensions
sin título, (en-con torno al lenguaje y el vacío II, serie de lo denso al vacío -texto y lenguaje-) reflexión en tres pasos (3) 2007 instalación: cinta, cartón dimensiones variables
no title (a-round language and emptiness II, from density to emptiness series -text and language-) reflection in three steps (3)
2007 installation: packing tape, cardboard variable dimensions
Niebla 2008 instalaci贸n: 3 TV + 2 v铆deos-loop (DVD)
Snow (white noise) 2008 installation: 3 TV + 2 video-loops (DVD)
Impregnaci贸n 2008 instalaci贸n: 1 video-loop (DVD), mesa + edici贸n de 250 libros Dimensiones variables
Impregnation 2008 installation: 1 video-loop (DVD), table + edition of 250 books variable dimensions
Observaci贸n en 3 pasos 2008 instalaci贸n: impresi贸n a color encolada en pared, (2 im谩genes de 138x96cm formadas por 25 impresiones de 28x20cm
Observation in three steps 2008 installation: color print glued to the wall, (2 images of 138x96cm made of 25 prints of 28x20cm each)
Silla; proyecciones de Déjà-vu I 2008 fotografía color 130x80cm (realizada a partir de intervención en el espacio)
Chair; projections of Déjà-vu I 2008 color photograph 130x80cm (made from intervention in the space)
non 2008 videoDVD 5' 30'' Loop
non 2008 videoDVD 5' 30'' Loop
No me gusta subrayar los libros de la biblioteca…, (o de cómo ante condiciones adversas la ética personal puede acabar viéndose afectada) 2010 instalación: 10 láminas de 21x29,7cm dimensiones variables
I don’t like to underline the library books..., (or of how personal ethics can finally be affected under adverse conditions) 2010 installation: 10 sheets of 21x29,7cm variable dimensions
Prospecciones en el haber: ensayo de la 5º dimensión 2011 video-instalación: vídeo 3D, gafas rojo-azul 25'' Loop
Prospecting in the “haber” 5th dimension assay 2011 video-installation: video 3D, red-blue glasses 25'' Loop
Tiempo y Materia
Time and Matter
2012 fotografĂa a color (x4) 30x20cm
2012 color photograph (x4) 30x20cm
STONE-BOX; proyecciones de Déjà-vu II 2013 fotografía digital (x2) 70x50cm (realizada a partir de intervención en el espacio)
STONE-BOX; projections of Déjà-vu II 2013 digital photograph (x2) 70x50cm (made from intervention in the space
Atardecer en la vega del Riguel 2013 instalaci贸n: fotograf铆a digital (x4) 50x50cm + proyecci贸n
Sunset on the meadow of the river Riguel 2013 installation: digital photograph (x4) 50x50cm + projection
Tronco (autom铆mesis) 2013 instalaci贸n: objeto + proyecci贸n 45x20x10cm
Log (automimesis) 2013 installation: object + projection 25x20x10cm
a-rostro
a-rostro
2013 fotografĂa digital (x8) 58,5x39cm
2013 digital photograph (x8) 58,5x39cm
a-rostro
a-rostro
2013 fotografĂa digital (x8) 58,5x39cm
2013 digital photograph (x8) 58,5x39cm
hoja 2013 video Full HD 8’’ loop
leaf 2013 video Full HD 8” Loop
hoja
leaf
2013 instalaci贸n: objeto + videoproyecci贸n + ventilador dimensiones variables
2013 installation: object + videoprojection + fan variable dimensions
sin t铆tulo 2013 instalaci贸n: impresi贸n a color 170x105cm + proyecci贸n
no title 2013 installation: color print 170x105cm + projection
puerta
door
2013 instalaci贸n: proyecci贸n
2013 installation: projection
Contacto // Contact e-mail: davidcantarerotomas@gmail.com web: wwww.davidcantarerotomas.com www.dacanto.blogspot.com.es www.vimeo.com/dacanto www.issuu.com/dacanto
DAVID CANTARERO TOMÁS 2013