Luís Díaz

(b. 1978, A Coruña, Spain)

I´m currently living and working between Madrid and the spanish west coast, close to Portugal. I also spend quite a lot of time in Paris because of my french girlfriend.

My last exhibitions were at the "3rd Brussels´ biennial of photography and architecture" and at La Normal (A Coruña). This year ArcoMadrid selected me to be one of the official photographers of the art fair and in 2010 and 2008 I was granted by Matadero Madrid as a member of TXP collective.

My editorial work has been published in various magazines around the world, including The Independent Magazine (UK), Vice (USA) and Tatlin (RU). My other clients are architecture studios, advertising agencies and record labels.

I´m also founder and co-editor of 30y3, a blog about contemporary spanish photography.


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CV


education

2005-2006 master in fine-art photography at EFTI (madrid)
1996-2004 civil engineering at UDC (a coruña) and FEUP (porto)


workshops

nov. 2010 "picturing economic hardships" by Joerg Colberg at [OR]EDU
nov. 2009 "documents?" by Jean Luc Moulène at CA2M (madrid)
nov. 2008 "creative projects" by Francesco Jodice at Casa Encendida (madrid)


seminars

jun. 2010 "spanish photography, the state of the question" with Alberto Anaut
jun. 2008 "will androids dream about photographic cameras?" with Joan Fontcuberta


masterclasses

jun. 2009 with Jim Goldberg
jun. 2006 with Paolo Roversi
jun. 2006 with Hiroshi Sugimoto


grants and prizes

Fotoactitud 2011
Ayudas a la creación contemporánea, Matadero madrid 2010 (TXP collective)
Ayudas a la creación contemporánea, Matadero madrid 2008 (TXP collective)


exhibitions

jan. 2011 "Agora é isto" group show at Normal (a coruña)
mar. 2010 "Music boxes" at 3rd biennial of photography and architecture (brussels)
feb. 2010 "Without State" TXP at CCE (montevideo, mexico DF, buenos aires, miami)
oct. 2009 "En branco" group show at 14! (A Coruña)
jun. 2009 "Día de la música" group show at Matadero (Madrid)
jun. 2009 "Backstage portraits" at GoGo gallery (Madrid)
apr. 2009 "Underwear" Expo expontánea group show at Barfutura (Madrid)
jan. 2009 "Without state" TXP at ADN gallery (Barcelona)
jul. 2006 "De tal palo…" group show at Tarazona foto (Zaragoza)
jun. 2006 "EFTI master" Photoespaña06 group show at EFTI (Madrid)


books

2011 "Oscar´s house" desescribir editions (upcoming)
2011 "Agora é isto" exhibition catalog
2010 "3rd biennial of photography and architecture" exhibition catalog


online features

may. 2010 yosigo
mar. 2010 visuelle
mar. 2010 L O Z
mar. 2010 exposure compensation
feb. 2010 the sonic blog
oct. 2009 conscientious
sep. 2009 inédito
aug. 2009 feature shoot