Jaume Buxeda (Barcelona 1958)

He started photography at the age of twenty two. In 1983 he obtained his diploma from the Photographic Studies Institute of Catalonia. During this period he carries out several seminars with different photographers such as: Manolo Laguillo, Fernando Herraez, América Sánchez, Toni Catany …

From 1985 to 1991 he worked as a freelance photographer for several private companies, advertising agencies and official institutions such as the Government de Catalonia, Barcelona City Council, Prisa, the RBA Group..

From 1987 until 2021 he also worked as a teacher, course coordinator and manager of cultural activities at the Institute of Photographic Studies of Catalonia, where he taught, since 1998, a specialization course in author photography.

He has carried out several author photograph works and has participated in numerous exhibitions, both individual and collective, in different Catalonian galleries, Spain and abroad. Some of them are: Galería Portokalenia (Valencia), Galería Dada ( Vilanova y la Geltrú), Galería trípode (Vic), Centro Cultural San Martín (Buenos Aires), Sonimagfoto (Barcelona) … His work forms part of Catalonia’s Photographic Website.

His photographs are in numerous private collections and in the National Collection of Photography of Catalonia.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

ARTICLES ABOUT EXHIBITIONS

– 2022     Núvol (Josep Maria Cortina)

– 2001     FV nº160 (Molinero Cardenal)

– 1998     La Fotografía nº67 (Nuria Cabrero)

– 1996     Catalog Primavera Fotogràfica ’96 (Molinero Cardenal)

– 1992     FV nº52 (Molinero Cardenal)

– 1992     FV nº43 (Molinero Cardenal)

– 1990     FV nº21 (Molinero Cardenal)

– 1988     El Temps (S.Rodés)

 

PUBLISHED PORTFOLIOS

– 2022    Exhibition catalog XXV International Photography Award Rafael Ramos Garcia de la Universidad de la

Laguna (SYMBOLS)

– 2021     Exhibition catalog Galeria ilmondo (SYMBOLS/IDOLS)

– 2000     Teatrum nº1 (FEARS)

– 1998     La Fotografía nº67 (TRANSMUTES)

– 1992     FV nº43 (CONVERSATIONS WITH DEATH)

– 1990     FV nº21 (STAIRS)

– 1985     BCN Marca Registrada nº4 (SUBCELONA)

INDIVIDUALS EXHIBITIONS

– 2021     Galery Ilmondo -Barcelona- “Symbols” “Idols”

– 1998     Sala Antiga Presó –Orta de Sant Joan- “Fears”

– 1996     Galery Trespeus (Primavera fotogràfica a Catalunya)-Vic- “Fears”

– 1994     Galery Trespeus -Vic- “Transmutes”

– 1993     Galery Trípode -Barcelona- “Walls”

– 1990     Culture Classroom Sant Josep -L’Hospitalet- “Walls”

House of Culture Tafalla -Navarra- ““Walls””

House of Culture Villaba -Navarra- ““Walls””

Sala Burdindoki -Pamplona- ““Walls””

– 1989     Photo galery Portokalenia -València- “Stairs”

– 1988     Photographic Society de Guipuzcoa -Donosti- “Stairs”

– 1987     Sala Pico Moncayo -Barcelona– “Stairs”

Sala Clixé -L´Hospitalet- “Stairs””

– 1986     Culture Classroom Cornellà -Barcelona- “Subcelona”

Photographic space Maple Syrup -Barcelona- “Flavia Augusta Barcinova”

– 1985     Galery Dada -Vilanova i la Geltrú- “Subcelona”

Sala Clixé -L’Hospitalet- “Subcelona”

House of Culture Tafalla -Navarra- “Subcelona”

Sala Burdindoki –Pamplona- “Subcelona”

– 1984     Galery Èpsilon -Barcelona-

COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS

– 2023     Cultural Space La Capilla XXVI international photography award Rafael Ramos Garcia Universidad de La Laguna “Symbols” (with several authors)

– 2022     Galery Ilmondo -Barcelona- “Conversations with death” (Festival Revela’t) (with Maribel Mata)

– 2022     Cultural Center Tafalla Kulturgunea “WALL” (with Marta Colell)

– 2012     Institut d’Estudis Fotogràfics de Catalunya “Lessons from the grave” (with several authors)

– 2001     Sonimagfoto -Barcelona- “Lessons from the grave” (with several authors)

– 1999     School of Art and Design -Tarragona- “Conversations with death” (with Marta Colell)

– 1998     Escola of Applied Arts -Tortosa- “Conversations with death” (with Marta Colell)

Culture Classroom Sant Josep -L´Hospitalet- (amb Lluís Biosca, Laura     Pérez Vernetti, Andrés Salvarezza, Sierra Fornells, Teresa Molina, Robert Barrio, Anna Donaire, Carles Llanes, Rafael Vargas, Antonio Blanco)

– 1993     Fotoboutique -Barcelona- “Conversations with death” (with several authors)

Cotxeres de Sants IV Marató del Cinema Fantàstic de Sants -Barcelona- “Transmutes” (with several authors)

– 1987     House of Culture de Tafalla -Navarra- “Flavia Augusta Barcinova” (with Lluís Biosca)

House of Culture Villaba -Navarra- “Flavia Augusta Barcinova” (with Lluís Biosca)

Aula Culture Classroom la Florida -L´Hospitalet- “Flavia Augusta Barcinova”   (with Lluís Biosca, Antonio Molinero, Marta Montoya, Laura Pérez Vernetti, Llorenç Raich, Andrés Salvarezza, Sierra Fornells)

Cotxeres de Sants I Biennal d´Arts Plàstiques de Sants -Barcelona- “Flavia Augusta Barcinova” (with several authors)

– 1985     Sala Transformadors (I Biennal de Produccions Culturals Juvenils de l’Europa Mediterrània)-Barcelona- “Subcelona” (with several authors)

– 1983     Galery Temps -Girona- Fotografies dels alumnes del curs Visualització IEFC (with several authors)

Since 1983, when I started to use photography as a means of expression, I have always sought to ensure that the works I make are purely photographic, in other words, that the pieces have no resources other than those of the photographic medium.

The different images which form part of my work are in black and white, not in colour, saturated or soft and grey, with specular backlights, but always using different photographic techniques that allow me to express the concepts on the subject exposed the best way I can.

I work indistinctly in analogue and digital photography to explain issues that have always captivated me: death, human perception, freedom, fears, symbolism, beauty, constructions … From a poetic and symbolic perspective I reflect with photography my thoughts on universal matters.

The series are a variety of pictures where the thoughts I want to transmit are represented in a metaphorical way. In the same way, but without the extension that the series provide, I also take isolated pictures that reflect the same motivations regarding themes and ideas.

In one way or another, all the proposed themes arise from lived experiences. Therefore, my work is autobiographical in the sense that any reflection has been the result of a first-person experience.