Guijarro was born in Madrid, where he began his artistic education at the Escuela de Arte N10, completing a BA (Hons) in Graphic Design in 2004. He then moved to London to attend the Royal College of Art, where he graduated from the MFA Photography programme in 2010.[1]
Major worksedit
His first major series, Momentum, received international critical acclaim, and can be found in the permanent collections of Saatchi Gallery, London,[2] the Frank Suss Collection, New York City/London,[3] and the Goetz Collection, Germany.[citation needed] Over the course of three years, between 2012 and 2015, Guijarro travelled to various quantum mechanics institutions around the world – from Cambridge and Oxford in the United Kingdom, to CERN in Switzerland, and MIT and UC Berkeley in the United States[4][5] – photographing the blackboards as he found them, and reproducing them at 1:1 scale.[6][7][8]
Momentum Series. Southport, UK: Café Royal, 2016. With a text by Francis Hodgson. Edition of 200 copies.
Publications with contributions by Guijarroedit
Picking Up, Bouncing Back. By Alexander Garcia Düttman, Jean-Luc Nancy, and Olivier Richon. Edited by Rut Blees Luxemburg. London, Royal College of Art, 2010. ISBN978-1907342073.
^Sheerin, Mark "Artist's Statement", "Culture 24" Retrieved 5 February 2017
^Faena, Aleph "Photographer Resolves to Capture Quantum Physics", Retrieved 5 February 2017
^Alderson, Rob "Alejandro Guijarro Photographs Blackboards used by the Best Quantum Physicists for his Momentum series", "It's Nice That" Retrieved 8 February 2017
^Brooks, Katherine "Here’s A Way To Appreciate Quantum Mechanics Even If You Know Nothing About Science" "The Huffington Post" Retrieved 9 February 2017
^Schiller, Jakob "Quantum Chaos on Display in Top Physicists' Chalk Scrawls" "Wired (magazine)" Retrieved 9 February 2017
^ abCambell-Dollaghan, Kelsey "Photos of Physicists Blackboards Reveal the Ghosts of Theorems Past" 2017-08-04 at the Wayback Machine "Fast Co Design" Retrieved 8 February 2017
^Jobson, Christopher "Momentum: Large Format Photos of Chalkboards from Quantum Mechanics Institutions by Alejandro Guijarro" Colossal (blog), Retrieved 7 February 2017
^. 9 February 2017. Archived from the original on 12 February 2017. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
The Franks-Suss Collection: Alejandro Guijarro 27 May 2019 at the Wayback Machine
December 15, 2023
alejandro, guijarro, born, 1979, spanish, contemporary, artist, currently, works, between, london, madrid, born1979madrid, spainnationalityspanisheducationmfa, photography, royal, college, artmovementcontemporary, artwebsitewww, alejandroguijarro, contents, ea. Alejandro Guijarro born 1979 is a Spanish contemporary artist who currently works between London and Madrid Alejandro GuijarroBorn1979Madrid SpainNationalitySpanishEducationMFA Photography Royal College of ArtMovementContemporary ArtWebsitewww wbr alejandroguijarro wbr com Contents 1 Early life 2 Major works 3 Publications 3 1 Zine by Guijarro 3 2 Publications with contributions by Guijarro 4 Awards 5 References 6 External linksEarly life editGuijarro was born in Madrid where he began his artistic education at the Escuela de Arte N10 completing a BA Hons in Graphic Design in 2004 He then moved to London to attend the Royal College of Art where he graduated from the MFA Photography programme in 2010 1 Major works editHis first major series Momentum received international critical acclaim and can be found in the permanent collections of Saatchi Gallery London 2 the Frank Suss Collection New York City London 3 and the Goetz Collection Germany citation needed Over the course of three years between 2012 and 2015 Guijarro travelled to various quantum mechanics institutions around the world from Cambridge and Oxford in the United Kingdom to CERN in Switzerland and MIT and UC Berkeley in the United States 4 5 photographing the blackboards as he found them and reproducing them at 1 1 scale 6 7 8 Momentum has been exhibited at Tristan Hoare London in 2012 9 at the Google Headquarters New York citation needed and at The Contemporary Collectors Club New York in 2013 citation needed and at Marlborough Gallery for PHotoEspana15 in Madrid in 2015 10 9 His second photographic series LEAD was shown in Spring 2017 at Tristan Hoare 11 For this Guijarro visited the conservation departments at the Louvre the Prado Museum and The National Gallery and photographed the X rays and infrared scans of many prominent Old Master paintings including the Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci The Battle of San Romano by Paolo Uccello the Annunciation by Robert Campin and Adam and Eve by Peter Paul Rubens 12 Publications editZine by Guijarro edit Momentum Series Southport UK Cafe Royal 2016 With a text by Francis Hodgson Edition of 200 copies Publications with contributions by Guijarro edit Picking Up Bouncing Back By Alexander Garcia Duttman Jean Luc Nancy and Olivier Richon Edited by Rut Blees Luxemburg London Royal College of Art 2010 ISBN 978 1907342073 New Order British Art Today By Phillipa Adams London Saatchi Gallery 2014 ISBN 978 1 909413 02 3 Exhibition Catalogue Blackboard Art from Teaching Learning from Art Artipelag katalog 7 By Frida Andersson and Jessica Hoglund Varmdo Sweden Artipelag Konsthall 2013 ISBN 978 91 980428 6 3 Exhibition Catalogue Post Photography The Artist with the Camera By Robert Shore London Elephant Laurence King 2014 ISBN 978 1780672281 Awards editThis section of a biography of a living person does not include any references or sources Please help by adding reliable sources Contentious material about living people that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately Find sources Alejandro Guijarro news newspapers books scholar JSTOR July 2017 Learn how and when to remove this template message 2004 Premio de Fotografia Ministero de Economia Spain third place 2007 ITS SIX International Talent Support Italy finalist 2009 The Villiers David Travel Award London winner 2009 Royal College of Art Bursary London winner 2009 Man Photography Prize London finalist 2010 E Creative Award London finalist 2011 Festival international de Mode et de Photographie a Hyeres France Shortlisted 2013 PHotoEspana13 Descubrimientos Spain finalist 2015 Prix Pictet London Switzerland Nomination References edit Malone Theresa Alejandro Guijarro s Best Photograph The Guardian Retrieved 8 February 2017 Guijarro Saatchi Gallery Retrieved 24 February 2021 http franks suss com the collection europe alejandro guijarro Archived 27 May 2019 at the Wayback Machine The Collection Retrieved 7 February 2017 Sheerin Mark Artist s Statement Culture 24 Retrieved 5 February 2017 Faena Aleph Photographer Resolves to Capture Quantum Physics Retrieved 5 February 2017 Alderson Rob Alejandro Guijarro Photographs Blackboards used by the Best Quantum Physicists for his Momentum series It s Nice That Retrieved 8 February 2017 Brooks Katherine Here s A Way To Appreciate Quantum Mechanics Even If You Know Nothing About Science The Huffington Post Retrieved 9 February 2017 Schiller Jakob Quantum Chaos on Display in Top Physicists Chalk Scrawls Wired magazine Retrieved 9 February 2017 a b Cambell Dollaghan Kelsey Photos of Physicists Blackboards Reveal the Ghosts of Theorems Past Archived 2017 08 04 at the Wayback Machine Fast Co Design Retrieved 8 February 2017 Jobson Christopher Momentum Large Format Photos of Chalkboards from Quantum Mechanics Institutions by Alejandro Guijarro Colossal blog Retrieved 7 February 2017 Alejandro Guijarro LEAD 9 February 2017 Archived from the original on 12 February 2017 Retrieved 25 January 2021 http tristanhoaregallery co uk exhibitions lead Retrieved permanent dead link 9 February 2017External links editOfficial website Tristan Hoare Gallery Alejandro Guijarro Saatchi Gallery Alejandro Guijarro The Franks Suss Collection Alejandro Guijarro Archived 27 May 2019 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Alejandro Guijarro amp oldid 1170037067, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
