César Ordóñez (Barcelona, 1964)
My work is focused on the human condition, the beauty of existence and its fragility. Exploring how our thoughts and attitudes influence our environment, and vice versa. With a vital and intimate style, my works move between the reality and the metaphor, between lived moments and dreamed ones.
Since the early 90s I combined the growth of my artistic career, with the work as a fashion and advertising photographer, and my labour in the board of Spain's Professional Photographers Association (1999-2007). From 2007 (when I created "Ashimoto" series) until today, I focus my activity on projects that I mainly develop in Tokyo, my city-lab, which highlights the participation (since 2012) in Tokyo-Ga, a large international project featuring this metropolis.
I have exhibited in more than 15 countries, among them: Spain, Mexico, France, Italy, Japan, China and Russia. In art centers like UCCA (Beijing, 2009), Manege (St. Petersburg, 2011), Songwon Art Center (Seoul, 2013), Sala Canal Isabel II (Madrid, 2017), CCEMx (Mexico City, 2019) and the Instituto Cervantes (Tokyo, 2020). I have held more than 15 solo exhibitions and more than 60 group ones. My works are part of the collections of Fundació Foto Colectania (Barcelona, Spain), Auer Photo Foundation (Geneva, Switzerland), Fundación Unicaja (Malaga, Spain), San Telmo Museoa (Donostia, Spain) and several private collections in Europe and America.
Solo exhibitions (selection)
2020 LA INTIMIDAD, Instituto Cervantes, online, Tokyo (Japan) - from 30/6 until 30/9
2018 WE ARE NOT ISLANDS, Fiftydots Gallery, Barcelona (Spain)
2018 TOKYO INTIM, Galeria Agüí, Andorra la vella (Principality of Andorra)
2017 TOKYO INTIMO, LPBC, Barcelona (Spain)
2014 TOKYO BLUR, Galeria Atelier, Barcelona (Spain)
2013 LA INTIMIDAD, Mondo Galería, Madrid (Spain)
2012 TOKYO INTIMO, Patricia Conde Galería, Mexico D.F. (Mexico)
2011 LA INTIMIDAD, Sala Enart, Lleida (Spain)
2011 ASHIMOTO, Mediadvanced Galería, Gijón (Spain)
2011 TOKYO, Rita Castellote Galería, Madrid (Spain)
2010 KAGAMI, Galería H2O, Barcelona (Spain)
2008 ASHIMOTO, Emergent 08 Festival, Lleida (Spain)
2008 ASHIMOTO, SCAN 08 Festival, Tarragona (Spain)
2008 ASHIMOTO, Galería H2O, Barcelona (Spain)
2005 NIPPON NO ASHI, Calpe Fotos Galería, Calpe, Alicante (Spain)
1999 JAPONESES, In2 Japan Festival, CCCB (Contemporary Culture Center of Barcelona), Barcelona (Spain)
Group exhibitions (selection)
2020 Ashimoto. Tokyo Curiosity, Bunkamura Museum, Tokyo (JAPAN) - upcoming exhibition
2019 Tokyo Blur. Un cierto Panorama, CCEMx, Mexico City (MEXICO)
2019 Tokyo Blur. Confluencias, Patricia Conde Galería, Mexico City (MEXICO)
2019 Tokyo Blur. Un cierto Panorama, Museo MUNTREF, Buenos Aires (ARGENTINA)
2019 Tokyo Blur. Realitats imaginàries, Fiftydots Gallery, Barcelona (SPAIN)
2019 We Are Not Islands. Approaches of abstraction / Construction of a landscape, Patricia Conde Galeria (MEXICO)
2019 Tokyo Blur. Tokyo Curiosity, City Hall, Berlin (GERMANY)
2019 Tokyo Blur. Un cierto Panorama, CCESantiago, Santiago de Chile (CHILE)
2018 Tokyo Blur. Un cierto Panorama, Museo Cándido Bidó, Bonao (DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)
2018 Tokyo Blur. Tokyo Curiosity, 4th City Hall in Le Marais, Paris (FRANCE)
2018 Tokyo Blur. Un cierto Panorama, Centro Cultural de España, Lima (PERU)
2018 Tokyo Blur. Voies Off Festival, Fiftydots Gallery, Arles (FRANCE)
2018 Tokyo Blur. 48 Stunden Neuköln Festival, FK-Gallery, Berlin (GERMANY)
2018 Tadaima. Revela't Festival, Fiftydots Gallery, Barcelona (SPAIN)
2018 Ashimoto. Shibuya - Tokyo Curiosity, Tokyo-Ga 2018-2020, Hikarie, Tokyo (JAPAN)
2017 Tokyo Blur. Un cierto Panorama (reciente fotografía de autor en España), CAF, Almeria (SPAIN)
2017 Ashimoto. Cara a cara, Fotocolectania, Museu da Imagem, Braga (PORTUGAL)
2017 Tokyo Blur. Un cierto Panorama (reciente fotografía de autor en España), sala Canal Isabel II, Madrid (SPAIN)
2016 Ashimoto. Maridajes XVIII: Tipologías, Fotocolectania, Bodegas Roda, Haro, La Rioja (SPAIN)
2016 Silencis. Mirades BCN, Galeria Atelier, Barcelona (SPAIN)
2015 Tokyo Blur. Mt. Rokko International Photo Festival 2015, Kobe (JAPAN)
2015 Tokyo Blur. Korekara Japón, Mitte, Barcelona (Spain)
2014 Kagami. Intimidad Extimidad, Galeria Juan Naranjo, Barcelona (Spain)
2014 Tokyo Blur. La Librairie Imaginaire (Tokyo-Ga), Galerie T, Paris (France)
2014 Tokyo Blur. Gallery Weekend México, Patricia Conde Galeria, Mexico City (MEXICO)
2014 La intimidad. Languages and Aesthetics of Spanish Video Art, Alternative Space Loop, Seoul (South Korea)
2014 Tokyo Blur. Korekara Japón (dual year Spain-Japan), Mitte, Barcelona (Spain)
2013 La intimidad. Languages and Aesthetics of Spanish Video Art, Songwon Art Center, Seoul (South Korea)
2013 Ashimoto. Tokyo-Ga 4 forest among us, Gakushuin University, Tokyo (JAPAN)
2013 Tokyo dancers. Shooting Life, Galeria Hartmann_La Santa (Circuit 2013), Barcelona (Spain)
2013 La intimidad. Videoakt 03, International Videoart Biennial, French Institut Auditorium, Barcelona (Spain)
2013 La intimidad. 4colors, The square of Arts, St. Petersburg (Russia)
2013 Kagami. XIV Unicaja Biennial Photo Award, Museum Joaquín Peinado, Ronda, Málaga (Spain)
2013 La intimidad. Tres projectes. Fotografia, Galeria Atelier, Barcelona (Spain)
2013 Kagami. XIV International Visual Arts Contest CEC, Sta. Catalina Castle, Cadiz (Spain)
2012 After the rain. WeArt Festival, Barcelona (Spain)
2012 La intimidad. Entre Ville et paysage, Galerie Detaille, Marsella (FRANCE)
2012 Kagami. XIV Unicaja Biennial Photography Award, awarded work, Sala Siglo, Málaga (SPAIN)
2011 Seijin no hi. An image for a life - Orphan AID, Raina Lupa gallery, Barcelona (SPAIN)
2011 Kagami. BAC Festival 2011, Galería H2O, Barcelona (SPAIN)
2011 Saint Petersburg Photo Vernissage 2011, Central Exhibition Hall “Manege”, St. Petersburg (Russia)
2011 Kagami. TotArt 2010, City hall of Picanya, Valencia (Spain)
2011 La intimidad. Difracción, Patricia Conde Galería, Mexico City (MEXICO)
2011 La intimidad. On quan qui?, Valid Foto Galería, Barcelona (Spain)
2010 Kagami. XII International Visual Arts Contest CEC, Sta. Catalina Castle, Cadiz (SPAIN)
2010 Kagami. Loop Videoart Festival, Galería H2O, Barcelona (Spain)
2009 Kagami. Video Art from Spain: Hybrid Generations, UCCA (Ullens Center of Contemporary Art), Beijing (CHINA)
2010 Kagami. Loop Videoart Festival, Galería H2O, Barcelona (Spain)
2008 The Past. Fish& Foto, Galería H2O, Barcelona (Spain)
2005 The Pyramide Exhibition, Sonimag, Barcelona (Spain)
2003 Sol y Sombra, 10th anniversary of twinning between Kobe and Barcelona, Hotel Majestic, Barcelona (Spain)
Fairs
2018 Fotofever, Fiftydots Gallery, Paris (France)
2018 MIA Photo Fair, Fiftydots Gallery, Milan (Italy)
2017 Utopia Markets Photo, Barcelona (Spain)
2016 Utopia Photo Market, Barcelona (Spain)
2015 Maco Foto, Patricia Conde Galería, Mexico D.F. (Mexico)
2015 Offprint London 2015, Multiplos, Tate Modern (Turbine Hall), London (UK)
2015 Arts LIbris, The Folio Club, Barcelona (Spain)
2013 Room Art Fair, Mondo Galería, Madrid (Spain)
2013 Swab Art Fair, GalerÍa Atelier, Barcelona(Spain)
2012 VIP ART Fair, Patricia Conde Galería, New York (USA)
2012 Lima Photo 2012, Patricia Conde Galería, Lima (Peru)
2011 Madridfoto 2011, Galeria Rita Castellote, Madrid (Spain)
2009 Madridfoto 2009, Photolounge.eu, Madrid (Spain)
Works in art collections
AUER PHOTO FOUNDATION, Geneva, SWITZERLAND
FUNDACIÓ FOTOCOLECTANIA, Barcelona, SPAIN
FUNDACIÓN UNICAJA, Malaga, SPAIN
SAN TELMO MUSEOA | Colección Gabriela Cendoya, Donostia, SPAIN
Private collections in Spain, France, Switzerland, Russia and Mexico
Books & publications (selection)
2019 César Ordóñez and his look on Japan, Master's Thesis, Cristina Mimbela, University of Zaragoza (SPAIN)
2019 Hola, tú a mi no me conoces, several autors, Club de Creativos/as, collaboration: Instituto de la Mujer (SPAIN)
2019 Marie Claire, “Now you’re an adult”, (Australia, Hungary, Czech Rep., Mexico, Hong-Kong and 5 more countries)
2018 Fotofever. "Ashimoto", catalogue's cover, Fotofever & Snoeck Publishers (FRANCE)
2018 Barcelona Fotos Prohibidas, several autors, La Fábrica (SPAIN)
2017 Un Cierto Panorama (Reciente fotografía de autor en España), several autors, Comunidad de Madrid (SPAIN)
2015 Mt. Rokko International Photo Festival, several autors, Utakatado Publishing (JAPAN)
2015 Time Out Tokyo, article and interview, magazine nº 7 (JAPAN)
2014 TOKYO BLUR, selfpublished book
2014 Rar, nº 22, Univers Tòquio (photos and text), Diari Ara (SPAIN)
2014 Barcelona, several autors, La Fábrica (SPAIN)
2013 Time Out Tokyo, nº 1, article Tokyo-Ga, several autors (JAPAN)
2013 XIV Premio Unicaja de Fotografía, several autors, Fundación Unicaja (SPAIN)
2011 Eikyo, nº 3, cover & article, Eikyo influencias japonesas (SPAIN)
2010 La Fotografía Actual, nº 139, article, Artual (SPAIN)
2009 Woman, nº 200, "Mujer en el objetivo", several autors, Grupo Zeta (SPAIN)
2008 Zut, nº 8, several autors, Zut Ediciones (SPAIN)
2005 Lux 2004, Lux Awards, cover, AFP (SPAIN)
2001 Evophat, several autors, Vasava Artworks + Indexbook (SPAIN)
1999
Evolutive, nº 5, “El Pasado”, Vasava Artworks (SPAIN)
Awards & grants (selection)
2020 29 "Caminos de Hierro" contest finalist, Fundación de los Ferocarriles Españoles
2013 Grant of research and creation 2013, CoNCA. Granted project: "Tokyo. Un projecte continu"
2012 XIV International Visual Arts Award CEC
2012 Descubrimientos PHE 2012
2011 XIV Unicaja Biennial Photography Award, awarded and acquired work
2010 Grant of research and creation 2013, CoNCA. Granted
project: "La intimitat"
2010 TotArt 2010
2010 XII International Visual Arts Award CEC
2002 LUX silver (personal project),AFP (professional photographers association of Spain)
1996 LUX gold (fashion), AFP (professional photographers association of Spain) |