Gloria Oyarzabal
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Gloria Oyarzabal is a Spanish visual artist and teacher who works in photography and cinema.[1] She was the co-founder of the Independent Cinema “La Enana Marrón” (The Brown Dwarf) in Madrid (1999–2009), a theater that showcased Film d'auteur and "experimental and alternative cinema."[2][3] She is the winner of several international photography awards and prizes.
Early Life
Oyarzabal was born in London.[1] She has a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Complutense University of Madrid Madrid[1] and a Master’s degree from the Blank Paper School of Photography, Madrid.[2][4] Oyarzabal lived in Mali for three years, researching "the of Africa that Europe has created for its own benefit".[5]
Career
In 2016, Oyarzabal created a "docu-fiction" photography collection centred on John Everett Millais' Ophelia (painting), which was featured in HuffPost.[6] She views Ophelia as the ultimate symbol of women's oppression.[6] Speaking about her work in this series Oyarzabal said "I feel satisfied if I can convey this idea of oppression, anxiety, and the breathlessness of some women".[6]
In 2017, Oyarzabal won the Landskrona Foto Dummy Award for her project The Picnolepsy of Tshombé.[7] After being displayed at the Landskrona Foto Festival, the newly renamed Picnos Tshombé photobook went on to be presented and published in Arles, gaining international recognition.[7]
in September 2018, Oyarzabal's work has been featured in the Vevey open-air photography festival, in Switzerland .[8] This work, Pink Girl, Woman go no'gree, was also re-produced in The Guardian in 2019.[8] Oyarzabal's work focuses on the Yoruba people, looking into evidence showing that their original society was not gendered.[8] Her project Woman go no'gree questions the application of notions of gender in western feminism to different cultures which function differently.[8]
In 2020, Oyarzabal was Highly Commended for the Bartur Photo Award in the Covid-19 Reflections series.[9]
In 2020, Oyarzabal was the winner of Aperture (magazine) PhotoBook of the Year for Woman go no'gree.[10] The book explores colonialism and white feminism through the use of found images and archives from West Africa and her own photographs.[10]
Works
- Women go no'gree, RM/Vevey Images, 2021. ISBN 9788417975289 [11]
Awards
- 2017 Landskrona Foto Dummy Award[7]
- 2018 Encontros da Imagem Discovery Award[12]
- 2019 Images Vevey Dummy Award[13]
- 2019 PHOTO IS:RAEL Meitar Award for Excellence in Photography [14]
- 2019 Grand Prix Fotofestiwal [15]
- 2020 aperture Portfolio Prize Runner-Up [16]
- 2020 aperture PhotoBook of the Year[10]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 ""Colonization is not only a violent, geopolitical, cruel act. It also involves a subtle part that is the colonization of the mind"". Spain's News. 2020-12-31. Retrieved 2021-03-11.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "2020 Portfolio Prize Runner-Up: Gloria Oyarzabal". Aperture. 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2021-03-06.
- ↑ "Gloria Oyarzabal". phmuseum.com. Retrieved 2021-03-06.
- ↑ LensCulture, Gloria Oyarzabal |. "Gloria Oyarzabal". LensCulture. Retrieved 2021-03-06.
- ↑ "Gloria Oyarzabal | BarTur Photo Award". BTPA. Retrieved 2021-03-11.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 "Nude Photos Explore 'Ophelia' As A Symbol Of Women's Oppression". HuffPost UK. 2016-06-14. Retrieved 2021-03-11.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 "LANDSKRONA FOTO & BREADFIELD DUMMY AWARD 2020". Landskrona Foto. Retrieved 2021-03-11.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 "Stone the crows! The strangest shots from the Vevey festival - in pictures". The Guardian. 2020-09-08. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2021-03-11.
- ↑ "2020 Winners | BarTur Photo Award". BTPA. Retrieved 2021-03-11.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 "Announcing the Winners of the 2020 PhotoBook Awards". Aperture. 2020-12-04. Retrieved 2021-03-11.
- ↑ "Juxtapoz Magazine - Woman Go No´Gree: Colonialism and White Feminism in West Africa". www.juxtapoz.com. Retrieved 2021-03-06.
- ↑ "Encontros da Imagem Discovery Awards 2020". contests.picter.com. Retrieved 2021-03-11.
- ↑ "Images Vevey Book Award 2021". contests.picter.com. Retrieved 2021-03-11.
- ↑ "Gloria Oyarzabal | WOMAN GO NO'GREE". PHOTO IS:RAEL. Retrieved 2021-03-06.
- ↑ "Gloria Oyarzabal". fotofestiwal.com/2019. Retrieved 2021-03-06.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "2020 Portfolio Prize Runner-Up: Gloria Oyarzabal". Aperture. 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2021-03-06.
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