CV
HÉCTOR MEDIAVILLA
+34 627 455 402 Barcelona
hectormediavilla@yahoo.es
www.hectormediavilla.com
Born in 1970. Burgos, Spain
EDUCATION
1999 IDEC- Universitat Pompeu Fabra. Barcelona. Postgraduate in direction and managing of cultural institutions, companies and platforms.
1993 ESADE, Barcelona. MBA & Degree in Economics.
PHOTOGRAPHY EXPERIENCE
Cofounder of Pandora collective in Barcelona in 2007.
Represented by Picturetank in Paris since 2003.
Assignments for such publications as Geo Germany, New York Times, Newsweek, Business Week, Time, Geo HS France, Le journal de Dimanche, Intermon- Oxfam and Médicos del Mundo.
Publications in Colors, XXI, Esquire, Financial Times, Le Figaro, AIternatives Internationales, Io Donna, GQ, Dam, Gentleman, Urbanisme, Jeune Afrique, Magazine and Culturas from La Vanguardia, L’ Internazionale, Oxford University Press and others.
Trainer of Young Congolese professional photographers within a EU program of visual arts support and the help of CCF Brazzaville.
Conductor of documentary photography workshops in Barcelona and abroad since 2003.
Moderator of round table in Conceptualization and presentation of photographic projects. E.CO. Euroamerican photographic collectives meeting in Madrid 2011.
Participation in an Experts’ group about Documentary photography and institutional strategies in Catalonia. SCAN Festival 2009, Tarragona.
Public dialogue with CIAdeFoto in behalf of Pandora, interviewed by Rubens Fernandes Jr at the Paraty Photo Festival 2009, Brasil.
GRANTS & AWARDS
2011
Residence in visual arts creation. Spanish Embassy, Maputo, Mozambique.
ARCO official photographer. Keep on Walking project. Winner.
2010
Center’s Project Competition. Juror’s choice.
Hansel Mieth Prize. Honourable Mention.
CONCA grant for visual arts.
Review Santa Fe. Portfolio juried review.
2008
Ciudad de Gijón. Premio Internacional Fotoperiodismo.Finalist.
2007
Picture of the Year. Third place, Magazine portrait.
2006
Ciudad de Gijón Premio Internacional Fotoperiodismo.Finalist.
2005
Fotopres 05 La Caixa. Grant.
EXHIBITIONS
2011
No Judgement. Africa under the prism. Lagos Photo, Nigeria. Collective
Un sueño de ida y vuelta. La Sape Congolesa. CCF Kinshasa, RDC. Duo.
Transnacional(es). Centro de Formación, Antigua, Guatemala, AECID. Collective.
100 portraits 100 photographers. Australian Centre for Photography. Sidney, Australia. Collective.
Laberinto de Miradas. Museu Marítim de la Ciutat. Barcelona. Travelling exhibition in 18 countries. Collective.
2010
Sape! De Markten. Brussels, Belgium. Trio Center Awards.
Zaneth Bennet Contemporary Art. Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA. Collective.
Sincronies en construcció. Espai F. Català Roca. Barcelona. Collective
Domèstic. Caja Madrid. Barcelona, Spain. Collective.
100 portraits 100 photographers. FotoWeek DC. Corcorian Gallery. Projection.
Un sueño de ida y vuelta. La Sape Congolesa. Casa África. Gran Canaria, España. Duo.
2009
L’art d’ètre un homme. Musée Dapper. Paris, France. Duo.
Villes rêvées, villes durables. Espace Fondation EDF. Paris, France.
Collective.
La Ciudad Colectiva. SevillaFoto festival. Pandora collective.
2008
Human Rights. 50 year anniversary. Galleria Oleiros. Sao Paulo, Brasil.
Pandora collectiveBlack Paris. Musée d’Ixelles. Belgium. Collective.
Boutographies. Montpellier, France. Projection.
Le Parisien Kiboba film. Museum für Völkerkunde. Munich, Germany. Projection.
2007
Black Paris. Museum der Weltkulturen. Frankfurt, Germany. Collective.
Traffic. CCCB. Barcelona, Spain. Projection.
Les sapeurs de Brazzaville. CCF Kinshasa, RDC. Solo.
2006
Fotopres La Caixa. Travelling exhibition around Spain for 3 years. Collective.
Emulsion Sur festival. Madrid, Spain. Projection.
Novas Olhadas. La Coruña. Spain. Projection.
2005
Un mòn d’il.lussions. Palau Robert. PSV. Barcelona, Spain. Projection and talk.
Les sapeurs de Brazzaville. CCF Brazzaville, Rep. Congo. Solo.
CATALOGS
Fotopres 05, Black Paris, L’art d’être un homme, Un sueño de ida y vuelta, Laberinto de Miradas, Villes rêvées villes durables, Hansel Mieth Prize 2010.