Jose Quintanilla
[ BIO - STATEMENT - ARTIST CV ]
BIO.
Jose Quintanilla. Yecla (Murcia) 1963
Visual artist living and working in Madrid.
He studied Art Direction at CEV in Madrid.
A self-taught photographer, he has attended numerous workshops with international photographers and artists.
Master PHotoEspaña 20/21 in Photography. Theory and artistic projects.
He recently received the PHotoEspaña 2025 Special Mention in the Fundación ENAIRE Photography Awards, an award he also won in 2021, and second prize in the fourth edition of the Fundación Ankaria International 21st Century Photography Award.
Statement.
His work focuses on landscape and memory, the degradation of the environment by human action, and the spiritual search through nature. The supposed veracity of what is photographed, such as ruins and abandoned spaces, the basis of a tailored story, the passage of time, and the ephemerality of life, are some of his lines of research.
His latest works delve into new avenues of graphic expression, exploring the limits of photography and reproduction techniques, seeking pictorial movements and resources that connect with the more plastic side of his early career as an artist.
Artist CV.
CONTEMPORARY ART FAIR.
2025.
Estampa Contemporary Art Fair. Art Madrid Art Fair. (Madrid, Spain). DDR Art Gallery.
2024.
Estampa Contemporary Art Fair. Art Madrid Art Fair. (Madrid, Spain). DDR Art Gallery.
2023.
Estampa Contemporary Art Fair. Art Madrid Art Fair. (Madrid, Spain). FIG Bilbao. DDR Art Gallery.
2022.
JustLx (Lisbon, Portugal) FIG Bilbao. Trento Art Festival (Italy) DDR Art Gallery.
2021.
FIG Bilbao. DDR Art Gallery.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025
“La Memoria Inventada” (Invented Memory), DDR Art Gallery, Madrid
“Mapa del abandono” (Map of Abandonment), Monasterio Sta. María de Rioseco, Burgos
2023
“Transcurso”. El tiempo contemplado» (Course. Time Contemplated) Real Sociedad Fotográfica, Madrid.
“Entre raíces y ausencias” (Between Roots and Absences) Galería Marisa Marimón, Ourense
“Registros de lo efímero” (Records of the Ephemeral) Centro Cultural La Vaguada, Madrid.
2021
“Memorabilia. La memoria inventada” (Memorabilia. Invented Memory) Centro de Arte Faro de Cabo Mayor, Santander. PhotoEspaña 2021 Festival.
2019
“El tiempo contemplado” (Time Contemplated) Galería La Aurora, Murcia.
2018
“Entre raíces y ausencias” (Between Roots and Absences) Fundación Ramón J. Sender –UNED, Barbastro (Huesca) BFOTO 18 Emerging Photography Festival.
2017
“Transcurso” (Course) Galería Bea Villamarín, Gijón.
“Mi casa, mi árbol” (My House, My Tree) Sala La Asunción, Diputación de Albacete.
2016
“Ma maison, mon arbre” (My House, My Tree) Colegio de España en Paris, France.
2015
Galería Bea Villamarin, Gijón.
“Mi casa, mi árbol” (My House, My Tree) CEART Fuenlabrada, Madrid.
2014
“Mi casa, mi árbol” (My House, My Tree) Centro Cultural de la Villa de Móstoles, Madrid.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2026
FUNDACION ANKARIA. Second Prize. Group exhibition of award-winning works.
2025
“ESTAMPA”. DDR Art Gallery. Ifema, Madrid.
“Ítaca”. DDR Art Gallery. Ifema, Madrid.
2024
“ESTAMPA”. DDR Art Gallery. Ifema, Madrid.
“Art Madrid”. DDR Art Gallery. Palacio de Cibeles, Madrid.
“Ars Terra”. Casa de Cultura, San Lorenzo de El Escorial.
“10+10x El Ateneo”, Ateneo de Madrid.
“Registros de lo Efímero” (Records of the Ephemeral), Peguerinos, Ávila.
“125 Aniversario Real Sociedad Fotográfica” (125th Anniversary of the Royal Photographic Society), Centro de Arte de Alcobendas, Madrid
“Mirar un paisaje, seis visiones contemporáneas” (Looking at a Landscape, Six Contemporary Visions), curated by Isabel Elorrieta. Fundación Unicaja, Cádiz.
2023
“Divergencia Emocional” (Emotional Divergence) RAROS. Centro Cultural Baluarte, Tres Cantos, Madrid.
“Art Madrid”. DDR Art Gallery. Palacio de Cibeles, Madrid.
“FIG Bilbao”. DDR Art Gallery. Bilbao.
“Estampa” Contemporary Art Fair, Ifema, DDR Art Gallery. Madrid.
2022
“Holocausto” (Holocaust) curated by Jesús Reina, Galería Cobertura Photo, Seville.
“Making Forest” Lemon House residency, Kassel, Germany.
“Just LX Lisbon”. DDR Art Gallery. Lisbon, Portugal.
“Las edades de la imagen” (The Ages of the Image), Centre Pompidou de Málaga, curated by Géraldine Gomez and José María Luna.
“FIG Bilbao”. DDR Art Gallery. Bilbao.
2021
Special mention PhotoEspaña in the Fundación ENAIRE Awards. Villanueva Pavilion of the Royal Botanical Garden of Madrid. Photo España 2021.
“Mi casa” (My House), Espacio Mados - Galería Álvaro Alcázar, Madrid.
“Hasta nunca 2020 – RARO” (See You Never 2020 – RARE), Galería Autores en Red, El Escorial.
2020
“Herbarios imaginados” (Imagined Herbariums), Centro de Arte Complutense, Madrid.
“Escultura heterogénea” (Heterogeneous Sculpture), Faculty of Fine Arts, UCAM, Madrid.
2019
“Transmutación” (Transmutation) RARO Group, AVAM Extension, Matadero, Madrid.
PhotoEspaña 19, Fundación ENAIRE Awards, Botanical Garden of Madrid.
“Lo lleno y lo vacío” (The Full and the Empty), The 451 Shop, Oviedo, Asturias.
“Mínimo Tamaño Grande” (Minimum Large Size) Casa de Cultura, San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Madrid.
2018
“Hilo Conductor” (Common Thread) RARO Group, Galería Espacio Primavera 9, Madrid.
Christmas Collective, Librería Railowsky, Valencia.
2017
“Mundo Raro” (Rare World) Galería B&B, Madrid.
Feria Arte Oviedo, Galería Bea Villamarín de Gijón.
“El rincón feliz” (The Happy Corner) Museo Barjola, Gijón, curated by Natalia Alonso.
“Infinito interior” (Inner Infinite) Fundación ENAIRE Award, Instituto Cervantes, Madrid.
2016
XII Biennial of Plastic Arts Ciudad de Albacete, Municipal Museum, Albacete.
ASISA International Photography Contest, Casa de Vacas, Madrid.
World, Cultural Center La Vaguada, Madrid.
2015
Estampa Contemporary Art Fair, Matadero, Madrid.
“Paisajes posibles” (Possible Landscapes) Galería Espacio Foto, Madrid.
2013
XXX “Gil Marraco” Contest Exhibition. Casa de los Morlanes. Zaragoza.
2013
“Certamen de Arte Emergente” (Emerging Art Contest) La Galería Roja, Seville
Collections.
Pilar Citoler Collection.
Ateneo de Madrid
Real Sociedad Fotográfica de Madrid
Paradores de España
Diputación de Albacete
Colegio de España en Paris
ASISA Collection
Ayuntamiento de Yecla, Murcia
Comunidad Autónoma de la Región de Murcia
Fundación Ramón J. Sender – UNED, Barbastro (Huesca)
Private collections in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Venezuela, Costa Rica, France, Spain, Italy, Germany, UK.
Awards, scholarships & artistic residencies.
2026 1st PRIZE PILAR CITOLER PHOTOGRAPHY BIENNIAL.
2025 Special Mention PHotoEspaña, XVIII Fundación ENAIRE Photography Award.
2025 2nd Prize Fundación ANKARIA, International 21st Century Photography Award
2023 Roland Garric Residency, Cité Universitaire de Paris
2021 Special mention PHotoESPAÑA, XIV Fundación ENAIRE Photography Award.
2019 XII Fundación ENAIRE Photography Award (Selected).
2017 X Fundación ENAIRE Photography Award (Selected).
2016 First prize XVIII Plastic Arts Award of the Spanish Chamber of Commerce in France.
2016 Selected in the XII Plastic Arts Biennial Ciudad de Albacete.
2015 Runner-up ASISA International Photography Contest (Asisafoto 2015).
2013 First prize XXX national photography contest “Joaquín Gil Marraco” City Council of Zaragoza.
Works by Jose Quintanilla can be seen at:
DDR ART GALLERY, Calle de la Encomienda 21, 28012, Madrid.
Phone. +34 659819791
