About : JD VALIENTE

BIOGRAPHY

José David Valiente (1986) is a visual artist based in Murcia, Spain. He studied Audiovisual Image and then continued with Artistic Photography at Murcia School of Arts. His work has been exhibited in Thessaloniki, Krakow, Miami and Murcia and has been featured in various online and print publications including British Journal of Photography, Der Greif, It's Nice That, Humble Arts Foundation, Aint Bad, Fisheye Magazine and Metal Magazine among others.
He was selected in 2018 by British Journal of Photography as one of their annual "Ones To Watch".

José is powerfully drawn to decadence, marginals, bizarre, wild and mystery. His work is very personal. It reflects the environment around him and he makes use of its elements to portray himself.

EDUCATION

2011-2012 - Artistic Photography, Arts School (EA), Murcia.

2009-2011 - Audiovisual Image, I.E.S. Ramón y Cajal, Murcia.

AWARDS & RECOGNITION

2018 - British Journal of Photography's "Ones to Watch"

2017 - Photogrvphy Grant - Nominee

2014 - Miami Street Photography Festival (MSPF) - Finalist

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2018 - "Parentesis" in collaboration with Sole Satana, curated by Underphoto. (Centro Párraga, Murcia, Spain)

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2018 - PhotoBiennale, Common Places / Parallel Stories, (Thessaloniki, Greece)

2018 - SKG Bridges Festival, Common Places / Parallel Stories (Thessaloniki, Greece) 