GERMÁN GÓMEZ
Gijón, Asturias, Spain, 1972.
EDUCATION
2001 Diploma of Advanced Studies in Fine Arts. Complutense University of Madrid.
1998 Degree in Fine Arts, Complutense University of Madrid.
1999 Diploma in Teaching. Complutense University of Madrid.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS (SELECTION)
2019 Identity and intimacy. CentroNiemeyer. Avilés.Spain
2018 Travel notes Fernando Pradilla Gallery, Madrid, Spain
2017 Deconstructing Cities Punto Gallery, Valencia, Spain.
2015 Deconstructing cities Fernando Pradilla Gallery, Madrid.
2014 Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia, United States.
2013 The gallery Axel Pairon series Condenados y Dibujados Samuelis Baumgarte Galerie. Bielefeld, Germany.
2012 Years 30 at Fernando Pradilla Gallery, Madrid.
2011 Portraits of a newspaper El Museo Gallery. Colombia
2010 Of parents and children. Fernando Pradilla Gallery. Madrid.Spain.
MAMB. Barranquilla Museum of Modern Art. Colombia
Art Projects. He paints. London. Fernando Pradilla Gallery. London. United Kingdom
V Modern and Contemporary Art Fair ArtMadrid. Young Art Project. Germán Gómez presents Eduardo Oquendo. PhotoEspaña. Change of Sense. ONCE Foundation Exhibition Hall. Madrid
2009 El Museo Gallery. Bogotá. Colombia
Carlos Woods Gallery. Guatemala. Pilgrimage. Sagunto. Valencia. Spain / PhotoEspaña´09 Room Mate Oscar. Madrid. Spain /Espai Quatre. Casal Solleric. Palma de Mallorca. Spain.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (SELECTION)
2019 The Journey to Rome, photographers on scholarship at the Academy of Spain in Rome. Niemeyer Center. Avilés. Spain.
2017 Animal Version, Fernando Pradilla Gallery, Madrid.
2016 It's just sex. At Fernando Pradilla Gallery in Madrid
2015 Factoría de Arte y Desarrollo investigates the experiences of masculinity, the construction of identity, social standards and their representation through art.
2014 CentroCentro Cibeles in Madrid, within the framework of the V Biennial of Contemporary Art of the ONCE Foundation
"Own Itineraries" at the Fernando Pradilla gallery in Madrid.
2013 Sex, lies & Photos Pelaires Gallery in Palma de Mallorca as part of the activities of La Nit de l'Art.
Inner Journeys organised by the Maison Particuliére private Art Centre in Brussels.
2012 Estado Crítico, 10 curators 10 artists With the series Condenados. Alterarte Hall, Ourense Campus.
2011 Iberoamerican Contemporary Photography. Museum Gallery. Bogotá, Colombia
Lenguajes en papel In the Fernando Pradilla Gallery in Madrid.
Buenos Aires, Argentina SCOPE BASEL. Fernando Pradilla Gallery. Basel, Switzerland
Kuntsi Museum of Modern Art, Vaasa. Finland. Iberoamerican Contemporary Photography. Projects Space. Fernando Pradilla Gallery, Madrid
SP Arte. Fernando Pradilla Gallery. São Paulo. Brazil /MadridFoto. Fernando Pradilla Gallery. Madrid. Spain
MACO AREA. Mexico Contemporary Art Fair. Fernando Pradilla Gallery. Mexico
National Museum of Photography. Copenhagen. Denmark. Centro Cultural de España en México
Espacio Iniciarte, Sevilla. III Biennial of Contemporary Art. Fundación Once. Madrid. Spain.
AWARDS
2008 Photographer Revelation PhotoEspaña'08
IX ABC Prize for Painting and Photography. First consolation prize.
Finalist. City of Palma Photography Award. Palma de Mallorca.
2006 Selected. I Pilar Citoler International Photography Prize. University of Cordoba.
Selected. City of Palma Photography Award 2006. Palma de Mallorca.
2005 Selected. 2006 Generation of Caja Madrid
2004 Selected Gregorio Prieto Competition of Caja Madrid.
2003 Selected Concurso Purificación García.
2001 1st National Photography Prize Injuve 2001.
2nd Prize VI Edition Contest We Are All Different Civil Rights Foundation.
GRANTS
2009 Aid for the production of plastic arts in the Community of Madrid. Break point scholarship.
2007 Grant of the Royal Academy of Spain in Rome / Spanish Artist in the XXIV Biennial of Alexandria. Egypt
2004 Honorable Mention. Generation 2005 of Caja Madrid.
COLLECTIONS
Reina Sofía National Museum. Madrid. Spain / 21c Museum. Kentucky. USA / Anthony Terrana Collection. Massachusetts. USA / Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Madrid. Spain / Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs. Madrid. Spain / Community of Madrid. Spain / ABC Collection. Madrid. Spain / Fundación Once. Madrid. Spain / Obra Social Caja Madrid. Spain / Civil Rights Foundation. Madrid. Spain / Youth Assembly. Madrid. Spain / Complutense University of Madrid. Spain / Municipality of Leganés. Spain / Caja de Ahorros de Navarra. Spain/Collection Room Mate. Madrid. Spain.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
AVV, On Minded Prints. On Prints Minded, Ed. dx5 Group, Pontevedra, 2011.
GÓMEZ, G., Yo, tú, él, ella, nosotros, nosotras, vosotros, ustedes, ellos y ellas, Exit publicaciones, Madrid, 2009.
PERSONS, T., MALMBORG, E., KOUWENHOUEN, B., New Stories. A New View of Spanish Photography and Video Art, Hatje Cantz, Berlin, 2008.
Germán Gómez - Condenados, Catalogue, Fernando Pradilla Gallery, Madrid, 2008.
Diccionario de 200 Artistas Imprescindibles, Ed. Comunidad de Madrid, 2007.
VILLA, M., El Arte Emergente en España, Editorial Vaivén, Madrid, 2007.
Germán Gómez - Fichados/Tatuados, Catalogue, Fernando Pradilla Gallery, Madrid, 2006.
OLIVARES, R., 100 Spanish Photographers, Exit Publicaciones, Madrid, 2005.