BIO
Ire Lenes is a documentary photographer from Madrid, where she lives and works. She is a Sociologist by profession, she has been trained in the new documentary and contemporary landscape at the PICA School in Alcobendas and Photoespaña in Madrid.
She focuses her work on the relationship of people with their surroundings and their history, always understanding the individual and society as an indivisible binomial. Through visual narration she investigates societies or social issues that interest her as a sociologist.
Since 2016, her work focuses on the investigation of ethnic minorities in the Baltic countries after their independence from the Soviet Union.
Although the main weight of her work is documentary, she also develops works experimental with polaroid camera and pinhole.
EDUCATION
2017-2018 PIC.A PhotoEspaña , MA Photography and Artistic project, Madrid, (SP)
2013-2017 PIC.A PhotoEspaña, Degree documentary photography , Madrid, (SP)
2007-2008 Escuela Diplomática MAEC-AECI, MA International Relations, Madrid, (SP)
2000-2005 UCM, Degree Sociology, Madrid, (SP)
BOOK
2019 Archipiélagos, La Kursala, Spain.
AWARDS
2021 XI Encontro de Artistas Novos, Selected Artist (SP)
2021 ING Talent Award, Public Prize (NL)
2021 OnPhoto Soria, Second Place (SP)
2020 Futures Photography, Invited Artist by PhotoEspaña (NL)
2020 Enrique Algarra Award, Winner (SP)
2019 PX3 Prix de la Photographie Paris, Silver Winner (SP)
2018 Banc Sabadell Foundation DOCfield Dummy Award, Finalist (SP)
2018 ADP Ciudad de Alcobendas Award, Second Place (SP)
2018 11th Julia Margaret Cameron Award for Women Photographers, Honorable Mention (SP)
2018 Transeurope PHE, Selected artist Scholarship (SP)
2017 DKV Albarracín Photography and Journalism Seminar, Winner Scholarship (SP)
2017 Ciudad de Alcalá Awards, Winner (SP)
2017 PhotoEspaña MA Photography and Artistic project , Winner Scholarship (SP)
2017 Aphoto Reporter Award, Honorable Mention (SP)
2017 NexoFoto Award, Finalist (SP)
2017 Descubrimientos PHE, Selected artist Scholarship (SP)
2016 ADP Ciudad de Alcobendas Award, Winner (SP)
2016 XIX Certamen Jóvenes Creadores Ávila, Winner (SP)
EXHIBITIONS
SOLO Exhibitions
2021 Ojos Rojos Festival, "Archipiélagos", Xàbia, (SP)
2019 Torre DKV, "Archipiélagos", Zaragoza, (SP)
2019 La Kursala, "Archipiélagos", Cádiz. (SP)
2019 Grisart , "Archipiélagos", Barcelona, (SP)
2019 EFTI , "Archipiélagos", Madrid, (SP)
2019 Sala Cuidart , "Archipiélagos", Denia, (SP)
2018 Torre de Albarracín , "Archipiélagos", Albarracín, (SP)
GROUP Exhibitions
2022 Tbilisi Photo Festival, Futures Talents x Photo Books, Tbilisi, (GE)
2021 ING Talent, Kunsthal Art Museum, Rotterdam, (NL)
2020 Futures Photography, PHE, Circulo de Bellas Artes, Madrid, (SP)
2020 Hola! 西班牙當代攝影書 Introduction to Spanish Photobooks, Taipei, (TW)
2018 Foto Colectania, DOCfield Dummy Award, Barcelona, (SP)
2018 Centro Cultural Anabel Segura, “A mi feminidad”, Alcobendas, (SP)
2018 Centro de Arte Alcobendas, "Miscelánea", Alcobendas, (SP)
2018 Alcalá Visual Hospital Santa María la Rica, " Archipiélagos “, Alcalá de Henares, (SP)
2017 Miguel Delibes PIC.A , "Río Proyect", Alcobendas, (SP)
2016 Centro Cultural Anabel Segura, “Miradas", Alcobendas, (SP)
COLLECTIONS
ING Nederland
Colección DKV
La Kursala
Private collections
PROJECTIONS
2018 XVIII Albarracín Photography and Journalism Seminar, Soviet Parkas
2017 SANfest Festival, Autofobia
2016 Fotonoche, Centro de Arte Alcobendas. Autofobia
TALKS
2021 Festival Ojos Rojos, Xàbia, (SP)
2021 Duo Kursala, Cádiz, (SP).
2021 Photobook Club, Castellón, (SP).
2021 Fotokalea, Vitoria, (SP).
2021 EASD, Valencia, (SP).
2019 Máster en Teorías y Proyectos Artísticos, Photoespaña. (SP).
2019 Escuela PIC.A, Photoespaña, Alcobendas, (SP).
2019 Real Sociedad Fotográfica, Madrid, (SP).
2018 INFOTOGRAFOS IX, Alicante, (SP).