Lurdes R. Basolí is a Catalan born photographer based it Barcelona, Spain.

 

EDUCATION
  • 2004
  • BA Audiovisual Communication, Universitat Ramon Llull, Barcelona (Spain)
  • 2005
  • Postgraduate degree Photojournalism, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (Spain)

 

EXHIBITIONS

  • 2022
  • Ser Llobes, with Elisa Miralles, sala Muncunill, Terrassa, Barcelona (Spain)
  • 2021
  • BLANK, solo exhibition, sala Zero, Espai d’Arts Roca Umbert, Barcelona (Spain)
  • 2020
  • Evohé! (The Bacchants & Bacchus), solo exhibition, Museu de Granollers, Barcelona
  • 2019
  • BLANK, solo exhibition, sala Agustí Centelles, Barcelona (Spain)
  • La Sucursal del Cielo – Creadores de conciencia, group exhibition, Círculo de Bellas Artes, Madrid (Spain)
  • 2018
  • My Danube – Danube Revisited: The Inge Morath Truck Project, group exhibition, Landesmuseum, Linz (Austria)
  • 2017
  • My Danube – Danube Revisited: The Inge Morath Truck Project, group exhibition, Fotografie Forum Frankfurt (Germany)
  • SIGNIS – terra-lab.cat, Museu de Granollers, Barcelona (Spain)
  • 2016
  • My Danube – Europe? 4 approaches to European photography, Photo Bejing, China Millenium Monument, group exhibtion, Beijing (China)
  • My Danube – Tras los pasos de Inge Morath. Miradas sobre el Danubio, Espacio Fundación Telefónica, group exhibition, Madrid (Spain)
  • Resiliencia, BAFFEST, group exhibition, Barakaldo (Spain)
  • A vista de campanar, Ajuntament de Vic, group exhibition, Vic – Barcelona (Spain)
  • 2015
  • Photo Junctions with Lagos Photo, Thought Pyramid Art Centre, group exhibition, Abuja (Nigeria)
  • 2014
  • La Sucursal del Cielo – Documentary photography, Baku Museum of Modern Art, group exhibition, Baku (Azerbaijan)
  • 2012
  • Under Pressure, European Parliament, group exhibition, Brussels (Belgium)
  • La Sucursal del Cielo – Inge Morath Award, Fotohof Gallery, group exhibition, Salzburg (Austria)
  • La Sucursal del Cielo – Inge Morath Award, Atterseehalle, group exhibition, Attersee (Austria)
  • 2011
  • La Hora del Recreo, group exhibition tour (Latin America)
  • La Sucursal del Cielo, Sala Montehermoso, festival Periscopio, solo exhibition, Vitoria (Spain)
  • 2010
  • La Sucursal del Cielo – No Revolution, Galeria 2piR, Festiwal Fotodokumentu, group exhibition, Poznan (Poland)
  • La Sucursal del Cielo, Dr. Nopo Gallery, solo exhibition, Valencia (Spain)
  • 2009
  • Closing in – Human Conditions, Noorderlicht International Photofestival, group exhibition, Groningen (The Netherlands)
  • En la vía, Feria Iberoamericana de Arte, Corp Banca Cultural Center, group exhibition, Caracas (Venezuela)
  • FotoPres’09, Caixaforum, group exhibition tour (Spain)
  • 2008
  • Descubrimientos PhotoEspaña, El Águila, group exhibition, Madrid (Spain)
  • Venezuela(s), Casa Amèrica Catalunya, solo exhibition, Barcelona (Spain)

 

AWARDS & GRANTS

  • 2011
  • Winner, Prix Ani-PixPalace, Visa Pour l’Image
  • 2010
  • Winner, Inge Morath Award, Inge Morath Foundation and Magnum Photos
  • Selected, Joop Swart Masterclass, World Press Photo
  • 2009
  • Recipient, FotoPres Grant, Fundació La Caixa
  • 2008
  • Finalist, Descubrimientos PhotoEspaña
  • Recipient, Clic’08, Catalan Government
  • 2007
  • Recipient, Encuentros de Fotografía y Periodismo de Albarracín
  • 2005
  • Selected participant, Festival de Fotoperiodismo de Gijón

 

TEACHING, LECTURES & WORKSHOPS

  • 2020
  • EFTI, Una perspectiva contemporánea sobre el viaje fotográfico, workshop, Madrid (Spain)
  • LENS, masterclass, Madrid (Spain) / online
  • MAD Photo, Intimacy, workshop, Madrid (Spain) / online
  • CFC Bilbao, masterclass, Bilbao (Spain) / online
  • 2019
  • Círculo de Bellas Artes, Periodismo en femenino, conversation with Judith Prat, Madrid (Spain)
  • Festival Panoramic, Albus Colonus, workshop, Roca Umbert Art Factory, Granollers (Spain)
  • Focus León, Ampliar la mirada o volver al origen, conversation with Lorena Ros León (Spain)
  • Caixaforum, Capa in colors, lecture in conversation with Jose Ramon Bas, Tarragona (Spain)
  • PIC.A PhotoEspaña, masterclass, Madrid (Spain)
  • EFTI, Una perspectiva contemporánea sobre el viaje fotográfico, workshop, Madrid (Spain)
  • LENS, masterclass, Madrid (Spain)
  • CFC Bilbao, workshop, Bilbao (Spain)
  • 2018
  • TAI, Trazar un mundo. Arte, identidad y territorio, conversation with Jon Cazenave, Madrid (Spain)
  • Caixaforum, Capa in colors, lecture in conversation with Jose Ramon Bas, Lleida (Spain)
  • 2017
  • Fotografie Forum Frankfurt, What the river reveals, lecture & workshop (Germany)
  • Nafasi Art Space, What the river reveals, lecture & workshop, Dar es Salaam (Tanzania)
  • Totum Revolutum – Undermount, lecture, San Sebastián (Spain)
  • 2016
  • Espacio Fundación Telefónica, Una mirada documental, workshop, Madrid (Spain)
  • Donostia San Sebastián 2016, Hidrologiak, lecture, San Sebastián (Spain)
  • Caixaforum, Ser Otra, una aproximación visual a lo femenino, lecture, Zaragoza (Spain)
  • 2015
  • Photo Junctions with Lagos Photo, masterclass & workshop, Abuja (Nigeria)
  • Fishbar, Danube Revisited, talk with Olivia Arthur, London (UK)
  • Museu de Granollers, Diàlegs, lecture in conversation with Manel Esclusa, Barcelona (Spain)
  • CFC Bilbao, Una  mirada documental, workshop, Bilbao (Spain)
  • CFC Bilbao, Los viernes del CFC, lecture, Bilbao (Spain)
  • Lodz Fotofestiwal, Hit the road, lecture, Lodz (Poland)
  • Tallinn Polytechnical School, workshop, Tallinn (Estonia)
  • Ultravioleta Photography School, workshop, Madrid (Spain)
  • ARGI festibala, workshop, Oñati (Spain)
  • 2014
  • Universitat Autònoma of Barcelona, masterclass, Barcelona (Spain)
  • Ultravioleta Photography School, workshop, Madrid (Spain)
  • El Observatorio Photography School, masterclass, Barcelona (Spain)
  • 2013
  • Superior School of Image and Design IDEP, teaching, Barcelona (Spain)
  • El Observatorio Photography School, masterclass, Barcelona (Spain)
  • 2012
  • Basque Institute of Photography IVASFOT, teaching, San Sebastian (Spain)
  • Phacto, masterclass, Barcelona (Spain)
  • 2011
  • Tallinn Polytechnical School, workshop, Tallinn (Estonia)
  • El Invernadero, masterclass, Murcia (Spain)
  • 2010
  • Basque Institute of Photography IVASFOT, teaching, San Sebastian (Spain)
  • Fotoweek Photo Festival, lecture in conversation with Sandra Balsells, Valladolid (Spain)
  • Fotodokumentu Photo Festival, lecture, Poznan (Poland)
  • Ramon Llull University, lecture, Barcelona (Spain)
  • 2009
  • Spanish Embassy Culture Department, workshop, Caracas (Venezuela)
  • 2008
  • BlankPaper Photography School, masterclass, Madrid (Spain)

 

PHOTOGRAPHY EXPERIENCE

Freelance contributor for such publications as El País Semanal, El Mundo Magazine, La Vanguardia Magazine, Cambio 16, The Sunday Times Magazine, Internazionale, Photo Magazine, Correio da Manhá, Expresso, El Universal, Milenio & La Nación.

Persistence, a catalogue published by the World Press Photo (2010)

Photographer for the EMSP ‘Under Pressure‘ documentary Project (2011-2015)

Photographer for Fundación Telefónica ‘Break Time‘ documentary Project & Publication by Lünwerg (2010)

Included in the AZ of Spanish Photographers. From the XIX to the XXI century, La Fabrica (2014)

Co-director and photographer of ‘Danube Revisited: The Inge Morath Truch Project‘ with Claire Martin, Olivia Arthur & Emily Schiffer (2012-2018)

Curator for Dar Photo Project group exhibition, Tanzania (2017) & co-curator for ARGI photo festival, Basque Country (2017)

Atopical Lives, video and photography project documenting the lives of people with eczema around Europe for European Federation of Allergies, (2018-2019)

Other published catalogues: Fotopres’09 – Fundació La Caixa (Spain), Human Conditions – Noorderlicht Photo festival (The Netherlands), Tiempo Detenido – PhotoEspaña & Fundación Enaire (Spain)

Her work is part of the following collections: Museo de Arte Contemporaneo del Zulia (Venezuela), Museu de Granollers (Barcelona) & DKV Collection (Spain)

Today she combines assignments, teaching and her personal projects.