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GIANNINA URMENETA OTTIKER (Lima - Peru, 1966)
EDUCATION:
2008 - 2011: Koninklijke Academie voor Schone Kunsten (KASK), Gent (BE) - Drawing
1992 - 1995: Koninklijke Academie voor Schone Kunsten (KASK), Gent (BE) - Photography
1989 - 1991: IDEP – Escuela Superior de Imagen y Diseño, Barcelona, (SP) - Photography
1987 - 1988: Centro de la investigación de la fotografía, Lima (PE) - Photography
EXHIBITIONS (selected):
2025: Imprints, Studio Seine (solo)
2025: Kunstbiennale Prinsenhof - Gent, Belgium
2025: Oui, Fontaine - Paris, France
2025: Warp contemporary visual arts platform, vitrine project, Sint Niklaas, Belgium
2024: Contrasts, AHWNN Gallery, Ostend, Belgium (duo)
2024: We kept on dancing like it didn't matter, cultural centre Hasselt, Hasselt, Belgium (solo)
2024: Het uur blauw, Black Swan Gallery, Brugge, Belgium
2024: We kept on dancing like it didn't matter, cultural centre Stroming, Berlare, Belgium (solo)
2023: Internationale Fotobiënnale Oostende, Ostend, Belgium
2023: Close-Encounters, Donacienne Wittevrongel-Liefhooghe, Kwaremont, Belgium
2023: Summer Camp #7 - Cecilia Jaime Gallery, Gent, Belgium
2023: Walking on thin ice, CAS, Zottegem, Belgium
2023: We kept on dancing like it didn't matter, Cecilia Jaime Gallery, Gent, Belgium (solo)
2023: We kept on dancing like it didn't matter, De Factorij, Zaventem, Belgium (solo)
2022: This is not a landscape #2 - PAK, Gistel, Belgium
2022: 10 years Cecilia Jaime Gallery, Gent, Belgium
2022: Werk vloer - CAS, Zottegem, Belgium
2022: The Plinth, S.M.A.K, Gent, Belgium
2021: Cecilia Jaime Gallery, Gent, Belgium
2021: Group show, Raam 103, Gent, Belgium
2021: Buiten Spoor, group show, Ontsteking, Gent, Belgium
2021: Cecilia Jaime Gallery, Gent, Belgium
2021: Van Eyck Kosmopoliet curated by Ben Benaouisse, Sint-Jacobskerk, Ghent, Belgium
2021: Il Futuro Annunciato, Siracusa, Italy
2021: Entre Deux Nuages, PAK, Gistel, Belgium
2021: Unknown Masters, Cultuurcentrum Scharpoord, Knokke-Heist, Belgium
2021: Cecilia Jaime Gallery, Gent, Belgium
2020: SMAK, Tekenen in lockdown, Belgium
2020: Buy Local, Kunsthal, Belgium
2019: Winter show, Cecilia Jaime Gallery, Gent, Belgium
2019: Group show, Gallery Le Logge, Assisi, Italy
2019: Wonderland, Pak, curated by Luc Rabaey and Frank Demarest, Gistel, Belgium
2019: Le regard retardé, 44 Gallery, Brugge, Belgium (solo)
2019: Group show, Cecilia Jaime Gallery, Gent, Belgium
2019: Duo show, CJK, Gent, Belgium (duo)
2018: Where it seems ordinary, Cecilia Jaime Gallery, Gent, Belgium (solo)
2017: Winter show, Cecilia Jaime Gallery, Gent, Belgium
2017: Land van de Fotografie, Gent, Belgium
2017: Dark Rooms - Pak & 44 Gallery, curated by Luc Rabaey and Frank Demarest, Brugge, Belgium
2017: Summer camp #4, Cecilia Jaime Gallery, Gent, Belgium
2017: 44 Gallery Pop Up, curated by Luc Rabaey, Knokke, Belgium
2016: Winter show, Cecilia Jaime Gallery, Gent, Belgium
2016: Summer Camp #3 - Cecilia Jaime Gallery, Gent, Belgium
2016: Intimicy Under the Milky Way, PAK, curated by Luc Rabaey, Gistel, Belgium
2016: Duo show, Cecilia Jaime Gallery, Gent, Belgium (duo)
2016: De Lichte Kamer, curated by Luc Rabaey, Brussels Parliament, Belgium
2015: Winter show, Cecilia Jaime Gallery, Gent, Belgium
2015: Allusion II, Gallery 44, Brugge Belgium (solo)
2015: Summer Camp, Cecilia Jaime Gallery, Gent, Belgium
2015: Alusión I, Galería Yvonne Sanguineti, Lima, Perú (solo)
2014: Bomen, Abres, Trees, Gallery Flinxo, curated by Stefaan de Wolf, Gent, Belgium
2014: Galería Yvonne Sanguineti, Lima, Perú
2014: Common Streetscapes, House of Flanders, New York, USA (duo)
2013: Nucleo group show, There are stories… curated by Laura Herman and Mieke Mels, Gent, Belgium
2013: Sta.M - 100 jaar Vooruit - 3 photographers, Stadsmuseum, Gent, Bélgium
2013: 44 Gallery, Brugge, Belgium
2012: Group show, Gallery Flinxo, Gent, Belgium
2012: B art fair, Gallery 44, Gent, Belgium
2012: Un-there, Gallery 44, Brugge, Belgium (solo)
2012: De Canvas collectie, Bozar Centre of Fine Arts, Brussels, Belgium
2011: Nucleo/De connectie, Gent, Belgium
2011: Overwinter, Croxhapox, Gent, Belgium (duo)
2011: Art Silence, Kunstbibliotheek Universiteit, Gent, Belgium
2011: Group show, Gallery Flinxo, Gent, Belgium
2010: Un-there, expo and book presentation, Bank van de arbeid, Gent, Belgium (solo)
2007: Mu.Zee, Theater aan zee, Oostende, Belgium
2005: CJK, Gent, Belgium
2005: Ravenstein Gallery, Bruselas, Bélgium
2005, Summer of photography - Antwerpen, Bélgium
2004: Grand Tour, MSK, Museum of Fine Arts, Gent, Belgium
2003: Usine C, Montreal, Canada
2003: Musée d'art Contemporain, Montreal, Canada
PUBLICATIONS:
2025: Het atelier van… Giannina Urmeneta Ottiker, Gallery Viewer, Wouter van den Eijkel
Letters to artists - Author: Philippe Van Cauteren - publisher: Hannibal
Interview Urbanautica institute - Urbanautica awards publication
The art couch - 2024 review
Drawing in lockdown - published by SMAK, Gent
Giannina Urmeneta Ottiker - Un-There - Publisher: Medium. Authors: Philippe Van Cauteren and Anna Luyten
Yougurt - Quarantine flavour - published by Yogurt editions, Italy.
Vooruit 100 - editorial Hannibal
Common Streetscapes – New York Streetscape – Publisher: Dag Boursen, KU Leuven
S.M.A.K./TRACK - A contemporary conversation - publisher: Roma
Nucleo/There are stories of coincidence
Art Silence - Kunstbibliotheek Universiteit Gent - Publisher: vakgroep kunst, muziek en theaterwetenschappen
Superamas - Big 3 Episodes (art/discourse) - publisher: Les presses du réel
De Speler en de Strop - Tweehonderd jaar theater in Gent - publisher: Snoeck
Memoria - cultura, Barcelona
IN COLLECTION:
Bibliothèque Nationale de Paris, France
House of Flanders, New York, USA
Arts Centre Vooruit, Gent, Belgium
Province East Flanders, Gent, Belgium
Ayuntamiento de Barcelona, cultura, Spain
Usine C, Montreal, Canada
SMAK, Gent, Belgium
NOMINATIONS / AWARDS:
Fine art photographers - 5 winners - The List, Photoshelter
Tokyo international photo awards 2020 - Book Fine art award.
Urbanautica awards 2023