Isabel Val Sánchez
Born in Barcelona in 1988
isabelval.com // valsanchez.isabel@gmail.com
Education
Formal Education
2019 MA - Art Direction for Communication, La Basad, Barcelona, ES
2011 BA - Artistic Photography and Visual Arts, EASD Serra i Abella, L'Hospital de Llobregat, ES
2008 BA – Media Production, EMAV, Barcelona, ES
Other Courses
2014 Antique Techniques and Alternative Photographic Processes, Pati Llimona, Barcelona, ES
2012 Conservation and Organization of Photographic Collections – IEFC, Barcelona, ES
Scholarships
2023 Embodied Relations training, Flechtwerk Association, Vienna AT
2022 Ecology of Love with Dr. Andreas Weber, advaya / Be The Earth Foundation
2020 What Makes a World? - A Horizon, Nadira Husain’s Expanded Painting Course, Salzburg
International Summer Academy of Fine Arts, Salzburg, AT
Program Participation
2023/24 Inspiration Forum Lab, Ji.hlava IDFF, CZE
2021 Art & Politics: Containment, IMMA Summer School, IRL
Residencies
2023/24 Residència Radiofònica, Ràdio Paquita / La Bonne, Barcelona, ES
2022 Casa d’Artistes, Menorca, ES
2017 Cold Bench, AiRO
Solo and Duo Shows
2022 El Mar son las Raíces, Centre Cívic Guinardó, Barcelona, ES
Comes in Waves, MyMuseum Gallery, Budapest, HU (duo show with Eirini Sourgiadaki)
Back to the Present, Budapest Photo Festival, Budapest, HU (duo show with Krisóf Murányi)
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024 Best of, MyMuseum Gallery, Budapest, HU
Si els cossos fossin cossos (cossos d’aigua), Centre Cívic Barceloneta, Barcelona, ES
2023 Microcosmos, Cosmopolis Festival, Kavala, GR
On the Road, MyMuseum Gallery / Budapest Photo Festival, Budapest, HU
Working Title 3, MAGMA Contemporary Art Space, Sfântu Gheorghe, RO
Blue Humanities Archive, Nuremberg House, Krakow, PL
Solar Storm X, MyMuseum Gallery, Budapest, HU
2022 Return to the Real, Art of Future, online
Lost in Translation, MyMuseum Gallery, Budapest, HU
2021 Conversations with Me, MyMuseum Gallery / Gallery Weekend, Budapest, HU
Stripart Festival, Barcelona, ES
2019 Natural Randomness, MyMuseum Gallery, Budapest, HU
2018 The Vinyl Shop Effect, MyMuseum Gallery, Budapest, HU
Relative Time, Tavaszi Festival, Budapest, HU
2017 Stop the Music!, MyMuseum Gallery, Budapest, HU
Outside the Box, MyMuseum Gallery, Budapest, HU
2016 Invisibles, Fòrum Fotogràfic Can Basté, Barcelona, ES
Light and Sound Show, Pinhole World Day, Barcelona, ES
2015 Inicis, Barcelona Visions, Barcelona, ES
Light and Sound Show, Revela-T Festival, Vilassar de Dalt, ES
LaColect, Madrid, ES
Art Fairs
2022 Budapest Art Market, Budapest, HU
2020 Budapest Art Market, Budapest, HU
2017 Budapest Art Market, Budapest, HU
Screenings & Listenings
2023 L’aigua és una força de treball (cossos d’aigua), CC Can Felipa, Barcelona, ES
Currents (with commonplace collective), Public Functionary Gallery, Minneapolis, USA
White Canvas, Les Instants Vidéo Festival / Aknoor Art Gallery, FR/IR
Magnetic Observatory, Mart Gallery, Dublin, IRL
2021 Joy Jubilee (with commonplace collective) Media Justice, USA/ Online
Puntomov Fest, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México, MX
Dancing in the Park Online, Edmonton, CA
2020 Unseen, Simultan Festival, Timisoara, RO
Lichtblick, Kunsthalle am Hamburger Platz, Berlin, DE
Publications
· Kozák Iván, “Neon Budapest”, 2017, ISBN 978-615-00-0706-9
· “XYZ”, Edited by Kloss, Katharina, Café Babel, 2016, ISBN 978-2-95-589730-0 (page 66)
Workshops & Lectures
2024 Tast Liquiditzant (cossos d’aigua + Liminial), La Bonne, Barcelona, ES
2023 My tears are becoming a sea: una invitació al plor col·lectiu (cossos d’aigua), La Bonne, Barcelona, ES
Water and Memory, TBA 21 Academy Ocean comm/uni/ty, online
2022 Water and Memory, Centre Cívic Guinardó, Barcelona, ES
2021 The Grief Party: A Ritual and Community Care Workshop, Dice Festival + Conference, Berlin,DE
Symbiotic Collages: A Collaborative Practice, CCCB, Barcelona, ES
2018 Visual Narratives Through Photography, Instituto Cervantes, Budapest, HU
Collecting the City: Visual Storytelling, Ecole Supérieure des Arts Visuels de Marrakech, MA
Collecting the City: Visual Storytelling, Artemisszió Foundation, Budapest, HU 2017 Photography for Beginners, Instituto Cervantes, Budapest, HU
Creativity and Idea Generation, Brody Studios, Budapest, HU
Bibliography
Collections / Archive
· Ocean Archive
· Blue humanities Archive
Catalogues
· Budapest Photo Festival, Asssociation of Contemporary Photographers, 2022 (page 98)
· Stipart 2021, Ajuntament de Barcelona, 2021 (page 20)
Podcasts
· Ràdio Far Menorca, Residents #21, May 2022
· Sample Filosòfic, Programa #12, April 2022
Video Report
· Centre Cívic Guinardó, El Mar son las Raíces, October 2022
Selected Articles
· Vikárius, Réka, “The (neon) imprints of Budapest’s history in Isabel Val’s photographs”, Hype&Hyper, May 18, 2022
· Patkós, Luza, “Back to the present”, Budapest Photo Festival, April 29, 2022
· Manzanera, Silvia, “La Saviesa de les Àvies”, L’Independent de Gràcia, February 25, 2022 (page 14)
· Bartha, Dorka, “Discover Budapest’s Last Neon With A Unique New Guide And Map”, We Love Budapest, June 3, 2018
·Bakró-Nagy, Ferenc, “Fantasztikus album készült a budapesti neonokról”, Index, December 7, 2017
· Somsoi, Rita, “Wifin Érkező Művészet”, Fotóművészet, October 2017 (page 67)
· Telek-Nay, Ágnes, “Stop the Music! Exhibition Review”, Artportal, September 27, 2017
· Szőcs Lilla, “Budapest Neonfényei”, WMN Mag, September 23, 2017
· Sashegyi, Zsófia, “Megkopott Neonvarázs”, Magyar Nemzet, April 9, 2016 (page 27)
· Bravo, Eduardo, “Luminosos de Budapest: Neones que Nunca Vendieron Nada”, Yorokobu, April 4, 2016
· Reig Pellicer, Naiara, “Lights of Budapest: Lo que queda de la era socialista”, Café Babel, April 1, 2016