Bio
Jaume Llorens was born in Porqueres, near Girona, Catalonia, in 1966. Fond of photography since his teenage years.
In 2014, he took part in his first collective exhibition. Since then, the most notable exhibitions he has participated in include the LensCulture group exhibitions at Caelum Gallery (New York) in 2024 and Photo London 2023, a Photolucida collective exhibition in the Colorado Photographic Arts Center (Denver) in 2024, a solo exhibition at the Fundació Valvi in Girona in 2022, a solo exhibition at the Festival Mirades in Torroella de Montgrí in 2021, and the collective OFNI Project at the Valid Foto Gallery in Barcelona, in 2019.
Among his awards, he received the Top Pick at LensCulture Critics' Choice 2023, the Top 50 at Photolucida Critical Mass 2023, the 3rd place (singles) at the LensCulture Black & White Awards 2022, his portfolio 'Deep Inside' being selected at the Barcelona International Photography Awards (BIPA) in 2019, and the 3rd prize in the VI National Photography Competition Canson Infinity (Spain).
Statement
Nature and landscape are the raw materials of my work. I approach them contemplatively, alone and in silence, open to unplanned moments that affect me, whether aesthetically or emotionally.
Although I never appear in my photos, I feel there is a great deal of self-portraiture in them.
Since Covid, I have worked almost exclusively in black and white. I am drawn to simplicity and try communicating with as few elements as possible. Rather than explaining, I try to suggest and leave room for interpretation. There is often a poetic intent, which I hope the viewer will find also.
A significant part of my recent work is based on the juxtaposition of photographs. I find it fascinating how placing two images side by side can create a resonance between them and transform them. It is not just about combining two photographs, but about how elements from each can take on new meanings simply by being placed next to one another.
Articles / Featured in
PRINTED
2025 - Jaume Llorens’ poetic diptychs explore our connection with nature, Black+White Photography, no. 298, pp. 24-29.
2024 - "The World of Photography 2", Fotonostrum Publishing, Barcelona.
2024 - "Mirades: Jaume Llorens. La bellesa del silenci." Compàs d'amalgama. Revista de cultura contemporània, no. 10. September. Edicions de la Universitat de Barcelona.
2024 - "Jaume Llorens. Gaia." Schwarzweiss, no. 161, August, pp. 32-39.
2024 - "Jaume Llorens: Seeking Silence." Royal Photographic Society Visual Art, no. 164, Summer, pp. 5-10.
2024 - "Jaume Llorens: Gaia." Vostok Magazine, Issue 44, The Mood of Black and White Photography, pp 78-89.
2023 - The Hand Magazine: Issue 42. Contributing Artist, pp 9.
ONLINE
2024 - Pictura Gallery (The FAR Center for Contemporary Arts): Jaume Llorens | Gaia
2024 - Lenscratch: European week: Jaume Llorens by Melanie Schoeniger
2024 - On Landscape #298: Featured Photographer Revisited: Jaume Llorens
2023 - Finito Mag: Connecting back with nature with Jaume Llorens 'After the Rain' Series.
2023 - All About Photo: Solo Exhibition: 'GAIA' by Jaume Llorens
2023 - Punkt: "Boldog vagyok, ha valaki felismeri a költészet nyomait a képeimen" – Jaume Llorens: Gaia
2023 - Pixfan: "Ignorer l’hypothèse Gaïa, c’est tourner le dos à notre propre survie"
2023 - Artdoc Photography Magazine: Healing Nature. Issue nr. 5. Featured: Jaume Llorens
2023 - Audioteca Fotográfica
2023 - Julie Wang interview
2022 - Catorze.cat: El silenci després de la pluja (Silence after the rain)
2018 - On Landscape #168: Featured Photographer: Jaume Llorens (PDF 5Mb)
2018 - Prodibi Pixel Magazine Interview
Exhibitions
SOLO SHOWS
2025 - Gaia, Espacio Mados, Madrid.
2022 - After the rain. 'Revelar-se'. Sala Mercè Huerta, Fundació Valvi, Girona.
2021 - Deep Inside III. 7è Festival Mirades, Castell de la Bisbal d'Empordà.
2018 – ‘Tot Volt' (Around Me). Triptychs. Biblioteca Comarcal del Pla de l’Estany. Banyoles.
2015 – ‘Voltant l’Estany‘. Biblioteca Comarcal del Pla de l’Estany. Banyoles.
GROUP SHOWS
2025 - Basse Lumière, Galerie Une Image…, Saint-Étienne.
2024 - "Head On Exposure Awards 2024", Paddington Reservoir Gardens, Sydney.
2024- Fotonostrum Collection Exhibition, Barcelona.
2024 - "New Discoveries in Contemporary Photography", LensCulture group Exhibition at Caelum Gallery, New York.
2024 - Sideshow Exhibition. Fotonostrum, Barcelona.
2024 - "Alone Together: Critical Mass 2023 Top 50". Curated by Daniel Boetker-Smith (Director of the Australian Centre for Contemporary Photography). Colorado Photographic Arts Center (Denver)
2024 - "120 artistes. Fons d'art de la Fundació Valvi". Casa de Cultura de Girona.
2024 - "Reflective", Online exhibition at VB Contemporary, curated by Vian Borchert.
2023 - "New Discoveries in Contemporary Photography", LensCulture group Exhibition at Photo London, Somerset House.
2022 - "Shape". Valid World Hall Gallery, Barcelona. Curated by Zsolt Bátori and Borbála Jász (PH21 Gallery, Budapest). Curator's honourable mention.
2022 - Duo exhibition "Diàlegs: De fang i de llum" with sculptures by artist Mar Gorriz. Sala Dolors Xabé, Sarrià de Ter.
2022 - At the line of human capabilities. Online exhibition curated by Дарина Хараман. Download catalogue (PDF 20Mb)
2022 - Deep Inside III. Duo exhitibion with Fernando Castillo at Art en Brut Gallery, Banyoles.
2020 - 23 Espines. Fundació Valvi, Girona.
2019 - OFNI Project. Valid Foto Gallery, Barcelona.
2018 - 'La vida que s'esfuma'. Al Ras Petit Festival.
2017 – ‘La setena cara del dau’ (The Seventh Side of the Dice). Exhibition of the collective Photogènika at l’Altell, Banyoles.
2017 – Gartstròmia. Restaurant Més Vilar. Porqueres.
2016 – ‘Deep Inside‘. Càrdia. Pl. Josep Pla, 4. Girona.
2015 – ‘La lentitud’ (The Slowness). Exhibition of the collective Photogènika, at the Eat Art room of the Lluís Coromina Foundation, in Banyoles.
2015 – ‘Plein Air’. Exhibition of the collective Photogènika at l’Altell, Banyoles
2014 – ‘Els Plaers Menuts‘ (The small pleasures). Ca la Flora. Banyoles. Joint exhibition with Harold Abellan, commisioned by Manoli Mansilla.
2014 – Photogènika. Ca la Flora. Banyoles.
2014 – Photographers from Pla de l’Estany, at Palol de Revardit Castle, during the 20th anniversary of the Sindicat de la imatge.
Art Fairs
2025 - London Art Fair, Business Design Centre, London. Crane Kalman Brighton.
2024 - The Affordable Art Fair, Autumn, Battersea Park, London. Crane Kalman Brighton.
2024 - London Art Fair, Business Design Centre, London. Crane Kalman Brighton.
2023 - The Affordable Art Fair, Autumn, Battersea Park, London. Crane Kalman Brighton.
Awards
2024 - LensCulture Black & White Photography Awards, Finalist.
2024 - Head On Exposure Awards, Finalist.
2023 - LensCulture Critics' Choice, Top Pick.
2023 - Photolucida Critical Mass, Top 50.
2022 - Lensculture Black & White Photography Awards, 3rd place Winner.