Gael del Río (Barcelona, 1990) studied Architecture at the Escola Tècnica Superior d’Arquitectura de Barcelona. She stumbled upon photography in the final stretch of her degree during her exchange year at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology.
From that moment on, her personal and professional life turned progressively in that direction, completing her photography studies at IEFC and Grisart.
Nowadays, as well as being professionally dedicated to architectural photography she develops personal projects which have been exhibited in Voies Off Festival (Arles), Fotofever (Paris), KBr Fundación Mapfre (Barcelona), LUMA Arles and Centre d’Arts Santa Mònica (Barcelona), among others.
SELECTED GROUP SHOWS
2024 L’Ineffable, The Phair, Turin, ITA
2023 L’Ineffable, Incadaques Photo Festival , Cadaqués, ESP
2022-2023 “Dorm en l’accident que provoca” with Resonar Centre d’Arts Santa Mònica, Barcelona, ESP
2022 Dior Photography and Visual Arts Award for Young Talents with Evocare LUMA Arles Foundation, Arles, FR
2021 Evocare, KBr Fundación Mapfre, Barcelona, ESP
2020 Paradoxical Exhibition, Space ECH, Barcelona, ESP
2018 Evocare, Fotofever, Paris, FR
2018 Evocare, Voies Off Festival, Arles, FR
2018 Evocare, Mutuo, Barcelona, ESP
PUBLICATIONS
2024 Oddments, Photobook published by Ediciones Posibles
2021 Evocare, Exhibition Catalogue, KBr Fundación Mapfre
GRANTS AND AWARDS
2023 Winner, with Oddments, IX Fototorroella Photobook Grant
2022 Laureate, with Evocare, Dior Photography and Visual Arts Award for Young Talents
2022 Finalist, with Evocare, BUP Book Award
2021 Winner, with Evocare, KBr Flama 21’
2017 Finalist, with Evocare, DOCFiled Dummy Award
STUDIES
2017 Project Creation Photography Course, Grisart, Barcelona, ESP
2016 Photographic Specialization Course in Architectural and Interior Design Photography, IEFC, Barcelona, ESP
2015 Degree in Architecture and Urbanism, ETSAB, Barcelona School of Architecture, ESP
2014 Exchange year at Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, (RMIT), AUS
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