Ignacio Navas (1989, Tudela) creates computational, generative and interactive projects based on photographic image to research how dominant structures—political, economic, or social—are made present and shape our everyday affairs. With this approach, Ignacio explores the possibilities that emerging technologies, computing, and new media offer to the photographic medium.
His recent work has received support from several grants and institutions, including the Visual Arts Creation Fellowship (Community of Madrid, 2024) and the Plastic and Visual Arts Fellowship (Government of Navarra, 2024). His images and interactive installations have also been part of initiatives such as Plat(t)form at Fotomuseum Winterthur (Switzerland, 2024), the Photoworks Digital Programme (UK, 2023), the Return2Ithaca Residency (Greece, 2023), and the FUTURES European Photography Platform (Netherlands, 2022).
Ignacio believes that contemporary creation cannot be understood without actively engaging in its own management. This conviction drives him to lead collective initiatives such as La Embajada (2024–), a platform to showcase projects created within the Spanish territorial context in the unofficial circuit of the Rencontres d’Arles festival, or El Local (2023–), an independent space for contemporary photography in Madrid.
_INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT
2024Ekoiztu 2025 production grant (Huarte Art Center)Huarte, ES2024Visual Arts Fellowship (Comunidad de Madrid) Madrid, ES2024Plastic and Visual Arts Support Fellowship (Gobierno de Navarra)Pamplona, ES2023XXXIV Circuitos de Artes Plásticas (Comunidad de Madrid)Madrid, ES
_INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMMES
2024Selected artist for Plat(t)form 2024, Fotomuseum WinterthurWinterthur,
CH2022Futures Photography. Selected by PhotoEspaña Amsterdam, NL
_RESIDENCIES
2023Photoworks Digital Residency ProgrammeBrighton, UK2023Return2Ithaca residency programIthaca, GR
_SOLO & GROUP EXHIBITIONS (SELECTED)
2025Plastic and Visual Arts Support Fellowship Exhibition. Sala de Armas de la CiudadelaPamplona, ES2025Mirades Festival. Museu de la MediterràniaTorroella de Montgrí, ES20255º Anniversary. Galería Nueva CarabanchelMadrid, ES2024PROYECTOR festival. Espacio RastroMadrid, ES2024La Embajada. Collective exhibitionArles, FR2024La Trastienda. El Local + Pionera GalleryMadrid, ES2024Revela’t. Official festival programmeVilassar de Dalt, ES2023Circuitos 2023. Collective exhibition curated by Tolo Cañellas. Sala de Arte Joven de la Comunidad de MadridMadrid, ES2023Proyectos Sótano. Obertura CarabanchelMadrid, ES2023Adolescencia Programada. Collective exhibition curated by Piera & Silvo. YouWin.Madrid, ES2023La Previa. Collective exhibition at El LocalMadrid, ES
_ART FAIRS
2024Art Photo BCN (El Local, thanks to the support of DiGood Collection), Disseny Hub.Barcelona, ES2023Art Photo BCN (El Local), Disseny Hub.Barcelona, ES
_OTHER HONOURS
2025Selected artist for Visionados de sobremesa, Pa-ta-ta FestivalGranada, ES2024Shortlisted for Getxophoto’s Open CallGetxo, ES2022Selected artist for Art Photo BCN Portfolio ReviewsBarcelona, ES
_PRINT AND ONLINE PUBLICATIONS (SELECTED)
2025"What is photography?” Der Greif Guest Room, curated by Joanna Zylinska & Yanai ToisterMunich, DE2024Esto es un cuerpo #6Madrid, ES2023FOAM Link Room: Spain under Franco. Curated by Valeria Posada Villada and Winke Wiegersma.Amsterdam, NL
_PRESS AND INTERVIEWS (SELECTED)
2025La Embajada at PACMadrid, ES2025La Embajada at eldiario.esMadrid, ES2024Interview for Art Photo BCNBarcelona, ES2024Interview with Carlos Barradas. LENSCRATCHLos Angeles, US2024Kickflip at Imaging Magazine, by FujifilmBarcelona, ES2024Inside the creative process of Ignacio Navas. PhotoworksBrighton, UK2024An Overview on Photography and Video Games. PhotoworksBrighton, UK
_ARTIST-RUN COLLECTIVE PROJECTS
2024La Embajada. An unofficial platform for Spanish Context Photography at the Rencontres d’Arles Photo FestivalArles, FR2024Intersecciones. Photography projects open workgroup Madrid, ES2023Pantalla Completa, A convergence of photography and videogames: Collective exhibition at El LocalMadrid, ES2023El Local. An artist-run space for Lens-Based Media practicesMadrid, ES2023Archivo Público de Dossieres. A collective archive of photography award-winning proposals for public referenceMadrid, ES2022El Disparate. A photographers independant support networkMadrid, ES
All works © Ignacio Navas — VEGAP.