Ignacio Navas (b. 1989 Tudela, lives and works in Madrid) 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.

_AWARDS, INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT & INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMMES

2025

Portfolio Review Award, Pa-Ta-Ta Festival

Granada, ES

2024

Ekoiztu 2025 Production Grant, Huarte Art Center

Huarte, ES

2024

Plat(t)form 2024, Fotomuseum Winterthur

Winterthur, CH

2024

Visual Arts Fellowship, Comunidad de Madrid

Madrid, ES

2024

Plastic and Visual Arts Support Fellowship, Navarra

Pamplona, ES

2023

XXXIV Circuitos de Artes Plásticas, Comunidad de Madrid

Madrid, ES

2022

Futures European Photography Platform, Futures Foundation

Amsterdam, NL

_RESIDENCIES

2026

FUTURES HUB Residency Programme

Amsterdam, NL

2023

Photoworks Digital Residency Programme (Online)

Brighton, UK

2023

Return2Ithaca

Ithaca, GR

_SOLO, GROUP EXHIBITIONS & SCREENINGS (SELECTED)

2026

Distrito 02, collective exhibition curated by Jesús Cámara. La Lonja

Madrid, ES

2025

Plastic and Visual Arts Support Fellowship Exhibition. Sala de Armas de la Ciudadela

Pamplona, ES

2025

Mirades Festival. Museu de la Mediterrània

Torroella, ES

2025

V Anniversary. Galería Nueva Carabanchel

Madrid, ES

2024

Lazos, collective screening. Freezer Festival + El Local

La Plata, AR

2024

Lazos, collective screening. Gimnasio de Arte + El Local

CDMX, MX

2024

PROYECTOR festival. Espacio Rastro

Madrid, ES

2024

La Embajada. Collective exhibition

Arles, FR

2024

La Trastienda. Pionera Gallery + El Local

Madrid, ES

2024

Revela’t. Official festival programme

Vilassar de Dalt, ES

2023

Circuitos 2023. Collective exhibition curated by Tolo Cañellas. Sala de Arte Joven de la Comunidad de Madrid

Madrid, ES

2023

Proyectos Sótano. Obertura Carabanchel

Madrid, ES

2023

Pantalla Completa, photographic image on videogames. El Local

Madrid, ES

2023

Casilla Uno. Collective exhibition. El Local, curated by Deebo Barreiro

Madrid, ES

2023

La Previa. First collective exhibition at El Local

Madrid, ES

2022

Reiniciar Ahora. Collective exhibition at Galería Nueva

Madrid, ES

_ART FAIRS

2024

Art Photo BCN (El Local, thanks to the support of DiGood Collection)

Barcelona, ES

2023

Art Photo BCN (El Local)

Barcelona, ES

_OTHER HONORS

2025

Encuentros 5+1 (Online)

Vigo, ES

2024

Shortlisted for Getxophoto’s Open Call 2024

Getxo, ES

2022

Selected for Art Photo BCN Portfolio Review

Barcelona, ES

_ARTIST-RUN COLLECTIVE PROJECTS

2025

La Trampa, a virtual space for exhibitions that cant happen IRL‚ only in VR. Pushing the boundaries of contemporary photography by exploring the unique capabilities of virtual reality.

Madrid, ES

2024

La Embajada, an unofficial platform for Spanish Context Photography at the Rencontres d’Arles Photo Festival

Arles, FR

2023

El Local, an artist-run space for lens-based media. We create initiatives such as Intersecciones, an open photography working group; curate exhibitions such as Pantalla completa, a show about the convergence of photography and video games; and run many activities related to contemporary photography.

Madrid, ES

2022

El Disparate, an independent support network for Spanish-speaking photographers. We started by attending book fairs, and it has grown into a growing public community. We have promoted exhibitions such as Reiniciar ahora (Galería Nueva) and book faris (El Disparate X El Juglar), and shared resources such as Archivo Público de Dossieres: a collective archive of award-winning photography proposals for public reference.