Santander, Spain, 1975.
Jorge Yeregui is a visual artist, PhD in Architecture and professor at the University of Malaga. He works between Malaga and Seville (Spain).
His work investigates the construction of the landscape and the transformation of the territory. The relationship between architecture and environment or the influence of markets on urban growth are some of his topics of interest. His most recent works take the form of complex visual essays combining texts, videos and installations. Jorge Yeregui explores this way of constructing and representing the landscape, proposing a reflection on perception and the way in which we construct knowledge of our surroundings. His projects transcend the aesthetics of the landscape and analyze the confluence of natural, cultural and social factors that condition it.
Yeregui received awards in the Botín Foundation Visual Arts Scholarship (2015), Casa Velázquez Scholarship (2013-2014), Idealist Contemporary Art Award (2021), XXIII Plastic Arts Award Sala El Broncense (2020) and the Pilar Citoler International Contemporary Photography Award (2011). He has also received several grants for Residency Scholarship from the Academy of Spain, Rome, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and College of Spain in Paris, Ministry of Culture. Her solo exhibitions included those at Tabacalera Promoción del Arte, Madrid; Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo, Seville; Centro de Fotografía de la Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca; Centro José Guerrero, Granada and Colegio de España en París. “Un repertorio improbable” (2021) “Deshacer, borrar, activar” (2020) “Sobre El derecho a la ciudad” (2019), “Acta de replanteo” (2016) and “Inventario” (2015), are some of his most outstanding solo exhibitions.
He has also participated in international exhibitions in venues such as the Centro de la Imagen, Mexico DF; Medellin Architecture Biennial, Colombia; Instituto Cervantes, Chicago; Festival Internazionale di Roma; Instituto Cervantes, Beijing; Pingyao International Photography Festival; Arts Santa Mònica, Barcelona; Matadero, Madrid; DA2, Salamanca; Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria; Le Château d’Eau, Toulouse, France and Winterthur Fotomuseum, Switzerland. His work is represented in important collections such as the Spanish Ministry of Culture, Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo, Fundación Coca Cola, Centro de Fotografía de la Universidad de Salamanca, Fundación Cajasol, Colección Fundación Botín, Nueva Colección Pilar Citoler and Colección DKV.