Javier Arboledas

Javier Arboledas

I hold a Master’s Degree in Photography, Art, and Technique from the Polytechnic University of Valencia. Between 2004 and 2008, I collaborated in organizing the PHotoESPAÑA Photography Festival, where I had the opportunity to closely engage with masters such as Chema Madoz, Michael Ackerman, Robert Frank, García-Alix, Hiroshi Sugimoto, and Martin Parr, among many others.
I also collaborated with the Contacto Agency, and I currently combine freelance work with various personal projects in progress, focused on memory and territory.
I have been awarded in the 2nd National Contest for New Photographic Creation Expositivos 22, as well as in the Lumínic Festival of Catalonia 2025, and have been a finalist in the 2023 FNAC New Photography Talent Award, the PHE23 Discoveries Award, GETXOPHOTO’s MAPS 2024, and Talent Latent 2024 at Scan Tarragona. In April 2025, I received the Iberia PHotoESPAÑA PRO Grant.
My work has been exhibited in several venues across the Valencian Community, as well as at the Palacín Hall of León City Hall, the Russian Museum of Málaga, and La Kursala at the University of Cádiz, where I was selected as “Kursalero 99.”
In late December 2024, I published the photobook Secret City, featuring forewords by Pilar Bonet, Álvaro de los Ángeles, and Caroline Benichou.