Cristina Jiménez Rey

Cristina Jimenez Rey is a visual artist and an art director from Spain. Her journey with art began when she was only eleven years old, through the traditional medium of drawing. During her teen years she picked up her mother’s Yashica Electro 35, an analog camera, and began to shoot her friends and her social circle. From then on, her passion for photography rose. Rey has won artistic competitions and received major grants, time and time again she has exhibited her caliber and passion for the arts.

Quoting Bukowski,

“If you have to wait for it to roar out of you, then wait patiently. If it never does roar out of you, do something else.”
Rey says, “I sincerely believe that it is true and can be extrapolated to anything you want to do in life. It is not enough if you like something, it has to be inevitable.”
The unique perspectives demonstrated in Rey’s work reflect just that- inevitability. It stirs up a sense of nostalgia in one’s heart. The textured edges of her photographs are reminiscent of old albums. Through her lens, we see an interplay between shadows, light, and colors. Usually, the night is depicted with cold hues and a neutral color palette. Warm tones play an interesting role in her photos, kindling comfort. Phot...

2009 October- 2010 September MA Degree in “Knowledge and protection of Human Heritage” University of Granada,Spain.

2008June- 2009 June MA Degree in “Visual Media Design: Image and Photography” ELISAVA University, Barcelona.
2006-University La Sapienza.Rome.History of Art
2002 September- 2008 September BA Degree (Licenciate) in Art History. University of Salamanca, Spain

Exhibition at Testbed1 Gallery.Iam Interrupted is a new collection of artists that I am part of. We are in collaboration with One Billion Rising, an international organisation which looks to put an end to violence.
http://onebillionrising.org/

Exhibition at Dda Factory(Italy)Exhibition of new and young photographers.