Quintina Valero

Quintina Valero (b. 1970, Germany) is an award-winning documentary and press photographer from Spain. Originally she studied and worked as an Economist but in 2001 she moved to London (UK) to study Photojournalism at the London College of Communication.

Her documentary work focuses on human rights and humanitarian crisis with an emphasis on migration, working often with local NGOs around the world.

Her work has been featured in magazines, daily newspapers and online media such as The Guardian, Sunday Times, Thomson Reuter Foundation, Internationale, BBC, SIPA Press, L'Obs, LensCulture and El País.

Quintina has been trained as an Arts Leader and have extensive experience designing, managing and facilitating artistic and educational workshops working with vulnerable groups in schools and community centres.

She often collaborates with international artists; In 2015 she joined the Food of War, a multidisciplinary art collective that explores the relation between food and conflict to raise awareness of the impact for the environments and communities.

Degree in Photojournalism. University of the Arts, London (UK). 2004 - 2006
BTEC Film Documentary. University of the Arts, London (UK). 2003
Introduction to Autism. London (UK). December 2012.
Youth Arts Facilitation Programme. ACE, London (UK). 2009 - 2010.
Community Arts Leader Award. ACE. London (UK). January - June 2008.
Training in the platform of non-governmental organization for development (UNGD). Spain. 2014
Degree in Economics. University of Economics, Murcia (Spain). 1988 - 1994.

Museum of Contemporary Art (MAC). Bogota (Colombia), November 2019 - February 2020.

‘The Okaina Tribe’. Collective Exhibition ‘Food of War’ Paz en las mesas.

Regione Piamonte Assesorato ai Diritti Civili . Turin (Italy), October 2018.

‘XII Giornata European contra la trata. Solo exhibition.

GX Gallery. London (UK), 22 February 2018 - 7 March 2018.

‘Life after Chernobyl’. Solo exhibition.

Iskoo Gallery. Galicia (Spain), 22 December 2017 - 31 January 2018.

‘Life after Chernobyl’. Solo exhibition.

Babieri Gallery. Sao Paulo (Brazil), 15 April – 30 April 2017.

‘Opera de cerdos’. Collective Food of War.

European Tour Exhibition 'Clouded Lands, Chernobyl 30 years later':

ArtChico 17 Fair. Bogota (Colombia), October 2017.

The Rich Mix Cultural Foundation. London (UK), April 2017.

Centro de arte contemporaneo de Burgos CAB. Spain, March 2017 - May 2017.

JustMad Art Fair. Madrid (Spain), February 2017 & 2016.

International Peace Bureau World Conference. Berlin (Germany), September 2016.

Mystetskly Arsenal Museum. Kiev (Ukraine), May 2016.

Festival de la Fotografia Etica 2016. Lodi (Italy), October 2016.

BSMT Space. London (UK), September 2015.

Hundred Years Gallery. Photo Month...