Javier Aristu

Born in Pamplona in 1970, Javier Aristu lives and works between Pamplona and Barcelona. His personal work can be classified into two main areas, one photographic inspired by looking and other conceptual produced by thinking. Among his most conscious influences are Bruce Nauman, Piero Manzoni, Stanley Kubrick, Sophie Calle, Elliott Erwitt, Mario Eskenazi, Hans-Peter Feldmann, Tibor Kalman, Luis Buñuel, Erik Kessels, Robert Frank and Monty Python.

In 2018 he founds Ediciones Enderiz, a small publisher focused on very limited editions, through which he publishes the books Perlas (2018), Curiosidades ilustradas (2019), Retrautos (2020), Former (2023), Worded Pictures (2024) or Los sudamericanos (2025). In 2022 he begin to regularly publish and exhibit his personal work, which includes books but also photography, graphics, audiovisuals or installations.

University of Barcelona
1992—1993

Elisava School of Engineering and Design
1988—1992

2025
Solo exhibition Disparos lejanos, Sala de Armas de la Ciudadela, Pamplona, Spain

2024
Collective exhibition Delicartessen 23, Galeria Esther Montoriol, Barcelona, Spain

2024
Solo exhibition Retrautos, Casa del Vinculo, Puente la Reina, Navarre, Spain

2024
Solo exhibition Retrautos, Sala de Armas de la Ciudadela, Pamplona, Spain

2024
Grant for the Fronton photographic series, Programa Innova by Caja Navarra Foundation and La Caixa Foundation, Pamplona, Spain

2023
Collective exhibition Delicartessen 22, Galeria Esther Montoriol, Barcelona, Spain

2023
Collective and traveling exhibition Proyecto Kul, San Martin de Unx and Sansol and Burgui, Navarre, Spain

2023
Solo exhibition Mire Oiga, Sala de Armas de la Ciudadela, Pamplona, Spain

2022
Collective exhibition Delicartessen 21, Galeria Esther Montoriol, Barcelona, Spain

2022
Collective exhibition Enfoca, Palacio del Condestable, Pamplona, Spain

2022
Collective exhibition Tick of the Clock, Galeria Potassi K19, Barcelona, Spain

2022
Selected work included in the Saatchi Art online gallery, London, UK

2019
Presentation of the book Perlas, Galeria Cromo, Barcelona, Spain

2012
Collective exhibition Libido, Eat Meat Gallery, Barcelona, Spain

2011
Collective exhibition Tot...