Lidia Vives

LIDIA VIVES (Lleida, 1991).
"Sakura (self-portrait)", 2019.
Photograph printed on Fine Art Baryta Hahnemuhle paper with extra glossy finish, copy 5/7.
Signed and numbered.
With certificate of authenticity.
Print run of 7 copies.
Awards received for this work: Creative Photo Awards, Portrait, Shortlist; One Eyeland, World's Top 10 Fine Art Photo Contest 2020, bronze.
Measurements: 53cm x 42cm.

Inspired by the traditional Japanese Sakura tree, the character depicted embodies the spirit of the tree. Branches emerge from its body and a Japanese dragon coils around it, imitating the Christian iconography of the Tree of Wisdom. The golden circle in the background represents the rising sun of the Japanese country.

With a degree in Fine Arts and specializing in image, Lidia Vives is an artistic photographer. Her work is characterized by the pictorial atmosphere, the handling of color and the dreamlike character that she manages to transmit. Her main interest at the moment of creating an image is not only the technical effect, but also the anecdotal. He is interested in people interpreting his photography, creating doubts. This makes the viewer be forced to look at it for a while and get into the story. The idea is to make it disturbing, to make it look like the character will start to move at any moment, to make it clear that they are only the frame of a sequence. He does not want to create scenes, but new worlds. Exhibitions (selection): 2016- Sex Series, Fifty Dots Gallery, Barcelona, Spain (Solo); 2015 - Shared Experience, Inqubator Art Gallery, Melbourne, Australia (Collective), Evasions, Léucade Gallery, Múrcia, Spain (Collective), El + de la fotografia, Cercle de Belles Arts, Lleida, Spain (Collective). 2014 - Wonderland, Espacio Luvitien, Teruel, Spain (Solo). 2013 - Wonderland, Casa de la Cultura de Andorra, Teruel, Spain (Solo). 2012 - Lidia's Shots, Funatic, Lleida, Spain (Solo). Her work has appeared in numerous publications.