Roberto

Fernández

Ibáñez
Photographs and Haiku

Biography
Statement

Roberto Fernández Ibáñez was born in Montevideo, on November the 24th 1955. His beginings as an autodidact in photography date from 1985. In 1992 he gets interested in japanese culture, philosophy and art. He begins to write haiku (a style of japanese poem of 17 phonetic syllables), and since then he incorporates it to his photographs, when image and word arise simultaneously. He performed as a private teacher, and gave courses about processing the black and white image for permanence. Roberto Fernández Ibáñez processes his images according to techniques of his own using developers and toners that he specially prepares, and whose application conferes the images the characteristic of uniqueness. He personally designs, edits and binds his own author books (Of Winds and Clouds, The Seasons, The Lonely Man, Cold Sands), which include photographs, haiku and prose. His work is quoted in anthologies such as “Historia de la Fotografía Iberoamericana” (Huelva, España), “Image and Memory: Photography from Latin America 1866 - 1994” (Houston, USA), “Arte Uruguayo y Otros”, “Diccionario de la Cultura Uruguaya” (Montevideo, Uruguay). It has recently been edited in the USA “Orientalismo en el Modernismo Hispanoamericano”, where his work is quoted as a reference of investigation in the field of photography and haiku. A complete series of his authory has recently become part of the Gloucester University's wealth, USA. Teachers of the Yale University, USA, edited a video about his work to use it in assignments on the courses of this institution. Private collections in Brazil, USA and Uruguay possess part of his work. His work has been exhibitied in galleries, universities and museums of Uruguay, Argentina, Brazil, USA, Spain and the Netherlands, and on festivals such as the FotoFest, Houston, and Festival de la Luz, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Solo exhibitions

2007

  • “NEW CONSTELATIONS” - Taller Blanco y Negro, La Barra, Punta del Este, Uruguay

2006

  • “RARA AVIS” - Museum & Art Gallery Puerta de San Juan, Montevideo, Uruguay
  • “BEING PRESENT” - Photographs & Haiku - Centro Cultural Recoleta, Festival de la Luz, Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • “PHOTOTROPISM” - Exhibitions Hall Espacio Foto, Foto Club Uruguayo, Montevideo, Uruguay

2005

  • “DIALOGUES WITH THE SILENCE” - Photographs & Haiku - FotoGalería of the Centro Cultural Teatro San Martín, Buenos Aires, Argentina

2004

  • “COLD SANDS” - Photographs & Haiku - Museum & Art Gallery Puerta de San Juan, Montevideo, Uruguay
  • “THE SEASONS” - Photographs & Haiku - Argentino Hotel de Piriápolis, Maldonado, Uruguay
  • “THE SLEEPING LAND” – “La Lupa” Bookshop, Montevideo, Uruguay

2003

  • “THE LONE MAN” - Photographs & Haiku – Museo y Archivo Histórico Municipal (Cabildo), Montevideo, Uruguay
  • “THE SEASONS” - Photographs & Haiku – Centro de Exposiciones del Ministerio de Educación y Cultura, Montevideo, Uruguay

2002

  • “OF WINDS AND CLOUDS” – Photographs & Haiku – Yale University and Gloucester University, USA

2001

  • “MAN WHO WONDERS” – Photographs & Haiku - Alianza Cultural Uruguay – Estados Unidos Art Gallery, Montevideo, Uruguay

2000

  • “OF WINDS AND CLOUDS” – Photographs & Haiku - Centro Municipal de Exposiciones (Subte), Montevideo, Uruguay

1998

  • “OF WINDS AND CLOUDS” – Photographs & Haiku - Galería del Notariado, Montevideo, Uruguay

1995

  • “BEING PRESENT” - Photographs & Haiku – Museo y Archivo Histórico Municipal (Cabildo), Montevideo, Uruguay

1992

  • “MOLE EYES”, Galería del Notariado, Montevideo, Uruguay

1990

  • “SHE”, Instituto Cultural Anglo Uruguayo, Montevideo, Uruguay

1989

  • “PENDING PHOTOGRAPHS”, Galería del Notariado, Montevideo, Uruguay

1988

  • “2000” (TRIBUTE TO PABLO NERUDA), Galería del Notariado, Montevideo, Uruguay

1987

  • “TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN...”, Galería del Notariado, Montevideo, Uruguay

Collective exhibitions

2007

  • “FOTOFEST INTERNATIONAL DISCOVERIES” - Galería de FotoFest, Houston, USA

2005

  • “CONTEMPORANEOUS URUGUAYAN PHOTOGRAPHY” - Arte x Arte Gallery, Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • “URUGUAY POSSIBLE” - ABC Treehouse Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands

2004

  • “51 NATIONAL VISUAL ARTS EXHIBITION” - Museo Nacional de Artes Visuales, Montevideo, Uruguay

2003

  • “PRESENCE” – Tribute to Dina Pintos – Paseo de la Matriz / Molino de Pérez, Montevideo, Uruguay
  • “THE UNCERTAINTY OF LIMITS” – THE LONE MAN - Museo y Archivo Histórico Municipal (Cabildo), Montevideo, Uruguay

2001

  • “2nd ART CONTEST “SOMETHING SPECIAL”” - Molino de Pérez, Montevideo, Uruguay
  • “NATIONAL VISUAL ARTS EXHIBITION” - Museo Nacional de Artes Visuales, Montevideo, Uruguay

2000

  • “1st ART CONTEST “SOMETHING SPECIAL”” - Molino de Pérez, Montevideo, Uruguay - Honorific Mention

1999

  • “V PLASTIC & VISUAL ARTS LOCAL COUNCIL CONTEST”, Centro Municipal de Exposiciones (Subte), Montevideo, Uruguay - FIRST PRIZE

1998

  • “IV PLASTIC & VISUAL ARTS LOCAL COUNCIL CONTEST”, Centro Municipal de Exposiciones (Subte), Montevideo, Uruguay
  • “LATIN AMERICAN PHOTOGRAPHERS AND PAINTERS”, Maison de L ‘Amerique, Washington D.C., U.S.A. Selected by the Museum of Latin American Art in Washington

1992

  • “BIENNIAL OF PLASTIC & VISUAL ARTS OF THE COUNCIL OF MONTEVIDEO CITY”, Museum J.M.Blanes, Montevideo, Uruguay
  • “FOTO FEST ‘92”, Houston U.S.A. Biennial of International Photography. Guest of honour to held his exhibition “Pending Photographs” at the Institute of Hispanic Culture of Houston.

1991

  • “IBEROAMERICAN ART EXHIBITION”, Museo Provincial de Huelva, Universidad de La Rábida, España. Guest. Itinierant exhibition in Madrid and other cities of Spain

1990

  • “PHOTOEVENT”, 50 Anniversary of Foto Club Uruguayo, Salón Municipal de Exposiciones, Montevideo, Uruguay
  • “150 YEARS LATER” 150 Anniversary of the creation of Photography, Salón Municipal de Exposiciones, Montevideo, Uruguay – Guest
  • “AICA SELECTION 1989”, Centro de Exposiciones del Palacio Municipal, Montevideo, Uruguay
  • “MULTIPHOTO” Museo San Fernando, Maldonado, Uruguay. Guest invited by the ICI (Institute of Iberoamerican Cooperation)

1989

  • “37 NATIONAL VISUAL ARTS EXHIBITION”, Salón Municipal de Exposiciones, Montevideo, Uruguay
  • “IMAGES OF THE SILENCE – LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN PHOTOGRAPHY OF THE 80s”, Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de la O.E.A., Washington,D.C. Selected. Itinerant exhibition in U.S.A. & Caribbean, 1989–1990
  • “ANNIVERSARY EXHIBITION OF FOTO CLUB URUGUAYO”, Galería del Notariado, Montevideo, Uruguay

1988

  • “AICA SELECTION 1987”, Cabildo de Montevideo, Uruguay
  • “ARGENTINIAN PHOTOGRAPHY FESTIVAL”, La Plata, Argentina

1987

  • “35 NATIONAL VISUAL ARTS EXHIBITION”, Salón Municipal de Exposiciones, Montevideo, Uruguay - Honorific Mention
  • “6th WEEK OF BRAZILIAN PHOTOGRAPHY”, Ouro Preto, Brasil

1986

  • “TODAY'S URUGUAYAN PHOTOGRAPHY”, National Library, Montevideo, Uruguay
  • “NATIONAL MEETING OF BRAZILIAN PHOTOGRAPHY”, Sao Paulo, Brasil
  • “PHOTOGRAPHS – BIENNIART I”, Art Gallery of the Alianza Cultural Uruguay-Estados Unidos, Montevideo, Uruguay
  • “ANNIVERSARY EXHIBITION OF FOTO CLUB URUGUAYO”, Galería del Notariado, Montevideo, Uruguay

1985

  • “ANNIVERSARY EXHIBITION OF FOTO CLUB URUGUAYO”, Galería del Notariado, Montevideo, Uruguay

Bibliography

  • “DESCUBRIMIENTOS 2004” - Premio Ediciones Larivière, Festival de la Luz, 2006
  • “ORIENTALISMO EN EL MODERNISMO HISPANOAMERICANO”, Araceli Tinajero, Purdue University Press, USA, 2004
  • “DICCIONARIO DE LA CULTURA URUGUAYA”, Miguel Angel Campodónico, Edición de Linardi y Risso, 2003
  • “URUGUAYOS POR SU NOMBRE”, Miguel Angel Campodónico, Editorial Fin de Siglo, 1996
  • “IMAGE AND MEMORY: LATIN AMERICAN PHOTOGRAPHY, 1880–1992”, Rice University Press, por curadores e historiadores de Foto Fest, Houston, U.S.A.
  • “ARTE URUGUAYO Y OTROS”, Prof. Angel Kalemberg
  • Works selected to become part of the book “HISTORIA DE LA FOTOGRAFIA IBEROAMERICANA”, Universidad de La Rábida, Museo de Huelva, España, 1991

Author books

  • “HAIKU OF THE FIFTH SEASON” - Haiku & Sumi-e, 2005
  • “COLD SANDS” - Photographs & Haiku, 2004
  • “THE LONLELY MAN” - Photographs & Haiku, 2003
  • “THE SEASONS” - Photographs & Haiku, 2003
  • “TODAY IS A HAIKU”, 2002
  • “MAN WHO WONDERS” - Photographs & Haiku, 2002
  • “OF WINDS AND CLOUDS” - Photographs & Haiku, 2002

Works of “THE LONLELY MAN” series are part of the private collection of Joaquim Paiva, Brasil, 2004

The complete series “OF WINDS AND CLOUDS” is part of of the Gloucester University's wealth, USA, 2003
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