Xavier Guardans

XAVIER GUARDANS (Barcelona, 1954).
"Shanghai V-VI", 2005.
Photograph. Copy 8/35.
Fold in the lower left margin.
Signed, dated and titled on the back.
Measurements: 102 x 126 cm.
As stated on the artist's website "Xavier Guardans is a fine art photographer whose work explores nature and light. Whether landscapes or portraits, his works capture the essential beauty found in each of his subjects. His photography is characterized by impressive technical and aesthetic skill, a gifted sense of composition, and an underlying sensibility of a distinctive and uncommon humanism. Born in Barcelona, Spain, Guardans studied photography at Bournemouth and Poole College of Art. He spent his early career as a commercial photographer working in Japan, Europe and the United States with clients ranging from fashion and lifestyle publications to corporations and non-profit organizations. It was through his widespread travels over long periods of time that his fascination with light and nature took hold of him, and he began to produce his series of photographs. After more than twenty years living and working in New York, Guardans now lives with his family in Mallorca, Spain". He has had numerous group and solo exhibitions including La Simplicité de l'Image, ARCADIA, Genoa, Switzerland (2017), Self-Portraits, Waterhouse & Dodd, New York, NY (2016), Traveling Lights, SOCO Gallery, Charlotte, NC (2015), Windows, Abel14, Paris, (2013), Mississippi, Galería Carles Tache, Barcelona (1997), Mississippi, Galería Gamarra, Madrid, (1997), Contre Allée Gallery, Paris (1992), Galería Forum, Tarragona, (1986), Galería Gamarra Garrigues, Madrid, (1985) and Zahara-22 with Arranz-Bravo, Galería Eude, Barcelona, (1983). In addition, his work can be found in important private and public collections, such as the Center of Creative Photography, Tucson, AZ and Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía.