Dionisio González

Dionisio González was born in Gijón in 1965 and graduated in Fine Arts from the Faculty of Fine Arts in Seville. After graduating, he furthered his studies in Computer-Aided Imaging at Wilkey's Moor Print Workshop in Devon and in Artistic Printmaking at the College of Art at Heriott-Watt University in Edinburgh. He also completed his training in Film and Television at the Escola de Artes Avanzadas Aula do Risco in Lisbon. Architecture is the main theme in Dionisio González's work. In his studio, he creates fictional buildings with an incredible level of detail and then grafts them onto different real-life environments that he has photographed on-site. This process of reinventing suburban landscapes, not without a certain baroque style, raises a profound reflection on the ways of inhabiting the contemporary city, an investigation into the ways of living in the 21st century and the relationships that man establishes with the environment. Dionisio González's photography demonstrates an excellent command of the technique of photomanipulation, spaces and light as elements that shape an alternative reality to the universe we live in. His images are only part of a much longer process that seeks to explore the idea of thought and the development of the concepts that move Dionisio, his fascination with architecture, his concern with social decay, and the constant search for enclaves where chaos and beauty coexist. Throughout his career, Dionisio González has received important recognitions such as the Pilar Juncosa and Sotheby's Prize, the Pilar i Joan Miró Foundation Prize, and the European Month of Photography Arendt Award (Luxembourg), among others. His work is featured in major institutions such as the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía in Madrid, the Museum of Contemporary Photography in Chicago, and the National Center for Contemporary Art in Paris, as well as in prominent public and private collections.