CARLOS ORIVE
Born in Madrid in April 1966, to a father from Madrid and a mother from Cantabria, CARLOS ORIVE entered the world of art through photography, which he discovered and began working with in a specialized workshop at his college at the early age of twelve.
A graduate in photography from the Academy of Madrid, he developed his own technique, "pigment graphy", which is based on the fusion of photography, painting and computer tools on canvas, without ever using traditional collage and without directly coloring the photograph.
He teaches photography at the "Torito" Cultural Center in Madrid, and at the Eugenia de Montijo College in Carabanchel, and digital computer retouching at CESINE in Cantabria. He has received several awards from foundations and artistic institutions in Spain.
In his personal creative trajectory, he applies and uses superimpositions, fragments, and image retouching, all on a background of personal reflection on the figure of man today. He is greatly influenced by the Informal Art of 20th century Spanish painters (Tàpies, Saura, Chillida...), whom he never tires of studying and who constantly inspire him. He brings to this great History of Art his personal concept, reintroducing the human figure as the main protagonist of his work; and opts for new technologies as a technical prerequisite, anchoring his art in the contemporary.
The artist's works
