Xavier Ribas

Xavier Ribas' photography delves into disputed locations, histories, and areas abandoned by society. His latest projects are characterized by expansive photographic grids, frequently incorporating text, archival materials, and moving images. These multi-layered compositions serve as a means of scrutinizing temporary settlements, corporate development sites, exclusion zones, and border regions.

Biography of Xavier Ribas

Xavier Ribas was born in Barcelona, Spain, in 1960. He pursued Social Anthropology at the University of Barcelona and Documentary Photography at the Newport School of Art and Design.

He is a lecturer at the University of Brighton and an associate lecturer at the Universitat Politècnica de València.

Xavier Ribas He has been honored with awards, commissions, and fellowships from prestigious institutions such as the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) (2012-2016, 2017-2018), the International Photography Research Network (IPRN) (2006), Fundación Telefónica (2005), and Commande Publique du Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication, Centre National des Arts Plastiques (2006), among others.

His recent solo exhibitions include "In a Dim Light / Bajo una Luz Tenue" at ProjecteSD in Barcelona (2024), "Trafficking the Earth" at CDAN Centro de Arte y Naturaleza in Huesca (2019), "Geografías Concretas" at Sala de Máquinas in Santiago (2018), and many more. 

Ribas has participated in numerous group exhibitions, including "Horizon and Limit: Landscape Visions" at Caixaforum in Barcelona (2024), "Work in Progress_Crisis Climática" at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile in Santiago (2023), "Seismic Mother" at Hypha Studios in London (2023), "Flores y Frutos" at Galería Banco de España in Madrid (2022), "In Spain: Photography, Surveys, Terrtories, 1982-2009" at Fundación ICO in Madrid (2021), among others. 

Currently, Xavier Ribas resides in London, UK.