Daniel Blaufuks uses mainly photography and video, presenting his work through books, installations and films. He has a predilection for issues such as the connection between time and space and the intersection between private and public memory.
Since the 1980s, the artist has been exhibiting his work in Portugal, Spain, France, the United Kingdom, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Mexico, the United States, and Brazil. Highlights include exhibitions at the Centre Photographique - Rouen Normandie, France; Musée Eugène Delacroix, Paris, France; European Photography Festival, Reggio Emilia, Italy; PhotoEspaña, Madrid, Spain; Museu do Chiado, Lisbon, Portugal; Fábrica Usina, João Pessoa, Brazil; MAM – Museum of Modern Art, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Progetti, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Kunstverein Ruhr, Essen, Germany; Centro Cultural de Belém, Lisbon; Museu do Chiado, Lisbon; Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon; Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin; Goethe-Institut, Madrid, Spain; MACE – Museum of Contemporary Art of Elvas, Elvas, Portugal; Centro de Artes Hélio Oiticica, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Fotofestival Mannheim, Ludwigshafen, Heidelberg; Patio Herreriano - Museum of Contemporary Spanish Art, Valladolid, Spain; Chelsea Art Museum, New York, USA; Palazzo delle Papesse, Siena, Italy; Location One, New York, USA; Serralves Foundation, Porto, Portugal; and Culturgest, Lisbon, Portugal.
His work is part of many collections, such as the Byrd Hoffman Foundation, New York; the Modern Art Centre of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon; the Galician Centre of Contemporary Art, Santiago de Compostela; Novo Banco Photo, Lisbon; MEIAC, Badajoz; Berardo Collection, Lisbon; Palazzo delle Papesse, Siena; Sagamore Art, Miami; and The Progressive Collection, Ohio.
Among several awards, the artist was nominated for the Deutsche Börse Photography Prize (2007, 2015), was a finalist for the Pilar Citoler Award (2007) and the European Photography Award (1996). In 2007 he won the BES Photo Award, in 1990 the Kodak National Award, and in 2016 the AICA Prize – International Association of Art Critics.
Hahnemühle Baryta Paper
100 x 150 cm
C-print
70 x 100 cm
C-print
70 x 100 cm
Hahnemühle Baryta Paper
100 x 150 cm
Hahnemühle Baryta Paper
100 x 150 cm
C-print, 120 x 160 cm
Inkjet print
80 x 80 cm
Inkjet print
80 x 80 cm
Inkjet print
80 x 80 cm
Inkjet print, 120 x 160 cm
C-print, 160 x 120 cm
"Blaufuks is interested in that suspended moment, that is his decisive moment, precisely the non-decision, the event resulting from the space between two virtual events, the moment of lack of communication in this universe of continuous communication, of saturation of apparently decisive instants that do not allow the encountering of meaning, at every second, in a simple gesture. Thus, each photograph points out an option, a choice, a phrase, word or story. As Blaufuks himself pointed out recently: “These are places and non-places that stick to your memory for reasons beyond the lines of your map or the lines in your mind. You stay here because of a face you saw on the street or because of the weather or because your car broke down. Or maybe you just want to finish the book you are reading. And then there you are, lying on a strange bed in a foreign room thinking about what is behind you and wondering what lies ahead. You stare at the enclosing wall.” David Barro
C-print, 120 x 160 cm
Print on cotton paper
30 x 45 cm
Print on cotton paper
30 x 45 cm
Print on cotton paper
30 x 45 cm
Inkjet Print (Hahnemühle barita)
100 x 100 cm
Inkjet Print (Hahnemühle barita)
100 x 100 cm
Inkjet print (Hahnemühle barita)
100 x 100 cm