María José Gómez Redondo

María José Gómez Redondo (Valladolid, 1963) is a Spanish contemporary artist specializing in photography.

Professional Career

She began her art studies at the School of Applied Arts in Segovia and later earned a degree from the Faculty of Fine Arts in Madrid, where she also completed her doctoral studies. She holds a PhD in Fine Arts from the Complutense University of Madrid.

Gómez Redondo attended the Contemporary Art Workshops at the Círculo de Bellas Artes in Madrid, studying with the contemporary artist Richard Artschwager. She also participated in the Photography Creation Course at the Gibson & Coleman Studio during the Rencontres Internationales de la Photographie in Arles, France.

Her background in painting informs her approach to photography, allowing her to explore her subjects with a strong visual sensibility. In her work, she seeks to engage the viewer by creating an evocative atmosphere, offering narrative clues while preserving areas of mystery.

All her work from the end of 2001 and throughout 2002 wonders about the support of image. She uses a work technique based on the collage and the feedback of different processes. In her previous work, she conceived with a flat collage approach. That did not affect the purely photographic final presentation. In the present work, the image's formal construction posed as related fragments are made very clear. Pieces of paper with digital prints, transfers on the photographic emulsion, imprints on different supports make the image acquire a technical depth in keeping with its visual complexity.

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