Jorge Isla is a visual artist based in Bilbao. Since 2015, his practice focuses on observing and analyzing the reality and of the modes of production and consumption of contemporary society. His works is a meeting point between sculpture, video art and photography. In 2015 he won the VEGAP, in 206 MAPA Grant of LENS School, and in 2017  Visual Arts Grant from the Spanish Ministry of Culture in the Collège d’Espagne à Paris. His work has been exhibited in different solo and group shows such as The Natural History Museum of the Universitat de València (2018), Photoespaña (2017), XV Bienal de Fotografía of Córdoba (2017), Kir Royal Gallery (2017, Madrid), Antonia Puyó Gallery (2017, Saragossa), Contemporary Art Glass Museum of Alcorcón (2018, Madrid), Centro de Creación Contemporánnea Matadero (2018, Madrid), Art Lima (2018, Lima), Unseen Art Fair (2018, Amsterdam), Estampa Art Fair (2017 and 2018, Madrid), Photo London Art Fair (2019, London).

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‘My practice examines the mechanisms of contemporary society through exploring the hidden narratives of current political, social and economic structures. Departing from a social base, I’m interested in the paradoxical relationships between the real and its representation, presence and absence, original and copy, collection and rearrangement. Working across media with writing, image creation, video and installation, I produced a work entirely shaped by the context and nature of my experiences on the island, sourcing local materials from the daily and immediate context, their collection, reinterpretation, manipulation and intervention, to create contemporary conceptual objects.’