Javier Medina V.
Bio
"Born in Bell Ville, Córdoba in 1967. In 1991, he studied photography at the Lino Spilimbergo School of Applied Arts and graduated as a lawyer in 1992. He has lived and worked in Asunción since 1993, holding his first exhibition in 1994.
In 2007, he participated in Jorge Saenz’s photographic essay workshop, with which he won the 2007 Henry Matisse Prize. With the material produced in Paris, he published the book Solo (en) Paris, sponsored by the French Embassy in Paraguay and the Alliance Française in 2009. He also published the book Yaca ‘a in 2025.
He received an award for Best Essay in 2010 granted by Ojo Salvaje (Asunción Biennial), and the Bicentennial Prize awarded by the Museum of Fine Arts and the Spanish Cultural Center in 2011.
Among his individual and group exhibitions, noteworthy venues include Galería Fábrica, Museo del Barro, and Monocromo Photo Gallery in Asunción, Paraguay; the Museum of Contemporary Art in Rosario, Salta, and Resistencia; the Center for Contemporary Photography in La Plata, Argentina; the Museum of Modern Art in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic; the Festival de l’Imaginaire in Paris, France; and the Verzasca Photo Festival in Switzerland.
He has also worked in audiovisual productions such as La Línea (2007), Los Yegros (2011), and Mujer Yrupe (2012), as author or director of photography."
