BIO & STATEMENT
Buenos Aires, 1984
Gustavo Ghianda is an artist with multiple interests who focuses and channels his existential concerns on photography. Originally from Argentina and currently based in London. His training is fundamentally self-taught, although he also took different courses on photography and image at the following institutions: EFC (Andy Goldstein), Asociación de Reporteros Gráficos de la República Argentina, Instituto Universitario Nacional de las Artes and Centre Cívic Pati Llimona
Su interés por la fotografía se inició a los 23 años cuando por casualidad se compró una cámara y al poco tiempo descubrió en la misma una gran herramienta de expresión y experimentación. As his interest in photography increased he began a deep investigative work on the history of visual arts finding in Terence Donovan and Caravaggio a great reference. Gustavo’s photography is usually classified as surrealist. In 2010, he was selected in the photography contest ¨Sin Sentido?¨ organized by the Sociedad Argentina de Galerías de Arte from Buenos Aires. He has also participated in different exhibitions in the City of Buenos Aires and London.
His histrionics and sympathy allows him a unique closeness and empathy to people when it comes to portraying. His artistic search is focused in the human condition, specificcally, in the relationship between the Individual and the Society. Delving into the sufferings that generate the second one in the first one and the need for emancipation of the Individual of Society. The passion, enthusiasm, sensivity and creativity that he has defines him like a tireless photographer whose search is intended to highlight beauty overall.