Carles Mercader Fulquet (Rubí, 1974) es licenciado en Filología Hispánica por la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Fotógrafo autodidacta, trabaja de forma independiente y es reconocido por su retrato en un blanco y negro radical y sin concesiones. Ha colaborado con publicaciones como Altaïr, El Magazine de La Vanguardia, Benzina, El Punt Avui, Jo Dona, El Periódico y El País.
He is currently the director of La Nuu, the Rubí International Photography Festival, which he has led since 2016, and the founding president of Ull per Ull, a cultural association dedicated to artistic experimentation. Mercader is also the editor of WATUSI, a recently launched free cultural magazine focused on urban culture and the city of Barcelona.
His work falls within the cultural framework that critic Eloy Fernández Porta calls afterpop, where the boundaries between high and low culture completely dissolve. Her imagery draws from the avant-garde, Situationism, and the aesthetic marginality of lowbrow art. Mercader’s practice investigates the crisis of the image linked to the implosion of traditional narratives, the fragmentation of the contemporary self, and the fictional nature of all identity, whether personal or collective.
2024
Pícnic. Group exhibition. Galeria Tinta Invisible, Barcelona.
2022
Trau. Exhibition and presentation of the artist’s book created in collaboration with Vicenç Altaió and Lluís Calvo. Galeria Tinta Invisible, Barcelona.
Pícnic. Group exhibition with Marcel·lí Antúnez, Evru, Francesca Llopis, Joan Fontcuberta, among others. Galeria Tinta Invisible, Barcelona.
2021
Caravana Negra. Group exhibition with Agustí Villaronga, Gabi Martínez, Ángel Mateo Charris, Carla Bolserman, Mario Torrecillas and Carla Berrocal. Cercle Artístic Sant Lluc, Barcelona.
2020
The Last Summer. Group exhibition with Abel Azcona, Paquito Nogales and others. Galeria LaGrey, Tarragona.
2019
Mi necesidad de consuelo es insaciable. Solo exhibition. Galeria LaGrey, Tarragona.
2014
Massa Fosca. Solo exhibition. Celler de Rubí – Centre de Creació Contemporània.
2013
Mirades i perspectives. La Xina des d’Espanya . Group exhibition. Institut Confuci de Barcelona.
2023
Autoficció. Fotozine. Badweather Press, Girona.
2022
Trau. Artist’s book with poems and texts by Vicenç Altaió and Lluís Calvo. Tinta Invisible Edicions, Barcelona.
2018
Nochera. Collective work based on the poetry collection M’ctàlgia by David Caño. Tinta Invisible Edicions, Barcelona.
2016
無 (Mu), published by Dienacht, Leipzig.
2015
La extinción del dinosaurio, with poems by Carlos Zanón. La Cicatriz de Fuego, Barcelona.
2014
De Penitents a Desemparats, com dos carrers de Barna, with poems by David Caño and Ricard Mirabete. Tanit Edicions, Barcelona.
2023
Anna Carreras i Aubets, “Trau. Tots som ferida.” Revista Bonart 198 (September 2023 – February 2024).
2021
David Castillo, “Impacte fotogràfic,” El Punt Avui, October 23.
2017
Lluís Calvo, “Carles Mercader, la innocència diabòlica,” El Punt Avui, February 19.
Gabi Martínez, “El hombre escrito,” El Periódico de Catalunya, February 17.
2013
Lluís Calvo, “La serpiente roja. De l’Havana a Rubí sense concessions,” Núvol. El digital de cultura , September 25.
If you want to stay up to date on contemporary art and the latest news from our gallery, subscribe to our newsletter.
If you want to stay up to date on contemporary art and the latest news from our gallery, subscribe to our newsletter.
