XAVIER FERRER CHUST, was born in Vila-real in 1958. He soon learned the secrets of the laboratory, since his father was a good connoisseur of it due to his love of photography, although he did not begin to take images until 1982. At this beginning His works are documentary and creative on black and white support. At this time he participates in competitions obtaining local and national awards. But it is from 1988 when he focuses more on the development of homogeneous works to make them known in exhibitions, of which the most important have been:
INDIVIDUAL EXPOSITIONS
1991 Ibiza, winter image. Aragonese Center of Valencia. 1992 Oremus. Cuenca Xativa Room. 1993 Urban Chronicles. Cafe Lisboa de Valencia 1993 Oremus. Savings Bank of Onteniente. 1993 Oremus. Castellón Abbey Hall 1993 Oremus. Royal Photographic Society of Madrid. 1994 Oremus. Aula Glorieta de Sagunto. 1994 Urban Chronicles. Castellón Urban Center 1995 Urban Chronicles. Municipal Hall of Onda. 1995 Oremus. Collective Image. Fuengirola 1995 Oremus. Diaphragm Photo Gallery. Córdoba. 1995 Urban Chronicles. Club Sabadell Chamber. 1996 Oremus. Institut d'estudis Vallencs. Valls 1996 Oremus. Tartessos Gallery Barcelona. 1999 Oremus. CAM Room of San Vicente del Raspeig 2003 Retrospective. Pictograma Castellón2004 Urban Chronicles Room. La Linea2004 Oremus. Photographic Society Barcelona2005 Oremus. Photographic Association Valencia2009 Calle Mayor.Sala de la Llontja del Canem Uji Castellón.2009 Els pregrins.Sala de la Vila. Catí2009 Calle Mayor .Imaginaria. Vilafranca. 2010 Calle Mayor. Joaquin Collado Room. Agfoval. Valencia. 2010 Calle Mayor, Sala Bancaixa. Puerto de Saguntoí 2010 Calle Mayor. Sala Bancaixa. Benifairo de les Valls 2011 Calle Mayor, Tarancón Municipal Auditorium, 2012 Grabarka. Portalea Eibar2013 Calle Mayor. AFA Antequera2013 Oremus. Thoughtful. Vila-real2013 Grabarka-Sala Ignacio Barceló. Córdoba 2013 Calle Mayor- Aula 7 Málaga 2014 Grabarka. House of Culture of Xàtiva2014 Grabarka. Church of San José Cultural Center. Puerto Real 2014 Babalú. Polaroid room. San Fernando (Cadiz) 2014 Grabarka. Sala Agfoval (Valencia) 2014 Babalú. Festifoto Canals2014 Cuba In Cuba. Crevillente2015 Oremus Photography Conference. Fotoespai Gandia2015 Monastery. Asisa photo Málaga2015 ironik. Sala Melchor Zapata, Benicassim. (Imaginary) 2016 Oremus- Dipcasphoto de Castellón 2016 Cuba In Cuba. Sala Camarón de Segorbe2017 Ironik. Paulo Freire Almenara Cultural Center 2017 Monastery. Llotja del Canem UJI of Castellón.
2019 Main street. White Lab Room in Madrid.
2020 Oremus. Red Eyes, Xabia
EVENTS
1993 Photo day. Valencia2013 Reflective. Photography Festival Vila-real2013 Entrefotos. Author's photographic fair .Madrid2014 Festifoto Canals2014 XVII Photographic Conference of Crevillente2014 Photomercado Sevilla2014 Madrid Photobook Fever2015 Imaginary photography in Spring in Castellón2016 Dipcasphoto Castellón2016 Photo in May Segorbe2016 Imaginary Castellón2018 Bienal Ubeda
2020 Red Eyes Festival
COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS
1992. Representing the Confederation of Photographic Groups and in Commemoration of the 500th anniversary of the discovery of America. Traveling exhibition through Argentina, Chile and Uruguay. 1999. Photographic autumn of Madrid. Valencian photographers.
2000. 6 Valencian photographers. Collective Room Image Fuengirola.
2000. So far so close ”. Cultural Space Coves del Batá, Paterna, Valencia
2000. "6 photographic visions" Casa Cultura de Chiva, Valencia. 2009 Epson Awards. Madrid2013 Fez 4x4. Imaginaria Castellón 2016 Ten looks at abandonment. Quintanar Palace in Segovia, Almería, Mallorca, Benicasim, Soria, Oporto 2017- Thinkers on the street. Museum of Almería2018- Ten looks at abandonment. Mostoles
2020- Ten looks. Museum of Almeria
2021- Ten Looks. Segovia
BOOKS: 1992.Illustration of the Book "Gent, Ciutat i Paisatje", a photographic retrospective to Vila-real, on a work of reproductions of the Graphic history of the City.1998. "Sant Pasqual, Altres festes, altres pobles". Text and illustration on a documentation work on festivals and honor of San Pascual in different towns.
2014. Oremus. Author's book. Images that under a religious environment, cause a smile to the viewer from a personal point of view of the author.
2019. VERB. The life of Jesus Christ told chronologically (from the annunciation to the ascension), through a dialogue between the texts of the evangelists
and the author's images, on each page a Bible verse is written that visually interacts with the associated image.
PUBLICATIONS:
1995 Porfolio Photo Journal "O"
2013 Modern Times Magazine Portfolio "from Kieva to the barricades"
2014 Red Eyes Magazine Portfolio "Oremus"
2018 Porfolio Revista Dodho magazine " Grabarka"
2018 Portfolio Magazine Dodho Maganize "Monastery"
2019 DNG Photomagazine
2020- Super Digital Photo Portfolio
AWARDS More than 200 awards endorse the author's career