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Name
  
Bernardo Rivavelarde


Role
  
Graphic designer

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Homodigitalis Part 1: The Body


Bernardo Rivavelarde is a Spanish digital artist and graphic designer.

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Biography

Bernardo is a graphic artist. Born in Santander (Spain) he studied graphic design at the Escuela de Comunicación Gráfica of Madrid. In 2005 and 2008 Bernardo Rivavelarde was selected by the acclaimed publisher Taschen as one of the best graphic designers in the world in the books entitled "Graphic Design for the 21st Century", and "Contemporary Graphic Design". Together with his twin brother, Miguel Rivavelarde (also a graphic artist) Bernardo started their own graphic studio in 2000, working for clients such as CBRE Richard Ellis, Adecco, Teatro de la Zarzuela, Renault, etc. From 2000 to 2010 Bernardo worked for Nacho Duato, the artistic director for the Compañía Nacional de Danza of Spain. Nacho Duato is from 2014 Artistic Director of Staatsballett (Berlin) and Bernardo is working back again for him and the Staatsballett Berlin Theater since April 2014.

As an artist, Bernardo Rivavelarde presented in 1999 his first digital exhibition called Escuchando Imágenes (Listening to Images); an artistic proposal to bring together art and graphic design. Screening a selection of images, animations and interactive art works. With “Listening To Images”, Bernardo receives major Spanish awards in graphic and artistic designs, such as LAUS and MOBIUS award. “Listening to Images” took place at the Valle Quintana Gallery in Madrid. Since his first exhibition, Bernardo has collaborated musically with the Spanish Electronic Music Duo The Lab (Miguel Lázaro & José Corredera). In 1999 “Listening to Images” was selected to be part of the exhibition called "Signs of the Century, 100 Years of Graphic Design in Spain" that premiere opening took place at the Reina Sofia Museum, Madrid, Spain. “Listening to Images” was also selected for the Spanish exhibition "Pasión, Spanish Design" in Berlin, Germany.


In 2003 Bernardo Rivavelarde created a new exhibition Homodigitalis; a 30 minutes animated movie divided in three parts, The Body, The Machine and The Future. Homodigitalis was screened at The National Library of Spain, Madrid, Spain. Homodigitalis has been also exhibited in Italy, Mexico, and Germany. As in previous exhibition the music was created by The Lab. The “Homodigitalis” movie was released onto DVD and its soundtrack on CD.

In 2012, Bernardo Rivavelarde presents his new exhibition Future Nature at the Museum Prince Felipe at The City of Arts and Sciences of Valencia (Spain). Future Nature is formed by images, sound landscapes, motion graphics, that shows a new environment molded by new technologies. In Future Nature you will keep watching the sea, the clouds, the trees, and the earth, but in a different way to the one we know nowadays, leaving an invitation to think about something new which perhaps we will face it. One more time The Lab composes the sound design. The exhibition was in Valencia from March 14, 2012 to January 7, 2013, but due the success with more than 1,5 million visitors Future Nature was extended until April 14, 2013.

Future Nature was renowned been finalist at the 2011 Japan Media Art Festival (Tokio) and it has been also included in "best of the year category" at 2011 Prix Ars Electronica (Austria). At the end of 2012 Future Nature was selected to be shown in the 2012 Yota Space Festival in S. Petersburg (Russia).

From 2012 to 2015 Bernardo designs brand identity and communication campaigns for the Zarzuela Theater (Madrid).

In 2017 Bernardo is involved in a full year project designing a book of images for the 40 anniversary of The National Ballet of Spain.

Artistic works

  • Escuchando Imágenes (Listening to images) 1998
  • Homodigitalis 2003
  • Future Nature 2012
  • Awards

  • Red dot design award 2014 (Berlin, Germany)
  • Future Nature selected into “best of 2011” category at the Prix Ars Electronica (Linz, Austria).
  • Future Nature finalist at the 2011 Japan Media Arts Festival (Tokio, Japan).
  • Interactive Media Design Review (GB)
  • Cannes Festival (France)
  • LAUS (Spain)
  • MOBIUS (Spain)
  • Cámara de Comercio (Spain)
  • Graphic

  • CBRE Richard Ellis
  • FM Arquitectos
  • Renault
  • Staatsballett Berlin
  • Teatro de la Zarzuela
  • etc.

    References

    Bernardo Rivavelarde Wikipedia