Luis Alonso Ocaña was born in 1959 in the city of Vigo, NW of Spain.
For over 25 years now, his professional and creative activity has explored different avenues of the audiovisual field. He completed his academic training in Advertising Photography in Madrid in 1983.
His is a truly wideranging portfolio which combines photography, graphic design, 3D animation/modelling and the executive production of audiovisual projects. He is also a certified AGE Fotostock photographer whose pictures have been distributed to over 30 countries worldwide.
From 1983 o 1986 he was commissioned by the INCAFO (Instituto de la Caza Fotográfica y Naturaleza) and the UNESCO to shoot various works for the World Heritage portfolio in France, Canada and the USA.
EXHIBITIONS AND COMPLETED PROJECTS
2007/09 - Photographic exhibition in Motoazabu Gallery in Tokio, Japan. “Samos, espírito do Camiño”. Wiht collaboration Dirección Xeral de Turismo-Xunta de Galicia, Embajada de España en Tokio and S.A. de Xestión do Plan Xacobeo.
2007/09 - Photographic Work in Koyasan (Wakayama Prefecture) and Totsukawa (Nara Prefecture), Japan.
2007 - Photographic exhibition “Brión, Brétemas Luzadas” Brión, Galicia, Spain.
2006- Photographic exhibition “ La Memoria Escrita ” Sophia University. Tokio, Japón.
- 3D CGI feature “Sueños Lunarios”. Technical direction and postproduction for planetarium SkySkan in Museo Elder de la Ciencia. Canary Islands, Spain.
2005
- Photographic exhibition “Samos, espírito do Camiño”, Museo das Peregrinacions de Santiago de Compostela. Spain. Also exhibited at the Benedictine Abbey of Samos, Lugo. Spain.
- Photographic exhibition “Ambivalencias”, Brión, Galicia, Spain.
- Internet photographic exhibition "10 haikus, 10 imágenes" posted at the website El Rincón del Haiku.
- Audiovisual feature "Velocidad máxima" about Einstein's relativity theory, based on a story written by George Gamow, for the University of Santiago de Compostela. Spain.
- Computer Graphics film “Travellers of the Canary Islands”. Fundación Museo Elder de la Ciencia y la Tecnología. Canary Islands, Spain.
- Photographic exhibition " La Memoria Escrita " Benedictine Abbey of Samos. Lugo, Galicia, Spain.
- 3D CGI feature "Técnicas tradicionales para la ilustración del libro impreso" about the historic evolution of the art of engraving for books. Museo del Libro, Fundación Cidade da Cultura de la Xunta de Galicia. Spain.
2004
- CGI animation: “Velocidad Máxima” and “Universo de Juguete”. A George Gamow story. Museo de la Ciencia y la Tecnología. Canary Islands, Spain.
2003
- CGI exhibition “Polyhedra” for the 2nd Mathematics Congress at the Museo Elder de la Ciencia y la Tecnología de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. Canary Islands, Spain.
- Lead Technical Director for "Tinguaro, The Sun Lizards", an international coproduction by Lasal Creadores Ascociados (Canary Islands), Comet Entertainment Incorp (Canadá) and Muv Studios (India).
- Photographic exhibition “Macro-Micro”. Museo de las Ciencias de A Coruña. Galicia, Spain.
2002
- CGI animation for “Nemo”. Acuarium Finisterrae de A Coruña. Galicia. Spain.
2000
- CGI exhibition "¿Pero esto son matemáticas?" for Museo Elder de la Ciencia y la Tecnología. Canary Islands, Spain.
1997
- CGI Exhibition “Leonardo's dream...” Circulo de Bellas Artes de Madrid. ArtFutura. Madrid. Spain.
1995
- "Nuevas Imágenes del Ozono Global", with the collaboration of the Instituto Meteorológico Nacional INM, the Instituto Tecnológico de Canarias ITC and the Instituto de Técnica Aeroespacial INTA based on data provided by NASA. Spain.
1993
- CGI project "Universo Tridimensional", with the collaboration of the Instituto Geográfico Nacional, the Cabildo de Tenerife, the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias and Silicon Graphics Computer Systems. Canary Islands, Spain.
BOOKS AND CATALOGUES
2007
- A bilingual catalogue of "Samos, espírito do Camiño" in gallego and japanish.
- Tokio Kokoro, a personal vision of Tokio City.
- “Brión, Brétemas Luzadas” Brión, Galciia, Spain.
2006/2005
- “Samos, Espírito do Camiño” Santiago de Compostela, Galicia. Spain.
1997
- "El Paseante, La Revolución digital y sus dilemas". Madrid. Spain
- " La Luz Fragmentada ". Bienal de Fotografía Fotonoviembre. Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain.
1992
- "Fragmentos", collective exhibition. Madrid. Spain.
1990
- "Cuatro Direcciones, Spanish Contemporary Photography". Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia. Madrid
AWARDS, FESTIVAL SELECTIONS & LECTURES
1999
- "Museo Elder", audiovisual project, exhibited at the international festival ArtFutura 99 en Madrid .
- "The Dance of Shiva", audiovisual project, exhibited at the Espace Media Promotion section of the international festival Imagina at Montecarlo. Also exhibited at the Carrefour Media-CNIT de Paris. Both events organized by the French Audiovisual National Institute.
1998
- " La Danza de Siva o la dualidad de la Tecnología ", lecture at the exhibition Nuevos Medios en el Arte, organized by the Ateneo de La Laguna. Canary Islands, Spain.
- Best Infography Work Award at the VIII Festival Internacional de Video de Canarias. Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain.
- "The Alliance", exhibited at the I Muestra Internacional de Video Independiente de Canarias, which took place at the Espacio Cultural El Tanque (Tenerife) and was organized by the Cabildo de Tenerife, Centre de Cultura Contemporánea de Barcelona and the OVNI collective.
- "The Alliance", exhibited at the Espace Media Promotion section of the international festival Imagina at Montecarlo. France.
1997
- Winner of the Panorama Internacional - Arte Award at the III Muestra Internacional de Arte y Nuevas Tecnologías en Valencia. Spain.
- "Leonardo's dream...", exhibited at the Espace Media Promotion section of Imagina 97. Montecarlo. France.
1996
- "San Borondón, Isla Virtual", short film coproduced by Pixel Informática S.L. Winner of the Jury's Special Award at the Festival Internacional de Video de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. Canary Islands. Spain.