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José Antonio Villarrubia Jimenez-Momediano
(November 17, 1961 - living) Spain

José Villarrubia

Photographer, painter

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José was born in Madrid, Spain. He comes from an artistic family:his father had an advertising agency and his mother, Luz Jimenez- Momediano,an art gallery. Two of José's brothers, Alvaroand Alejandro, are established photographers as well.

After attending the Escuela de San Fernando at the Universidad Complutense in Madrid, he moved to Baltimore, USA, in 1980. There he completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts, Magna Cum Laude, from the Maryland Institute Collegeof Art, and a Master of Fine Arts in Painting from TowsonUniversity.

PrometheusSince then his fine art photographs have beenexhibited internationally. His work is in the collections of the BaltimoreMuseum of Art, the Inter-American Development Bank and theTom of Finland Foundation. For the last two years he has been a memberof Maryland Institute College of Art faculty. He also teaches at Towson University, The Baltimore School for the Arts and the Walters Art Gallery.

Reproductions and critical writing abouthis work have appeared in the history of photography book The Homoerotic Photograph by Allen Ellenzwaig, the anthology The Male Nude, published by Taschen and in the Advocate's book Lust, the Body Politic.

Besides fine art photography, Jose has completed numerous commercial assignments, among them postersfor the Axis Theater production of Brad Fraser`s play Poor Superman, the cover of the novel Sacred Lips of the Bronx, by Douglas Sadownick.

José recently created a computer manipulated graphic novel incollaboration with photographer StephenJohn Phillips. Titled Veils, this project will bepublished as a hundred page hardbound book by Time -Warner in March 1999.

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