Nerea Ubieto
(Zaragoza, 1984. Vive y trabaja en Madrid)

Nerea Ubieto is an independent curator, cultural manager and art critic for ABC Cultural. She holds a BA in Art History from the University of Zaragoza and an MA in Art Market and Appraisal. Specialised in contemporary photography and visual culture, her practice combines exhibition-making, research, teaching and art criticism. Her multidisciplinary projects explore a wide range of interests, with a particular focus on philosophical issues related to dissident identities, feminism, esoteric knowledge and spirituality. Throughout her career, she has developed projects for both public and private institutions, collaborating with museums, art centres, galleries, festivals and cultural organisations in Spain and internationally. She is currently touring two international group exhibitions: Portales a lo desconocido (Gateways to the Unknown), organised by the Instituto Cervantes, and El ojo desarmado (The Disarmed Eye), produced by AECID (Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation).

Contemporary Photography

Contemporary photography is one of the central areas of Nerea Ubieto's curatorial research and practice. For more than a decade, she has developed a sustained career in the field, combining exhibition-making, research, teaching, portfolio reviews and participation in specialist juries. In 2027, she serves as a member of the jury for Spain's National Photography Award, one of the country's highest institutional distinctions in the field. She was also a member of the Platform for the National Centre for Photography and Image, participating in the public presentation of its manifesto at Madrid's Círculo de Bellas Artes in Madrid. She has collaborated with leading photography festivals and institutions including PhotoEspaña, The Finnish Museum of Photography, Begira Photo, Revela'T and Art Photo Barcelona, and has taught at EFTI and the PhotoEspaña Master's Programme. As curator of the Nexofoto International Photography Award, she promoted emerging Ibero-American photographers while contributing to the visibility of both established and emerging voices in contemporary photography.

Her career began at Blanca Berlín Gallery, specialising in photography, and as exhibition coordinator alongside curator Alejandro Castellote. She has since curated photography projects for institutions including Fundación Telefónica within the framework of PhotoEspaña, where she presented Soft Borders, a programme exploring expanded photographic practices. Among her most significant exhibitions are Algo, nada, siempre by Vari Caramés at Sala Canal de Isabel II (Madrid) and Afectos fugaces by Jesús Madriñán at La Térmica (Málaga), alongside projects with artists including Paula Anta, Antonio Guerra, Mar Sáenz, Rocío Bueno and Pachi Santiago. She also collaborated professionally with Spain's National Photography Award recipient Juan Manuel Castro Prieto, further strengthening her expertise in the Spanish and international photography landscape.

Her recent exhibitions include El inconsciente serzitivo. Dibujos raíz (The Serzitive Unconscious. Root Drawings) at the Biblioteca Central de Santander; The Permeating Murmur by Rosana Antolí at Centro Párraga (Murcia); Limbo by Enrique Radigales at IAACC Pablo Serrano (Zaragoza); Insight by Rachel Valdés at Galería Jordi Mayoral (Barcelona); Afectos fugaces (Fleeting Affections) by Jesús Madriñán at La Térmica (Málaga); Expedientes X. La verdad está ahí dentro (The X-Files. The Truth Is In There) at DA2 Museo Domus Artium (Salamanca); El otro idioma (The Other Language) by India Toctli at Sala Maruja Mallo (Las Rozas, Madrid); Pulsión de colapso by Olalla G. Valdericeda and Ramón Mateos, presented at ARCOmadrid 2025 and Freijó Gallery (Madrid); Espacios y vulnerabilidad at the Museum of Teruel; 1, 2… ¡Acción! (1, 2… Action!) touring across the Community of Madrid; Huellas circulares (Circular Traces) at ARCOmadrid 2024; Enhebrar el vacío (Threading the Void) at Galería de Arte a Ciegas; Crisálida (Chrysalis) at the Genalguacil Museum; Algo, nada, siempre (Something, Nothing, Always) by Vari Caramés at Sala Canal de Isabel II (Madrid); Jaam rek by Paula Anta at Galería Daniel Cuevas (Madrid); Primum non Nocere by Romina Rivero at El Almacén (Lanzarote); and El juego de lo inesperado (The Game of the Unexpected) by Montserrat Gómez de Osuna at MAC Florencio de la Fuente (Cuenca). She has curated public programmes, conferences, performances, curatorial courses and workshops, and collaborates as a scriptwriter for the RTVE television programme Metrópolis