Biography
Eugenio Recuenco was born in Madrid in May of 1968, in the middle of student protests that had spread out from Paris.
He studied fine art, graduating with a degree in painting from the Univerdidad Complutense de Madrid. Without space in whicc to créate his large-scale paintings, he began to collaborate with fashion magazines-first in Spain and later in Paris, where he habitually spent long periods-while waiting to be able to devote himself to painting. Vogue España, Madame Figaro, Wad, Vogue UK, Spoon, Planet, Vanity Fair, Ster, Kult, Twill, GQ and zink are some of ther magazines he's worked with.
It was in Paris that he producer his first advertising piece for Boucheron. From that momento, many brands would reign to call him to créate their images, including Nina Ricci, Diesel, Shanghai Tang, Yves Saint Laurent, Playstation, Custo, Le bon Marché, BSI Lugano, and Pernod Ricard.
In 2007 he was invited to create the Lavazza calendar, and from the US he was called to conceive, together with Eric Dover, the set design and staging for the opera, Les Hugueunots, at the Richard B Fisher Center in NEwy York City.
Paris became th city that established his rhythm. It is there where he also created his first advertising spot. This time it was for "Nina" by Nina Ricci. This newly-opened avenue quickly lead to oportunities with other brands such Loewe, Freixenet, Mango, Codorniú, Chivas Regal, Regione Campania, Vanderbilt and Motorola, among others.
In 2008 his video, Essence of Seduction, won the award for best advertisment of the year in Spain and the awrd for best short film at the Mexico city International Film Week. From that momento, he continued to create short films and video clips, such as Rammstein's, Mein Herz brennt, for example. He is now preparing his first full length film.
Also his photographs had already been shown at the Reina Sofia museum in Madrid, the BAC (Barcelona Arte Contemporáneo), Naardeen Photo Festival, FEM (Festival Edición Madrid), Les Rencontres de Arles, PhotoEspaña, Art Toronto 2007 and the antional Spanish Library; It was once again in Paris where he would have his first solo exhibit, "Dream and Storm" at the Bertin-Touleblanc gallery.
In 2004 he was given the ABC NAtional photography Award, in 2009 he won Gold and Bronze at the Sol festival, and in 2006 and 2013 his photographs won Gold Lions at the Cannes Lions festival.
In 2011 in the official section he projected his film " 88:88 " and " Desire" in ASVOFF Fashion Films Festival at CaixaForum in Barcelona
In 2012 he also attended in the official section of the San Francisco International Film Festival Fashion his film " Pure Beauty"
In 2013 is TeNeues who called him to perform his first solo book " REVUE " whose release coincided with a solo exhibition at the Camera Work Gallery in Berlin in September 2013
That same year his films "Pure Beauty" and " Air " were projected in the official selection of the Festival of Montreal Fashion Week 2013.
In March 2014 his films " 88:88 " and " Desire" are exhibited in the auditorium of the Museum at FIT in New York in a piece called "Stories " under the "Hispanic - American Fashion Culture" conference organized by Cervantes Institute in New York. The Museum Kunst in Germany exposed a retrospective of his work in September of that year.
His work was also shown in Fotografiska, Stockholm. In October of the same year he participated in the exhibition commemorating the 20th anniversary of the fashion magazine GQ "Man in Progress".
He currently lives behind a camera .
