Isabel Muñoz

Exhibitions at Hangar: Trance’n’dance

Isabel Muñoz (1951, ES) Isabel Muñoz is a world-renowned photographer. Originally from Barcelona, at the age of 20, she decided to set up in Madrid and devote herself to photography by enrolling at Photocentro. In 1986, she put on her first exhibition – Toques – at the Institut Français in Madrid, which became the first in a long series. In 1990, she began to travel, with the theme of dance as a common thread. These first trips will lead to many others and will feed her desire to work on ethnic minorities.

Recognized by a wide audience, the work of Isabel Muñoz has been awarded numerous prizes and distinctions. In February 2022, she was elected as an academician to the Fine Arts by the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando (Madrid).

Her work is to be found in numerous collections, in particular those of the Maison Européenne de la Photographie (Paris), the New Museum of Contemporary Art (New York), the Foto Colectania (Barcelona), the Cultural Center of Spain (Mexico City, Guatemala City, La Paz), the Museo Nacional Reina Sofia (Madrid) and the Fundación Canal (Madrid).

Her favorite techniques are platinum-palladium prints and extra-wide formats, which she uses in her approach to the study of humankind and to illustrate her passion for the representation of the body’s movement.