BIOGRAPHY

Caroline de Otero is a French-Spanish artist living in the South of France.
 She has started photography as early as 11-year old, and later got an art degree at Louis Lumière school in Paris. 

First established in Paris she worked for several film productions as Director of Photography. Then in Biarritz (SW France) she has spent most of her career working as a photographer for agencies, the media, as well as cultural institutions, and as unit photographer on movie sets.

 Her work has been published in prominent newspapers such as Libération, Les Cahiers du Cinema, and The Financial Times and been shown in art galleries and festivals.
 She has received numerous prizes and awards in France and Spain ( Polaroid France 1983, Medio Ambiante Vitoria Spain 2006, Bask Diaspora for Bask Museum France 2016, Prize for Documentary film at International Independant Film Festival France 2018, Polyptique Selection at The Photographic Center of Marseille France 2019 ) 

For the last 15 years, Caroline de Otero has concentrated on directing and producing art-focused documentaries.
 
Her approach is documentary photography as she is travelling abroad. In her studio in Provence, she now also dedicates some of her time working around abstract still-life.

EXPOSITIONS / PRIX / EDITIONS

2024 « Mirleft, the village to the left of the sea » - Gold Medal - Architecture - Maghreb Photography Awards

2023 " Virgen Azul" - Noëlisation - group show - Espace GT / Mund'Art - Marseille - France

2023 « El Divino de la Muerte » - solo show - Espace La Nuit Tous les Chats sont Gris - Marseille - France

2023 « Nature morte...ou pas » - exposition Open Studios Marseille - Silver prints - Dominique Cerf studio

2022 « Nikki Smith meets love at Lido beach » photo-novel - show and edition Open Studios Marseille - Lorraine Thomas Gallery

2022 « METAMORPHOSIS » - group show - Chapelle St Jacques - Pertuis - France

2022 « CLOSED FOREVER » - solo show - Chapelle St Roch - Pertuis - France

2021 « ¡Cuba si! » - selection for Photographic Nights - SELMA - Alabama - USA

2021 « Emprise contre attaque » - group show - Emprise gallery - Marseille - France

2020 « Quotidie » & « Sofa on the street » - solo show - Galerie du Tableau - Marseille - France

2020 « Gélatine » - Atelier BoiSakré - OAA - Marseille - France

2019 Selection Polyptyque price 2019 - Group show - Marseille Photographic Center

2019 "IN VIVO" - group show - INVISIBLE gallery - Marseille - France

2018 "TOTEMS" - group show - Charivari gallery - Marseille - France

2018 "Sofas on the street » - L'Hypothèse du Lieu - Marseille - France

2017 "Regard sur l'Asie" - group show - Asiatica Museum - Biarritz - France

2017 "Autels particuliers" et "Andalucia" - solo show - Biarritz Historical Museum - France

2016 "TOTEMS" - 2nd prix « Artists' perspectives on the Basque Diaspora » Basque Museum Bayonne - France

2015 “Le Temps d’Aimer…La Danse” - retrospective - Gare du Midi - Biarritz - France

2010 Edition histoiry and recipes : « Chocolate in basque country » - Artza editions

2010 "Swiecinski collection at a glance" - group show - Guethary Museum - France

2009 "12 x 12" - group show - Pasaia - San Sebastián & Huarte - Spain

2009 Edition of an Art book : Travel in the Himalayas - Asiatica Museum collection

2008 "Looks at the Water" - group show - Hendaye - France

2007 "Guernica at a glance" - group show - Hendaye - France

2007 Edition of a 4th photo-novel - "Boucau, Port d’attache" - France

2007 1st Contemporary Art Market dedicated to Surfing - Biarritz - France

2007 Group show, Environment Institute - Vitoria-Gasteiz - Spain

2006 Edition of 3 photos-novels “L’Univers est courbe” (Ed.Atlantica) France

2006 4° price Photographic Competition of the Institute for the Environment - Vitoria - Spain

2006 "Erakusketa 12cm" - group show - Pasaia - San Sebastián - Espagne

2005 « Ciriza-n" - group show - Pasaia - San Sebastian - Spain

2004 "the Mystery of the Abyss" - solo show - Museum of the Sea - Biarritz - France

2004 "Chambre 5 » - solo show - Festival Biarritz Terre d’Images - France

2003 "No a la Guerra" - solo show - Espace Le Madrid - Guéthary - France

2000 « Quotidie" - solo show -"Jornadas Fotográficas » - Galerie Zazpi - Zarautz - Spain

1994 "Le Temps d’Aimer… La Danse » - solo show - Palais des Festivals - Biarritz - France

Caroline de Otero nació en 1962 de madre francesa y de padre español, por eso tiene doble cultura.

Después de su Diploma de Técnico Superior en Fotografía en la escuela Louis Lumière (Paris), trabaja durante los años 80, como directora de la fotografía para varios productores de películas.

Luego, se fue para Biarritz donde esta trabajando como fotógrafa (con galerías y para festivales en Francia y España), como profesora (dirige un curso de foto y de video en el Departamento Imagen de la Mediateca de Biarritz), y como directora de cine.

Desde 2005, Caroline de Otero se concentró en la dirección y la producción de documentales (retratos de artistas para la “Base Sous-Marine” de Burdeos, seguimiento de creación de coreografías para el CCN Malandain Ballet Biarritz, etc. (www.boisakreproductions.com)

Ahora, Carolina comparte su actividad entre la Provenza y el Pais Vasco.