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About

Jorge Chamorro (Madrid, 1972) is a graphic designer, collage artist and teacher. Graduated with a degree in Audiovisual Communication in 1995 from Complutense University of Madrid, Jorge worked as a graphic designer in various studios until he became a freelancer in 2005. He discovered collage in 2006. His work has been exhibited and published worldwide. In 2010, Jorge began teaching graphic design and collage. He currently holds a position as a lecturer at UDIT University of Design and Technology. Since 2013, he has lived and worked between Berlin and Madrid.



Solo exhibitions


La Factoría de Papel. Madrid. 2024
La Factoría de Papel. Madrid. 2018
Esdip. Berlin. 2017
Schlossmuseum Molsdorf Kunsthalle. Erfurt. 2016
Fincan. Berlin. 2016
Povvera. Berlin. 2015
Graphic Book. Madrid. 2013
Graphic Book. Madrid. 2012
Cabeza De Ratón. Cáceres. 2010
Nudo Encuentro De Creadores. Madrid. 2010
Traficantes De Sueños. Madrid. 2009
El Rincón. Madrid. 2009
La Piola. Madrid. 2007
Artépolis. Madrid. 2006


Group exhibitions


Untitled. Salon Georges. Berlin. 2024
A day in the life. 48 Stunden Neukölln. Berlin. 2024
Colorama. Pequeña Galería. Madrid. 2024
Musas. La Mussa. Madrid. 2024
GlueHeads - A Berlin Odyssey into the Unreal. Neurotitan. Berlin. 2023
Artists Agains the Bomb. Judd Foundation. New York. 2023
Rejects. Hok Gallery. The Hague. 2023
What game shall we play today? 48 Stunden Neukölln. Berlin. 2023
GlueHeads - A Berlin Odyssey into the Unreal. Verbeke Foundation. Stekene, Belgium. 2023

Encuentro. La Factoría de Papel. Madrid. 2023

Europa Europa. Studio RGF. Madrid. 2023
Copyshop. KHB Studios. Berlin. 2022
Kaos Festival. Layer House. Kranj. 2022
Lichtes Intervall. Supalife Kiosk. Berlin. 2022
Zur Kenntnis genommen. The Grid Cabins. Berlin. 2021
Summer 2021 Show (virtual exhibition). Sharp Hands Gallery. Portland. 2021
Kaos Festival. Layer House. Kranj. 2020
Collagistas Festival. Maison du Peuple St-Gilles. Brussels. 2019
Come inside the present. 48 Stunden Neukölln. Berlin. 2019
The Age of Collage 2. Feinkunst Krüger Gallery. Hamburg. 2019
Hokuspokus. Gr_und. Berlin. 2019
Collateral. Supalife Kiosk. Berlin. 2018
Europa en movimiento. Miradas y voces. Goethe Institut. Barcelona. 2018
Frammenti. Perugia Social Photo Fest. Perugia. 2018
Pictopía. Central de Diseño de Matadero. Madrid. 2018
State of Mind. Stillpoint Spaces. Berlin. 2017
The Berta Art Raffle. Gr_Und. Berlin. 2017
Plural Solitude. Hilbert Raum. Berlin. 2017
Bardo. Aquabit Art Gallery. Berlin. 2017
Cutting Edge. Fata Morgana Galerie. Berlin. 2017
Paris Food Art Week. Freegan Pony. Paris. 2016
Edging. Ludwig. Berlin. 2016
100 Years After Dada. Raum Fuer Drastische Massnahmen. Berlin. 2016
Show Us Your Type. Secret Garden. Berlin. 2016
International Weird Collage Show. Galería La Atómica. Valladolid. 2016
Let me be your hero. Ghaya Gallery. Tunis. 2016
Glueheads III. Hochparterre. Berlin. 2015
Minimal Collagen. Alternativ Gallery. Berlin. 2015
Schnipseljagd & Fette Beute. 48 Stunden Neukölln. Berlin 2015
Colla Kollege. Supalife Kiosk. Berlin 2015
Glueheads II. Argh Gallery. Berlin. 2015
Black. Ethnik Art Gallery. Berlin. 2015
Glueheads. Alternativ Gallery. Berlin. 2015
Food in context. Entretempo Kitchen Gallery. Berlin. 2014
Animals. Pop Up Art Gallery. Berlin. 2014
Spanish Week. Pop Up Art Gallery. Berlin. 2014
Art in Transit. Toronto. 2014
Kontakt 2. Träume der Fliessenden Welt. Glashaus Arena. Berlin. 2014
Coincidences. Oblomov. Berlin. 2014
Rational Absurdity. Schloss Neunschweinsteiger. Berlin. 2014
Patchwork Project. Cargo. Rome. 2013
Glue Addiction. Esdip. Berlin. 2013
South 36.32N. Baluarte de la Candelaria. Cádiz. 2012
Typomad. Matadero. Madrid. 2012
Tiempo Muerto. La Casa Encendida. Madrid. 2011
Los Volátiles Invitan. La Eriza. Madrid. 2011
Cartográfica. Madrid Diseña. Matadero. Madrid. 2010
Cutters. Cinders Gallery. New York. 2009
Trozos. Espacio Menos 1. Madrid. 2008
Anti Advertising Festival. Athens. 2008
International Illustration Rally. Fundación Bilbao Arte Fundazioa. Bilbao. 2008


Curated exhibitions


Encuentro. La Factoría de Papel. Madrid. 2023
Co-curated with Pep Carrió
Pep Carrió, Jorge Chamorro, Rebeka Elizegi, Sean Mackaoui, Elisa Sobelman

Hokuspokus. An exhibition about mirage, illusion and other phenomena. Gr_und. Berlin. 2019
Co-curated with Caro Mantke and Anelor Robin
Silke Baltruschat, Renke Brandt, Jorge Chamorro, Tobias Dostal, Dunja Jankovic, Pia-Melissa Dostal, Caro Mantke, Nieto, Anelor Robin, Doron Sadja, Annekathrin Schreiber, Emir Sehanovic, Roberta Wjm Andreucci, Markus Wüste

State of Mind. Stillpoint Spaces. Berlin. 2017
Adrian Wylezol, Caro Mantke, D.M. Nagu, Isabel Reitemeyer, Jorge Chamorro, Kai Holland, Lara Minerva, Lydia Mojzis, Maud Tusche, Niels Kalk

Rational Absurdity. Schloss Neunschweinsteiger. Berlin. 2014
Annita Klimt, Javier Magerit, Remco Janssen, Jorge Chamorro

Glue Addiction. Esdip. Berlin. 2013
Isabel Reitemeyer, Dorothée Dottke, Kerstin Stephan, Oliver Wiegner, Jorge Chamorro




Teaching


Applied Illustration. Degree in Graphic Design and Illustration. UDIT University of Design and Technology. Madrid. 2024 
Master’s Final Project. Master in Illustration. UDIT University of Design and Technology. Madrid. 2024

Collage workshop. Master in Illustration. UDIT University of Design and Technology. Madrid. 2024

Visual Culture. Master in Graphic Design. UDIT University of Design and Technology. Madrid. 2022–2024
Fundamentals of Graphic Design. Degree in Graphic Design and Illustration. UDIT University of Design and Technology. Madrid. 2022–2024
Collage workshop. Espacio La Veleta. Madrid. 2024
Collage workshop. Panta Rhei. Madrid. 2024
Collage workshop. Studio Lisa Vasvari. Berlin. 2023
Collage workshop. Espacio La Veleta. Madrid. 2023
Collage workshop. Panta Rhei. Madrid. 2023
Collage workshop. Espíritu 23. Madrid. 2023
Collage workshop. Andenbuch. Berlin. 2022
Collage workshop. Betahaus. Berlin. 2019
Visual identity workshop. Betahaus. Berlin. 2019
Typography seminar. The Workshop on Forster. Berlin. 2019
Collage workshop. The Workshop on Forster. Berlin. 2019
Collage workshop. Gr_und. Berlin. 2019
Graphic design course. Esdip Art School. Berlin. 2014–2018
Typography workshop. Esdip Art School. Madrid. 2018
Typography seminar. KN Art in Context. Berlin. 2017
Collage workshop. Woodwork Academy. Betahaus. Berlin. 2017
Collage workshop. Bauhaus-Universität. Weimar. 2016
Collage workshop. Esdip Art School. Berlin. 2016
Collage workshop. Esdip Art School. Berlin. 2015
Typography workshop. Esdip Art School. Berlin. 2015
Collage workshop. Bauhaus-Universität. Weimar. 2015
Collage workshop. Esdip Art School. Berlin. 2014
Typography seminar. Esdip Art School. Berlin. 2013
Collage workshop. Esdip Art School. Berlin. 2013
Collage workshop. Esdip Art School. Berlin. 2013
Graphic design course. Esdip Art School. Madrid. 2010–2013
Typography workshop. Intervento. Madrid. 2012
Collage workshop. Graphic Book. Madrid. 2012
Collage workshop. Studio Banana. Madrid. 2011
Collage workshop. Esdip Art School. Madrid. 2010
Creativity workshop. Perú Public School. Madrid. 2010–2012


Lectures


Collages. UDIT University of Design and Technology. Madrid. 2024
Lo divino y lo humano. Selected Festival. Bilbao. 2023
Collage Meets Design. UDIT University of Design and Technology. Madrid. 2023
Can we talk about Post-collage? Collagistas Festival. Maison du Peuple St-Gilles. Brussels. 2019

Vida y milagros. Esdip Art School. Madrid. 2018
Why do we create? Stillpoint Spaces. Berlin. 2017
What about collage? Bauhaus-Universität. Weimar.2016
Around design. Bauhaus-Universität. Weimar. 2015
History of collage. Entretempo Kitchen Gallery. Berlin. 2014
Collage. Escuela Superior de Conservación y Restauración de Bienes Culturales. Madrid. 2011



Books


Collages 2016–2023. Self-published. 2024
Collage Meets Design. Hoaki Books. 2023
Glued in Berlin. Collages 2013–2016. Self-published. 2017
Collages 2009–2012. Self-published. 2013
Collages. Blur Ediciones. 2009






Media features


Contemporary Collage Magazine. USA. 2024
Cults of Life Issue 12 (Collage zine). Finland. 2023
Collé (Collage blog). USA. 2023
Artists Against the Bomb (Platform against nuclear weapons). Switzerland. 2023
Collage Meets Design (Book about collage and graphic design). Hoaki Books. Spain. 2023
Cults of Life Issue 11 (Collage zine). Finland. 2022
Eye Em Magazine (Photography magazine). USA - Germany. 2022 
Labzine. Laboratorio de Collage de Madrid (Collage magazine). Spain. 2022
Cults of Life Issue 10 (Collage zine). Finland. 2021
Carnale Issue 1 Desiderio (Art book). Italy. 2021
Berlin Collage Platform Zine 1 (Collage Zine). Germany. 2021
Toombes.(Visual culture and collage blog). Finland. 2021
The Weird Show (Collage blog). Spain. 2020
The Flux Review.(Contemporary art magazine). UK. 2020.
Phzine. Toguchi & Naguchi Press (Photography magazine). Spain. 2019.
Oltre Collage (Collage magazine). Italy. 2018
The Type Writer Magazine (Graphic design magazine). Germany. 2018
Prophit Punk (Collage magazine). Germany. 2017
Artconnect (Blog and online community for art and culture). Germany. 2017
Not For Print (Art book). USA. 2017
Cults of Life (Collage zine). Finland. 2017
Oltre Collage (Collage magazine). Italy. 2016
Les Inrockuptibles (Culture magazine). France. 2016
Tallulah Magazine (Art magazine). UK. 2016
Collage Collective Co. (Book about collage). Australia. 2016
Glueheads Vol.2 (Publication about collage in Berlin). Germany. 2015
Mékanik Copulaire (Publication about collage). France. 2015
Glueheads Vol.1. (Publication about collage in Berlin). Germany. 2015
RTVE. La aventura del saber (TV program). Curated by Boek Visual. Spain. 2014
The New Collectors Book (Art book, USA). 2014
The Age of Collage (Book about collage). Gestalten. Germany. 2013
Xufa Edicions (Illustration magazine). Spain. 2013
Poisson Soluble (Visual poetry publication). Spain. 2013
ABC (Daily newspaper). Spain. 2013
Bolo Paper (Illustration magazine). Italy. 2012
Collart (Collage magazine). Brazil. 2012
Idn (Graphic design magazine). USA. 2012
Never Lazy (Art magazine). USA. 2012
Spanish Experimental Poetry. (Book about visual poeetry). Calambur. Spain. 2012
Collagista (Collage magazine). Australia. 2011
Efe24 (Photography magazine). Spain. 2011
Atenea (Culture magazine). Spain. 2011
Talentyart (Art magazine). Spain. 2011
Madrí Magazine (Culture magazine). Spain. 2011
Basic Identity (Graphic design book). Index Book. Spain. 2010
Los Logos 5 (Graphic design book). Gestalten. Germany. 2010
Moloko (Art magazine). Russia. 2010
Alarm Magazine (Art magazine). USA. 2010
Mini Graphics (Graphic design book). Promopress. Spain. 2010
Étapes (Graphic design magazine). France –Spanish Edition. 2010
Grafik (Graphic design magazine). UK. 2010
50X70 (Art book). UK. 2010
Lados (Culture magazine). Spain. 2009
Público (Daily newspaper). Spain. 2009
Ink 01 (International illustration catalogue). Spain. 2009
Metrópoli (El Mundo – Daily newspaper). Spain. 2008
Visual (Graphic design magazine). Spain. 2007






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Credits photos

Jorge Chamorro

2024