Embroidering memory
onto skin
David Catá sews the faces of his loved ones onto the palm of his own hand with needle and thread. Skin as the pages of a diary.
Work in progress · A life’s project
Horizontes
21 worksThe horizon of the places that build him, sewn with needle and thread onto the palm of his own hand. Viveiro, Madrid, Beijing, Guanajuato, Brazil.
“I photograph oblivion by stitching memory onto my skin.”
A Fine Arts graduate from the University of Pontevedra, with a master’s in photography from EFTI and musical training at the Viveiro Conservatory. His work has been exhibited in Spain, Portugal, France, Germany, Austria, the United States, Mexico, Cuba, Peru, Uruguay, Brazil, China and Cambodia.
About meLatest exhibitions
Horizontes. Memória e pele
Instituto Cervantes de Río de Janeiro
2026
PERPETUA
Est_Art Space, Madrid
2025
Horizontes
Prodigioso Volcán, Madrid
2024
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Mural painting
Murals
Large-scale murals on commission: façades, vaults and interventions for town councils, festivals, churches and businesses.
Written about his work
84 articles in media from nine countries. Tap any masthead and read what they published.
Also on television
He shoots the making-of photography and multimedia post-production for José Mota on TVE.
A regular collaborator since 2019: “Hoy no, mañana”, “No News” and the New Year’s Eve specials on La 1.
His audiovisual work →A piece, a commission, an exhibition or a workshop?