Biography
Gregori Saavedra was born in Barcelona. He graduated in Information Sciences from the University of Barcelona, and soon entered the world of advertising, where for ten years he worked as a creative director. Yet the very discipline that sharpened his craft also inspired him to explore new forms of expression, and in 2003 he turned fully to illustration.
Since then, Gregori has built a body of work defined by intricate collages, images composed of innumerable photographs, assembled with almost obsessive precision. They are both meticulous and generous, detailed to the point of vertigo yet always opening onto something larger, more expansive. Each piece is a constructed world, where fragments of reality are dismantled and patiently reassembled into new and surprising orders.
What emerges is not only technique but a way of looking: attentive, restless, unwilling to accept the obvious surface of things. His illustrations speak of time, memory, and the strange beauty of excess, where what is overwhelming becomes, paradoxically, clarity.
After spending 15 years working in London, Gregori returned to Barcelona, carrying with him the experience and perspective of that defining chapter. His clients include The Economist, Wired, Prospect, The Guardian, Wirtschafts Woche, L’Express, Der Spiegel, New Statesman, Museo Nacional El Prado, Banc Sabadell, El País, Atavist Magazine, Forbes, Foreign Affairs, Internazionale, BBC Focus, TVE, and many more.
Since then, Gregori has built a body of work defined by intricate collages, images composed of innumerable photographs, assembled with almost obsessive precision. They are both meticulous and generous, detailed to the point of vertigo yet always opening onto something larger, more expansive. Each piece is a constructed world, where fragments of reality are dismantled and patiently reassembled into new and surprising orders.
What emerges is not only technique but a way of looking: attentive, restless, unwilling to accept the obvious surface of things. His illustrations speak of time, memory, and the strange beauty of excess, where what is overwhelming becomes, paradoxically, clarity.
After spending 15 years working in London, Gregori returned to Barcelona, carrying with him the experience and perspective of that defining chapter. His clients include The Economist, Wired, Prospect, The Guardian, Wirtschafts Woche, L’Express, Der Spiegel, New Statesman, Museo Nacional El Prado, Banc Sabadell, El País, Atavist Magazine, Forbes, Foreign Affairs, Internazionale, BBC Focus, TVE, and many more.
