Nato nel 1974 a Ronda, Malaga, Spagna.
Vive e lavora tra Antwerpen, Belgio, e Málaga, Spagna.
Nel 1997 si laurea in Belle Arti, presso il Dipartimento di Scultura del Fine Art Alonso Cano di Granada, Spagna.
Nel 2000 ottiene il Master in Arti e Culture Europee dall’Università di Leicester, Regno Unito.
Tra il 2000 e il 2001 vive presso il De Pont Atelier, De Pont Museum, Tilburg, Paesi Bassi.
Tra il 2001 e il 2003 vive presso l’ HISK: Hoger Institute Schone Kunsten, Antwerpen, Paesi Bassi.
Nel 2005 ottiene un Master in Fotografia dall’Università dell’Ohio, Columbus, Ohio, USA.
Nel 2008 ottiene il Dottorato in Arte presso il Fine Art Alonso Cano di Granada, Spagna.
• Mostre selezionate
Non si uccidono così anche i cavalli? Art Allegra Ravizza, Milano, Italia, 2009
CAC, Contemporary Art Museum of Malaga, Malaga, Spagna, 2009
Gallery AND, Barcellona, Spagna, 2009
JERK OFF, Festival des Cultures Alternatives, Parigi, Francia, 2009
How innocent is that? Pavilion Unicredi, Bucharest Biennale, Romania, 2009
The Trickster, Art Extra Gallery, Johannesburgh, Sud Africa, 2008
Now or Die. Spac Collection, Hotel de Vielle, Liège, Belgio, 2008
Espejos del alma, El retrato fotográfico en la España de nuestros días, Itinerante, Red Itiner, Concejalía de Cultura de la Comunidad de Madrid, Madrid, Spagna, 2008
The No problem show,1st floor gallery, Antwerpen, Belgio, 2008
Unicaja Bank Awards, Palacio Episcopal, Malaga, Spagna, 2008
Boys of summer, Monique Meloche gallery, Chicago, USA, 2008
Urbana 08, Sandunga gallery, Granada, Spagna, 2008
Deadly seriously, Colective, Exprmntl Gallery, Tolosa, Francia, 2008
Rock my Religion, Domus Artium Contemporary Art Museum, Salamanca, Spagna, 2008
Kunstlokkal, Indian Caps Kunstkamers, Curated by Bob Verelst, Antwerpen, Belgio, 2007
A day without sunshine is like night, Aeroplastics Contemporary gallery, Bruxelles, Belgio, 2007
Phychic Realities, Lundbeck Austria, Vienna, Austria, 2007
Rare Essence, Galería Aeroplastics Contemporary, Bruxelles, Belgio, 2007
Monsters, Galería Art Extra, Johannesburgh, Sud Africa, 2007
Love is in the air, EXPRMNTL galerie, Tolosa, Francia, 2007
El Pensamiento en la boca. Una exposición sobre arte y cocina, Caja San Fernando, Jerez, Spagna, 2007
Y Fueron Felices, Galeria Sandunga, Granada, Spagna, 2006
Blessed are the merciful, Feigen Gallery, New York, USA, 2006
Dark Tales, Cokkie Snoei Gallery, Rótterdam, Paesi Bassi, 2006
Pepo Ruiz y Carlos Aires, Javier Marin Gallery, Málaga, Spagna, 2006
Leere & Vision, MARTA-museum, Herford, Germania, 2006
10 años Beca Manuel Rivera, Palacio de los Condes de Gabia, Granada, Spagna, 2006
The Sock Strategy, Bank El Monte, Sevilla, Spagna, 2006
As hard as it can get, Brakke Grond, Amsterdam, Olanda, 2006
Double Check, Re-Framing Space in Photography, Camera Austria, Kunshal, Graz, Austria, 2005
Photography Awards Purificación Garcia, Círculo de Bellas Artes. Madrid, Spagna, 2005
Club Cube, Festiwal Sztuki KlubowejCCA, Centre for Contemporary Art, Varsavia, Polonia, 2005
Y Fueron Felices, Sala Siglo XXI. Museo de Huelva, Spagna, 2005
Nekad I Sad, Prodajna Galerija, Belgrado, Serbia, 2005
Cataracts, Hitchcock Auditórium, OSU, Columbus, Ohio, USA, 2005
Go!, Espacio Liquido, Madrid, Spagna, 2004
After Hours, HISK, Antwerp, Belgio, 2004
Happily ever after, Kusseneers gallery, Antwerpen, Belgio, 2004
Jovenes Creadores Andaluces 2004, Palazzo Episcopale, Malaga, Spagna, 2004
Unicaja Bank Awards, Sala Italcable, Malaga, Spagna, 2003
Open Ateliers, HISK, Antwerp, Belgio, 2003
Sugar and Spice, Annie Gentils gallery, Antwerp , Belgio, 2003
La Realidad Contaminada, Zaragoza, Sevilla, Granada, Madrid, Spagna, 2003
Hot. Censorated work, Tour&Taxis, Bruxelles, Belgio, 2003
Very simple but very nice. Kokon gallery, Tilburg, Paesi Bassi, 2003
Open Days, HISK, Hoger Institute for Fine Arts, Antwerp, Belgio, 2002
Mister Hyde, Palacio de Los Conde de Gabia, Diputacion de Granada, Spagna, 2002
Young Malaga Artists 2001, Ayuntamiento de Malaga, Spagna, 2001
Kunst in the Keet, Krot & Co, Ossendrecht, Paesi Bassi, 2001
Interferences, De Overslag, Artixocla, Ghent, Belgio, 2001
Moveri Project, Personal Atelier. Tilburg, Paesi Bassi, 2000
Instalaciones, Federico Garcia Lorca´s house, Valderrubio, Granada, Spagna, 1999
Weg van Lourdes, Lourdes Church, Tilburg, Paesi Bassi, 1999
Muestra Joven, Jovenes Creadores Andaluces, Palazzo Episcopale, Malaga, Spagna, 1999
DAGFRA, The Fabriek and Atelier Daglicht, Eindhoven, Olanda, 1999
• Premi
Primo premio Jovenes Creadores Malagueños, Malaga, Spagna, 1998
Subsidy of the Tilburg City Hall and Noord Brabant Fonds for the art group project "Moveri", Tilburg, Paesi Bassi, 2000
Subsidy of Noord Brabant Fonds, Breda, Paesi Bassi, 2000
Sponsor by FUJI FILMS for the project “Full of emptiness”, Tilburg, Paesi Bassi, 2000
De Pont prize 2000, De Pont Museum, Tilburg Paesi Bassi, 2000
Manuel Rivera grant, Grant for Spanish artists to work in foreign countries, Palacio de Los Condes de Gabia, Diputacion de Granada, Spagna, 2000
First Prize Young Artist 2001, San Fernando Bank, Spagna, 2001
Walter Debrock Price, AZ-VUB, Bruxelles, Belgio
Third Prize Vídeo, Certamen de Jóvenes Creadores Malagueños, Malaga, Spagna, 2003
CERA Bank Subsidy for Art Projects, Bruxelles, Belgio, 2003
Fulbright Fellowship to study in USA, Ministerio de Educacion y Ciencia, Madrid, Spagna, 2003
Jovenes Creadores Andaluces 2004 (Young Andalusian Artists Awards 2004), Instituto Andaluz de la Juventud, 2004
2º Price Young Belgian Artist Awards 2005 (Prix de la Jeune Peinture Belge) Palais des Beaux–Arts, Bruxelles, Belgio
1st Price Generación 2008. Caja Madrid, Spagna, 2008
• Pubblicazioni selezionate
Forzados a entender. ABC newspaper. Miguel Cereceda. Marzo, Spain, 2008
Interview Carlos Aires, Kunstbeeld magazine, Christine Vuegen, December 2007, Amsterdam, Paesi Bassi
Entrevista Carlos Aires, Bla Bla Magazine, Xurzo Oleiros September 2007, Madrid, Spagna
Psychic Realities, Psychic Realities catalogue, Walter Seidl, November 2007, Vienna, Austria
The Art of Provocation: Carlos Aires, Chic Magazine, Rossella Frigerio, September 2007, Londra, Regno Unito
Emerging Art in Spain, Manuela Villa, Vaiven, February 2007, Madrid, Spagna
Carlos Aires: Ein Voyeur des Weltgescheh, DerStandard, Von Markus Mittringer, Austria
Blessed are the Merciful The New York Times, April 2006, Ken Johnson, New York, USA
Bilboard censorated, Artforum, January 2006, Jennifer Allen, New York, USA
Catalogue Arco 2005, International Contemporary Art Fair, Madrid, Spagna
Tester book + DVD, Fundacion Rodriguez and Arteleku, Pais Vasco, Spagna
• Collezioni
Artium, Basque Museum of Contemporary Art, Alava, Spagna
National Belgium Bank
MAK, Austrian Museum of Applied Arts / Contemporary Art, Vienna, Austria
CAC, Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporaneo, Sevilla, Spagna
Spac Collection, Belgio
Caja Madrid, Spagna
San Fernando Bank, Sevilla, Spagna
Diputacion de Huelva, Spagna
Diputacion de Malaga, Spagna
Ayuntamiento de Malaga, Spagna
IAJ, Instituto Andaluz de la Juventud, Spagna
Collezioni private in Spagna, Francia, Regno Unito, Germania, Messico, Venezuela, Belgio, Paesi Bassi e USA