Domingo Sarrey

Who is Domingo Sarrey?

Domingo Sarrey is a visual artist and video artist and a European video art pioneer.

His first video art piece was generated in the Computing Centre of Madrid Complutense University in 1968, while studying physics, although he had already carried out other cinematic creations in 8 mm. Since 1960, he has collaborated with important international artists in video and installations, such as Marcel Odembach, Peter Newman, Laurie Anderson, Wolf Vostell, Nan June Paik, as well as with Spanish artists Concha Jerez, Pedro Gahrel, Angel Orcajo, Salvador Victoria, Eva Lootz, Paloma Navares, J.A. Lleó J.R. da Cruz, and L.E. Aute.

He was the first artist in creating and exhibiting a multi-vision with six projectors, "PANORAMA 78", in the MEAC in 1978. Other works such as "Villa María", "The Factory", "Words", "Radio Broadcast", "Reading", etc., were produced between 1972 and 1982, and were exhibited as the first manifestations of video-art as an artistic medium in some of the most renowned galleries, art centres, and institutions.