Javier Riera is a visual artist whose work explores the relationship between geometry and nature, often intervening with light projections. His focus is on real interventions in the landscape, aligning him with Land Art proposals. His work extends to mediums such as video, painting, cyanotype, and interventions in public spaces.    

The relationship between geometry and nature in his work takes on a meditative character, aiming to expand the viewer’s perception and build bridges to hidden dimensions of the spaces he intervenes in. Riera understands geometry as a natural language preceding matter, capable of establishing a subtle and revealing resonance with it.

He has held exhibitions in prominent contemporary art museums, including the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Centro Niemeyer, MUSAC in León, DA2 in Salamanca, CAB in Burgos, Centro Galego de Arte Contemporáneo in Santiago de Compostela, and the Museo de Bellas Artes de Asturias. He has participated in several editions of PHotoESPAÑA.

Riera has carried out interventions in cities such as Miami (Ignite Festival 2025); Amsterdam, Netherlands (Amsterdam Light Festival 2024); Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (Noor Riyadh 2024); Sydney, Australia (Vivid Sydney 2024); Paris, Rouen/Le Havre, France (Paris Nuit Blanche 2023); Durham, United Kingdom (Lumiere Durham 2019, 2021, 2023); Shenzhen, China (Glow Shenzhen 2022); Lyon, France (Fête des Lumières 2024, 2022); Zagreb, Croatia (Zagreb Festival of Lights 2024); Parma, Italy (WWHT 2022); Madrid, Spain (LuzMadrid 2021) and Real Jardín Botánico (2017); Vitoria, Spain (Umbra 2019, 2023); Bilbao, Spain (Gau Zuria 2022), among others.

His work is part of collections such as the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Museo de Bellas Artes de Asturias, Nueva Colección Pilar Citoler, Fundación Princesa de Asturias, Colección Banco de España, Fundación Caja Madrid, Museo Municipal de Arte Contemporáneo de Madrid, and DA2 in Salamanca.

He maintains a teaching role at Universidad Francisco de Vitoria and is a professor in the Master PHotoESPAÑA program, which he directed between 2019 and 2022.