Jessica Polar
Artistic talent acquisition manager, photo editor and visual producer.
Jessica Polar (Jessica López, Tenerife, 1984) is an Art Buyer, editor
photographic and analog photographer, trained in Journalism in Madrid and
in Photo Editing at the Ostkreuz School of Photography in Berlin,
in addition to having studied curation at the NODE Center.
Her practice lies between visual narrative, production, and
image curation, with an approach linked to culture, the
music, the queer community, and human connection.
She was a Senior Art Buyer at Polaroid's creative studio for ten
years in Berlin and Amsterdam, where she led global collaborations with
creators, promoted emerging talent and developed focused campaigns
in storytelling, after working as a photo editor for Rolling Stone,
VICE and Musikexpress. He has developed projects for Magnum Photos,
Polaroid and the Keith Haring and Basquiat foundations.
He currently resides in Madrid, where he collaborates with brands, agencies and
creatives to transform concepts into solid visual proposals,
while continuing to develop his personal photography practice.
In 2026, in collaboration with LUMBRE GALLERY, he participated in JustMad and in the exhibition *Rituals of Memory*, presented in Madrid, thereby establishing a dialogue between his photographic universe, emotional memory, and contemporary forms of visual construction.
You can see this artist's works at the following exhibitions:
Jessica Polar (Jessica López, Tenerife, 1984) is an Art Buyer, editor
photographic and analog photographer, trained in Journalism in Madrid and
in Photo Editing at the Ostkreuz School of Photography in Berlin,
in addition to having studied curation at the NODE Center.
Her practice lies between visual narrative, production, and
image curation, with an approach linked to culture, the
music, the queer community, and human connection.
She was a Senior Art Buyer at Polaroid's creative studio for ten
years in Berlin and Amsterdam, where she led global collaborations with
creators, promoted emerging talent and developed focused campaigns
in storytelling, after working as a photo editor for Rolling Stone,
VICE and Musikexpress. He has developed projects for Magnum Photos,
Polaroid and the Keith Haring and Basquiat foundations.
He currently resides in Madrid, where he collaborates with brands, agencies and
creatives to transform concepts into solid visual proposals,
while continuing to develop his personal photography practice.
In 2026, in collaboration with LUMBRE GALLERY, he participated in JustMad and in the exhibition *Rituals of Memory*, presented in Madrid, thereby establishing a dialogue between his photographic universe, emotional memory, and contemporary forms of visual construction.
