2019 Group show, The Finnish Museum of Photography, Transeurope Exhibition, Helsinki, Finland
2019 Outdoors Solo show, Encounters with strangers (The Bears and Saving Face), Le Liberté, Toulon, France
2019 Group show, Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize, National Portrait Gallery, London2019 Group show, 209 Women Portcullis House, Westminster, London, UK
Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool, UK2018 The Bears, Fifty Dots Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
2018 Group show, Jerwood / Photoworks Awards,Belfast Exposed, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
2018 Group show, Futures Talent Pool, Unseen Festival, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2018 Group, Sisterhood & GentleMen by C.Wildberger / M.Paulenka, Forum Stadtpark, Austria
2018 Group show, Family of No Man, Curated by Cosmos, Arles, France
2018 Group show, Collaborate:Free Range, Curated by Photoworks, London, UK
2018 Screening, PhotoEspaña, Futures Photography, Jardin Botanico, Madrid, Spain
2018 Group show, Transeúntes, Fifty Dots Gallery, Voies Off Festival, Arles, France
2018 Screening, SKG Bridge Festival, Curated by Thessaloniki Museum of Photography, Greece
2018 Group show, PhotoEast Festival, Curated by Emma Bowkett and Josh Lustig, Ipswich, UK
2018 Group show, Jerwood / Photoworks Awards, UK
Jerwood Gallery Space, London, UK / Impressions Gallery, Bradford, UK
2017 Solo Show, Saving Face, Carte Blanche at Régine Argentique, Marseille, France
2017 Group show, On Drawing: Apperceive of Liberation, Wuhan Art Museum, China
2016 Group show, Prix Maison Blanche, Photographie Marseille Festival, France
2016 Group show, Renaissance Photography Awards, Getty Images Gallery, London
2016 Group show, Festival PhotoEspaña, Galeria BAT, “No Words”, Madrid, Spain
2016 Group show, Festival Pa-ta-ta, Outdoor Exhibition, Granada, Spain
2016 Group show, Festival Circulation(s), Centquatre, Paris, France
2016 Group show, Face It, Reimagining Contemporary Portraits, Curated by Lynn H Whitney, USA
Bowling Green State University, Ohio / East Tennessee State University, Tennessee
2015 Group show, The Gun Show, Flash Forward Festival, Boston, USA
2015 Solo show, The Bears, Visiting Artist, The Chazan Family Gallery, Rhode Island College, USA
2014 Group show, Documentary: The 19th Annual Exhibition, Juried by Whitney Johnson,
Photographic Center NW, Seattle, USA
2014 Solo show, Fall In, Biennial of Young Artists, Academia Belles Arts Sabadell, Spain
2013 Group show, Realidad y Emoción, Valid Foto BCN Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
2013 Group show, New York Photo Awards, Powerhouse Gallery, NY, USA
2013 Group show, Boston Young Contemporaries, Boston University, Boston, USA
Awards / Nominations
2019 Winner, The Washington Post Open Call for Photographers, Organised with Visura, USA
2018 Finalist, Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize, National Portrait Gallery, London
2018 Work selected to become part of the Arts Council Collection, UK2017 Jerwood Visual Arts / Photoworks Award, Sponsored by the Arts Council England, UK
2017 Flash Forward, UK winners, Magenta Foundation
2016 Renaissance Photography Awards, Finalist - Single Image (The Bears series), UK
2016 Festival Pa-ta-ta, Jury’s Honorable Mention for ¨The Bears¨ series, Spain
2015 Semifinalist, Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition, National Portrait Gallery,
Smithsonian Institution, DC, USA
2015 New York Times Portfolio Review, Selected Portfolio, USA
2015 Fotofestiwal Grand Prix, Shortlisted Finalist, Collective Jury, Lodz, Poland
2015 Joop Swart Masterclass, World Press Photo, Nominated Portfolio, Amsterdam
2014 Winner, Documentary: The 19th Annual Exhibition, Awarded by Whitney Johnson, Director of
Photography, New Yorker. Photographic Center NW, USA
2013 Biennial for Young Artists, 2nd Prize Winner Fine Arts Academy of Sabadell, Spain
2013 Finalist, Descubrimientos PHE, PhotoEspaña Festival, Spain
2013 21 New & Emerging Photographers, Curated by Jim Casper, LensCulture
Selected - Press
2020 Altsa Magasin, Norway, Where We Belong
2019 Unseen Platform, Where We Belong
2019, Literary Hub, Documenting Jane Austen Cosplay in the English Countryside, Where We Belong
2019 La Vanguardia, Cuando Jane Austen lo es todo, Where We Belong2019 El País, Where We Belong
2019 6 Mois Magazine, Where We Belong2018 Positive News, Helen Bamber Foundation
2019 Revista Mas de Arte, Overview of all work2018 FotoRoom, Carles-Tolra Introduces Us to the Imaginative World of Jane Austen’s Biggest Fans
2018 Vanity Fair Italy, Una vita da Jane Austen. Il progetto (ardito) delle fan della scrittrice
2018 Il Post, Dal mondo di Jane Austen
2018 Marie Claire Italy, Sentimentali, Where We Belong Photograph
2018 PhotoEspaña News, Seleccionados para Futures Photography
2018 British Journal of Photography, PhotoEast festival puts Suffolk on the map for photography
2018 Arts Council Collection, 2017/2018 Acquisitions
2018 T Magazine, NY Times Spain, 5 Mujeres Artistas Que Triunfan Fuera, February Issue #10
2018 This Is Tomorrow, Jerwood/Photoworks Awards
2018 Royal Photographic Society, A Showcase of Talent
2018 Elephant Magazine, Jerwood/Photoworks: Melancholy and Janeites
2017 PhotoWorld Magazine, Focus on multiple identities, ROTC Portfolio, China
2017 La Vanguardia Magazine, Retratando el universo ‘Janeite'
2017 CiliChili Magazine, The Bears Portfolio, Czech Republic
2016 Victory Journal, Odyssey Issue #12, The Bears Portfolio
2016 Vice, Broadly Channel, The Guts and the Glory of Being on an All-Female Sports Team
2016 GUP Magazine, #50 Hidden Gems, The Bears Portfolio
2016 The Independent, Women's varsity rugby: Getting up close with The Bears
2016 L’Oeil de la Photographie, Circulation(s) 2016: Interview with Alejandra Carles-Tolra
2016 Lensculture, Video Interview - The Bears: Up close with women’s rugby
2016 World Photography Organization, Saving Face Portfolio
2016 i-D Vice Magazine, 5 young european photographers to follow
2016 It’s Nice That, Alejandra Carles-Tolra captures a women’s rugby team from all angles
2016 Time Out Madrid, PhotoEspaña 2016: Exposiciones Imprescindibles, No Words Exhibition
2016 World Photography Organization, As Playful As A Game, Interview and The Bears Portfolio
2016 La Fabrica Editorial, Contemporaries. 30 Photographers Of Today (Book)
2016 Slate Magazine, What Life Is Like on Brown University’s All-Female Rugby Team, The Bears
2016 The Huffington Post, Powerful Photo Series Shows What It's Like To Be A Rugby Girl
2016 BuzzFeed, Photographer Capture What It's Like To Be A Woman In A Male-Dominated Sport
2016 Cosmopolitan, 18 Badass Portraits of Female Rugby Players Defying Gender Stereotypes
2016 Fotografia Magazine, Women's Rugby - An Interview With Alejandra Carles-Tolra, The Bears
2016 Il Post, Ritratti di rugbiste, The Bears
2016 Feature Shoot, Powerful portraits of female rugby players defy gender stereotypes
2015 CNN Photos, Study and serve: The dual identity of the ROTC, Fall In Portfolio
2015 Photographic Museum of Photography, Highlights Gallery, Fall In Portfolio
2014 La Vanguardia, Valid Foto BCN abre temporada presentando a cinco fotógrafos noveles
Lectures
2020 University of Portsmouth, Visiting Artist, Photography department, Portsmouth, UK2018 London College of Communication, Visiting Artist, Photography department, London, UK
2018 Belfast Exposed Gallery, Artist Talk, Jerwood/ Photoworks Awards, Belfast, UK
2018 University of Portsmouth, Visiting Artist, Photography department, Portsmouth, UK
2018 Jerwood Space, In conversation with Karen McQuaid, Curator at The Photographer’s Gallery, London, UK
2018 Impressions Gallery, In conversation with Shoair Mavlian, Director of Photoworks, Bradford, UK
2015 Rhode Island School of Design, Visiting Artist, Photography department, Providence, USA
2015 Rhode Island College, Visiting Artist, Art department, Providence, USA
2014 Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Visiting Critic, Photography Department, Boston, USA
2014 University of New Hampshire, Visiting Artist Lecture, Paul Creative Arts Center, Durham, USA
2014 Universitat de Barcelona, Visiting Artist Lecture, Sociology Department, Barcelona, Spain
2013 MFA, Photography Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, USA
2010 BA, Sociology Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain