José María Rodríguez Madoz born in Madrid on January 20, 1958.
Between 1980 and 1983 courses Art History at the Complutense University of Madrid that simultaneous with photography studies at the Center for Teaching Image. The Royal Photographic Society of Madrid presents the first solo exhibition of the author in 1985. In 1988, the Minerva Hall of the Círculo de Bellas Artes (Madrid) inaugurates its programming photography with an exhibition of his work. Two years later, in 1990, began to develop the concept of objects, a constant theme in his photography to date. In 1991 the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía shows the exhibition "Four directions: Spanish contemporary photography" that will travel to various countries. Some photographs of Madoz part of this exhibition. That same year he received the Kodak Award. In 1993 receives Bag Artistic Creation Banesto Cultural Foundation.
The Editorial Art-Plus de Madrid published in 1995 his first monograph, the book Chema Madoz (1985-1995). Three years later he is the Editorial Mestizo, AC, Murcia who would publish a volume to the artist, the book titled Mixed - Chema Madoz.
In 1999 the Galician Center for Contemporary Art in Santiago de Compostela shows the individual exhibition of works done between 1996 and 1997. Later that year, the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía devotes a solo exhibition "Objects 1990-1999" which is configured as the first retrospective show that this museum dedicated to a Spanish photographer in life.
In 2000 the Madrid photographer received the National Award for Photography in Spain. That same year the Biennial of Houston Fotofest recognizes him as "Featured Author". His work goes beyond the Spanish borders arriving not only to the American city but also to the Chateau d'Eau de Toulouse (France). That year he received the Higashikawa Award in Japan.