Hugo Alonso

Soria, 1981

Trained at the Faculty of Fine Arts in Salamanca and Rome, he develops exhibition projects of a heterogeneous nature. Initially pictorial, his work has been expanding into other fields such as video, sound or audiovisual installation.
Some of his solo exhibitions are PRELUDE of a Sci-Fi Film Noir (Galerie Youn, Montreal, 2022), CRASH (Alzueta Gallery Madrid, 2022), AUDIO (Alzueta Gallery Turó, Barcelona, 2022), La puerta blanca (Galería Llamazares, Gijón, 2021), Smells like teen spirit (Alzueta Gallery, Barcelona, 2021), UNDONE (DA2, Domus Artium 2002, 2020, Salamanca), November (Miquel Alzueta Gallery, Barcelona, 2017), RAW (Galerie Youn, Montreal, 2017) or Pendulum (CEART, Fuenlabrada, 2016), Frederick Treves y la cámara de cirujanos (Salvador Díaz Gallery, Madrid, 2010) or Paintingdrome (DA2, Domus Artium 2002, 2007, Salamanca).

Among the group exhibitions in which he has participated are Protection No Longer Assured (SOLO Collection, Madrid, 2023), Intimate exchanges (Mon Dieu Projects, Los Angeles, California, 2023), The garden, mirror of the world (Château de Rivau, Loire, France, 2022), COME WHAT MAY (Aeroplastics Gallery, Brussels, 2021), The clown spirit (Ronny Van de Velde Gallery, Antwerp, 2020), Bailar de arquitectura (Sala Fernán Gómez, Madrid, 2019), Las formas de la luz (Galería Miquel Alzueta, Barcelona, 2019), TOC (DA2, Salamanca, 2016), Poétique quotidienne (Galerie Youn, Montreal, 2016), This is not a love song (Pera Museum, Istanbul, 2015), La luz expandida: nuevas tecnologías en el videoarte español (Fundación Telefónica, Madrid, 2015), Arte y Videoclip (Loop Festival, Barcelona, 2012), Existencias (MUSAC, León, 2007) or Heterotopías (Oktogon HfBK, Dresden, 2007).
His merits include the SOLO Collection Acquisition Award URVNT Art Fair 2023, the Gold Medal at the International Painting Exhibition of Valdepeñas 2022, Noca Paper Art Madrid 2016 Award to the best Solo Project, Young Painters Award Fundación Gaceta 2013, Young Art Award of the Junta de Castilla y León 2011, Caja España Painting Award 2008, Optica Video Art Award 2008 and 2007, Young Artists Award of Castilla y León Caja Burgos 2007 or the BMW 2002 Pictorial Research Grant.


His work has been present in national and international contemporary art fairs such as ARCO, ZONA MACO, VOLTA, SEATTLE ART FAIR, ART TORONTO, ART PARIS, ART MIAMI, CONTEXT, ARTE SANTANDER, ESTAMPA or ART ON PAPER.

His work is part of public and private collections such as SOLO Collection, MUSAC (Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León), DA2 (Domus Artium 2002), CAB (Centro de Arte Contemporáneo de Burgos), BMW Foundation, Pilar Citoler, Diputación de Salamanca, CEART (Centro de Arte Tomás y Valiente), Fundación Gaceta, Obra Social Caja España, Junta de Castilla y León, Bassat Collection or Rucandio Collection.

In October 2017 he was the artist invited by The New York Times Magazine to be on the cover with a specifically created work.

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