Álvaro Urbano

Working in the intersection of theater, architecture and film, Álvaro Urbano transforms spaces into immersive environments emulating an oniric dimension. Through atmospheric installations Urbano researches the figure of the ruin as a space where reality and fiction commingle. Staged gestures and reconstituted narratives are used to conjure these lost and heterotopic spaces; disrupting archetypes and objects to render them open to interpretation. The gallery will present its first solo exhibition of Urbano’s work in July 2025.

Upcoming projects include Viaje a la luna, CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts 2025; Pure Intention, Singapore Biennale 2025; Whispers on the Horizon, Taipei Biennial 2025. Urbano’s work has been the subject of numerous solo exhibitions such as Tableau Vivant at SculptureCenter, New York (2024); TEA Tenerife Espacio de las Artes, Canary Islands (2023); Storefront for Art and Architecture, New York (2021); La Casa Encendida, Madrid (2020); among others.

Urbano has participated in exhibitions in institutions such as Georg Kolbe Museum Berlin (2025); MACBA, Barcelona (2024); Sydney Biennale (2024); Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid (2023); Bergen Assembly, Bergen, Norway (2022); Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid (2020); Kunsthalle Düsseldorf (2018); Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin (2017); CAB, Brussels (2017); Boghossian Foundation, Brussels (2016); Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne (2016); Moscow International Biennale for Young Art (2016); Bundeskunsthalle, Bonn (2015); Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin (2014); among others.