Alan Sastre
DECEMBER 2022 - MARCH 2023
Río & Meñaka RESIDENCY
ALAN SASTRE HOLDS A DEGREE IN FINE ARTS FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA AND A DEGREE IN PICTORIAL PROCEDURES AND MURAL TECHNIQUES FROM THE ESCUELA SUPERIOR DE ARTE LLOTJA, BARCELONA. IN 2006 HE OBTAINED A SÉNECA SCHOLARSHIP AT THE FACULTY OF FINE ARTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA, A RESIDENCY SCHOLARSHIP AT THE FUNDACIÓN RODRÍGUEZ ACOSTA IN THE SAME CITY AND IN 2007 HE LIVED IN NEW YORK WHERE HE CONTINUED HIS STUDIES THANKS TO A SCHOLARSHIP AT THE COOPER UNION SCHOOL OF ART.
HIS WORK HAS BEEN SHOWN IN DIFFERENT EXHIBITIONS SUCH AS ¨EMPTY SEA AND CAVERN¨ (2019), AT WECOLLECT LONDON; "DURING THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE CHINESE WALL" (2019), AT LUIS ADELANTADO, VALENCIA; "STAND CERVEZAS ALHAMBRA, CREAR SIN PRISA" (2019), ARCO LISBOA; "MATTER" (2019), AT COUNTY HALL GALLERY, LONDON; "KRONOS" (2018), AT CENTRE D'ART SANTA MÒNICA, BARCELONA; "DO RE MI FA SO LA TE" (2018), AT GRIFFIN GALLERY, LONDON; "BLACK TRUNK OF THE PHARAOH" (2017), AT UNIT 1 GALLERY, LONDON; "WET PAINT" (2016), AT ÁREA 72 - GALERÍA PUNTO, VALENCIA; "CUARTA PARED" (2017) AND "BABBLE" (2015), AT COMBUSTIÓN ESPONTÁNEA GALLERY, MADRID; "PERFORMED PAINTING" (2015), AT THE RYDER, LONDON; "CONTEMPORARY VISIONS V" (2015), AT BEERS LONDON, LONDON; "SHUFFLE", AT KREUZBERG PAVILLION, BERLIN; "INTERNATIONAL PAINTING PRIZE" (2008), FOCUS ABENGOA FOUNDATION, SEVILLE; "THE EXCHANGE SHOW" (2007) THE GREAT HALL GALLERY AT THE COOPER UNION FOUNDATION BUILDING, NEW YORK; OR "ON HOW TO MARK OUT A CROISSANT" (2006), AT THE SALA ALTA DEL PALACIO DE LOS CONDES DE GABIA, GRANADA.


