Alvaro Urbano
born in 1983 in Madrid, lives and works in Berlin
Villa Romana Fellow 2014 (with Petrit Halilaj)
Biography
2009 – 2012
Institut für Raumexperimente: Olafur Eliasson Class, Master Studies, Universität der Künste, Berlin
2002 – 2006
B.A. Design and Architecture, Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Madrid
Awards and Scholarships
2011
HANGAR Barcelona
Smart Project Space Residency, Amsterdam
2010
Propuestas 2010, Fundacion Arte y Derecho Catalunya
2008
Propuestas 2008, Fundacion Arte y Derecho Catalunya
2006
INJUVE award Ministerio de Trabajo y Asuntos Sociales, Madrid
I am ashamed of the flowers said the flower (2013), installation
Utopias are for Birds (2013), installation
Solo Exhibitions (selection)
2012
Utopias are for Birds, Chert Gallery, Berlin
2011
Smart-Project-Space, Outdoor Installation, Amsterdam
Expanding Universe (an ongoing map), Lichthaus, Kunstverein Arnsberg
Group Exhibitions (selection)
2013
La Duda Original, Plataforma Revolver, Lisbon
Past Futures, Present, Futures, Storefront for Art and Architecture, New York
2012
G L A S A U G E, Olafur Eliasson Class, Berlin
Rundgang, Institut für Raumexperimente Olafur Eliasson, UdK Berlin
Overseas, Kunstverein Arnsberg
2011
BERLIN 2000-2011. PLAYING AMONG THE RUINS, Institut für Raumexperimente, Berlin / MOT - Museum of Contemporary Art Tokio
Do Not Disturb., Centro Cultural Galileo & Fundación Claves de Arte, Madrid
The-Grey-Sheep Project, Berlin
Rundgang, Institut für Raumexperimente Olafur Eliasson, UdK Berlin
LA private view for 25, Proposals Superfront Gallery / Art and Architecture, Los Angeles
Without Destination, Institut für Raumexperimente Reykjavik, Reykjavik Art Museum
100 degree, HAU 2, Berlin
DAS WEEKEND/Digital Art & Sound Festival, Transmediale Berlin
2010
Brilliant Volume, Symposium, UdK Berlin
Gueistprojekt III, Berlin
Lets start to implement little errors, Olafur Eliasson class, UdK Berlin Unplanned, Superfront Gallery/Art and Architecture, Los Angeles
ARCO 2010, Galeria Estiarte, Madrid
2009
Erasing Darkness, Freises Museum, Berlin
Madrid Foto, Galeria Estiarte, Madrid
SMIBE: MAK CENTER, Los Angeles
2008
Something about rooms and walls, Superfront /Art and Architecture, New York
2006
Circulo de Bellas Artes Madrid, INJUVE Madrid
