Alejandro Martín Torrado

ALEJANDRO MARTÍN TORRADO (Madrid, 1976)."La saciedad de Dionisios", 2007.Acrylic on canvas.Signed on the back. Signed and titled on the frame.Size: 120 x 120 cm.He currently teaches painting and mural techniques at the Escola Massana in Barcelona. He studied a higher degree in applied arts on the wall at the Massana, took painting workshops at La Nau i L'Estruch in Sabadell, and a master's degree in Artistic Productions at the University of Barcelona. Selection of exhibitions: 2012- individual at Atelier St. Espace Gaia Gallery. Geneva. Switzerland; 2014 PictoBCN. Hangar, Barcelona; 2013 Kunst im Seeland. Sieberhuus. Lyss. Switzerland; 13th Ricard Camí Painting Prize. UNNIM Terrassa Cultural Centre; 2012 Fraudulent Secrets. Cercle Artístic de Manresa; 2011 Living Architectures. Space Gaia Gallery. Geneva, XII Ricard Camí Painting Prize. UNNIM Terrassa Cultural Centre; Caixa Laietana Exhibition Hall. IV Torres-García Painting Prize. Mataró, Barcelona; 2010 Young artists. Luis adelantado Gallery. Valencia; Guasch-Coranty International Painting Prize. Tecla Sala. L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona; Contextos intermèdia. Tecla Sala. L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona; 2009 TIAF Toronto International Art Fair. Toronto, Canada; Contrast Gallery. Barcelona; 2008 TIAF ; Giovanni & Artisti. Chamber of Commerce of Sassari. Italy; Pulsions. La Capella. Barcelona; 2007 Biennial of the Mediterranean. Museu Marítim de Barcelona; Young Painting Competition. Sala Parès. Barcelona. Awards: 2012 1st Prize for Drawing Joan Vilanova. Manresa, Barcelona; 2011 Second Prize for the 12th Ricard Camí Painting Prize. Terrassa; 2010 Selected for the Romea 3 Young Art Prize. Romea 3 Gallery. Murcia; 2009 1st Prize for the Premis d'art Autocugat Scholarship. Sant Cugat del Vallès; 2008 1st Prize for Painting Gaspar Camps de Igualada. Barcelona; 2007 1st Prize for Illustration "Immaginare il Tempo". Trivignano-Udinese; 2006 3rd Staedtler Drawing Prize, among others. His initial training in the field of topographical engineering beats under these psychic orographies in which we can guess the interpenetration of geodesic strata, urban drifts and emotional trajectories, all this on pictorial surfaces formally heir to post-pictorial abstraction and American expressionism.