Alberto Peral

ALBERTO PERAL (Santurce, Vizcaya, 1966).
"Lock II", 1999.
Photography on aluminum.
Edition of 3 copies.
With label of the Alejandro Sales gallery in Barcelona.
Measurements: 66 x 44,5 cm; 68 x 46 cm (frame).

The holes and hollows, in dialogue with the full and the matter, has vertebrated the plastic investigations of Alberto Peral, from the beginning of the nineties to the present time, as much in his two-dimensional work as in installations and sculptures. The keyhole becomes here the germinal symbol of his search.
Artist belonging to the generation of painters who led the Spanish plastic renovation at the beginning of the XXI century. His work, characterized by conceptual coherence and the desire for experimentation, as well as by the use of simple forms to which he gives an intense symbolic potential, has been carried out on different supports, such as video, installation, photography or drawing, thus reflecting Peral's creative capacity. His first exhibition, held in 1992 at the Joan Miró Foundation, served as a precedent for a long career that has led him to become well known in the Spanish art scene. Recent solo exhibitions: 2024 Splashing Mies, Pabellón Mies van der Rohe, Barcelona Sala Veronicas, Murcia 2023 de lo que uno dice / lo que está así / solo doble, Alberto Peral García + Luis Bisbe de la Fuente, Galería Alegría, Madrid 2022 Dar la vuelta, Museo Patio Herreriano, Valladolid Two times, Matthew Liu Fine Arts, Shanghai 2021 Redonda, redonda, Centre Cultural Tecla Sala, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona. His work is represented in institutions and museums such as the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía (Madrid), Banco de España, Banc Sabadell and Fundación Helga de Alvear. He co-directs the Halfhouse project, a space for artistic exchange and communication located in Barcelona.