Alex Pascual

Alex Pascual is a contemporary artist whose trajectory has been shaped by experiences in Barcelona, London and Copenhagen. Working primarily in coloured pencil, his drawings explore memory, solitude and psychological ambiguity through the human figure and intimate domestic spaces.

Rather than describing a specific narrative, the work lingers in uncertainty. Figures appear present yet distant, at times dissolving into their surroundings; domestic interiors become spaces of psychological withdrawal — quiet enclosures set apart from the noise of everyday life.

Alongside his figurative work, Pascual turns his attention to unoccupied domestic spaces: kitchens, laundry rooms, tables and the ordinary objects around which everyday life is organised. Even in the absence of the figure, traces of human presence remain — in accumulated clothes, prepared food, furniture and repeated household rituals.

Pascual works from both observation and memory. Observation provides structure and a point of departure, while working from memory allows him to distance himself from reality, letting forms fade, deform and distort much as memory itself does. A drawing often begins with a fleeting image, gesture or moment of ordinary tension and is built slowly...

Master of Artistic Production & Research (MFA)
University of Barcelona, Spain
2009–2011

Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA)
University of Barcelona, Spain
2002–2007

Illustration Diploma
Escola Massana, Barcelona, Spain
1999–2001

2025 — Young Collectors' Group Exhibition, Anita Rogers Gallery, New York, USA
2025 — Introspective II, The Biscuit Factory, Newcastle, UK
2025 — The Affordable Art Adventure, Liza's Gallery, Møn, Denmark
2025 — The Poetry of Everything, Liza's Gallery, Møn, Denmark
2023 — Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize, London, UK
2023 — Introspective I, The Biscuit Factory, Newcastle, UK
2022 — Fresh Legs, Galerie Heike Arndt, Berlin, Germany
2021 — Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize, London, UK
2020 — Ibero-American Arts and Cultures, VIA Arts Prize, London, UK