Alejandro Casanova Barberán

I paint in search of beauty through emotion and material. The human body is my starting point—a perfect excuse to talk about intimacy, rawness, desire. I’m drawn to what happens off-frame, to what’s implied but not shown. That’s why many of my scenes invite the viewer to imagine what lies beyond.

I work with oil and watercolor. Oil allows me to fix studied ideas through a more reflective process. Watercolor, on the other hand, lets me fall in love with risk, with fluidity, and with the beauty of mistakes. Both mediums coexist and complement each other—two different ways of looking at the same thing.

My brushstroke is sharp and deliberate, like painting with a scalpel. I’m obsessed with light and how color hardens or dissolves in contact with it. That tension between structure and vibration is at the core of how I understand painting.

My work has found its place in private collections inside and outside of Spain, thanks to exhibitions and collaborations with international galleries that share my view of art as a direct and honest experience.

I paint to build images that speak without needing to be explained. What the viewer sees is only the beginning of their own story.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS (COMPLETE LIST, 2005–2024)
2024
• Beneath the Surface, Espaço Exibicionista, Lisbon (Portugal)
2023
• Fragments, OnArt Gallery, Florence (Italy)
2018
• Artificial Sketchbook, Sabotage Gallery, Valencia (Spain)
2017
• Image Thief, Hell Gallery, Barcelona (Spain)
2016
• Inside the Intimate, L’Escalier Espace d’Art, Paris (France)
2015
• Abismatismos, Artevistas Gallery, Barcelona (Spain)
• Abismatismos, Galería Imprevisual, Valencia (Spain)
2014
• Objeto al desnudo, Ardavín Galería, Madrid (Spain)
2013
• Intimate, Artevistas Gallery, Barcelona (Spain)
2012
• Intimistas, Galería Imprevisual, Valencia (Spain)
• Intimistas, CEART – Tomás y Valiente Art Center, Fuenlabrada (Madrid, Spain)
• Esperando el gris, Esplai Mislata, Mislata (Valencia, Spain)
2009
• Casanova en el exilio, Sala Juan Cas (CajaCanarias), La Laguna (Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain)
2005
• Exiliado en el rencor, Galería DOGMA, Moncada (Valencia, Spain)
• Mon a Petit, Galería Trillo, Valencia (Spain)
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS (2020–2024)
2024
• Disorder, Canal Gallery, Barcelona (Spain)
• 33rd Annual Mini Show, Abend Gallery, Denver (USA)
• December Exhibition, Galeri Ramfjord, Oslo (Norway)
• 40 Jaar Galerie Bonnard, Galerie Bonnard, Nuenen (Netherland...