Álvaro González Montenegro

I have a degree in visual arts from the Catholic University of Chile. My work focuses on the relationship between the human being and nature; in the distance that has been generated between these by the conditioning exerted by contemporary life. Distance that is directly proportional to the socioeconomic situation of each subject. In this way, my research addresses concepts such as segregation, overcrowding, memory and power, guiding my work towards my political, ethical and aesthetic concerns, often from the relationship of the person with the landscape and the limits proposed by the capital among them.
I believe that the link to the landscape in my work is a pretext, which is very useful to unite the origin of the concept and its historical development, with what is currently required: Contribute to the quality of people's life framework and maintain the character of the places. And, from this, I propose these landscapes denote the great differences that exist between social classes, always invisible and confusing. Differences of fundamental order, since the great thinkers of our history believed that the human world is inherent to the locus amoenus, so it proposes an inequality, in addition to material, spiritual.
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2013 Certificado Académico en Historia y Teoría del Arte en la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.

2014 Certificado Académico en Estética del Cine en la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.

2012-2016 Licenciatura en Artes Visuales en la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.

-Exposiciones Colectivas

2014 "Esa necesidad de pintar". Espacio Vilches, Santiago, Chile.

2014 "HAZME ESPACIO". Teatro Bellavista, Santiago, Chile.

2016”CONTEMPORÁNEO”. Sala de Arte CCU, Santiago, Chile.

2017 "UMBRALES 2017". Centro de Extensión UC, Santiago, Chile.

2017 Participación como artista invitado en exhibición de
Voluspa Jarpa “EN NUESTRA PEQUEÑA REGIÓN DE POR
ACÁ- UTOPÍAS/DISTOPÍAS”. Galería Gabriela Mistral, Santiago, Chile.

2017 “RESERVA FEDERAL”. Espacio “O”, Santiago, Chile

-Exposiciones individuales

2016 “PAISAJES NO FAMILIARES”. Espacio Artefacto, Santiago, Chile.