Collection: Ale Casanova
As a painter, Ale’s focus in his works consists of representing simple scenes with absolute naturalness and rawness, through figures and portraits. He seeks to create an intimate atmosphere that allows the viewer to emotionally connect with the work.
This naturalness and the idea of the unknown is a way to evoke feelings in the audience, who is not indifferent and questions the reason for the scene, re-creating part of it and giving it continuity outside the frame. Through the figures and portraits, Ale seeks an intimate atmosphere in his paintings.
The representation of scenes through the human figure and nudity is, for him, the simplest way to attract the viewer. Ale’s intention is to make an impact on the observer with his images, presenting the figures symmetrically in the center of the painting, to allow a vision of their most personal moments.
He wants the viewer to feel like a respectful observer, not with a lascivious or indecently gaze. In his work, oil and watercolor are the main techniques. Ale uses these techniques with the same intention: color, structure, and form.
In his work, we find inclination for the use of color, toned and clean, to the most saturated and high contrast. Color becomes a game where the brilliance of color becomes the central axis.
Ale works in the painting with direct and precise brushstrokes, combining soft gradients with the cuts of the brushstrokes. The essential for me is to evoke emotions in the viewer through his painting.
Ale wants his work to be a unique and unforgettable experience that emotionally connects the viewer with the scene. Each of Ale’s paintings is a story to tell and an emotion to convey.
Education:
Diploma of Advanced Studies (DEA), Universidad de La Laguna, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
Bachelor of Fine Arts, San Carlos Faculty of Fine Arts, Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain
Exhibitions:
2024
Beneath the Surface, Espaço Exibicionista, Lisbon (Portugal)
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 (Netherlands)
Rock and Paper II, Ace Art, Gibraltar (UK)
Contemporary Figuration Exhibition, Abend Gallery, Denver (USA)
2023
Fragments, OnArt Gallery, Florence (Italy)
33rd Annual Mini Show, Abend Gallery, Denver (USA)
Art Contemporani de la Generalitat IV, Guardamar del Segura (Alicante, Spain)
Rock and Paper, Ace Art, Gibraltar (UK)
Celebrating 25 Years, Galeri Ramfjord, Oslo (Norway)
Summer Exhibition, Galeri Ramfjord, Oslo (Norway)
Memoria de un espacio propio, Museu de la Mar, Santa Pola (Alicante, Spain)
Warme Winter, Galerie Bonnard, Nuenen (Netherlands)
5 Years, Sabotage Gallery, Valencia (Spain)
2022
Power in Numbers 7, Gallery Nucleus Portland, Portland (USA)
The Nude, Storpunkt Gallery, Munich (Germany)
Art Contemporani de la Generalitat IV, Las Cigarreras (Alicante) & Centre del
Carme (Valencia, Spain)
Opening Exhibition, Galeri Ramfjord International, Oslo (Norway)
15 Points of View, Nuno Sacramento Arte Contemporânea, Aveiro (Portugal)
2021
Art Contemporani de la Generalitat IV, Espai d’Art Contemporani de Castelló (EACC), Castellón (Spain)
In Erotika, Sabotage Gallery, Valencia (Spain)
Fabriano in Aquarello, Spanish Representation, Fabriano (Italy)
2020
Las vueltas que da la vida, Galería Cuatro, Valencia (Spain)
Fabriano in Aquarello, Spanish Representation, Fabriano (Italy)
2018
Beneath the Surface, Espaço Exibicionista, Lisbon (Portugal)
Fragments, OnArt Gallery, Florence (Italy)
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 deTenerife, Spain)
2005
Exiliado en el rencor, Galería DOGMA, Moncada (Valencia, Spain)
Mon a Petit, Galería Trillo, Valencia (Spain)