Born in 1981, Madrid, Spain, Elena Alonso lives and works in Madrid, Spain. She graduated with a degree in Fine Art from the Complutense University of Madrid. Elena Alonso’s drawings and sculptures continually redefine their own formal limits, engaging with an ambiguous iconography that one feels refers to an underlying universe that we have somehow lost touch with. She cultivates a complex and uncertain terrain between geometric abstraction and organic representation, often alluding to the body. While utilising the languages of other disciplines such as architecture, design and handicraft, she liberates them from their inherent practical purpose. There is always a strange tension between the neatness of her work, the beauty of her compositions, and the uncertainty of explaining exactly what one sees. Perhaps it is this strange combination of harmony and paradox that creates an atmosphere that promotes something we could call tragic Platonism.

Madrid

Generacion

Estampa

Zürich

Fabian Lang Gallery

Dubai

Green Art Gallery

Espacio Valverde

Tabacalera - Promoción Del Arte

Sala De Arte Joven

La Casa Encendida - Fundación Montemadrid

Barcelona

Caixa Forum

Centro Cultural Conde Duque

Matadero Madrid – Centro De Creación Contemporánea

Museo Nacional Del Prado

Riehen

Fondation Beyeler

Elena Alonso

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