Carlos Albert

Carlos Albert - Whisper

Técnica: Forged iron

Biografía del Artista: The Madrid-born sculptor Carlos Albert began working in forging in 1999 with Martín Chirino, from whom he not only learned the technique and sculptural concept, but who also helped him discover new paths in his artistic creation. That same year, together with other artists, he created the “Grupo 99”, whose manifesto exalts “the traditional values ​​of art” in what is a confusing time for the sector. She continued her training at the Faculty of Fine Arts of the Complutense University with a Bachelor's degree and a Diploma in Advanced Studies and, thanks to a scholarship from the Madrid university, at the Camberwell College of Arts of the London Institute (1999-2000). Throughout her career, her work has also earned her scholarships from the Ministry of Culture of Luxembourg (2001), the Elsa Peretti Foundation of Girona (2002) and the Hong Hac Dai Lai JSC of the Flamingo Group of Vietnam (2017). Albert's production revolves around working with iron and Corten steel, shaping them in such a way that he manages to make his pieces almost come to life, in a continuous search for movement, explorations of space and geometry, and reflections between the object and the void. Although his practice is firmly rooted within Abstraction, he considers himself a very traditional artist who is guided by classical canons and gives great importance to drawing and composition. In his most recent stage, the incorporation of color stands out as an additional tool that reinforces the contrast between volumes and is positioned as a hallmark of his work. Carlos Albert's work can be found in numerous institutions, museums, public spaces and private collections such as the National Heritage of Spain, the Complutense University of Madrid and the University of Seville, the Infanta Elena Museum of Contemporary Art in Ciudad Real and the Art in The Forest Museum of Vinh Phuc in Vietnam, the City of Havana in Cuba, the collections of the Sevillana Endesa Foundation, the AguaGranada Foundation, the Venancio Blanco Foundation in Madrid, the FRIDE Foundation, the Real Maestranza de Caballería de Sevilla and Caixanova, and the city councils of Madrid, Santander, Salamanca, Soria, Segovia, Palencia, Cádiz and Melilla, among others. He has also participated in a multitude of national and international contemporary art exhibitions and fairs, having been awarded important prizes among which are the Sculpture Prize of the "Group of World Heritage Cities in Spain", the Gold Medal of the Autumn Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Santa Isabel de Hungría in Seville, the Fundación Sevillana Endesa Prize at the 61st National Autumn Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Santa Isabel de Hungría, the First Prize of the Santander City Council or the First Prize for Sculpture "Victorio Macho" of the "City of Palencia" Awards.