Alejandro Carballosa - Mar adentro

Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 46 x 57 cm
Description
Contemporary figurative painting that captures the suspended moment between the surface and depth. The male figure moves forward underwater in a fluid and restrained gesture, while the waterline divides the pictorial space into two realities: the exterior world and the underwater silence.

The treatment of the blue color, worked in multiple shades and visible brushstrokes, conveys movement, density and depth, reinforcing the sense of immersion. The light filtered through the water subtly shapes the body, creating a dialogue between strength and calm, control and surrender.

The work proposes a symbolic reading of the act of swimming as a metaphor for introspection, transition, and inner balance. The sea does not appear as a landscape, but as an emotional space, where the body adapts and dissolves into the surroundings.

A work with strong visual presence, ideal for collectors of contemporary painting interested in figuration, movement, and the relationship between humans and water.

Only an authentication certificate will be issued if the artwork's sale price exceeds 500 euros.

Alejandro Carballosa, a Cuban visual artist and designer residing in Spain, has a career marked by the exploration of strength, emotion, and beauty in the animal and human figure. His work combines technical realism with a contemporary vision, where color, light, and movement acquire a symbolic and expressive language.
Trained in visual arts and design, he integrates the aesthetic sensitivity of classical art with modern resources, creating pieces that balance energy and introspection.
His work has been exhibited in group and solo exhibitions, and is part of private collections in Germany and the United States.
education
School of Plastic Arts; high school diploma for sculptors and painters.
university
Bachelor's in Scenic Design; ISA, Havana, Cuba, 2023
Graduate 2011
taller
2022. International Makeup Workshop conducted by the Italian master Piero Penisi
exhibitions
2011. Nicolás Guillén Iconographic Salon. UNEAC, Las Tunas. Cuba.
2011. Exhibition 'Offspring'. Provincial Center of Plastic Arts, Las Tunas. Cuba.
2012. Martiano Hall. Sculpture Workshop Gallery, Las Tunas. Cuba.
2012. Exhibition 'Lithographs'. UNEAC, Las Tunas. Cuba.
2012. Exhibition 'Final Comprehensive Exercise'. Professional Academy of Visual Arts, Las Tunas. Cuba.
2013. Martiano Hall. Cultural Center Huellas, Las Tunas. Cuba.
2013. Exhibition 'La Víspera'. Provincial Center of Plastic Arts, Las Tunas. Cuba.
2014. 'Guernica' Salon. AHS, Las Tunas. Cuba.
2014. 'The Plastic Arts in April' Exhibition. Provincial Center of Plastic Arts, Las Tunas. Cuba.
2014. Collective exhibition 'Art, a social image.' Provincial Center of Plastic Arts, Las Tunas. Cuba.
2017. First Plastic Arts Salon. Guáimaro Art Gallery. Camagüey. Cuba.
2017. Collective Expo, Aires of Cubanity. Casa del Alba Cultural, Havana. Cuba
2022. Themed clothing runway show at ISA University of Arts
2024 private collections in Germany and the United States