Alejandro Carballosa - “oculto”

Oil on canvas
Description
In this work I have aimed not to show, but to suggest. The figure, wrapped in its own silence, recoils into the darkness as one protects the most intimate from the gaze of others. The body, modeled in deep grays and precise lights, does not offer itself: it safeguards itself. Opposite it, the dense, textured red is not decoration, but an imposing, almost threatening presence, that marks the boundary between what is visible and what must remain hidden.
I deliberately worked the extreme contrast: bare, vulnerable flesh against the absolute abstraction of color. There are no concessions to ease or easy spectacle. Only the tension between what is hidden and what intrudes. This piece does not intend to please everyone. It is meant for those who understand that the true luxury of art lies in what is not given completely, in what demands silence and sustained attention.
Hidden is not an image to be consumed at a glance. It is a presence that reveals itself only to those willing to look beyond the surface.

Alejandro Carballosa, Cuban visual artist and designer resident in Spain, with a career marked by the exploration of strength, emotion and beauty in the animal and human figure. His work blends technical realism with a contemporary vision, where color, light and movement acquire a symbolic and expressive language.
Trained in visual arts and design, he combines the aesthetic sensibility of classical art with modern resources, creating pieces that balance energy and introspection.
His work has been shown in group and solo exhibitions, and is part of private collections in Germany and the United States
education
School academy of plastic arts; baccalaureate sculptor, painter
university
Licentiate in Scenographic Design; ISA, Havana, Cuba, 2023
Graduated 2011
taller
2022. International Makeup Workshop taught by the Italian master Piero Penisi
exhibitions
2011. Nicolás Guillén Iconographic Salon. UNEAC, Las Tunas. Cuba
2011. Exhibition “Vástagos.” Provincial Center of Plastic Arts, Las Tunas. Cuba.
2012. Martí Salon. Sculpture Workshop Gallery, Las Tunas. Cuba.
2012. Exhibition “Lithographs.” UNEAC, Las Tunas. Cuba.
2012. Exhibition “Final Integral Exercise.” Professional Academy of Plastic Arts, Las Tunas. Cuba.
2013. Martí Salon. Huellas Cultural Center, Las Tunas. Cuba.
2013. Exhibition “La Víspera.” Provincial Center of Plastic Arts, Las Tunas. Cuba.
2014. Salon “Guernica.” AHS, Las Tunas. Cuba.
2014. Salon “Plastic Art in April.” Provincial Center of Plastic Arts, Las Tunas. Cuba.
2014. Collective Expo “Art, a Social Image.” Provincial Center of Plastic Arts, Las Tunas. Cuba.
2017. First Salon of Plastic Arts. Guáimaro Art Gallery, Camagüey. Cuba.
2017. Collective Expo, Aires de Cubanía. House of the Alba cultural, Havana. Cuba
2022. Theme clothing show at ISA art university
2024 private collections in Germany and the United States