The work of Alejandro S. Garrido (Madrid, 1986) revolves around the notion of photography as social document, highlighting issues related to collective memory, landscape, architecture, ideology or social structures.
SOLO SHOWS:
2026 (May – Jul) Southbound.
Exhibited works at MPA Room: Southbound
Exhibited works at MPA House: Trafalgar Square; White by Night; File Under: Bridges, Wells, Fish Farms; El Águila.
Galería MPA, Madrid.
2020/21 (Nov – Jan) The Platform.
Exhibited works: The Platform, Business As Usual.
MPA Gallery, Madrid, Spain.
2020 (Feb – Sep) City and Progress.
Exhibited works: The Platform; City of London; Corea. A Parallel Story.
Patio Herreriano Spanish Contemporary Art Museum, Valladolid, Spain.
2017 (May – Sep) Two Projects.
Exhibited works: A Place with No Shelter; Corea. A Parallel Story.
Casa Sin Fin, Madrid, Spain.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2021/23 (Nov – Feb) Communicating Vessels. Collection 1881-2021.
Episode 8: Exodus and Communal Life.
Exhibited works: Run-Off (Valencia Street Circuit)
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía (MNCARS), Madrid, Spain.
2020 (Jan – Sep) Five Tours, One Point of View.
Exhibited work: Corea. A Parallel Story.
Curated by Manuel Olveira.
MUSAC, León, Spain.
2019 (Jun – Jul) Cities. 9 Micro-Fictions.
Exhibited work: City of London.
Curated by MPA in collaboration with Juan Herreros.
MPA Gallery, Madrid, Spain.
2018/19 (Nov – Feb) Memory and Territory.
Exhibited work: Corea. A Parallel Story.
Curated by Pedro Vicente / Programa Visiona
Diputación Provincial de Huesca, Aragón, Spain.
2018 (Feb – Jun) How to live with memory? Artistic Attitudes towards Architecture and Francoism.
Exhibited work: Corea. A Parallel Story.
Curated by Manuel Olveira.
MUSAC, León, Spain.
2017/18 (Oct – Jan) XXVII Circuitos de Artes Plásticas.
Exhibited work: A Place With No Shelter.
Curated by Virginia Torrente.
LABoral Art & Industrial Creation Centre, Gijón, Spain.
2017 (Sep – Dec) 20th Fotopres. New Documentary Image.
Exhibited work: Corea. A Parallel Story.
CaixaForum, Madrid, Spain.
2017 (Mar – Jul) 20th Fotopres. New Documentary Image.
Exhibited work: Corea. A Parallel Story.
CaixaForum, Barcelona, Spain.
2017 (Jan – Mar) XXVII Circuitos de Artes Plásticas.
Exhibited work: A Place With No Shelter.
Curated by Virginia Torrente.
Sala de Arte Joven, Madrid, Spain.
2013 (Mar, 20th) Intermission.
Exhibited work: Cabanyal, 2011 (Run-Off & Site Consumption).
Vicedecanato de Extensión Académica (Facultad BB.AA. UCM) + Fundación Banco Santander
Curated by Emilia García-Romeu.
Galería Moisés Pérez de Albéniz, Madrid, Spain.
2012 (Jun – Sep) Project Methodology.
Exhibited work: Corea (early stages, as a work in progress).
Workshop with Antoni Muntadas in collaboration with Alfredo Puente and DEAC MUSAC.
Curated by Belén Solá.
MUSAC, León, Spain
2012 (Jan – Mar) Photography Projects.
Exhibited work: Run-Off.
Curated by Pep Benlloch.
Casa de Cultura de Burjassot, Valencia, Spain.
2011 (Jun – Jul) Carne Fresca.
Exhibited work: Cabanyal 2011 (Run-Off & Site Comsumption)
Organised by Vicedecanato Extensión Universitaria (BB.AA. UCM).
Matadero, Madrid, Spain.
ART FAIRS & FESTIVALS:
2026 (May – Jul) PhotoEspaña. Festival Off.
Southbound, MPA Gallery, Madrid.
2024 (Mar) ARCO Madrid.
MPA Gallery.
2022 (Feb) ARCO Madrid.
MPA Gallery.
2021 (Jun) ARCO Madrid.
MPA Gallery.
2019 (May – Jul) PhotoEspaña. Festival Off.
The Platform, MPA Gallery, Madrid.
2019 (Feb) ARCO Madrid.
MPA Gallery.
2018 (Feb) ARCO Madrid.
Arts Libris. Corea. Book presentation.
2017 (May – Aug) PhotoEspaña. Festival Off.
Two Projects. Casa Sin Fin, Madrid.
2017 (Feb) ARCO Madrid.
Casa Sin Fin.
WORKSHOPS, TALKS & EVENTS:
2021 (Oct) Experience and Territory. Repressive Architectures and Memory Spaces Under Francoism.
Seminar at Facultad de Geografía e Historía, UNED, Madrid.
2019 (Mar – Apr) City and Progress Film Season.
Curated for Patio Herreriano Spanish Contemporary Art Museum, Valladolid, Spain.
2018 (Mar) Participation at Interbarrios Urban Project.
Talk and photographic workshop in Son Gotleu neighbourhood in Palma.
Developed for Es Balluard Modern & Contemporary Art Museum, Palma de Mallorca, Spain.
2017 (May) DE-TOUR Gran Vía.
A tour of Madrid’s historic city centre and its current expeculative transformation.
Developed for Área de Cultura de la Comunidad de Madrid.
PUBLICATIONS:
2018. Memory and Territory.
Exhibition Catalogue.
Edited by Pedro Vicente
Diputación Provincial de Huesca.
ISBN: 978-84-92749-75-1
2018. How to live with memory? Artistic Attitudes towards Architecture and Francoism.
Exhibition Catalogue.
Edited by Manuel Olveira, Exhibition Catalogue, MUSAC + Puente Ed.
ISBN: 978-84-92572-68-7
2017. Corea. A Parallel Story.
Alejandro S. Garrido, Self-Published (Sponsored by Fundación "La Caixa"), Salamanca.
ISBN: 978-84-697-5657-7
2017. XXVII Circuitos de Artes Plásticas.
Exhibition Catalogue.
Published by Comunidad de Madrid.
ISBN: 978-84-451-3593-8
2012. Project Methodology.
Group Publication, MUSAC.
2008. Destruction and Construction of Territory. Memory of Spanish Places. 1. Galicia and Madrid.
Aurora Fernández Polanco, Magdalena Mora & Cristina Peñamarín (EDS.), Ed. Complutense, Madrid.
ISBN: 978-84-74919-29-5
AWARDS & GRANTS:
2025. Grants for production and research in the field of contemporary art. Ministry of Culture (Spain).
2019. Winner of Colección DKV Estampa Fair Prize.
2017. Nominated for Gabriele Basilico Prize in Architecture and Landscape Photography.
2016. Winner of XXVII Circuitos de Artes Plásticas de la Comunidad de Madrid.
2015. Awarded the 20º Fotopres Grant by Fundación “La Caixa”.
HIGHER EDUCATION:
2012. BA in Fine Arts. Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM).
2011/12. Collaboration Scholarship at the Department of Theory and Contemporary Art History. UCM.
2010/11. Séneca Grant. Universidad Politécnica de Valencia (UPV).
ADDITIONAL EDUCATION:
2015. Transitions.
Observatorio Metropolitano + MNCARS. Madrid.
2012. Project Methodology.
Workshop with Antoni Muntadas.
MUSAC. León.
2011. 1st International Congress in Aesthetics and Politics: Jacques Rancière.
UPV. Valencia.
2010. Globalized Image, Global Iconicity? 2nd Research Conference. MuVIM. Valencia.
2010. UR_VERSITY. Spatial Practices: Cultural Research on Territory and Social Space.
UPV. Valencia.
2010. The Whisper of the Images.
Workshop with Antoni Muntadas.
CA2M, Móstoles, Madrid.
WORKS IN COLLECTIONS:
IVAM (Instituto Valenciano de Arte Moderno), Valencia.
Work in collection: Run-Off (Valencia Street Circuit).
Date of entry: 2024
CA2M (Centro de Arte 2 de Mayo), Madrid, Spain.
Work in collection: City of London.
Date of entry: 2020
Colección Banco de España, Madrid.
Work in collection: City of London.
Date of entry: 2020
Colección DKV, Madrid, Spain.
Work in collection: The Platform.
Date of entry: 2019
MNCARS (Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía), Madrid, Spain.
Work in collection: Corea. A Parallel Story.
Date of entry: 2019
MUSAC (Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León), León, Spain.
Work in collection: Corea. A Parallel Story.
Date of entry: 2018