Álvaro Urbano, with ‘Veins’, Catalina D’Anglade Award in its VIII edition

The artist Álvaro Urbano (Madrid, 1983) With his work ‘VEINS’ He has been the winner of the VIII edition of the Catherine’s Catherine Award delivered this Wednesday in Arcomadrid.

In the piece the relationship can be appreciated, so typical in the artist’s work, between the architectural and the natural elements, which are active subjects in his work, far from the passivity that we usually attribute to the plant world, as reported by Catalina d’Anglade art.

The artist explained that the award -winning work reflects “the representation of a discreet place, passing or waiting.”You wouldn’t stop at the street to look at it, but for me it reflects the poetics of the moment “, He said.

For his part, Catalina D’Anglade has highlighted that the artist “manages to synchronize parody and tribute.” “Often, it structures their projects as scenes or chapter sequences. Create immersive atmospheres with techniques that takes film or theater and converts the viewer into an active character of his work. With these weapons, he has become a prominent ambassador of the Spanish art of his generation. From Berlin he is prepared to conquer the world,” he said.

The Catalina d’Anglade art award consists of two phases. In the first, the award delivery, the promoter acquires the award -winning piece. In the second, the artist develops an unpublished project in which art and design live together. The project developed by Álvaro Urbano will be presented in 2026.

“The objective of this proposal is to promote and disseminate contemporary creationas well as collaborate with artists, in order to conceive art outside its usual creation environment, incorporating it into sectors related to design and integrating it into everyday life“D’Anglade stressed.

The previous editions of the Prize have had as winners Fernanda Fragateiro (2017), which created some poetic Baldas-Sulture; Secondino Hernández (2018), who proposed a collection of lamps that brought their strokes to the three dimensions; Luis Gordillo (2019), who embodied his characteristic drawings on unpublished support; Steegmann Mangrané (2020), which developed a candlestick composed of seven lamps of brass oil; June Crespo, who made a concrete seat with interchangeable cushions; and Ester Partgàs, who created a mirror with printing of photographs of bread crumbs with moon effect. The piece of the winner of last year, Susana Solano, will be presented next September.