Alejandro González

Biography

Alejandro González (b. 1974, Cuba) lives and works in Havana. His photographic practice explores individual freedom and structures of power, taking Cuba as its point of departure. Moving between portraiture, documentary and staged imagery, he attends to the stories and spaces that official narratives leave out.

 

Alejandro González studied at the Kunsthochschule für Medien, Cologne. His work has been exhibited at the Alvar Aalto Museum, Jyväskylä; the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac, Paris; and Kyotographie, Kyoto, among others. His work is included in the collections of The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis.

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Selected Works
  • Alejandro González, Cuba año cero, 2009-2012, Shown by Brigade Gallery.
    Alejandro González
    Cuba año cero, 2009-2012
    Archival pigment print on Canson Platine Fibre Rag 310 gsm
    50 x 60 cm (Framed)
  • Alejandro González, Cuba año cero, 2009-2012, Shown by Brigade Gallery.
    Alejandro González
    Cuba año cero, 2009-2012
    Archival pigment print on Canson Platine Fibre Rag 310 gsm
    50 x 60 cm (Framed)
  • Alejandro González, July 7, 1989, 2012 - 2013, Shown by Brigade Gallery.
    Alejandro González
    July 7, 1989, 2012 - 2013
    archival pigment print on Hahnemühle 320gsm
    86 x 70.5 cm (Framed)