Born in 1983 in Madrid, Spain. Lives and works in Berlin, Germany.
Biography
Álvaro Urbano’s work approaches architecture as a site shaped by memory, desire, and projection. Through sculptural installations, he constructs environments in which vegetal forms appear both living and artificial, unsettling distinctions between the organic and the constructed. Drawing on theatrical and cinematic registers, he composes spaces as sequences or scenes, where light, sound and objects contribute to a shifting atmosphere. These environments are inhabited by sculptures that act as presences, activating latent narratives embedded within architectural structures.
In collaboration with Catapulta - a launchpad for contemporary Spanish art