Avelino Sala
Solo Exhibitions (selection)
2026
(Post) Paisaje de Campos, Fundación Díaz Caneja, Plaencia, Spain
La Tempestad, curated by Semiramis Gonzales, Centro Centro Cibeles, Madrid, Spain
2025
10&zero1 Gallery, Venice, Italy
ADN Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
Xavier Fiol Gallery, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
2024
Nadie es una isla, Spanish Pavilion, Malta Biennial
2023
Sueño de nadie, Llamazares Gallery, Gijón, Spain
2022
En busca del Milagro, 6th Barjola Museum Prize, Gijón, Spain
When the Sleeper Wakes, Xavier Fiol Gallery, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
2021
Beyond Words, ADN Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
Revolt dans les Asturies, CCAI, Gijón, Spain
Naturalezas Muertas, Centre del Carmen, Valencia, Spain
2020
Maniobras de Escapismo, ECCO, Cadiz, Spain
2019
Action Painting, ADN Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
2018
The Global Symbol, Niemeyer Center, Avilés, Spain
2017
Riot Paintings, Ethan Cohen Gallery, New York, USA.
El mundo sumergido, Espacio Dorfii, Lanzarote, Spain
Tiempos nuevos, tiempos salvajes, Mexican Sarape Museum, Saltillo, Mexico.
Group Exhibitions (selection)
2025
ARCO 2025, ADN Gallery
Europalia Biennial, S.M.A.K. Museum, Ghent, Belgium
Artbrussels 2025, ADN Gallery
ARCO Lisbon 2025, ADN Gallery
2024
ArtBrussels 2024, ADN Gallery
ARCO 2024, ADN Gallery
Endgame, WhiteBox Art Center, New York, USA
La mayor Emergencia, Círculo de Bellas Artes, Madrid, Spain
Esto es lo verdadero, Centro Cultural Español, Mexico City, Mexico
Expanded Narratives, on Art and Ecology, WB New York, USA
We Protect You From Yourselves, ADN Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
In Conversation: The Museum and Collection, Es Baluard Museum, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
2023
ARCO 2023, ADN Gallery
ArtBrussels 2023, ADN Gallery.
A Fine Line: Graffiti and the Power of Dissent, Ethan Cohen Gallery, New York, USA.
When the Stone Speaks, Sala Diaz, San Antonio, Texas, USA.
Poéticas de la Memoria, Palace of the Counts of Gabia, Granada, Spain.
2022
Pinta Art Fair, Llamazares Gallery, Miami, USA.
Abu Dhabi Art Fair, Salwa Zeidan Gallery, Abu Dhabi
Art Brussels, ADN Gallery, Brussels
ARCO, ADN Gallery, Madrid, Spain.
MACO Zone, Mexico City, Mexico; ROFA Projects, Mexico City, Mexico.
Transversia, Boribana Museum, Dakar Biennial, Senegal.
Fabular un mundo diferente, Spanish Cultural Center of Montevideo, Uruguay.
Ballots Not Bullets, WhiteBox Art Center, New York, USA.
Selecta, Museum of Anthropology and Contemporary Art (MAAC), Guayaquil, Ecuador.
In the Heart of the Beholder, ROFA Projects, Potomac, USA.
Artivism, Quetzalli Gallery, Oaxaca, Mexico.
Lapdog of War, The Empty Circle, New York, USA.
Fabular un mundo diferente, Spanish Cultural Center in Costa Rica.
Shifting Perspectives on the Climate Crisis, CADE Center, Arnold, MD, USA.
2021
ARCO Madrid, ADN Gallery, Madrid.
URVANITY, Interventions in Public Space, Madrid.
Estampa 2021, Xfiol Gallery.
ArtBrusels, ADN Gallery, Brussels
Perfect Day, Drugs and Art. WhiteBox, New York, USA
Walking together: For them and for us, Johnson Center Fine Arts Gallery, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USA.
Artist as Subject, Ethan Cohen Gallery, Beacon Creek, New York, USA.
Dialecto, Centro de Arte 2 de Mayo (CA2M), Madrid, Spain
Fabular un mundo diferente, Spanish Cultural Center of Lima, Peru
Los trabajos estériles, La Regenta Art Center, Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, Spain
Juntos Aparte, National Museum of Colombia, Bogota, Colombia
Luttes et Utopies 1971-2021,: 50 ans dart engages, Museum of Millau and the Great Causes, Millau, France
Cáceres Abierto, Cáceres, Spain
Agent Provocateur, Empty Circle, New York, USA.
La ciudad Tomada, Art Encounter, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
2020
Art Geneva, ADN Gallery, Geneva
Biotopias II, Doramas Park, interventions in the natural space, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
Cuidado y Peligro de si, Amos Salvador Gallery, Logroño, Spain
Darkest Before Saw: Art in a Time of Uncertainty, Ethan Cohen Gallery, New York, USA
Good Trouble, WhiteBox, New York, USA
2019
Pinta Miami, Llamazares Gallery, Miami, USA
Untitled Art Fair, ADN Gallery, Miami, USA
Art Brussels, ADN Gallery, Belgium
ARTLIMA, Llamazares Gallery, Peru
El sueño de la Razón: LA sombra de Goya en el Arte Contemporáneo, Centro Cultural de la Villa, Madrid, Spain
Dracula x Dracula, Contemporary Art Center of Malaga, Spain
5994 Is Just a Number, ADN Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
Orphans of Painting, Ethan Cohen, New York, USA
TheX, Whiteconcepts, Berlin, Germany
Fear of ART, Ethan Cohen Gallery, New York, USA
Collections
Dos de Mayo Art Center Collection (CA2M)
POC de Galila, Brussels
Cuenca Biennial Foundation (Ecuador)
C21 Collection, Dallas Museum, USA
ARTIUM Collection, Victoria
Es Baluard Collection, Palma de Mallorca
Niemeyer Center Collection, Avilés
Russian National Center for Contemporary Art, Moscow NCCA Russian Contemporary Art
New Pilar Citoler Collection, Madrid
Maria Cristina Masaveu Collection, Madrid
Collection, Spanish Academy in Rome, Spanish Ministry of Culture
CajaMadrid Testimonials Collection, Madrid
Arte Bilbao Foundation, Bilbao
Gijón City Council
Extremadura Collection
Ministry of Culture of Spain
Spanish National Sports Council
Museum of Fine Arts of Asturias
North Collection, Ministry of Culture of Cantabria
Museum of Contemporary Art of Ibiza
Awards, Scholarships, and Residencies
In 2007, he was awarded the Artport International Video Award in Basel, Switzerland, by UNESCO and the New York Foundation for the Arts.
In 2010, he received the VAD Award at the Girona Video Art Festival.
In 2010, he was awarded a scholarship by the Royal Spanish Academy in Rome.
In 2012, he participated in a residency at the Le Lait Art Center in Albi, France.
In 2021, he was awarded the Vegap scholarship.
In 2022, he received the Barjola Prize for Contemporary Creation.
In 2024, he represented Spain at the Malta Biennale with a solo project in the Spanish Pavilion.