Alberto García-Alix

• Autorretrato/Self-Portrait, La Fabrica Editorial, 2013.

He has always been inspired by bikes, tattoos, music and the night. He defines his portraits as a confrontation with his own model. Garcia-Alix is one of the leading figures of the movement known as La Movida Madrileña leaving behind well-known and powerful images of this cultural movement's youth. Among its members are some of his friends, who subsequently have become renowned personalities in different fields: Pedro Almodóvar, Rossy de Palma, Emma Suárez, Camarón de la Isla and many others. Often violently shameless, his works are recurrently raw and naked portraits. They are often considered to be overreactions but their expressive power and graphic effectiveness is undeniable. García-Alix has devoted his entire career to black and white photography as personal and social documentation. Since his long stays in France and China in 2007 and 2008, he has been experimenting with video by documenting his images accompanied by his own texts and voice. An example of his video-art was showcased at it his exhibition De donde no se vuelve (2008) at the Reina Sofía Museum in Madrid.

The recorded working language is Spanish. Places of work recorded in the authority are Madrid. Work by Alberto García-Alix is recorded in the collections of Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía. Distinctions recorded are National Photography Award (Spain) and Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts.

• National Photography Award (Spain) (1999) • Especial Guest for El País Newspaper at the Contemporary Art Fair in Madrid (ARCO) • Shortlisted for the Deutsche Börse Photography Prize 2014 for his book Autorretrato/Self-Portrait, La Fabrica Editorial (2013).