Avelino Sala (1972, Gijón, Spain) studied art criticism at Brighton University in the United Kingdom between 1998 and 2001. He works as an artist, curator and editor. In 2002 he founded Sublime magazine and in 2008 he founded the Curatorial Commission group, which operates in the production and management of artistic projects.

He writes about contemporary art for magazines and publications, among which: Contemporary, The Politics of Art, Cure Magazine and Rome. His artistic work questions the current cultural and social situation and explores the capacity of art to generate spaces of experimentation for the creation of new realities.
In the extensive list of solo and group exhibitions in which he participated, the following stand out: The Border Pavilion, The utopia of access Research Pavilion. 57^th Venice Biennale, Italy (2017); Hic et Nunc, Contemporary Art Centre el Bòlit, Girona, Hischhorn Museum, Washington, USA (2014); Darkness at noon, Museo de Bellas Artes de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain (2014); Exercises in Sociality, CNNA, National Centre for Contemporary Art, Moscow, Russia (2013); Reencontres Internacionales de Video, MNCARS, Museo Nacional Reina Sofía, Madrid (2009); ComuNicacionismos, Pabellón de Cuba, Bienal de la Habana, La Habana, Cuba (2009); MyMementoVid, collateral event, 53 Venice Biennale, Venice (2009); The promised Land, Chelsea Art museum, Chelsea, New York (2008); Reencontrés internationales de video, Jeu de Paume y Centro Pompidou, Paris, France (2008); Plusmarca, Iberian Contemporary Art Center, Beijing, People’s Republic of China (2008); Nightcomers. 10 Biennale of Istambul, Turkey (2007); Fuego Camina Conmigo, Bienal de Caracas, Museo de BBAA, Caracas, Venezuela (2006); Poles Apar t/ Poles Together project, 51^st Venice Biennale (2005); Reflexionen, Rostock Kunsthalle, Germany (2005).

The artist is represented in the collections: Centro Cultural Internacional Oscar Niemayer, Asturias, Spain; National Centre for Contemporary Arts, Moscow; Colección Testimonio, CajaMadrid; Fundación BilbaoArte Fundazioa, Bilbao, Spain; Museo de Bellas Artes de Asturias; Museo d'art Contemporani d'Eivissa, Ibiza, Spain.

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