Chema Alvargonzalez was a multidisciplinary conceptual artist who lived and worked between Barcelona and Berlin.

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He experienced the pivotal events surrounding the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 and the period that followed, and was involved with the Künstlerinitiative Tacheles.

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He studied at the Hochschule der Künste (HdK) under the guidance of Rebecca Horn, obtaining a Master of Fine Arts and Multimedia degree in 1994.

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After completing his studies, he produced the majority of his artistic work between Barcelona and Berlin.

​During the periods in which he resided in Berlin, he introduced the city and the richness of its artistic landscape to many newly arrived artists.

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In 2006, Alvargonzalez initiated the GlogauAIR project in the same building where he lived and worked, which continues to house an artist residency to this day.

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Alvargonzalez is a representative of a generation of artists whose work was strongly influenced by globalization and technology.

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