Ana Alenso

Ana Alenso investigates the paradoxes of petrocultures, raising speculative questions on the geopolitical conditions and extractivist mechanisms that shape contemporary ecologies. Her multidisciplinary practice spans photography, video, assemblage, and installation. Recent solo exhibitions include *Island Innovator* at Kunstverein Arnsberg, Germany (2024); *Como es arriba es abajo* at Centro de Arte La Regenta, Gran Canaria, Spain (2023); and *Mad Rush* at Nkrumah Volini, Tamale, Ghana (2022). Her work has been featured in major group exhibitions such as the 18th Istanbul Biennial (2025), *Forgive Us Our Trespasses* at Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin (2024); *Donde cruzan los humos espero una semilla* at Casa Encendida, Madrid (2024); *El Sur – Narratives of Extraction* at Kunsthalle Färgfabriken, Stockholm (2024); *Streetfight* at Muzeum Sztuki Nowoczesnej, Warsaw (2022); *Geneva Biennale: Sculpture Garden*, Switzerland (2022); and *The Beauty and Horror of the Oil Age* at Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg (2021).