*1986 in Vigo (Galicia, Spain). Graduated at UdK’s postgraduate master’s program Art in Context with Prof. Dr. Jörg Heiser. Studied fine arts at Salmanca’s University. Exchange student at Aalto University Helsinki and at Barcelona University. 2019 Nominated for the Elsa-Neumann-Scholarship of Berlin (Nafög). Alumni of the exhibitions-abroad promotion program of the IFA (Institute for Foreign Cultural Relations). Her work has been shown at places like New Media Society in Teheran, the AHNE Festival Helsinki, during the XIII Havanna Biennial and in several group and solo exhibitions in Berlin, where she lives and works since 2011.
Alonso works on the interface between painting and participatory art. She researches the contemporary potential of the portrait using Oral History as its main source. These possibilities include, among others, the recognition of unknown biographies, the production of images and narratives alternative to the hegemonic, and the creation of platforms for free expression through art.