Darío Alvarez Basso (Caracas/ Venezuela, 1966) lives and works in Madrid.
1985-86
Studies contemporary art at the Círculo de Bellas Artes in Madrid. Lessons by: Darío Villalba, J. Guinovart, Eduardo Arroyo, Guillermo Pérez Villalta, Frederic Amat.
1993
New School of visual arts, New York.
1997-98
Workshops of Contemporary Art at the Centro Galego de Arte Contemporaneo. With: Jannis Kounellis and Tony Cragg.
Grants, prizes and scholarships
1987
Pensionados Scholarship, IX Pontevedra Biennial, Pontevedra (ES).
1988
Prize Muestra de Arte Joven, Madrid (ES).
1989
Santa Lucia Painting Contest, Madrid (ES).
Academia Española en Roma, Stipendium des Aussenministeriums, Rome (IT).
1991
Cité des Artistes, scholarship, Paris (FR).
1992
Fulbright Stipendium, Spanish-North American Committee, New York (USA).
1994
Ojo Crítico Awards, Radio Nacional de España, Madrid (ES).
2001
Julián Trincado Prize, VII Mostra Unión Fenosa, A Coruña (ES).
Work Acquisition, Generation 2001, Caja Madrid, Madrid (ES).
2002
IV ABC Painting Awards, Madrid (ES).
III International Painting Contest 2002, Royal Premier Hotels, Torremolinos (ES).
II International Contemporary Painting Contest, Wellington Foundation, Madrid (ES).
2003
International Painting Contest, Council of Valdepeñas (ES).
2004
International Painting Awards of Valdepeñas, Council of Valdepeñas (ES).
2006
VI Salón de Outono de Pintura, Galician Royal Academy of Fine Arts (ES).
2008
1er Premio de Pintura Jesus Bárcenas, Ayuntamiento de Valdepeñas (ES).
1er Premio Honda de Pintura Ayuntamiento de La Garriga Barcelona (ES).
