Alonso Galue is a Venezuelan multidisciplinary artist, puppeteer, and monumental painter based in Chicago. His work explores themes of mental health, folkloric traditions, and displacement through painting, sculpture, and immersive performance. As a curator at Agitator Gallery, he promotes artist-led initiatives that challenge dominant narratives and amplify immigrant perspectives.

Galue’s socially engaged projects directly confront issues of forced displacement and border violence. In The Weeping Nation, he embodied a grieving mother searching for her lost children throughout Logan Square, navigating the streets inside a towering puppet head made of cardboard and tape. In The Wonder Mask Pilgrimage, he led a masked procession across Chicago’s cultural landmarks, transforming ancestral rituals into collective acts of memory, protest, and belonging.

His bold fusion of performance and monumental visual art has made him a rising voice in Latinx and global contemporary art. Galue has exhibited across the U.S. and Latin America, including at the Chicago Cultural Center, Elastic Arts, Co-Prosperity Sphere, and the Museum of Contemporary Art of Zulia. His work draws the attention of institutions, curators, and collectors seeking deeply narrative, site-responsive pieces that engage today’s cultural and political urgencies.

He welcomes commissions and collaborative projects that bring these stories to life in new spaces—whether in public art, galleries, or collections.

SPA:

Alonso Galue es un artista multidisciplinario, titiritero y pintor monumental venezolano radicado en Chicago. Su obra explora temas de salud mental, tradiciones folclóricas y desplazamiento a través de la pintura, la escultura y la performance inmersiva. Como curador en Agitator Gallery, impulsa iniciativas lideradas por artistas que cuestionan las narrativas dominantes y amplifican las voces de comunidades migrantes.

Sus proyectos de arte socialmente comprometido enfrentan directamente problemáticas como el desplazamiento forzado y la violencia fronteriza. En The Weeping Nation, encarnó a una madre en duelo que recorrió el vecindario de Logan Square en busca de sus hijos perdidos, dentro de una cabeza de títere monumental hecha de cartón y cinta. En The Wonder Mask Pilgrimage, lideró una procesión enmascarada por lugares icónicos de Chicago, transformando rituales ancestrales en actos colectivos de memoria, protesta y pertenencia.

Su audaz fusión entre performance y arte visual monumental lo ha consolidado como una voz emergente dentro del arte contemporáneo latino y global. Ha expuesto en Estados Unidos y América Latina, incluyendo el Chicago Cultural Center, Elastic Arts, Co-Prosperity Sphere y el Museo de Arte Contemporáneo del Zulia. Su trabajo ha captado la atención de instituciones, curadores y coleccionistas interesados en piezas narrativas profundamente conectadas con las urgencias culturales y políticas del presente.

Está abierto a comisiones y colaboraciones que den vida a estas historias en nuevos espacios—ya sea en arte público, galerías o colecciones privadas.

Solo Exhibitions

2025 | Aliens from Paradise. Wirtz Theare Lobby. Curated by Jorge Silva. Northwestern Universtity. Chicago, IL. Opening summer 2025

2024 | We are All Different! We are all the same! A community mural--Agitator Gallery, Chicago, IL

2023 | Tell Me how to Get To--COOP Gallery, Nashville, TN

2022 | You are here--Happy Gallery, Chicago, IL

2022 | I Hear a Symphony--Collaboration with W Madrigal—Elastic Arts, Chicago, IL

2021 | All the Broken-Hearted People--Belong Gallery, Chicago, IL

2020 | Torment’s Lullaby- Public space, Old Irving Park, Chicago, IL, USA

2019 | Immigrants to go- Agitator Gallery, curated by Gretchen hasse, Chicago, IL, USA

2017 | Aún Somos Ridículos- La Otra Banda Gallery, curated by Elizabeth Marín, Mérida, Venezuela

2015 | Untitled- La pedregosa Hotel- Mérida, Venezuela.

Collaborative Projects

2024 | Art With an Accent The Marisol Experiment in collaboration with Lorena Diaz and Wendy Madrigal. - Floating World Gallery - Chicago

2024 | Lights On: The Venezuelan Experiment in collaboration with Yeison Perez and Carlos Luis Sanchez Becerra-Majenye. - Agitator Gallery - Chicago

Performance Arts

2024 I Puppets for Exquisite Corpse. Rough House Theater. Stteppenwolf theatre.

2024 I Puppets for Amor Eterno by Gwendolyn Madrigal. Puppet Lab. Segundo Ruiz Belvis Cultural Center

2024 | Smells Like Sulfur. Presented at Antojitos Fest. Logan Square Improv. Chicago, IL

2024 | Vulture’s Lullaby. Presented at Physical Theater Festival. Theater Wit. Chicago, IL.

2023 I Puppets for The Thing With Wings by Gretchen Hasse. International Puppet Festival. Chopin Theater. Chicago, IL

Residence

2021 | Bridge program-Hyde park Art Center

2019 | Mana Contemporary in association with Juxtapoz Magazine Void Projects Residence in Downtown. Miami, FL

Group Exhibitions

2024
-Potential Energy. Chicago Cultural Center. Chicago, IL
-Agitator Comics. Agitator Gallery. Chicago, IL
-Reflections: a show about nostalgia. Agitator Gallery. Chicago, IL
-Jovenes con FIA en el Espacio. Espacio Projecto Libertad, Merida, Venezuela.

2023
-Logan Square Art Festival. Chicago, IL
-Agitator Members Show. Agitator Gallery. Chicago, IL
-Jovenes Con FIA. Iberoamerican Art Fair. Andres Bello University Cultural Center. Caracas, Venezuela
-Have You Eaten? - Agitator Gallery
-Potential Energy - Co-prosperity Art Space . Chicago, IL

2022

- Soft Opening. Agitator Gallery, Chicago, IL
- Miniature show. Happy Gallery, Chicago, IL
- +one. Happy Gallery, Chicago, IL
-Digital Encounters. Encounters Art Space. Brighton, UK
- Together Again. Agitator Gallery, Chicago, IL

2021

-Locus: VI. Locus Gallery, Chicago, IL
-Light and Hope Dialogs. Encounters Art Space. Brighton, UK

2020

- Home Mural Fest. Void Projects, Miami, FL

- And Then: Stories of what will come next. Agitator Gallery, Chicago, IL

- Immigrant Artist Biennial: Instagram show. New York, New York.

- A portrait in between. Encounters Art Space. Brighton, UK

-Iberoamerican Art Fair. Caracas, Venezuela.

-Baby, Baby. Fluffy Crimes, Chicago, IL

-La piel del sentido. Espacio Proyecto Libertad. Merida, Venezuela

2019 | Void Projects Open Studios. Miami, FL

2018 | Artganic Wynwood. Miami, FL

2017

- 36avo Salón Municipal de Girardot. Galería Municipal de Arte. Alcaldía de Girardot. Aragua, Venezuela.

- Young Artist biennial. Museum of Contemporary Art of El Zulia (MACZUL). Zulia, Venezuela.

- #Protesta Inteligente (#SpartProtest). Espacio Proyecto Libertad. Mérida, Venezuela.

- 232. Espacio Proyecto Libertad. Mérida, Venezuela.

- Multiple Views. Gallery of Belenzate Hotel. Mérida, Venezuela2016

- XI Annual Award Armando Reverón. Modern Art Museum Juan Astorga Anta. Mérida, Venezuela

- 1st County Biennial of Valencia. “Alexis Mujica” ArtCenter . Valencia, Venezuela

- 2nd Arte Carelis Price. Arte Carelis Gallery. Aragua, Venezuela

- National Award of Small Format Epifanía Gil-Los Andes Museum, Mérida, Venezuela.

2015

- VERSUS “Everyone against everyone-Yaracuy”. Carmelo Fernandez Museum. Yaracuy, Venezuela.

- More Art for the Architecture School. La Otra Banda Gallery. Mérida, Venezuela.

2014

- Open House. Art School, Los Andes University. Mérida, Venezuela.

- Versus “Everyone vs. everyone”. Prints Gallery. Mérida, Venezuela.

2013

- Invited artist at “Color and Drawing”. GAF Mérida, Venezuela.

- Emiro Lobo Award. DAES –Los Andes University. Mérida, Venezuela.

- International Book Fair. APULA Stand + La Rama Dorada Stand. Mérida, Venezuela.

- Armando Reverón Artist’s Month. Juan Astorga Anta Museum of Modern Art. Mérida, Venezuela.

2012 | La Rama Dorada Bookstore Exhibit- Mérida, Venezuela.

Represented at

+Los Andes University, Mérida, Venezuela.

+Dossier Gallery, Mérida, Venezuela.

+Space of Art Gallery, Mérida, Venezuela.

+Espacio Proyecto Libertad, Mérida, Venezuela.

+Valencia’s County Collection, Valencia, Venezuela.

+Agitator Galley, Chicago, IL

Curatorship

2017

-Curators Team for Andrea Luccia’s COMPLEX INN at Burger Bar Mérida. Mérida, Venezuela.

-Curator’s Team for “Amorcito Corazón” de Maria Niño y Fabio Rincones at Espacio Proyecto Libertad. Mérida, Venezuela.

-Curator’s Team for “#ProtestaInteligente” at Espacio Proyecto Libertad. Mérida, Venezuela.

Curator with Dr.Liuba Alberti, for “Rastros” of Germán Carrillo at La Otra Banda Gallery. Mérida, Venezuela.

- Curator’s Team for “232” at Espacio Proyecto Libertad. Mérida, Venezuela.

2016 | Curator’s Team for “De lo profundo a lo Sagrado” de Nelson Garrido at Espacio de Arte. Mérida, Venezuela.

2012 | Mounting team at “7th Art School Anniversary Open House ”.Los Andes University. Mérida, Venezuela.

Publications

2020

-Void Magazine. Miami, FL. Void Projects

-And then: Stories About What Happens Next. Available at: https://www.agitatorgallery.com/shop/p/and-then-exhibition-catalogue

2016

- Digital Illustrations for the Digital Fanzine: Fin de ciclo, Dossier Galería. Available at: http://dossier.galeria.co.ve/fin-de-ciclo-fanzine/

- Cover for Transposición Dinámica del Conocimiento. Perro y Rana Editorial. ISBN: 978-980-14-3502-0

2015

- Illustrations for: Canción del Desamor, by Orlando Oberto Urbina, Perro y Rana Editorial. ISBN: 978-980-14-3168-8.

- Illustrations for: La sombra del Viajero by Otoniel Contreras.Perro y Rana Editorial. ISBN: 978-980-14-3162-6

- llustrations for el: Un poema y una canción by Roger Perez. Perro y Rana Editoriala. ISBN: 978-980-14-3160-2

- Illustrations for: Mujer Pumeguaya by Adriana Amaya Amezquita .Perro y Rana Editorial. ISBN: 978-980-14-3174-9

- Illustrations for: Canción del Desamor, by Orlando Oberto Urbina, Perro y Rana Editorial. ISBN: 978-980-14-3168-8.

- Illustrations for: La sombra del Viajero by Otoniel Contreras. Perro y Rana Editorial. ISBN: 978-980-14-3162-6

- Illustrations for: Un poema y una canción by Roger Perez. Perro y Rana Editorial. ISBN: 978-980-14-3160-2

- Illustrations for: Lejana voz by José Ochoa Díaz. Perro y Rana Editorial. ISBN: 978-980-14-3177-0

- Illustrations for: Pequeños Sueños del Olimpo, byHassan Douara, Perro y Rana Editorial. ISBN: 978-980-14-3165-7.

Movies

2015 | Drawings for the Short Film: “Vigilante” by Amanda Peréz. CNAC (Centro Nacional Autonomo de Cinematografia)/ EMA (Film Art Scholl) ULA (Los Andes university).

2013 | Art Assistant, “Xarop” by Capibara films.