Alejandro Ros


Alejandro Ros is an Argentine graphic designer and occasional music video director. Known for designing the album covers for Argentine singers and musicians, including Luis Alberto Spinetta, Gustavo Cerati, Juana Molina, Babasónicos, Fito Páez and Miranda!, amongst others, as well as for Latin American artists like Julieta Venegas and Javiera Mena.
His work has earned him nine Gardel Awards and three Latin Grammy Awards, all for Best Recording Package, receiving the award for Mercedes Sosa's Cantora 1, Vicentico's Solo un Momento and Juana Molina's Wed 21. He currently holds the records for most wins and most nominations in the category.

Career

Born in San Miguel de Tucumán in Argentina, he showed interest in music from an early age, later moving to Buenos Aires to study Graphic Design at the University of Buenos Aires during his early twenties. He was one of the students from the first promotion of his career. During the nineties, Ros worked as an assistant at the studio of Sergio Perez Fernandez, Fito Páez's art director at the time. While working at the studio, he met Daniel Melero, producer for Soda Stéreo, who introduced him to various artists from the Argentine music scene for whom he would design album covers in later years. In 1998, he founded the music collective Agencia de Viajes alongside Pablo Schanton, for DJs, musicians, and assistant directors.
Some of his first prominent designs were his album covers for Soda Stéreo's last two studio albums: Dynamo and Sueño Stereo. His design for Gustavo Cerati's Bocanada earned him his first Gardel Award for Best Cover Design. Ros would receive the award multiple times over the years, becoming the most awarded and nominated designer in the category. In 2002, he received the Konex Award for Graphic Design, for his work during the decade.
Since then, Ros has collaborated with various artists such as Bersuit Vergarabat's Hijos del Culo and Testosterona ; Juana Molina's Segundo, Un día and Wed 21 ; Luis Alberto Spinetta's Un Mañana and his posthumous album Los Amigos ; Babasónicos' Jessico, Infame and A Propósito ; Javiera Mena's debut Esquemas Juveniles, Mena and Otra Era ; and Miranda!'s Magistral and Souvenir, among many others. At the 10th Annual Latin Grammy Awards in 2009, Ros won his first Latin Grammy Award for Best Recording Package for Mercedes Sosa's double album Cantora 1. He won the award two more times, in 2011, for Vicentico's Solo un Momento, tying with Spanish artist Javier Mariscal for the soundtrack album Chico & Rita, and in 2014 for Juana Molina's Wed 21. Ros has continuously been nominated in the category, namely in 2023, he received three nominations in the same year, for Miranda!'s Hotel Miranda!, Javiera Mena's Nocturna and Babasónicos' Trinchera.

Exhibitions

In 2017, he presented the exhibition Ros sin Receta as a part of 220 Cultura Contemporánea at the cultural venue Plaza de la Música in Córdoba, Argentina. The exhibition included his body of work as well as videos showcasing his collaborative work with Juana Molina for her album Halo. Also that year, he presented Perfumancia, an audio-olfactory installation that "privileges smell and hearing over sight, generating an experience that questions space and turns environmental participation into an introspective matter". The work was created by Ros and Pablo Schanton, and premiered at the Spanish art fair ARCOMadrid in Madrid.
From 21 November 2023 to 20 January 2024, a retrospective exhibition titled ROS was launched at the Museo de la Ciudad Altillo Beni in Santa Cruz de la Sierra in Bolivia, presenting both his album covers and his work for magazines.

Editorial work

From the early 90s until 2000, Ros designed covers for weekly supplements for the Argentine newspaper Página 12. He has worked for various other magazines such as Revista Ramona, Revista Tokonoma, and Revista Big. Additionally, he designed the artwork for books by Nicola Costantino, Maitena, Cambre and Roberto Jacoby.

Artworks

Taken from Discogs and Alejandro Ros's website.Fin de Semana Salvaje – Los Brujos La Forma del Deseo – Daniel Melero Colores Santos – Gustavo Cerati & Daniel Melero Dynamo – Soda Stereo Amor Amarillo – Gustavo Cerati Sueño Stereo – Soda Stereo Rara – Juana Molina El Último Concierto – Soda Stereo Estrelicia – Luis Alberto Spinetta Enemigos Íntimos – Fito Páez & Joaquín Sabina Miami – Babasónicos Abre – Fito Páez Vital – Leo García Bocanada – Gustavo Cerati Leche – Illya Kuryaki and the Valderramas Narigón del Siglo – Divididos Hola/Chau – Los Fabulosos Cadillacs Rey Sol – Fito Páez Hijos del Culo – Bersuit Vergarabat Segundo – Juana Molina Jessico – Babasónicos Silver Sorgo – Luis Alberto Spinetta Argentina Sorgo Films Presenta: Spinetta Obras – Luis Alberto Spinetta Tres Cosas – Juana Molina Bajofondo Tango Club – Bajofondo Vengo del Placard de Otro – Divididos De la Cabeza – Bersuit Vergarabat Sigue Tu Camino – Los Auténticos Decadentes Infame – Babasónicos Naturaleza Sangre – Fito Páez A○○B – Juana Molina & Alejandro Franov Sí – Julieta Venegas Para los Árboles – Luis Alberto Spinetta Mi Vida con Ellas – Fito Páez La Argentinidad al Palo – Bersuit Vergarabat Camalotus – Luis Alberto Spinetta Los Rayos – Vicentico Moda y Pueblo – Fito Páez En Vivo Sin Restricciones – Miranda! Testosterona – Bersuit Vergarabat Esquemas Juveniles – Javiera Mena Limón y Sal – Julieta Venegas El Mundo Cabe en Una Canción – Fito Páez Son – Juana Molina Pan – Luis Alberto Spinetta Rodolfo – Fito Páez Club Atlético Decadente – Los Auténticos Decadentes El Disco de Tu Corazón – Miranda! Basta – Las Pelotas Cosas Raras – Julieta Venegas Un Día – Juana Molina El Templo del Pop – Miranda! Un Mañana – Luis Alberto Spinetta MTV Unplugged – Julieta Venegas Miranda Es Imposible! – Miranda! No Sé Si Es Baires o Madrid – Fito Páez El Milagro Dance – Leo García 10 Años de Oro: En Vivo en el Luna Park – Damas Gratis Cantora – Mercedes Sosa Amapola del '66 – Divididos Otra Cosa – Julieta Venegas Mena – Javiera Mena Solo un Momento – Vicentico Confiá – Fito Páez Spinetta y las Bandas Eternas – Luis Alberto Spinetta A Propósito – Babasónicos Audio y Agua – Divididos Magistral – Miranda! Canciones para Aliens – Fito Páez Ahora – Pedro Aznar Yo Te Amo – Fito Páez Destinología – Tan Biónica Wed 21 – Juana Molina Otra Era – Javiera Mena Ángel – Mercedes Sosa Safari – Miranda! Último Acto – Vicentico Linyera – Daniel Melingo Cerati Infinito – Gustavo Cerati Los Amigo – Luis Alberto Spinetta Impuesto de Fe – Babasónicos Anda – Daniel Melingo La Ciudad Liberada – Fito Páez Fuerte – Miranda! Halo – Juana Molina Espejo – Javiera Mena Satélite Cerati – Gustavo Cerati Precoz – Miranda! ANRMAL – Juana Molina Ya No Mires Atrás – Luis Alberto Spinetta Utopía – Pedro Aznar & Ramiro Gallo Souvenir – Miranda! El Pozo Brillante – Vicentico La Dirección – Conociendo Rusia Oscuro Éxtasis – Wos Trinchera – Babasónicos Cabeza Negra – Julieta Laso Nocturna – Javiera Mena Hotel Miranda! – Miranda!

Videography

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