Painting of colorful buildings along a canal, reflected in the water, with the words "The Aliança Paintings" written in red cursive at the bottom.
An advertisement poster for 'The Aliaga Paintings' exhibition featuring a painting of colorful buildings and a canal reflected in the water. The event is on January 2nd, 2026, at 7 pm at SLAB Cinema Arthouse, with the first Friday event at Blue Star.

Opening Night Slab Cinema Art House

People viewing paintings in an art gallery with a sign reading 'The Aliaga Paintings' and text announcing a closing event at Bluestart Cinema Arthouse on January 30 at 7 pm.

Architect/Artist
Ignacio Aliaga

Ignacio is from Santiago, Chile. He studied architecture in Santiago, Chile, continued his studies in Madrid, Spain and received his master’s in architecture in Los Angeles, California. 

He developed his own architectural practice and served as Planning Commissioner for the City of Lawndale, California. 

In 1992 Ignacio was hired to design and manage the construction of a large Canadian compound in Aden, Yemen. 

Since 1995 when he moved to Helotes he worked for 3D/International, which eventually became part of Parsons. 

He was one of the designers for Hotel Valencia in San Antonio, Texas and Hotel Valencia in San Jose, California. Later on, he designed several hotels in downtown San Antonio such as TownePlace Inn and Suites, Springhill Suites and Summerfield Suites.  Ignacio also led the team that won the design competition of a Chapel for the University Health System Foundation in San Antonio, Texas. 

With his own practice he designed the high-rise Homewood Suites in Austin, Hilton Garden Inn and the renovation of the Aiden Hotel in downtown San Antonio. 

A middle-aged man with gray hair and beard wearing black glasses and a black T-shirt with a yellow design, standing in front of a colorful background with artwork.
A man wearing sunglasses and a light blue shirt stands beside a large painted outdoor banner depicting a beach scene with fresh produce and seafood, including green apples in a blue bucket, bananas, fish on a platter, and chickens, with a sandy beach, ocean, and sky with clouds in the background.

Ignacio started painting since he was in Spain. His artistic goals are to express experiences of his daily life as he travels as well as to incite a positive reaction, uplift the spirit and be memorable to the viewer.

Ignacio has been influenced by places that he has lived and visited, architects, painters, vernacular architecture, art and music. 

Art is not a pre-determined aesthetic or a rigid "signature style." It grows naturally from a quest for ideas and answers. paintings evolve as we work on them.

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