Joseph Alvarez aka hipnosia got degree in History of Art and in Fine Arts and he has also completed numerous courses in Contemporary Art and workshops about new technologies in video digital and live video as Pure Data (C. Sant Agustí, Barcelona), Resolume Avenue 3 with Edwin de Koning and Bart van der Ploeg  and Quartz Composer & VDMX ,Tracking Vj (Conservas - Telenoika, Barcelona).
He has worked in diferents creative areas as painting, graphic design, experimental video, veejing, Live Cinema...