Lisa Alvarado

Lisa Alvarado (born 1982) is an American Xicana visual artist and harmonium player.[1][2]

Lisa Alvarado (2018) in Aarhus, Denmark

Hybridity, in-betweenness, and multiplicity are central to Alvarado’s work.[3] Her practice is an exercise in balance, bridging visual art and sound to create works that "feel at once spiritual and grounded in the physical, natural world".[4] Her paintings "operate as stage sets, artworks, and ritual objects simultaneously, and engage with abstraction beyond the parameters of western art history".[4] Alvarado's practice is rooted in a Xicana perspective[2] and "vibrational aesthetics",[4][1] "channeling Mexican and Tibetan textiles; Anni Albers; and AfriCobra artists like Jeff Donaldson, Wadsworth Jarrell and Barbara Jones-Hogu".[5]

The free-hanging paintings of Alvarado often accompany the musical ensemble Natural Information Society, for which she plays harmonium.[5][6][7]

Life

Alvarado was born in San Antonio, Texas to a Mexican American Tejano family who faced Mexican Repatriation, the mass deportation of Mexican-Americans from the United States between 1929 and 1936.[2][3][8] Alvarado often incorporates family photos into her practice.[3][9]

Alvarado studied at San Antonio College and The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She joined Natural Information Society in 2010.[10][11][12] Alvarado is represented by Bridget Donahue Gallery in New York.[13][7]

Exhibitions and performances

Alvarado's recent solo exhibitions include Thalweg, Bridget Donahue, New York (2020); Polyphonic Shadow Cloth,'LC Queisser, Tbilisi (2018); Sound Talisman, Bridget Donahue, New York (2017) and Traditional Object, Soccer Club Club, Chicago (2013). Recent group exhibitions include Out of Easy Reach, UIC, Chicago; Alan Shields Project, Van Doren Waxter, New York ; Lisa Alvarado, Alex Olson, Daniel Sinsel, Mary Mary, Glasgow (all 2018); The Freedom Principle: Experiments in Art and Music, 1965 to Now, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia (2017) and Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago (2015); Material Issue, KMAC Museum, Louisville (2016).[14][15][16][17]

Selected performances include Palais de Tokyo, Paris (2019); Pitchfork, Chicago; Rewire, Netherlands (both 2018); Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia (both 2017); Japan Society, New York; The Common Guild, Glasgow; Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art, Portugal (all 2016).[18]

Discography

with Joshua Abrams & Natural Information Society

References
  1. Beckwith, Naomi and Roelstraete, Dieter (2015). "The Freedom Principle: Experiments in Art and Music, 1965 to Now". p. 40. Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago and University Of Chicago Press.
  2. Lopez, Mia (2018). Out of Easy Reach. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. pp. 14–15. ISBN 978-0-9850960-6-9.
  3. STEINHAUER, JILLIAN (19 August 2020). "3 Art Gallery Shows to See Right Now". The New York Times.
  4. Kopel, Dana (2 May 2017). "Vibrational Aesthetics: Lisa Alvarado" Mousse Magazine.
  5. Cotter, Holland (27 April 2017). "10 Galleries to Visit Now on the Lower East Side". The New York Times.
  6. Saltz, Jerry (16 April 2017). "To Do: April 19-May 3, 2017". New York Magazine.
  7. HEINRICH, WILL (2 May 2019). "At Frieze New York, Islands of Daring". The New York TImes.
  8. Balderrama, Francisco E. (1995). Decade of Betrayal, Mexican Repatriation in the 1930's. University of New Mexico Press. ISBN 0-8263-1575-5.
  9. Trouillot, Terence (27 July 2020). "New York roundup". E-FLUX, ART AGENDA.
  10. The New Yorker (1 May 2017). “Lisa Alvarado”. The New Yorker.
  11. Glenn, Allison (2016). "Derrick Adams: ON, Transmission and Interruptions", p.3. Pioneer Works Press, New York.
  12. Alvarado, Lisa (March 2019). "The Inner Sleeve". The Wire UK. 421: 73.
  13. Sauer, Jennifer. "Great Expectations: An Interview with Bridget Donahue". Art Dependence Magazine.
  14. SCHEPER, MORITZ. "Lisa Alvarado's Paintings Activate the Canvas as Body". Frieze Magazine.
  15. Bucciero, Joe (1 May 2017). "Lisa Alvarado: Sound Talisman", The Brooklyn Rail.
  16. Coiro, Alec (17 May 2017). "Sound Activated Art by Lisa Alvarado". Ravelin Magazine.
  17. Reichert, Elliot (20 March 2015). "Imaginary Landscapes/Mana Contemporary". New City, Chicago.
  18. Russonello, Giovanni (20 April 2017). "Pop, Rock and Jazz in NYC This Week". The New York Times.
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