Rene Alvarado

René Alvarado (b. 1972)
The artist spent the first seven years of his life in the small Mexican town of
El Manantial, Coahuila, just outside of Torrenón, before immigrating first to Wyoming and then to San Angelo. Moving between Mexico, Wyoming, and Texas, Alvarado found solitude within the familiar environments of his family, cultural heritage, the ranching communities that remained a constant feature of his
life, and, ultimately, his art. Alvarado’s paintings also carry psychological depth. His works, rich with symbolism and emotive expression, celebrate the joys and trivialities of life and death. Alvarado’s art acts as a cathartic form of self- expression that enables him to communicate what words cannot capture. He attributes the dreamlike essence in his work to a childhood in which he was daydreaming and enraptured in fantasy, unaware of the hardships that burden adults. His childhood curiosity and desire to create is represented by the spiritual and ethereal quality of his paintings,which are often compared to surrealist dreamscapes. Alvarado’s paintings are conceptually layered with symbolism and have been called figurative surrealism. He studied at the San Antonio Art Institute and San Antonio College. The Texas Commiss...

Education
1992-94 San Antonio College
1991-92 San Antonio Art Institute.

Solo Exhibitions

2019 René Alvarado “Tribal Narratives” René Alvarado Fine Arts Gallery, San Angelo, Texas
2019 Anarte Gallery & Studio “Social Observation” San Antonio, TX.
2018 Flores De Cristal, René Alvarado Fine Arts Gallery, San Angelo, Texas
2017 Instituto Allende, San Miguel de Allende , Guanajuato , Mexico
2016 Gallery Shoal Creek “René Alvarado” Austin, TX
2015 Jorge Mendez Gallery “Journey Of The Subconscious”. PalmSprings,CA
2013 Georgetown Art Center “René Alvarado” Georgetown, TX
2012 Gallery Shoal Creek “Metaphorically Speaking” Austin, TX
2011 Ellen Noel Art Museum "From The Pueblo To West Texas: René Alvarado" Odessa, TX
2011 Maestros Tejanos 2011 - René Alvarado: Memories From El Manantial, Latino Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas
2010 Museum Of The Southwest "René Alvarado, The Madonna As Muse"Midland, TX
2009-10 The Madonna As Muse: The Paintings Of René Alvarado, Art Museum Of Southeast Texas, Beaumont, Texas
2009 The Paintings Of René Alvarado, Wichita Falls Museum Of Art At Midwestern State University, Wichita Falls, Texas
2008 Gallery Shoal Creek, Austin, Texas
2008 The Madonna As Muse: The Paintings Of Ren...