Tania Alvarez

Tania Alvarez (b. 1983, Seville, Spain) earned her MFA at the New York Academy of Art in 2017 and BFA at Pratt Institute in 2005. Her work has been exhibited at Miriam Gallery (Brooklyn, NY, solo), Woodstock Artists Association and Museum (Woodstock, NY), Collar Works (Troy, NY), Golden Artists Colors (New Berlin, NY), The Clinton Foundation (Harlem, NY), Jackson Dinsdale Art Center (Hastings, NE), The Untitled Space (New York, NY), Matthew Flowers Gallery (New York, NY), First Street Gallery, (New York, NY), and abroad at The Delphian Gallery (London, UK). Alvarez has been awarded residencies at The Sam and Adele Golden Foundation, The Studios at MASS MoCA, Cuttyhunk Island Artists Residency, The Central Academy Of Fine Arts Residency (Beijing, China), and The James Castle House Residency in Boise, Idaho (2022). She is a two-time recipient of the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant and currently lives/works in Upstate, NY.

Statement:

Through the use of mixed media and acrylic, my work explores memory through
painted interior spaces. In my paintings, each mark, memory, or object transfers the
traces of my lived experience onto the canvas and allows the piece to act as a
distanced self-portrait. Window-like forms, which...

2017
Master of Fine Arts, Painting, New York Academy of Art

2005
Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY, Bachelor of Fine Arts

2003
Pratt at Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute (PrattMWP), Utica, NY, Commencement

Solo Exhibitions
2020 P.O.V. / Miriam Gallery / Brooklyn, NY + Online
2021 Between The Lines / Smallbany Gallery / Online

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022
Rostro / Charlie James Gallery / Los Angeles, CA
ECON 101 / Levee Contemporary / Princeton, WI
McNay Print Fair / McNay Museum / San Antonio, Tx
The Wood for the Trees / Hawk and Hive / Andes, NY
Notes From The Interior / Alexey von Schlippe Gallery / Groton, CT

2021
Mohawk Hudson Regional / Albany Center Gallery / Albany, NY
Lend Me Your Eyes / Aux Gallery / New York, NY
Cuttyhunk Small Works Show / The Killburn Mill / New Bedford, MA
House and Universe / Woodstock Artists Association and Museum / Woodstock, NY
Flat File / Deanna Evans Projects / Brooklyn, NY / Online

2020
Summer Exhibition / New York Academy of Art / Online
Hot Paper / Got It For Cheap / Oslo, Norway / Online
2019
Guts Gallery x Delphian Gallery, The Factory, London, UK
Unseen, Curated by Akili Tommasino, Collar Works, Troy, NY
Made In Paint, Golden Artist Colors, New Berlin, NY
Delphian Open Call 2019 Group Exhibition, Delphian Gallery, London, UK
Memory Palace, Hastings College + YNGSPC Juried Exhibition, Hastings, NE

2018
Little But Fierce, Chashama, New...