Lisa Alvarado (artist)

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Lisa Alvarado
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Lisa Alvarado (2018) in Aarhus, Denmark
Born1982 (age 43–44)
San Antonio, Texas, U.S.
EducationSan Antonio College
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
OccupationsVisual artist, musician
Known forFree-hanging abstract paintings, harmonium performances
Notable workPortable stage sets for musical performances
MovementAbstraction, multimedia art


Lisa Alvarado (born 1982) is an American visual artist and harmonium player.[1][2] She is known for her free-hanging abstract paintings.[3] Her works operate as stage sets and artworks simultaneously, and engage with abstraction beyond the parameters of western art history.[4] Alvarado's paintings accompany musical performances as mobile setting for the band Natural Information Society, for which she plays harmonium.[5]

Early life and education

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Alvarado was born in San Antonio, Texas to a Mexican American family.[6][7] She studied at San Antonio College and The School of the Art Institute of Chicago.[7] Alvarado joined the Natural Information Society in 2010.[8][9]

Artistic practice

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Alvarado's practice bridges visual art and sound to create works that explore the possibilities and nuances of abstraction.[4][10]

She began making her free-hanging works in 2010, as portable sets for the band Natural Information Society, an experimental ensemble of traditional and electronic instruments.[11] Her two-sided works float between categories—they are at once paintings, screens and tapestries that create airy partitions, delineating pathways, evoking both theatrical and ceremonial uses.[11][12][13]

Alvarado's hand-painted compositions consist of sequences that suggest foundational real-world materials: bricks, religious icons, single-celled organisms, the organic systems covering the natural information of life—things of which history and culture are formed.[12][14]

Alvarado's works recall a number of traditions, among them Mexican textiles and European and American Modernist painting, however they build on those sources to become something of their own.[10] Hybridity and in-betweenness are central to Alvarado's practice.[10] Her work calls attention to the idea of mestizaje, which refers to the cultural and ethnic mixing in Mexican history, and is expanded to mean a mixing of ideas and materials as a way to resist or bridge cultural and conceptual divides.[15]

Exhibitions and performances

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Alvarado's work is included in the Whitney Biennial 2022: Quiet as It's Kept, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.[1]

She has also exhibited her work at the Bergen Kunsthall, Norway; Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia; Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; Bridget Donahue, New York; The Modern Institute, Glasgow; KMAC Museum, Louisville. [16][17]

Selected performances include Palais de Tokyo, Paris; Pitchfork Music Festival, Chicago; Big Ears Music Festival, Knoxville; Rewire Festival, Netherlands; Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia; Japan Society, New York; The Common Guild, Glasgow; Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art, Portugal.[18][19]

Alvarado is represented by Bridget Donahue in New York.[20]

Discography

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with Joshua Abrams & Natural Information Society

References

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  2. ^ Beckwith, Naomi and Roelstraete, Dieter (2015). "The Freedom Principle: Experiments in Art and Music, 1965 to Now" Archived 2018-08-26 at the Wayback Machine. p. 40. Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago and University Of Chicago Press.
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  4. ^ a b Kopel, Dana (2 May 2017). "Vibrational Aesthetics: Lisa Alvarado" Mousse Magazine.
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  8. ^ Glenn, Allison (2016). "Derrick Adams: ON, Transmission and Interruptions", p.3. Pioneer Works Press, New York.
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  11. ^ a b The New Yorker (1 May 2017). "Lisa Alvarado". The New Yorker.
  12. ^ a b Bucciero, Joe (1 May 2017). "Lisa Alvarado: Sound Talisman", The Brooklyn Rail.
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