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| Derek Alvarez Biography | |
| 1981 Born January 2nd in Whittier, California (Los Angeles County).Lives and works in Tucson, AZ. | |
| Education: | |
| 2004 University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ. BFA in painting, magna cum laude | |
| Awards: | |
| Awards and Recognition: 2006 Featured Artist of the Month of August at ArtistsRegister.com 2003 Art Department Cultural Diversity Scholarship awarded by the University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ. Bibliography: 2008 "Lisa’s Picks," Internet Article, ugallerey.com, Wednesday, 24 September, http://www.ugallery.com/NewsArticleDetail.aspx?NewsArticleID=152&RC=1 2006 "New York Gallery Exhibits Works by Tucson Artist," Article, Tucson Citizen, Thursday, 10 August, Calendar p. 22 | |
| Single Exhibitions: | |
| 2006 Art One Gallery, Phoenix, AZ. 2005 Epic Café, Tucson, AZ. | |
| Group Exhibitions: | |
| 2009 “Continuum” at Visual Arts Graduate Research Laboratory, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ. 2009 Press, City North in Scottsdale, AZ. 2008 Art One Gallery, Scottsdale and Tempe, AZ. 2008 “Dia de los Muertos” at Raices Taller 222 Art Gallery, Tucson, AZ. 2007 Art One Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ. 2006 "Contemporary Narratives" at Agora Gallery, New York, NY. 2006 “Visiones Nuevas” at Raices Taller 222 Art Gallery, Tucson, AZ. 2006 Art One Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ. 2005 Art One Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ. 2005 Solar Culture Gallery, Tucson, AZ. 2005 Art One Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ. 2005 “Blossom” at Solar Culture Gallery, Tucson, AZ. 2004 “Naipes: arte en las tarjetas” at Raices Taller 222 Art Gallery, Tucson, AZ. 2004 “Your Choice is Your Life” at Solar Culture Gallery, Tucson, AZ. 2004 “Dreams” at Solar Culture Gallery, Tucson, AZ. 2004 “School of Art BFA/BA Senior Exhibition” at the Student Union Gallery, Tucson, AZ. 2004 “Mimesis 10: The University of Arizona Printmaker’s Annual Show” at Gallery 410, Tucson, AZ. 2004 “Hope” at Solar Culture Gallery, Tucson, AZ. 2004 “University of Arizona Student Select Show” at the University of Arizona Art Building, Tucson, AZ. 2003 “Now is the Time” at Solar Culture Gallery, Tucson, AZ. 2003 “School of Art BFA/BA Senior Exhibition” at the Joseph Gross Gallery, Tucson, AZ. Juried Exhibitions: 2009 “Continuum” at Visual Arts Graduate Research Laboratory, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ. 2004 “25th Annual Visual Communications Student Exhibition” Honorable Mention at the Lionel Rombach Gallery, Tucson, AZ. | |
| Artist's Statement: | |
| I once read somewhere that landscape paintings are the most popular subject for art collectors to buy. After reading this, I remember pondering why this is so. Many times I have seen a painted landscape of a favorite place I have been that didn't quite capture the awe and wonder of actually being there. I believe that the best the artist can do is to capture the gestalt or the essence of the landscape, but the artist cannot actually take you there. However, I have often noticed how a near- or completely- abstract work of art can transform the room in which it is hung; thus creating a new sort of landscape -- a more cerebral one that is ready for interpretation. I am interested in how much and what type of information a viewer needs in order to "see" a landscape. My art would look a lot different if I did not own a computer that has the internet. I am a hoarder of information -- I feel the need to download and listen to every song that has ever been written, to see every painting that has ever been painted, or to read every book that has ever been written. I can't get enough, yet there is no way that my brain can remember all of this information. So what I do is try to create cohesiveness from this jumble of ideas. In the end, however, one can say that what I have created is in fact a landscape. This landscape is based on the beauty I have seen in nature, dreams I have had, and the vastness of the information super highway. | |
