RESUME

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. 

Alvarez’s work has been exhibited at Miriam Gallery Brooklyn, NY, (solo); Charlie James Gallery, Los Angeles, CA; McNay Museum Print Fair, San Antonio, TX; Golden Artists Colors, New Berlin, NY; The Clinton Foundation, Harlem, NY; The Hyde Collection, Glens Falls, NY; Delphian Gallery, London, UK; and Belard Gallery in Lisbon, Portugal among others. Alvarez’s works are in the permanent collections of the University Art Museum at the University at Albany and the Boise City Department of Arts and History in Idaho. Alvarez was an artist-in-residence at the James Castle House in Boise, ID; The Sam and Adele Golden Foundation in New Berlin, NY; The Studios at MASS MoCA in North Adams, MA; and the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing, China. She is a three-time recipient of the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant and currently works in Catskill, NY.

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b. 1983, Seville, Spain.

Lives/Works in Hudson Valley, New York

Education

2017     MFA, Painting, New York Academy of Art

2005    BFA, Drawing, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY

Solo Exhibitions

2020 P.O.V. / Miriam Gallery / Brooklyn, NY + Online

Two-Person  Exhibitions

2023  Vestige / Pratt Munson Alumni Exhibition / Tania Alvarez & Sydney Ellison / Utica, NY (forthcoming)

Selected Group Exhibitions

2023

Interlude: A Five-Year Residency Retrospective / The James Castle House / Boise, ID
Home Works / CHART / New York, NY
Dwelling / White Columns / New York, NY / Online
McNay Print Fair / McNay Museum / San Antonio, Tx
Foreland Studio Artists Group Show / Foreland / Catskill, NY

2022

Nice Work 2 / Sulk Chicago / Chicago, IL
Inside Out / Scroll NYC / New York, NY
Prelúdio / Galeria Belard / Lisbon, Portugal
Split and Becloud / The Hyde Collection / Glens Falls, NY
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 York, NY
Art Bangall, Pop-Up Exhibition, Bangall, NY
Future Stories, Intercontinental New York Barclay, New York, NY

2017     
Ways Through It, 375 Hudson Street, New York, NY
Take Home a Nude, Sotheby's, New York, NY
Annual Summer Exhibition, Matthew Flowers Gallery, New York, NY
MFA Thesis Exhibition, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY
UPRISE / ANGRY WOMEN, The Untitled Space, New York, NY

2016    
Emerging Dialogs: A Museum Takeover, Dayuntang Museum, Beijing, China
China Residency Exhibit,  New York Academy of Art, New York, NY
Shelter, Harlem School of the Arts, New York, NY

2014    
Pop-Up Series 2, On and Off The Wall, First Street Gallery, New York, NY
Invitational Exhibit by American League of Pen Women, LIC, NY

2013    
Flights of Fancy, Invite from ALPW, Taller Boricua Gallery, New York, NY
Second Annual Alumni Art and Design Fair, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
Art of The 5: Queens Represents, The Interchurch Center, Corridor Gallery, NY, NY
10 x 10 Benefit Exhibition, Art Plus LIC, Long Island City, NY
Square, Space Womb Gallery, Queens, NY 

2012     
Reflection, Space Womb Gallery, Queens, NY
Alumni Art and Design Fair, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
10 x 10 Benefit Exhibition, Art Plus LIC Gallery, Queens, NY

2011     
The Art Spirit 2, Invite from ALPW, St. Joseph College, Brooklyn, NY

Selected Collections

2022   Boise City Department of Arts and History, Permanent Collection, Boise, Idaho

2017-2020     The Clinton Foundation, Harlem, NY

Publications

2022  Matthew Rogowicz / PBS - AHA! A HOUSE FOR ARTS /Artist Tania Alvarez on Using Art to Communicate & Heal, April 11

2022   George Prentice / Boise State Public Radio - NPR’s Morning Edition / For Tania Alvarez, to work/live in James Castle House, his ghost is real and presence is ‘peaceful’, March 18

2022    Brooke Burton / Boise City Department of Arts and History / Creators, Makers, and Doers: Tania Alvarez, March 29

2022    Bowen West / The Boise Weekly / Tania Alvarez's art takes viewers to some place familiar, February 17

2020    Adi Berardini / Femme Art Review / Socially Distant But Still United: Art In The Time Of COVID-19, May 25

2019    THALIA / Volume 7 / online + print

2019    Quarter Marks / Volume 7 / online + print 

2018    Friend of the Artist, Volume 7, online / print

2018    Kate Abbott, The Berkshire Eagle, Artists In Residence Given Freedom to Work at Mass MoCA, January 26

2013    Daniel A Rabuzzi, Lobster and Canary, Interview with Tania Alvarez, January 13

Awards / Grants / Residencies

2023 The Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant, Canada

2023 White Columns Curated Artist Registry / Online

2022 University Art Museum Purchase Award / University at Albany / Albany, NY

2022 NYFA Emergency Grant / New York Foundation for the Arts / Brooklyn, NY 

2022    The James Castle House Residency / Boise Department of Arts and History / Boise, ID 

2021    The Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant, Canada

2019    The Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant, Canada

2018    The Sam and Adele Golden Foundation for the Arts, New Berlin, NY
            Artist in Residence, The Studios at MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA 

2017    Cuttyhunk Island Artists’ Residency, Cuttyhunk Island, MA
            NYAA Merit Scholarship, Alumni Association of New York Academy of Art, NY, NY

2016    Painting Residency, Central Academy Of Fine Arts (CAFA), Beijing, China

2005    Honors Award, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY