Lisa Alvarado
Lisa Alvarado (born 1982) is an American painter and harmonium player.[1]
Alvarado's paintings operate as stage sets, artworks, and ritual objects simultaneously, and engage with abstraction outside the parameters of western art history.[2][3] Designed for meditative eye and ear consumption in accordance with music, her performative paintings often accompany the psych-minimalist ensemble Natural Information Society, for which Alvarado plays harmonium.[4][5][6]
Life
Alvarado was born in San Antonio, Texas to a Tejano family.[7] She studied at San Antonio College and The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She joined Natural Information Society in 2010.[8][9] Alvarado is represented by Bridget Donahue Gallery in New York.[10]
Exhibitions and performances
Alvarado's recent solo exhibitions include 'Polyphonic Shadow Cloth,' LC Queisser, Tbilisi (2018); ‘Sound Talisman,’ Bridget Donahue, New York (2017) and ‘Traditional Object,’ Soccer Club Club, Chicago (2013). Recent group exhibitions include 'Out of Easy Reach,' UIC, Chicago; 'Alan Shields Project,' Van Doren Waxter, New York'; Lisa Alvarado, Alex Olson, Daniel Sinsel,' Mary Mary, Glasgow (all 2018); ‘The Freedom Principle: Experiments in Art and Music, 1965 to Now,’ Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia (2017) and Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago (2015); ‘Material Issue,’ KMAC Museum, Louisville (2016).[2][11]
Selected performances include Palais de Tokyo, Paris (2019); Pitchfork, Chicago; Rewire, Netherlands (both 2018); Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia (both 2017); Japan Society, New York; The Common Guild, Glasgow; Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art, Portugal (all 2016).[12]
Discography
with Joshua Abrams & Natural Information Society
- Natural Information (Eremite Records MTE-61, 2014)
- Representing (Eremite Records MTE-58, 2012; MTE-62, 2014)
- Magnetoception (Eremite Records MTE-63/64, 2015)
- Automaginary, (Drag City, 2015), Natural Information Society and Bitchin Bajas
- Simultonality (Eremite Records MTE-68, 2017)
- Mandatory Reality (Eremite Records MTE-70/71 x2LP, 2019)
References
- ^ Beckwith, Naomi and Roelstraete, Dieter (2015). "The Freedom Principle: Experiments in Art and Music, 1965 to Now". p. 40. Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago and University Of Chicago Press.
- ^ a b Kopel, Dana (2 May 2017). "Vibrational Aesthetics: Lisa Alvarado" Mousse Magazine.
- ^ Bucciero, Joe (1 May 2017). "Lisa Alvarado: Sound Talisman", The Brooklyn Rail.
- ^ Cotter, Holland (27 April 2017). "10 Galleries to Visit Now on the Lower East Side". The New York Times.
- ^ Alvarado, Lisa (March 2019). "The Inner Sleeve". The Wire UK. 421: 73.
- ^ Saltz, Jerry (16 April 2017). "To Do: April 19-May 3, 2017". New York Magazine.
- ^ Coiro, Alec (17 May 2017). "Sound Activated Art by Lisa Alvarado". Ravelin Magazine.
- ^ The New Yorker (1 May 2017). “Lisa Alvarado”. The New Yorker.
- ^ Glenn, Allison (2016). "Derrick Adams: ON, Transmission and Interruptions", p.3. Pioneer Works Press, New York.
- ^ Sauer, Jennifer. "Great Expectations: An Interview with Bridget Donahue". Art Dependence Magazine.
- ^ SCHEPER, MORITZ. "Lisa Alvarado's Paintings Activate the Canvas as Body". Frieze Magazine.
- ^ Russonello, Giovanni (20 April 2017). "Pop, Rock and Jazz in NYC This Week". The New York Times.
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