Lisa Alvarado

Lisa Alvarado (born 1982) is an American painter and harmonium player.[1]

Lisa Alvarado (2018) in Aarhus, Denmark

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

References
  1. 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.
  2. Kopel, Dana (2 May 2017). "Vibrational Aesthetics: Lisa Alvarado" Mousse Magazine.
  3. Bucciero, Joe (1 May 2017). "Lisa Alvarado: Sound Talisman", The Brooklyn Rail.
  4. Cotter, Holland (27 April 2017). "10 Galleries to Visit Now on the Lower East Side". The New York Times.
  5. Alvarado, Lisa (March 2019). "The Inner Sleeve". The Wire UK. 421: 73.
  6. Saltz, Jerry (16 April 2017). "To Do: April 19-May 3, 2017". New York Magazine.
  7. Coiro, Alec (17 May 2017). "Sound Activated Art by Lisa Alvarado". Ravelin Magazine.
  8. The New Yorker (1 May 2017). “Lisa Alvarado”. The New Yorker.
  9. Glenn, Allison (2016). "Derrick Adams: ON, Transmission and Interruptions", p.3. Pioneer Works Press, New York.
  10. Sauer, Jennifer. "Great Expectations: An Interview with Bridget Donahue". Art Dependence Magazine.
  11. SCHEPER, MORITZ. "Lisa Alvarado's Paintings Activate the Canvas as Body". Frieze Magazine.
  12. Russonello, Giovanni (20 April 2017). "Pop, Rock and Jazz in NYC This Week". The New York Times.
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