b. 1983 / Seville, Spain.
Works in Catskill, New York
Education
2017 MFA / Painting / New York Academy of Art
2005 BFA / Drawing / Pratt Institute / Brooklyn, NY
Solo Exhibitions
2024. Through Painted Panes / CHART / New York, NY (forthcoming)
2020 P.O.V. / Miriam Gallery / Brooklyn, NY + Online
Two-Person Exhibitions
2023 Vestige, Tania Alvarez & Sydney Ellison, Pratt Munson Gallery, Fountain Elms - Munson, Utica, NY
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024 The Golden Thread: A Fiber Art Show / BravinLee Programs Off-Site / New York, NY (forthcoming)
Platform x Chart / CHART / New York, NY / Online
IFPDA Print Fair / BoothB05 / New York, NY
May You Live the Rest of Your Life / BravinLee Programs / New York, NY
2023 P(re)view / Galeria Belard / Lisbon, Portugal
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 Gallery Open Call / Delphian Gallery / London, UK
Memory Palace / Curated by Kate Mothes / Jackson Dinsdale Art Center / 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
2015 Deck the Walls / New York Academy of Art / 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 / Queens, 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 / New York, NY
10 x 10 Benefit Exhibition / Art Plus LIC / Queens, NY
LIC Open Studios / Paint Can Studios / Queens, 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 University Art Museum, University at Albany, Permanent Collection, Albany, NY
2022 Boise City Department of Arts and History, Permanent Collection, Boise, Idaho
2017-21 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 / Artist-in-Residence / New Berlin, NY
The Studios at MASS MoCA / Artist-in-Residence / North Adams, MA
2017 Cuttyhunk Island Artists’ Residency / Artist-in-Residence / Cuttyhunk Island, MA
NYAA Merit Scholarship / Alumni Association of New York Academy of Art / NY, NY
2016 Artist-in-Residence / Central Academy Of Fine Arts (CAFA) / Beijing, China
2005 Honors Award / Pratt Institute / Brooklyn, NY