Artist: Alexander Alvarez | Location: Orlando, FL
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Artist: Alexander Alvarez | Location: Orlando, FL
Orlando, FL
Alexander Alvarez currently residing in Orlando, FL, where he earned his undergraduate’s degree. Alexander’s work is a combination of traditional painting techniques with experimentational material handling. He rips, shreds, tears, and breaks down materials to then mix and manipulate with layers of paint for texture and body. The use of untraditional surfaces of discarded and found materials are transformed to an elevated form of their former selves. A personal connection is made with the materials, seeing himself and loved ones represented in them. His interest in materials, nature and the human psyche began with his family’s history in farming and his former career as a truck driver of nearly two decades. Witnessing the vast amounts of industrial/consumer waste and time in solitude allowed him think, “There has to be another use for this, they can be appreciated again.” Inspired by past and present situations and surroundings, a juxtaposition of emotions drives his artwork.
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