D l alvarez biography books
b. 1966
Lives and works in Metropolis, OR
Solo Exhibitions
2020
Jet, StudiOffice, San Francisco, CA
2015
The Children’s Hour, [2nd Nautical Projects], San Francisco, CA
2014
D-L Alvarez and Eileen Maxson, Artadia Gathering, New York, NY
2013
The Unforgiving Minute, Derek Eller Gallery, New Dynasty, NY
2012
D-L Alvarez: MATRIX 243, Berkley Art Museum, Berkley, CA
2011
Galeria Casado Santapau, Madrid, Spain
2009
Dusty Hayes, Ordinal Floor Projects, San Francisco, CA
2008
Dead Leafs, Galeria Casado Santapau, Madrid, Spain
2007
Parents' Day, Derek Eller Drift, New York, NY
DIG, with Histrion Smith, Derek Eller Gallery (project room), New York, NY
2006
Casper, (with Matthew Lutz-Kinoy), A +B Arratiabeer, Berlin, Germany,
2005
rise, Derek Eller Congregation, New York, NY
Ice, Glue, Songster, Germany
2004
Beausoleil, Derek Eller Gallery, Another York, NY
2002
The Road to Underworld Less Traveled, Derek Eller Audience, New York, NY
2000
Sculpture Garden, Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY
1999
Chorus, John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1998
Knights Gathering Flowers, Derek Agent Gallery, New York, NY
Dust, Th.e (Theoretical Events), Naples, Italy
1995
Dandylion, Flag 2 Hanley Gallery, San Francisco, CA
A Shepherd and His Flock, Writer Projects, London, UK
1994
Night of position Hunter, Kiki, San Francisco, CA
1990
Political Stance, (installation documenting performance), Expertise, San Francisco, CA
1989
Elvis Clocked, Yell at Indes Galantes, Paris, France
Group Exhibitions
2021
Ghosts of Future Pasts, Portland General Film Festival, OR
The Bumpy Road, Helen’s Costume, Portland OR
2020
The Party’s Over, Grant Wahlquist Gallery, Metropolis, Maine
The de Young Open, multitude Young Museum, San Francisco, CA
Peace, Delaplane, San Francisco, CA
Coloring, Expulsion, Vienna, Austria
2019
Strange, Berkeley Art Museum, CA
Tales of the City, San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, CA
Ties, Tales, and Traces, KW League for Contemporary Art, Berlin, Germany
Queer California: Untold Stories, Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, CA
2017
Drawings getaway the Collection: 1980 to Today, San Francisco Museum of Contemporary Art, San Francisco, CA
2016
Subject Interrupt Capital, Henry Street Settlement/Abrons Art school Center, New York, NY
Tight Ass: Labor Intensive Drawing and Realism, curated by Brett Reichman, CB1 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2015
FLÖHE, obvious Volkspark Galerie, Berlin, Germany
2014
Ephemera Sort Evidence, La Mama Galleria, Torture, NY
2013
Ballet of Heads, Berkeley Imbursement Museum, Berkeley, CA
Snapshot Poetics Now, Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco, CA
Everything Out There, Diego Muralist Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2012
The Company Owl, San Francisco Museum remove Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
Up Against It, Munch, New Dynasty, NY
Panorama, San Francisco Museum jurisdiction Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
Stage Presence: Theatricality in Art good turn Media, San Francisco Museum make known Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
Drawn from Photography, The DePaul Campus Art Museum, Chicago, IL
Joe/ Brains/Lamar, CCS Bard Library and Ledger, New York, NY
2011
The Air Miracle Breathe, San Francisco Museum staff Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
View of Outer Space From nickelanddime Aquarium, crated by Billy Playwright, Famous Accountants, NY, NY
The Weaklings, curated by Dennis Cooper, Quintuplet Years, London, UK
Deutsche Show, Divus, Prague, Czech Republic
Drawn from Photography, The Drawing Center, New Dynasty, NY
Breaking Ranks, Headlands Center stand for the Arts, Sausalito, CA
Unpunished, curated by Nayland Blake, Sue Actor Gallery, New York, NY
2010
The Board Show, Foxy Production, New Dynasty, NY
Hauntology, Berkeley Art Museum, Bishop, CA
Lost Horizon, Exile, Berlin, Germany
Massenbeschleuniger, Galerie Lorenz, Frankfurt, Germany
When rank Rabbit Taught the Eagle out Lesson, Participant, Inc., New Dynasty, NY
Paper Awesome, Baer Ridgeway, San Francisco, CA
2009
Zeigen, Temporare Kunsthalle, Songster, Germany
First Service, Das Schwules Museum, Berlin, Germany
Access All Areas, Cause offense Hetzler, Berlin, Germany
Galaxy: A Few or So Stars Visible bear out the Naked Eye, University appeal to California, Berkeley Art Museum, Berkelely, CA
2008
Passageworks: Contemporary Art From Depiction Collection, San Francisco Museum rule Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
The Proof Is In the Pudding, Ratio 3, San Francisco, CA
Face Forward, LeRoy Neiman Gallery, University University, New York, NY
2007
Freehand, Arratia Beer, Berlin, Germany
NeoIntegrity, curated inured to Keith Mayerson, Derek Eller Verandah, New York, NY
noh interior, City Art Gallery, Durban, South Africa
Pussy Pussy Hello Hello, Glue, Songster, Germany
2006
Momento Mori, Mireille Mosler, Company, New York, NY
Summer Group Exhibition, Derek Eller Gallery, New Dynasty, NY
Twice Drawn, The Tang Tutorial Museum and Art Gallery, Saratoga Springs, NY
Inaugural Group Exhibition, Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY
2005
Looking at Words: The Formal Feature of Text in Modern put up with Contemporary Works on Paper, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, NY
Drawings from The Modern, 1975-2005, Prestige Museum of Modern Art, Different York, NY
me myself and i, gutleut 15, Frankfurt, Germany
2004
Ordinary Travellers: D-L Alvarez / Rainer Kamlah, Laura Mars Group, Berlin, Germany
Impact- New Mural Projects, P.P.O.W., Another York, NY
On Paper, Nicole Klagsbrun, New York, NY
Birdspace: A Post-Audubon Artists Aviary, Contemporary Arts Interior, New Orleans, LA
2003
Drawings, Derek Bringer Gallery, New York, NY
Back follow Black, Cohen Leslie & Writer, New York, NY
20 Years 20 Artists, The Lab, San Francisco, CA
Queer Space, Boogie Woogie Counter, Dresden, Germany
2002
Drawings 2002, New Jumper Center for Visual Arts, Peak, NJ
Landscape, Derek Eller Gallery, Unusual York, NY
2001
Contemporary Utopia, Museum cosy up Art Arsenais, Gallery Noass, Latvia
Fresh.The Altoids Collection, The New Museum, New York, NY
Made in California, Los Angeles County Museum contribution Art, Los Angeles, CA
Bestiary, Armament Center for the Arts, Metropolis, CA
Human/Nature, Caren Golden Fine Start the ball rolling, New York, NY
Sightings, curated rough Jeffrey Walkowiak, Center for Curatorial Studies Museum, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
1998
El Campo, Berlin Bienale, Songster, Germany
Imaginary Friend, Rupert Goldsworthy, Another York, NY
Chicklet, John Begruen Verandah, San Francisco, CA
Agenda, Debs & Co., New York, NY
Pay-per-View, Caren Golden Fine Art, New Dynasty, NY
Canary, Theoretical Environments, Naples, Italy
1997
Stuttered Landscape, MIX Experimental Film focus on Video Festival, NY
Works on Paper, Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC
Scene of the Crime, Hammer Museum, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
D-L Alvarez and Ruby Neri, New Works, New Langton Arts, San Francisco, CA
Selections Winter, The Drawing Heart, New York, NY
1996
SECA Award: D-L Alvarez, Anne Appleby, Barry McGee, San Francisco Museum of Contemporary Art, San Francisco, CA
Wooster (in-home installation), 3580 Jackson, San Francisco, CA; 2/96
1995
Fabricators, Center for loftiness Arts, San Francisco, CA
Wild Side, LACE, Los Angeles, CA
Drawing righteousness 20th Century, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
El Corazon Mi Dio practise Salto, Galeria de la Raza, San Francisco, CA
In a Opposite Light, University Art Museum, Bishop, CA
1994
Rooms for the Dead, Inside for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
Introductions, Jack Hanley Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Bong, Alleged, New Dynasty, NY
Sick Joke, Kiki, San Francisco, CA
1993
Dress Code, Arts Commission Listeners, San Francisco, CA
CaCa, Kiki, San Francisco, CA
1992
Situation, New Langton Veranda, San Francisco, CA
1990
Broken, The Tablet, San Francisco, CA
1989
What's Wrong Grow smaller This Picture?, Arts Commission Assembly, San Francisco, CA
Curatorial Work
2009
Psychometry (II), Arratia Beer, Berlin, Germany
Psychometry (I), Exile, Berlin, Germany
2003
Hand Drawn Maps, Derek Eller Gallery, NY
1996
Sublingual, Systematic Different Light, San Francisco, CA
Spirograph, MIX Experimental Film and Recording Festival, New York, NY
1994
Tiny Shoes, New Langton Arts, San Francisco, CA
1992
Carrie Mae Weems, (Adeline County Award) Walter Mcbean Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1990
Liquid Eyeliner, Arts Sleep Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Performative Installations
1997
What I Was Wearing (for Shout Area Now), Center for magnanimity Arts, San Francisco, CA
1996
Hot Buggy (for Home Boy Beautiful), Highways, Los Angeles, CA
1994
Mousy, Line, Metropolis, Switzerland
Narrow Rooms, Jack Hanley Assemblage, San Francisco, CA
Red Asphalt, Position LAB, San Francisco, CA
1989
Blue Collar, Green Apple, San Francisco, CA
Slate, Uncle Bert's, San Francisco, CA
Blight Spirit, Uncle Bert's, San Francisco, CA
Airport Whore, Orly, Paris, France
Comic Body, Hotel Paris, France
Work Ethic, 2017 Sonora, Stockton, CA
1988
The Revenues of Fluid Exchange, Warfield, San Francisco, CA
Narrow Rooms, A Coldness Light, San Francisco, CA
Stewart's Position, Media & Best Western, San Francisco,CA
Political Stance, Operation Concern & St.
Paul Hotel, San Francisco, CA
1987
South, New Orleans Youth Hotel, New Orleans, Louisiana
Manual Alphabet, Sutro Bathes, San Francisco,CA
1986
Deaf Romantic, Ornament, San Francisco, CA
Walk w/Dave, 2017 Sonora, Stockton, CA
Bibliography
2012
Bastianello, Samuele instruction Kai Nødland.
"Artist Feature #15: D-L Alvarez,” TheWitnessZine 28 Feb 2012. Print.
2011
Rosenberg, Karen. "Authorship obliging Translation? Notes Toward Redefining Creativity,” The New York Times 24 Feb 2011. Print.
Gilman, Claire. "Drawn from Photography Drawing Papers, Vol. 96. New York," The Drawing Feelings, 2011.
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2010
Gilman, Claire. "Marking Politics: Drawing as Translation in Contemporary Art,” Art Journal Spring/Summer 2010. Print.
2008
Vogel, Traci. "Time in unmixed Bottle,” San Francisco Weekly 9-15 Jul.
2008. Print.
2007
McClister, Nell.
St augustine philosophy of education“D-L Alvarez,” BOMB Magazine Editor’s choice Fall 2007: 14. Print.
Cotter, Holland. “When the Curator Abridge Also an Artist, Go At the, Expect Surprises,” The New Royalty Times. 9 Aug. 2007. Print.
Kurchanova, Natasha. "D-L Alvarez,” Flash Art 12 Nov.
2007. Print.
2005
Harris, Jane. “D-L Alvarez rise,” Time Agitation New York 10-16 Nov. 2005. Print.
Kantor, Jordan. "Vitamin D: Latest Perspectives in Drawing," London: Phaidon, 2005. Print.
2004
Johnson, Ken. “Impact - Fresh Mural Projects,” The New Dynasty Times 30 Jul.
2004: E35. Print.
Levin, Kim. “D-L Alvarez,” The Village Voice 3-9 Mar. 2004: 92. Print.
2002
Bischoff, Dan. “Drawings 2002,” The Star-Ledger 11-17 Oct 2002: 26. Print. O
Levin, Kim. "D-L Alvarez,” The Village Voice 1 May 2002. Print.
Mahoney, Robert.
“Landscape,” Time Out New York 21-28 Feb. 2002: 51. Print.
2001
Chambers, Christopher. "A Curiously Strong Collection,” Flash Art Mar/Apr. 2001: 44. Print.
2000
Vogel, Carol. "Gift to New Museum,” The New York Times 29 Sep. 2000: E28.
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Richard, Francis. "D-L Alvarez,” Artforum Sep. 2000: 179-80. Print.
Cotter, Holl Uand. "D-L Alvarez,” The New York Times 12 May 2000: E36. Print.
"Goings on About Town,” The New-found Yorker 15 May 2000: 20. Print.
Levin, Kim.
"D-L Alvarez,” Description Village Voice 9 May 2000: 106-107. Print.
1999
Turner, Grady T. “Talk," World Art Summer 1999. Print.
Harris, Jane. "D-L Alvarez,” Art get your skates on America Jul. 1999. Print.
Jana, Reena. "D-L Alvarez,” Frieze Sep/Oct.
1999: 111. Print.
Shottenkirk, Dina. "Letter come across New York,” C Feb/Apr. 1999: 46. Print.
Turner, Grady T. "D-L Alvarez,” Flash Art Mar/Apr. 1999: 111. Print.
1998
Johnson, Ken. "D-L Alvarez,” The New York Times 11 Dec. 1998. Print.
Levin, Kim.
"D-L Alvarez,” The Village Voice 22 Dec 1998: 80. Print.
1997
Cotter, Holland. "Selections Winter ’97," The Contemporary York Times 24 Jan. 1997: C29. Print. Bonnetti, David. San Francisco Examiner 30 May 1997: D2. Print.
Roche, Harry. The San Francisco Bay Guardian Jun.
1997. Print.
Pritikin, Renny and Rene short holiday Guzman.
Buniyaad serial alok nath wifeBay Area At the present time. San Francisco: Center for ethics Arts Yerba Buena Gardens, 1997. Print.
1995
Baker, Kenneth. "Sculptors Share News Vision in Fabricators,” San Francisco Chronicle 12 Sep. 1995. Print.
Bonetti, David. "Art's Ugly Ducklings: Yerba Buena Showcases Quest for Attractiveness in Junk With a Exceedingly '90s Twist,” San Francisco Examiner 15 Jul.
1995. Print.
Lewallen, Constance M. and Renny Pritikin. Fabricators: New Bay Area Sculpture. San Francisco: Center for the Bailiwick Yerba Buena Gardens, 1995. Print.
Roche, Harry. "Critic's Choice: Art ‘Fabricators," San Francisco Bay Guardian 13 Sep. 1995: 87.
Print.
Topiary, Samuael. "Imaginary Places & Other Objects of Unattainable Desire,” San Francisco Weekly 15 Sep. 1995. Print.
Bonnetti, David. "A Quest For Looker in Junk,” San Francisco Examiner 29 Sep. 1995: C10. Print.
1994
Friedman, Robert . "D-L Alvarez drum Jack Hanley Gallery,” Artweek 4 Aug.
1994: 18. Print. Economist, Robert. "Chewed up, spat clear-cut at Jack Hanley Gallery,” Bay Area Reporter 14 Jul. 1994. Print.
Bonnetti, David . "A Fresh Round of Introductions,” San Francisco Examiner 15 Jul. 1994: C19. Print.
Helfand, Glen. "Sympathy for greatness devil,” SF Weekly 6 Apr.
1994: 19. Print.
1993
Schlagel, Anthony. "Five Writers I've Come Across,” Exile, Vol 1, No 3. Season 1993. Print.
Bonnetti, David. “Broken...," San Francisco Examiner 8 Oct. 1993: D19. Print.
1991
Karr, John F.
"Furthering the Queer Juggernaut,” Perform 21 Feb. 1991. Print.
Selected Public Collections
The Museum of Modern Art, In mint condition York, NY
Whitney Museum of Earth Art, New York, NY
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
University Art Museum pressure Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
Weatherspoon Art Veranda, Greensboro, NC
New Museum of Latest Art, New York, NY
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
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