Michael Alvarez

Artist

Michael Alvarez

b. 1983 Los Angeles, Ca

Education

BFA- Art Center College of Design 2007

Solo Shows

2022

Good Looking Out- Matthew Brown Gallery, Los Angeles, Ca

2019

Mama's Boys and Other Stories- Riverside Art Museum- Riverside, Ca

2018

We're Out Here- Marlborough Contemporary, New York, NY

2016

Sorealism- MaRS, Los Angeles,Ca

Group Shows

2024

At the Edge of the Sun- Jeffery Deitch Gallery- Los Angeles, Ca

2023

Ordinary People- Long Beach Museum of Art, curated by Tlaloc Studios- Long Beach, Ca

Made in LA 2023: Acts of Living- Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, Ca

The View We Seek- High Bay Gallery, New York, NY

Collaborative Pop Up with Anthony Gallery and Sow & Tailor

Group Shoe 3- House of Seiko, San Francisco, Ca

Dirty Realism: Otra Noche en L.A- Veta Galeria,

Madrid, Spain

2022

Hot Concrete: LA to HK, K11 Musea- Hong Kong

with Sow & Tailor and Woaw Gallery

What it Could Be- Stony Island Art Bank, Chicago, IL

with Anthony Gallery

Cheech Collects- The Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art & Culture, Riverside, Ca

2021

Hot Concrete- Sow & Tailor, Los Angeles, Ca

LXS ANGELINXS- Galeria Javier Lopez y Fer Francis, Madrid, Spain

2019

Top Wizards, Richard Heller Gallery, Santa Monica, Ca

2018

Divided Brain- Lava Projects- Alhambra, Ca

35x35: Dual Vision- Mexican Cultural and Cinematographic Center, Consulate General of Mexico in Los Angeles- Los Angeles, Ca

2017

Dark Progressivism: The Built Environment- Museum of Art and History- Lancaster, Ca

4th SUR:biennial Cerritos College Art Gallery- Cerritos,Ca

2015

All Types of Characters- Joshua Liner Gallery- New York, Ny

Ill Squad- Giant Robot- Santa Monica, Ca

2014

Cal State Northridge- This is Not a Self Portrait- Northridge, Ca

2013

Market Gallery- Poor/Fancy- Los Angeles, Ca

2012

5790 Projects/Mark Moore Gallery- Against the Grain- Culver City, Ca

Needles and Pens- Everything Ever and Nothing Never- San Francisco, Ca

Cerritos College- Facial Expression: Immanence Envisaged- Cerritos, Ca

Longmont Museum- Street Cred- Longmont, Co

2011

Pasadena Museum of California Art-Street Cred- Pasadena, Ca

2010

Pasadena Museum of California Art- Ulysses Guide to the Los Angeles River show- Pasadena, Ca

2009

Desmadre Arte: Fresh Latino Perspectives in America -Vermillion Gallery Seattle, Wa

Jab Strong Fierce(Street Fighter Tribute Show)- Gallery Nucleus Alhambra, Ca

Dreams to Reality benefit show- Gallery Nucleus Alhambra, Ca

Under the Influence- Gallery 1988 Los Angeles, Ca

2008

Gen Art Vangaurd Fair- Maimi, FL

Assholism - Thinkspace Los Angeles, Ca

Installation artist- The Hive Los Angeles, Ca

Publications

2021- my.ism- Community Vol 2

2019- New American Painting #145

2017- New American Painting #133

2015- Juxtapoz Magazine, July 2015

2013- Studio Visit Vol 23

2011- Thrasher Magazine: Canvas September 2011

2009- UGLARBOOK: Ulysses Guide to the Los Angeles River

Media

Los Angeles Times Image by Julissa James, February 2024

Alta Journal Five Artists to Know from the Hammer's 'Made in L.A.' Exhibit by Ajay Orona, September 2023

Hyperallergic Paintings Born of LA’s Grit and Grime by Matt Stromberg, November 2022

Beautiful Decay

Collections

The Cheech Marin Collection

Teaching

2008-2022 ArtworxLA