WHAT IS ART?

Art today expresses itself to us in the midst of its own bewilderment, before our equally bewildered senses. Today we find ourselves in the midst of the shifting sands of the diversity, the multiplicity and the plurality of the languages of art, without clear direction of what we see or in what we participate.
Jena Thomas solo show Acid Summer at 701 Center for the Contemporary Arts in Columbia, S.C.

From Alvarez Gallery, we would like to congratulate our represented artist Jena Thomas, who on July 15 of this year opened her solo exhibition “Acid Summer” at the 701 Center […]
Arturo Di Modica’s art: A memory

Arturo will forever be legend, friend, mentor, rebel and master scultptor who refused to take the traditional road in the art world Fernando Alvarez Fernando Luis Álvarez, gallery owner and […]
Curbside Show

https://alvarezgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Website-Banners_Curbside-low-1.mp4 ARTISTS Jena Thomas Ben Quesnel Jeff Robinson Vincent Serbin Our Gallery Artists were given the challenge to come-up with a work inspired by the “curbside” practice currently adopted in […]
Only Natural: The Art Of Jena Thomas

https://alvarezgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Only-Natural-banner-web.mp4 ARTISTS Jena Thomas Only Natural introduces us to instantaneous scenes, of the nature of the human, of its inherent need to generate an owned environment, where each one takes […]
Tabula Rasa: The Art Of Ben Quesnel

https://alvarezgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/banner-Tabula-rasa-3.mp4 ARTISTS Ben Quesnel The Latin phrase tabula rasa, translates to English as “blank slate.” It refers to the idea that we are born without preconceived notions or innate traits, […]
Opioid: Express Yourself

https://alvarezgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Banner-1.mp4 ARTISTS Ben Quesnel Purdue Spoon Antuan Rodríguez Lee Tal Nathan Lewis John J. Bedoya Jason Werner Clinton Deckert Matthew Paul Clearly Every day it’s in the news. Overdose deaths […]
Orange Show

https://alvarezgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/gif2.mp4 ARTISTS Jena Thomas Vincent Serbin Jeff Robinson Antuan Rodríguez Shelby Head John J. Bedoya Ben Quesnel Rex Prescott Walden Across our nation, the relentless march of COVID-19 has made […]
Shelby Head, selected for the Tulsa Artist Fellowship 2020-2021

Fernando Luis Álvarez Gallery is proud to announce the Tulsa Artist Fellowship has chosen Shelby Head, one of our artists, as one of the 18 Fellows for the 2020-2021 period. Head was selected from a rich group of more […]
Jena Thomas featured in The Momentary’s State of the Art 2020

Artist Jena Thomas was featured in the opening of The Momentary, a new space for contemporary visual and performing arts on the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, Arkansas. The Momentary opened its doors this past February 22nd with “State of the […]