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Lisa Alvarado

2026 Milestone Grantee

Bio

Lisa Alvarado is a visual artist and musician who bridges vibrational forms and reimagines collective space. She works with painting, wall murals, light, sand, sound and musical performance, creating works that engage with abstraction as an ancient and global tradition. Alvarado plays harmonium in the band Natural Information Society and uses her free-hanging paintings as mobile stage sets. She has exhibited at The Fabric Workshop Museum, Joslyn Museum, The Kitchen, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum, 2022 Whitney Biennial, Bergen Kunsthall, ICA Philadelphia, MCA Chicago and the forthcoming Counterpublic Triennial. She has performed at Inhotim Museum, Le Guess Who, Pioneer Works, Palais De Tokyo, Serralves Museum, Documenta 13, Pitchfork Music Festival and recorded on albums released by eremite, Drag City and Aguirre Records.

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Artwork details

Shape of Artifact Time

, 2024
Acrylic, vinyl paint, canvas, reclaimed fringe and trim, wood102 × 83 inches
Shape of Artifact Time, 2024. Acrylic, vinyl paint, canvas, reclaimed fringe and trim, wood. 102 × 83 inches.

Artwork

  • Large, textile art piece displayed in a gallery. The artwork features two abstract, face-like shapes in red and blue, with geometric patterns and colors.
  • Sunlight filters through a window, casting red and orange polka dot patterns onto a wooden floor around a central metal column.
  • A music performance in a spacious room with abstract murals and crowd audience. Musicians play instruments.
  • Colorful abstract wall hanging with swirling patterns. Vibrant hues of red, pink, and turquoise form intricate, layered loops.
  • Two colorful abstract tapestries hang on a brick wall in a gallery with brick wall. The left tapestry has zigzag patterns and colors on a light yellow background. The right one features swirling shapes on a dark purple backdrop.

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