Tania Alvarez explores themes of impermanence, voyeurism, and home through her paintings of quotidian views. These works are about the evolution of memories—specifically how memories change over time—tracked through mirrored images, patterns, and repeated images of the places or experiences that shaped her identity. Alvarez creates psychological effects relating to temporality, change, or disembodiment through distorted scale and perspective. By consistently returning to a house image as an autobiographical element, she allows viewers to connect to her work through their personal experiences.

Tania Alvarez was born in 1983 in Seville, Spain, and lives in Catskill, NY. She earned her MFA at the New York Academy of Art in New York, NY (2017) and her BFA from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY (2005).

Alvarez has mounted solo exhibitions at Smallbany Gallery in Albany, NY (2021) and Miriam Gallery in Brooklyn, NY (2020).

She has participated in group shows such as P(re)view at Galeria Belard in Lisbon, Portugal (2023); Interlude: A Five-Year Residency Retrospective at The James Castle House in Boise, ID (2023); Home Works at CHART in New York City, NY (2023); Nice Work 2 at Sulk Chicago in Chicago, IL (2022); Inside Out at Scroll NYC in New York City, NY (2022), among others.

She was awarded The Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant (2023, 2021, 2019); the University Art Museum Purchase Award from the University at Albany (2022); a NYFA Emergency Grant from the New York Foundation for the Arts (2022); The James Castle House Residency from the Boise Department of Arts and History (2022); The Sam and Adele Golden Foundation for the Arts Artist-in-Residence at MASS MoCA (2018); and the Cuttyhunk Island Artists’ Residency on Cuttyhunk Island, MA (2017).

Alvarez’s artworks are in the permanent collections of the University Art Museum at the University at Albany in Albany, NY, and the Boise City Department of Arts and History in Boise, ID.