RF. Alvarez

RF. Alvarez creates paintings, drawings, and art objects that serve as explorations of the queer identity within the Texas and American landscape. In his works, Alvarez creates visions of queer joy, where evocations of antiquity – a sort of idealized past – intertwine with visions of central Texas – a sort of contemplative present. His subject matter often includes totems of masculinity and femininity and arrives at a pointed narrative about the body and its relationship to its environment, its society and its heritage.

Born in 1988 in San Antonio, Texas, RF. Alvarez has exhibited works in solo shows with Uprise Art in New York City, Martin & Brockett in Los Angeles and Preacher Gallery in Austin. He has been included in group shows like Plurality of Isolations at Ruiz-Healy Art in San Antonio, The Art of Paper Fair in New York, and The Annual Report with Big Medium in Austin. He currently lives and works in Austin, Texas.