Mario Sergio Alvarez
Questioning the strategies of manipulation of reality by those in power is one of the
principles of my work, through multidisciplinary art that consists of photography, installations,
paintings, films and public interventions.
Inspired by my own personal experiences as a migrant from a post-socialist country under Dictatorship (Cuba), my work transcends the purely biographical and touches universal themes such as ‘togetherness’, ‘memory’, ‘identity’ and ‘migration’. Always with the idea in my head that all art is political. You could say that my art is the result of the chaotic context that exists in Cuba, where the very concepts of "truth" and "history" are constantly changing so that the established power can survive. It is also the result of my new context as a migrant here in the Netherlands. Two completely different contexts that shape my identity as a person and as an artist.
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EDUCATION
2019 - Fine Arts. Instituto Superior de Arte (ISA). Havana, Cuba.
SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS
2024 -Grant- schilders & EKWC by Stichting Stokroos. Amsterdam, Holland.
-Kunstproject by Mondriaan fonds. Amsterdam, Holland.
2023 - Kunstenaar start by Mondriaan fonds. Amsterdam, Holland.
2022 - Social Aspect bij Derde Wal. Nijmegen,Holland.
2021 - Mentorschapsprogramma by We Like Art and organized by Schakel025. Amsterdam, Holland.
- Het Talentontwikkelingstraject Interactions by Post- Nijmegen. Nijmegen, Holland.
- Groeispurt Fonds. Nijmegen, Holland.
2020 - Residency online “Hot Wheelz Festival”. Chicago, U.S.A.
2019 - Norwegian Fund for Cuban Cinema. Norwegian Embassy. Havana, Cuba.
- Scholarships for the creation of the AHS “ReinodeesteMundo”. Havana,Cuba.
2017 -Residency“Art on Location: Artist, Site and Process”. School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC). Chicago, U.S.A.
COLLECTIONS
2024 - “De Tuin” by Fenix Museum, Rotterdam, Holland.
PERSONAL ART EXHIBITIONS
2024 -“Two Old Dogs” by Gallery Diez. Amsterdam, Holland.
-“Cabinets of Presence” by Post-Arnhem curated by Youri Appelo. Arnhem, Holland.
- Limburg Biënale by Odapark Centrum. Holland.
2023 - “De Tuin” by Rijnstate. Arnhem, Holland.
- "The Farm" by Singular Art Gallery, Nijmegen, Holland.
2022 -”Brief aan Joris Ivens: De grenzen van mijn Landschap” by Kunstruimte H47. Leeuwarden,Holland.
- “De Tuin” bij Ruis. Nijmegen, Holland.
2019 - Croma. XIII Biennial of Havana. Cuban Art Factory (FAC). Havana, Cuba.
- Croma. Cinema 23 y 12. Havana, Cuba.
COLLECTIVE ART EXHIBITIONS
2024 -NAP+ by We Like Art. Amsterdam, Holland.
-“Nieuwe Liefde ´24” by Kunstliefde. Utrecht, Holland.
-“Prospects 2024” in Art Rotterdam,by Mondriaan fonds.
2023 - "Exodus" by Bijbels Museum. Maarssen, Holland.
- "Hybrid Dialogues" by puntWG, Amsterdam, Holland.
2022 - “Social Aspects” by Derde Wal. Nijmegen, Holland.
-“ Sol en calma” by Kunst nacht in Singular Art Gallery, Nijmegen, Holland.
2021 - “Compost (Un)becoming” by Post- Nijmegen. Nijmegen, Holland.
- “Portret”event organized by New Rootz MDT Diversity. Nijmegen, Holland.
- “Affective Storytelling” online film event organized by Oddstream. Nijmegen, Holland.
2020 -“I can see my house from here”. Virtual collective exhibition for ‘Festival Hot Wheelz’. Chicago, U.S.A.
- “Croma” 3rd Asuncion International Biennial – BIA. Paraguay
- “Feral”(senseLab) Gallery Dnasco Studio. Havana,Cuba.
2019 - “Dépayser”, Back from LH. En RESONANCE, 15 Biennale of Lyon. Museum of Contemporary Art of Lyon.
- “PUZZLE”, review of young art. 2nd Opening. Gallery Workshop Gorría (GTG). Havana, Cuba.
- “13Relatos+1.” Gallery Arte Sano. Havana, Cuba.
- “Indagar lo propio.” XIII Biennial of Havana. Gallery of Fine Arts. Instituto Superior de Arte (ISA). Havana, Cuba.
2018 - “I-T-E-R-A-C-I-O-N”. Gallery Collage. Havana, Cuba.
-“UndNachtwar...” senseLAB_X. Gallery of Fine Arts. Instituto Superior de Arte (ISA). Havana, Cuba.
-“13relatos+1.” Fundation Ludwing of Cuba. Havana, Cuba.
-“Alberto Alejandro Rodríguez, Eliane Adela Padrón, F.M.7.” Gallery Workshop Gorría (GTG). Havana, Cuba.
2017 - Wax Long: “LikeaSturgeon”. Chicago, U.S.A.
- “El yo extinguido”. Gallery Dnasco Studio. Havana, Cuba.
- “SenseLAB”, Gallery of Fine Arts. Instituto Superior de Arte (ISA). Havana, Cuba.
- “Neblina”, Public Intervention. Exhibition ‘Sperma’. Havana, Cuba.