b. 1966 Lives and works in Berlin, Germany Solo Exhibitions 2008 "Dead Leafs," Galeria Casado Santapau, Madrid, Spain 2007 "Parents' Day," Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY "DIG," with Wayne Smith, Derek Eller Gallery (project room), New York, NY 2006 “Casper,” (with Matthew Lutz-Kinoy), A +B Arratiabeer, Berlin, Germany, 2005 "rise," Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY "Ice," Glue, Berlin, Germany 2004 "Beausoleil," Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY 2002 "The Road to Hell Less Traveled," Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY 2000 "Sculpture Garden," Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY 1999 "Chorus," John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA 1998 "Knights Gathering Flowers," Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY "Dust," Th.e.(Theoretical Events), Naples Italy 1995 "Dandylion," Jack Hanley Gallery, San Francisco, CA "A Shepherd and His Flock," London Projects, London, UK 1994 "Night of the Hunter," Kiki, San Francisco, CA 1990 "Political Stance," (installation documenting performance), ATA, San Francisco, CA 1989 "Elvis Clocked," Les Indes Galantes, Paris, France Group Exhibitions 2009 "Galaxy: A Hundred or So Stars Visible to the Naked Eye," University of California, Berkeley Art Museum, Berkelely, CA 2008 “Passageworks: Contemporary Art From The Collection,” San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA "The Proof Is In the Pudding," Ratio 3, San Francisco, CA "Face Forward," LeRoy Neiman Gallery, Columbia University, New York, NY 2007 "Freehand," Arratia Beer, Berlin, Germany "NeoIntegrity," curated by Keith Mayerson, Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY "noh interior," Durban Art Gallery, South Africa "Pussy Pussy Hello Hello,"Glue, Berlin, Germany 2006 “Momento Mori,” Mireille Mosler, Ltd., New York, NY "Summer Group Exhibition",Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY; 6/06 "Twice Drawn," The Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery, Saratoga Springs, NY "Inaugural Group Exhibition," Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY 2005 "Looking at Words: The Formal Presence of Text in Modern and Contemporary Works on Paper," Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, NY “Drawing from the Modern, 1975-2005,” Museum of Modern Art, NY "me myself and i," gutleut 15, Frankfurt, Germany 2004 “Ordinary Travellers: D-L Alvarez / Rainer Kamlah,” Laura Mars Group, Berlin, Germany “Impact- New Mural Projects,” P.P.O.W., New York, NY “On Paper,” Nicole Klagsbrun, New York, NY “Birdspace: A Post-Audubon Artists Aviary,” Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA 2003 “Drawings,” Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY “Back in Black,” Cohen Leslie & Browne, New York, NY "20 Years 20 Artists," The Lab, San Francisco, CA "Queer Space," Boogie Woogie Kiosk, Dresden, Germany 2002 “Drawings 2002,” New Jersey Center for Visual Arts, Summit, NJ "Landscape," Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY 2001 Contemporary Utopia," Museum of Art Arsenais, Gallery Noass, Latvia "Fresh.The Altoids Collection," The New Museum, New York, NY "Made in California," Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA "Bestiary,"Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA "Human/Nature," Caren Golden Fine Art, New York, NY "Sightings," curated by Jeffrey Walkowiak, Center for Curatorial Studies Museum, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY 1998 "El Campo," Berlin Bienale, Berlin, Germany "Imaginary Friend," Rupert Goldsworthy, New York, NY "Chicklet," John Begruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA "Agenda," Debs & Co., New York, NY "Pay-per-View," Caren Golden Fine Art, New York, NY "Canary," Theoretical Environments, Naples, Italy 1997 "Stuttered Landscape," MIX Experimental Film and Video Festival, NY "Works on Paper," Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC "Scene of the Crime," Hammer Museum, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA "D-L Alvarez and Ruby Neri, New Works," New Langton Arts, San Francisco, CA "Selections Winter," The Drawing Center, New York, NY 1996 "SECA Award: D-L Alvarez, Anne Appleby, Barry McGee," San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA 'Wooster" (in-home installation), 3580 Jackson, San Francisco, CA; 2/96 1995 "Fabricators,"Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA "Wild Side," LACE, Los Angeles, CA "Drawing the 20th Century," San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA "El Corazon Mi Dio un Salto," Galeria de la Raza, San Francisco, CA "In a Different Light," University Art Museum, Berkeley, CA 1994 "Rooms for the Dead," Center for the Arts, San Franciso, CA "Introductions," Jack Hanley Gallery, San Franciso, CA "Bong," Alleged, New York, NY "Sick Joke," Kiki, San Franciso, CA 1993 "Dress Code," Arts Commission Gallery, San Francisco, CA "CaCa," Kiki, San Francisco, CA 1992 "Situation," New Langton Arts, San Francisco, CA 1990 "Broken," The LAB, San Francisco, CA 1989 "What's Wrong with This Picture?", Arts Commission Gallery, San Francisco, CA Curatorial Work 2009 "Psychometry (II),"Arratia Beer, Berlin, Germany "Psychometry (I), Exile, Berlin, Germany 2003 "Hand Drawn Maps," Derek Eller Gallery, NY 1996 "Sublingual," A Different Light, San Francisco, CA "Spirograph," MIX Experimental Film and Video Festival, New York, NY 1994 "Tiny Shoes," New Langton Arts, San Francisco, CA 1992 "Carrie Mae Weems," (Adeline Kent Award) Walter Mcbean Gallery, San Francisco, CA 1990 "Liquid Eyeliner",Arts Commission Gallery, San Francisco, CA Performative Installations 1997 “What I Was Wearing” (for Bay Area Now), Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA 1996 “Hot Wheels” (for Home Boy Beautiful), Highways, LA, CA 1994 Mousy,” Line, Basel “Narrow Rooms,” Jack Hanley Gallery, San Francisco, CA “Red Asphalt,” The LAB, San Francisco, CA 1989 “Blue Collar,” Green Apple, San Francisco, CA “Slate,” Uncle Bert's, San Francisco,CA “Blight Spirit,” Uncle Bert's, San Francisco, CA “Airport Whore,” Orly, Paris, France “Comic Body,” Hotel Paris, France “Work Ethic,” 2017 Sonora, Stockton, CA 1988 “The Advantages of Fluid Exchange,” Warfield, San Francisco, CA “Narrow Rooms,” A Different Light, San Francisco, CA “Stewart's Position,” Media & Best Western, San Francisco,CA “Political Stance,” Operation Concern & St. Paul Hotel, San Francisco, CA 1987 “South,” New Orleans Youth Hostel, New Orleans, Louisiana “Manual Alphabet,” Sutro Bathes, San Francisco,CA 1986 “Deaf Romantic,” STUD, San Francisco, CA “Walk w/Dave,” 2017 Sonora, Stockton, CA Bibliography 2008 Vogel, Traci. "Time in a Bottle," San Francisco Weekly, July 9-15, Vol. 27 No. 24 2007 McClister, Nell. “D-L Alvarez,” Editor’s choice, BOMB Magazine, Fall, p. 14 Cotter, Holland. “When the Curator Is Also an Artist, Go Ahead, Expect Surprises,” The New York Times, August 9 Kurchanova, Natasha. "D-L Alvarez," Flash Art, Nov 12, 2007 2005 Harris, Jane. “D-L Alvarez rise,” Time Out New York, Nov 10-16 Kantor, Jordan. “Vitamin D: New Perspectives in Drawing” Phaiden 2004 Johnson, Ken. “Impact - New Mural Projects,” The New York Times, July 30, p. E35 Levin, Kim. “D-L Alvarez,” The Village Voice, March 3-9, p 92 2002 Bischoff, Dan. “Drawings 2002,” The Star-Ledger, Oct 11-17, p. 26 Levin, Kim. "D-L Alvarez," The Village Voice, May 1 Mahoney, Robert. “Landscape,” Time Out New York, Feb. 21-28, p. 51 2001 Chambers, Christopher. "A Curiously Strong Collection," Flash Art, Mar.-April, p. 44 2000 Vogel, Carol. "Gift to New Museum," The New York Times, Sept. 29, p.E28 Richard, Francis. "D-L Alvarez," Artforum, September, p.179-80 Cotter, Holl Uand. "D-L Alvarez," The New York Times, Art in Review, May 12, p.E36 2000 "Goings on About Town," The New Yorker, May 15, p 20 Levin, Kim. "D-L Alvarez," The Village Voice, May 9, p 106-7 1999 Turner, Grady T. "Talk," World Art, Summer Harris, Jane. "D-L Alvarez," Art in America, July Jana, Reena. "D-L Alvarez," Frieze, September-October, p 111 Shottenkirk, Dina. "Letter from New York," C, February - April. p 46 Turner, Grady T. "D-L Alvarez," Flash Art, March - April, p 111 1998 Johnson, Ken. "D-L Alvarez," The New York Times, Art Guide, Dec. 11 Levin, Kim. "D-L Alvarez," VOICE CHOICES, The Village Voice, Dec. 22, p 80 1997 Cotter, Holland. "Selections Winter '97," The New York Times, January 24, p C29 Bonnetti, David . San Francisco Examiner, May 30, p D2 Roche, Harry . The San Francisco Bay Guardian, June, Vol.31, No. 36 Pritikin, Renny and Rene de Guzman. Bay Area Now (exh. cat.), San Francisco: Center for the Arts Yerba Buena Gardens, June 1995 Baker, Kenneth. "Sculptors Share Material Vision in Fabricators," San Francisco Chronicle, September 12 Bonetti, David. "Art's Ugly Ducklings: Yerba Buena Showcases Quest for Beauty in Junk with a Very '90s Twist," San Francisco Examiner, July 15 Lewallen, Constance M. and Renny Pritikin. "Fabricators: New Bay Area Sculpture," (exh. cat.), San Francisco: Center for the Arts Yerba Buena Gardens Roche, Harry. "Critic's Choice: Art 'Fabricators,'" San Francisco Bay Guardian, September 13, p 87 Topiary, Samuael. "Imaginary Places & Other Objects of Unattainable Desire," San Francisco Weekly, September 15 Bonnetti, David. "A quest for beauty in junk," San Francisco Examiner, September 29, p C10 1994 Friedman, Robert . "D-L Alvarez at Jack Hanley Gallery," Artweek, August 4, p18 Friedman, Robert. "Chewed up, spat out at Jack Hanley Gallery", Bay Area Reporter, July 14, Vol. XXXIV No. 28 Bonnetti, David . "A New Round of Introductions," San Francisco Examiner, July 15, p C19 Helfand, Glen. "Sympathy for the devil", SF Weekly, April 6, p 19 1993 Schlagel, Anthony. "Five Writers I've Come Across," Exile, Vol 1., No.3 Summer Bonnetti, David. "Broken..."San Francisco Examiner, October 8, p D19 1991 Karr, John F. "Furthering the Queer Juggernaut," Perform, February 21 Selected Public Collections The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY Whitney Museum of American Art< New York, NY San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA University Art Museum of Berkeley, Berkeley, CA Weatherspoon Art Gallery, Greensboro, NC New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, NY Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX Go to top