Alicia Rodriguez Alvisa
Visual Artist
Born in Havana, Cuba
Lives & works in Charlotte, US & Havana, Cuba
Alicia Rodriguez Alvisa is a Cuban visual artist currently based in Winston Salem, NC. Alicia graduated with a BFA from The School of The Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University in May 2018. She is the recipient of the Springborn Fellowship and The Yousuf Karsh Prize in Photography in 2017. Her photography work has been exhibited throughout the Boston area at AREA Gallery, Bromfield Gallery and three consecutive Medal Award Galas at the MFA, Boston; and internationally in Sanlang Art Dimension (China), The Auckland Festival of Photography (New Zealand), Palazzo Ca Zenobio, (Venice Biennale 2019), and in her home country Cuba with her solo show Dale Con Todo at the Biennale of Havana 2019. She has performed at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, Gallery Kayafas Boston, MA and The University of Ohio. Her on-going performances & public interventions include her series of performances I Can Look Strong, I am Strong, in which she becomes “Strong Arm”, a genderless bodybuilder who talks about issues of gender, identity, and race in the contemporary art world while lifting weights and wearing high heels.
CV
EDUCATION
2018 – Bachelors of Fine Arts, SMFA at Tufts University, Boston, MA, US
2013 – Studied at The High Institute of Design, Havana, Cuba
SOLO SHOWS
2023 – A Long Hug, Espacio Copiloto, Madrid, Spain
2020 – Vientre / Womb, Virtual Exhibition & two-person show with Lidzie Alvisa.
2019 – You Are Here, Gallery Kayafas, Boston, US
2019 – Dale Con Todo, ArtHaus, Havana Biennale, Cuba
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 – La Iberoamericana de Alcalá Mujeres y Artes Visuales del Siglo XX1, Alcalá de Henares, Spain
2022 – Imperfect World, Salamander, Miami, US
2022 – The Horizon and Everything Within It, Center For Fine Art Photography, Colorado
2021 – Every Drop of Sweat for Every Sigh, Virtual Exhibition, Artcodespace
2020 – Personal Space: Self-Portraits on Paper, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
2020 – Resistencia/Resistance, Virtual Exhibition, Fototeca de Panamá (Instagram)
2019 – Contemporary Cuban Art Venice, Palazzo Ca’ Zenobio, Venice Biennale, Italy
2019 – Ruffles, Repair & Ritual: the Fine Art of Fixing, Dirt Palace Public Projects, Providence, US
2018 – Artcetera, The Castle at Park Plaza, Boston, US
2018 – In Search of Coalescence, SMFA at Tufts, Boston, US
2018 – MedalAward, SMFA at Tufts, Boston, US
2018 – Temporal & Corporeal, Sigfried Gallery, Ohio University, Athens, US
2017 – Stand Up, Gallery Kayafas, Boston, US
2017 – Body Politics, Bromfield Gallery, Boston, US
2017 – MedalAward, SMFA at Tufts, Boston, US
2017 – End of the Year Show Featuring…, School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts, Boston, US
2016 – mfaNOW Overnights, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, US
2016 – The Opposite of the World, Sanlang Art Dimension, Hangzhou, China
2016 – MedalAward, SMFA at Tufts, Boston, US
2016 – Future Projections, The Auckland Festival of Photography, New Zeland
2015 – Breaking Boundaries VI Exhibition, Pingyao, China
2015 – Biennal of Havana, Cuba
2015 – MedalAward, SMFA, Boston, US
2014 – Eva sale a cazar, UNEAC, La Habana, Cuba
2014 – Tengo que pensar, FAC, La Habana, Cuba
AWARDS / GRANTS
2017 – Springborn Fellowship
2017 – Karsh Prize in Photography
2015 – Breaking Boundaries VI Competition and Exhibition
PRESS
2023 – Alicia y su Wonderland, Alas Tensas, by María Matienzo, November 6th.
2023 – Alicia Rodriguez Alvisa, desde un yo múltiple y nostálgico, Rialta, by Edgar Arie, November 2nd.
2023 – Una Morada con Los Brazos Bien Largos, Sr Corchea, by Elvia Rosa Castro, September 21st.
2023 – Una visita íntima al trabajo de Alicia Rodriguez Alvisa, Diario de Cuba, by Náyare Menoyo Florián, June 19th.
2020 – 7 Best Online Art Initiatives in Quarantine, Cubanessjournal, by Dayneris Brito, June 12th.
2020 – I learned to Love Myself, SZ Magazin, by Sellina Oberpriller, February 27th.
2019 – The Double Vision of Alicia Rodriguez Alvisa, The New Yorker, by Doreen St Felix, November 17th.
2019 – Best Photo Picks, What Will You Remember Photography blog, by Elin Spring, October 31st.
2019 – Cuban Roots: 6 Artists to Watch, Cuban Art News The Farber Foundation, July 24th.
2019 – Biennale de La Havanne, Les artistes cubains sous contrôle by Slivie Ferré, BlocNotes.
2019 – Alicia Rodriguez Alvisa: con brazo fuerte (strongarm)… by Amanda Beatriz Ramos Márquez, Artcronica, April 17th.
2018 – Art & Life, interview with Alicia Rodriguez Alvisa, Boston Voyager Magazine, August 27th.
2018 – Alicia Rodriguez Alvisa’s Work and Bio, Catálogo de Fotógrafas Cubanas (Catalog of Cuban Female Photographers) by Aldeide Delgado, August 1st.
2018 – Boston Art Review, In Search of Coalescence by BAR Editorial, May 25th,
2017 – Lenscratch, December 8, Undergraduate Photography Now IV by Greer Muldowney.
2017 – ‘Tis The Season, What Will You Remember Photography blog, by Elin Spring, November 30.
COLLECTORS
2019 – The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, US.
2019 – Arlette & Gus Kayafas, Boston, US.
2015 – Ella Fontanals-Cisneros’s Personal Collection , Miami, US.
COMMUNITY SERVICE
2013 – Social worker, Romerillo, Havana, Cuba.