Title: "Tensions at the Gate" / Artist: Alvaro Andres Alvarez / AAT-42 / Completed 2025 / 78" x 36" x 11" (length x width x height) / Weight: 30 lbs / Medium: Layered salvaged paper with upcycled objects, mounted on wood panel / San Ysidro, California, USA / HTS Code: 9703

Exhibitions:

• Group Show: Vortice La Jolla “AbandonmenTissues” La Jolla, San Diego, CA (January 2026 - Present)

• Artist Residency/Solo Show: Casa de Flor “AbandonmenTissues” Bankers Hill, San Diego, CA (September 2025 - January 2026)

Press:

• Latinas Con Poder Magazine; "Artist Feature Interview" October 2025 (Edition 48)

• Baja Flavors Magazine; "AbandonmenTissues: Esculturas que Transforman lo Desechado en Nuevas Oportunidades" 2025

• El Latino Newspaper; "Aborda Abandono y Resiliencia" by Jeanette Sánchez. September 18, 2025

• Cornellians Magazine (Cornell University); "Using Found Objects, California Artist Turns Trash to Treasure" by Melissa Newcomb 2025

• Vanguard Culture; "The Buzz: Creating Surprising New Work from Border Castoffs" 2025

• Revista Mujer Actual; "Álvaro Álvarez: Del Rascacielos a la Escultura" 2025

• Podcast Interview; "El poder del arte y la visión creativa | Coffee Time con Alvaro Alvarez" Bertfor Feature Interview by Alan Fonseca 2025