Nelson Alvarez

Fascinated by industrial heritage of the city of Newark, Nelson’s artworks express his connection with architecture landscape while still capturing the romantic and qualitative aspects of each site,its patterns, atmosphere, and essence. Nelson Álvarez combines fantasy with detailed accuracy in his compositions of factory building facades, rooftops, factory chimneys and sections along with elements distinct to the area depicted. The process of creating these drawings is cyclical in that they continue to inform Nelson of the spirit of the city as he draws each artwork. Alexis Mendoza

From the series REDES. Exploring in complex system REDES question operational functionality in naturals and artificial network. The network itself to coexist needs to create a visual game where lines, color, shapes and space play and relate to each ether creating a new visual system.

The drawings that I include are part of a project called “The Invisible Landscape". It includes two series of drawings that explore industrialization. One is called, “Too Much Noise“ and the other is called, “The Industrial Object”. This series documents the transformation of the landscape through architecture.

I explored ceramics as my first steps in art. I looked for texture and color in an unpredictable media. That first experience transformed my vision about art. The multitasking skills required to work in a ceramic studio helped me to develop my interest in a studio practice that now include different media.

The group of installations that I present have different approaches to the environmental problem. The visions for the installations come from different places: a global vision of the landscape coexistence, an intimate and nostalgic memory of landscape, and an exploration of the connection of the industrial landscape as part of the phenomenon of globalization.