Pedro Diego Alvarado-Rivera Mexican, b. 1956
Alvarado’s oeuvre focuses on still lifes that depict the limitless abundance of the Mexican natural world. Together with his sublime landscapes, Alvarado’s detailed natural studies offer a compelling new examination of Mexican artistic awareness. In the words of the artist: “I am a Mexican painter, not only by birth but also because I live and work here. The great Mexican painters… reflected this light, the biodiversity, the fruits, the men and their cultures in their creations…These are all very profound things and are a part of what it is to be Mexican.” - Pedro Diego Alvarado-Rivera.
The artist was born in Mexico City and began his studies at La Escuela Nacional de Pintura y Escultura and continued to study at La Academia de San Carlos from 1976-1977. In 1978, he studied at École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in France. Alvarado apprenticed with three renowned artists whom he credits were equally influential in his development as an artist. Henri Cartier-Bresson taught him to draw, Ricardo Martinez contributed to Alvarado’s love of painting with oil, and Armando Morales encouraged Alvarado to grow stylistically.
Alvarado’s artworks have been included in numerous exhibitions throughout Mexico and the United States. He has been featured at the Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City, Mexico; Museo Amparo, Puebla, Mexico; and had a solo exhibit in 2013 at the Museo de San Ildefonso, Mexico City. He is the subject of several monographs with scholarly texts.
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Pedro Diego Alvarado-RiveraLas Huellas de las Pencas II, 2020Oil on linen37 x 55"
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Pedro Diego Alvarado-RiveraSandias Charleston, 2020Oil on linen28.8 x 43.3"
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Pedro Diego Alvarado-RiveraAcueducto de Tembleque, 2012oil on linen25.7 x 51.5"
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Pedro Diego Alvarado-RiveraNopal Viejo, 2012oil on linen57.1 x 35.7"
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Pedro Diego Alvarado-RiveraRibera del Amazonas, 2012oil on linen29.5 x 39.5"
74.9 x 99 cm -
Pedro Diego Alvarado-RiveraDiptych: Guanabanas, Papaya, Jinicuiles, y Ciruelas, 2011Oil on linen26.7 x 50"
67.9 x 127 cm -
Pedro Diego Alvarado-RiveraMilpas Secas con Magueyes, 2010oil on linen34.5 x 43"
87.6 x 109.2 cm -
Pedro Diego Alvarado-RiveraVista del Rio Loira, Francia, 1998oil on linen34.5 x 54"
87.6 x 137.1 cm -
Pedro Diego Alvarado-RiveraFloripondioSerigraph22.5 x 30.5"
57.1 x 77.4 cm38 / 100
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23rd Annual McNay Print Fair
McNay Museum of Art, San Antonio March 2 - 3, 2019 San AntonioRuiz-Healy Art presents works at the McNay's 23rd annual Print Fair.Artists featured at the McNay Print Fair will include: Jennifer Ling Datchuk, Ethel Shipton, Rufino Tamayo, Nate Cassie, Graciela Iturbide, Chuck Ramirez, Pedro Friedeberg, Pedro Diego Alvarado, Mark Schlesinger, and Richard Armendariz.Read more -
Made in Mexico
September 13 - November 3, 2018 San AntonioRuiz-Healy Art presents Made in Mexico, a group exhibition comprised of Mexican artists. The exhibition explores the ways artists have sought to explain their world in terms of an alternate reality, drawn from imagination, poetry, nature, and myth.Read more -
21st Annual McNay Print Fair
McNay Art Museum, San Antonio March 4 - 5, 2017 San AntonioRuiz-Healy Art participates in the McNay's 21st Annual Print Fair. Featured artists include: César A. Martínez, Ethel Shipton, Nate Cassie, Graciela Iturbide, Chuck Ramirez, Pedro Friedeberg, Pedro Diego Alvarado, Jesse Amado, and Richard Armendariz, among others.Read more -
Aesthetic Encounters
December 10, 2014 - January 10, 2015 San AntonioRuiz-Healy Art presents a group exhibition with works by Pedro Diego Alvarado-Rivera, Jesse Amado, Nate Cassie, Andrés Ferrandis, Nicolás Leiva, Leigh Anne Lester, Rodolfo Morales, and Chuck Ramirez.Read more -
Pedro Diego Alvarado-Rivera: Embracing the Natural World
November 12 - December 11, 2013 San AntonioRuiz-Healy Art announces Embracing the Natural World, an exhibition of recent works by Pedro Diego Alvarado-Rivera, one of the foremost painters of Mexico. The artist explores color, texture, and light through landscape and still life paintings.Read more -
Continuous Change
October 9 - November 9, 2013 San AntonioA thoughtful gathering of cultures and media are presented in Ruiz-Healy Art's Continuous Change. Featuring artists: Pedro Diego Alvarado-Rivera, Cecilia Biagini, Nate Cassie, Benjamin Dominguez, Andres Ferrandis, Nicolas Leiva, Constance Lowe, Cecilia Paredes, and Chuck Ramirez.Read more -
Pedro Diego Alvarado-Rivera: Refined Abundance II
May 22 - June 29, 2013 New YorkRuiz-Healy Art is pleased to present an exhibition of recent paintings by the Mexican artist Pedro Diego Alvarado-Rivera. Refined Abundance IIRead more -
Latin American Printmakers
May 31 - June 29, 2012 San AntonioAn exhibit of prints featuring work by:Read more
Juan Alcazár, Javier Arévalo, Pedro Diego Alvarado-Rivera, Jose Luis Cuevas, Pedro Friedeberg, Alberto Gironella, Sergio Hernández, Joy Laville, Nicolás Leiva, Rodolfo Morales, Carmen Parra, Shinzaburo Takeda, Francisco Toledo, and Roger Von Gunten. -
Pedro Diego Alvarado-Rivera: Recent Paintings
May 21 - July 15, 2011 San AntonioRuiz-Healy Art is pleased to present an exhibition of new work by Pedro Diego Alvarado-Rivera, his first in the United States.Read more -
McNay Print Fair
McNay Art Museum, San Antonio March 22 - 25, 2007For its debut at the Print Fair, Ruiz-Healy Art will be featuring prints from the premier contemporary artists of Latin America including Rufino Tamayo, Francisco Toledo, and Rodolfo Morales, among others.Read more -
Art in Dialogue: Color, Form & Line
November 3 - December 30, 2006 San AntonioThe inaugural exhibit at Ruiz-Healy Art took place on November 3rd 2006, and featured the work of Mathias Goeritz, Graciela Iturbide, Pedro Diego Alvarado, , Pedro Friedeberg, Angel Rodriguez-Diaz and Ray Smith.Read more
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Form and Metaphor: A Selection of Work, 1983-2012
Essays by Robert C. Morgan, Myriam Moscona, Paloma Porraz Fraser & Salomon Grimberg 2012 Hardcover, 155 pages
Publisher: Conaculta
ISBN: 9786079178017 607917801 Read more -
Pedro Diego Alvarado
Essays by Erik Castillo Corona, Salomon Grimberg, Josué Ramírez, Luz Sepúlveda, José Manuel Springer, and Gilles A. Tiberghien. 2006 Hardcover, 199 pages
ISBN: 9709477420
Dimensions: 9.75 x 11.25 x 1" Read more -
Pedro Diego Alvarado: Recent Paintings
Essay by John Phillip Santos 2011 Read more -
Latin American Printmakers
Text by Katy Alexander and Patricia Ruiz-Healy. 2012 Hardcover, pages
Publisher: Ruiz-Healy Art
ISBN: 1367417236
Dimensions: 8.5 x 10.5 in Read more