{"id":62709,"date":"2025-11-24T12:18:59","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T17:18:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/?p=62709"},"modified":"2025-11-24T12:19:00","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T17:19:00","slug":"artist-alvarez","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/artist-alvarez\/","title":{"rendered":"Using Found Objects, California Artist Turns Trash to Treasure"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"><em>AbandonmenTissues<\/em>, which highlights garbage strewn on the Mexico border, is the latest from Alvaro Alvarez \u201914, BArch \u201915<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By <strong>Melissa Newcomb<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">Often, when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alvaroaalvarez.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alvaro Alvarez \u201914, BArch \u201915<\/a>, comes across a piece of litter like a plastic bottle or a scrap of cardboard, he doesn\u2019t just walk past it, or pick it up and throw it out. Instead, he turns it into art.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alvarez is a trained architect whose work as an artist is largely inspired by his previous profession. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"615\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/AAT-05_GRASS-IS-ALWAYS-GREENER-A-1024x615.jpg\" alt=\"An art piece from AbandonmenTissues that is green and brown textured paper covering different circular items and a black ring protruding from the canvas.\" class=\"wp-image-62729\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/AAT-05_GRASS-IS-ALWAYS-GREENER-A-1024x615.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/AAT-05_GRASS-IS-ALWAYS-GREENER-A-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/AAT-05_GRASS-IS-ALWAYS-GREENER-A-768x461.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/AAT-05_GRASS-IS-ALWAYS-GREENER-A-1536x923.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/AAT-05_GRASS-IS-ALWAYS-GREENER-A-1264x759.jpg 1264w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/AAT-05_GRASS-IS-ALWAYS-GREENER-A-632x380.jpg 632w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/AAT-05_GRASS-IS-ALWAYS-GREENER-A-316x190.jpg 316w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/AAT-05_GRASS-IS-ALWAYS-GREENER-A-400x240.jpg 400w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/AAT-05_GRASS-IS-ALWAYS-GREENER-A-200x120.jpg 200w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/AAT-05_GRASS-IS-ALWAYS-GREENER-A-100x60.jpg 100w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/AAT-05_GRASS-IS-ALWAYS-GREENER-A.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A work, titled <em>Grass Is Always Greener<\/em>, from Alvarez&#8217;s project using discarded objects.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>His latest project, <em>AbandonmenTissues<\/em>, aims to show that things we perceive as trash can become beautiful\u2014and that problems can be potential opportunities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The work\u2014on display in a San Diego gallery and creative space where Alvarez is an artist-in-residence for fall 2025\u2014features 25 sculptural pieces made of found items such as metal and plastic scraps, styrofoam, paper, and cardboard packaging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote alignwide is-style-solid-color\"><blockquote><p><em>AbandonmenTissues<\/em> features 25 sculptural pieces made of found items such as metal and plastic scraps, styrofoam, paper, and cardboard packaging.<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Even the canvases they\u2019re based on are made from discarded wood, fiberglass, flooring\u2014or, in one case, an entire door. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alvarez\u2019s studio is located in a commercial district of San Ysidro, CA, near the Tijuana River Valley and the border with Mexico.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As he explains, debris from semi trucks driving between the two countries often litters the area\u2014a situation his exhibit, with its simple techniques, aims to highlight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery alignwide has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"979\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"62735\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/AAT-04_EMERALD-ARREST-A-979x1024.jpg\" alt=\"An art piece from AbandonmenTissues that is navy blue and dark green of a square with lines through it.\" class=\"wp-image-62735\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/AAT-04_EMERALD-ARREST-A-979x1024.jpg 979w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/AAT-04_EMERALD-ARREST-A-287x300.jpg 287w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/AAT-04_EMERALD-ARREST-A-768x804.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/AAT-04_EMERALD-ARREST-A-1468x1536.jpg 1468w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/AAT-04_EMERALD-ARREST-A-1264x1322.jpg 1264w, 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src=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/AAT-01_MACHINATIONS-A-927x1024.jpg\" alt=\"An art piece from AbandonmenTissues that is a terracotta color of different shapes and texture, including a large ring that protrudes off the canvas.\" class=\"wp-image-62734\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/AAT-01_MACHINATIONS-A-927x1024.jpg 927w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/AAT-01_MACHINATIONS-A-272x300.jpg 272w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/AAT-01_MACHINATIONS-A-768x848.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/AAT-01_MACHINATIONS-A-1391x1536.jpg 1391w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/AAT-01_MACHINATIONS-A-1264x1396.jpg 1264w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/AAT-01_MACHINATIONS-A-632x698.jpg 632w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/AAT-01_MACHINATIONS-A-316x349.jpg 316w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/AAT-01_MACHINATIONS-A-400x442.jpg 400w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/AAT-01_MACHINATIONS-A-200x221.jpg 200w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/AAT-01_MACHINATIONS-A-100x110.jpg 100w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/AAT-01_MACHINATIONS-A.jpg 1426w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 927px) 100vw, 927px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery alignwide has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1019\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"62726\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/AAT-43_HIGH-ALERT-A-1019x1024.jpg\" alt=\"An art piece from AbandonmenTissues that is brown painted paper and sculptural with boxes of varying heights.\" class=\"wp-image-62726\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/AAT-43_HIGH-ALERT-A-1019x1024.jpg 1019w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/AAT-43_HIGH-ALERT-A-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/AAT-43_HIGH-ALERT-A-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/AAT-43_HIGH-ALERT-A-768x772.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/AAT-43_HIGH-ALERT-A-1528x1536.jpg 1528w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/AAT-43_HIGH-ALERT-A-1264x1270.jpg 1264w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/AAT-43_HIGH-ALERT-A-632x635.jpg 632w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/AAT-43_HIGH-ALERT-A-316x318.jpg 316w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/AAT-43_HIGH-ALERT-A-400x402.jpg 400w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/AAT-43_HIGH-ALERT-A-200x201.jpg 200w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/AAT-43_HIGH-ALERT-A-100x101.jpg 100w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/AAT-43_HIGH-ALERT-A.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1019px) 100vw, 1019px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"957\" data-id=\"62730\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/AAT-17_CONTAINED-POPULATION-A-1024x957.jpg\" alt=\"An art piece from AbandonmenTissues that features black textures paper on canvas with a white rectangle in the middle with black, small details drawn on it throughout.\" class=\"wp-image-62730\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/AAT-17_CONTAINED-POPULATION-A-1024x957.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/AAT-17_CONTAINED-POPULATION-A-300x280.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/AAT-17_CONTAINED-POPULATION-A-768x718.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/AAT-17_CONTAINED-POPULATION-A-1536x1435.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/AAT-17_CONTAINED-POPULATION-A-1264x1181.jpg 1264w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/AAT-17_CONTAINED-POPULATION-A-632x591.jpg 632w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/AAT-17_CONTAINED-POPULATION-A-316x295.jpg 316w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/AAT-17_CONTAINED-POPULATION-A-400x374.jpg 400w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/AAT-17_CONTAINED-POPULATION-A-200x187.jpg 200w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/AAT-17_CONTAINED-POPULATION-A-100x93.jpg 100w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/AAT-17_CONTAINED-POPULATION-A.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption wp-element-caption\"><em>AbandonmentTissues<\/em> uses a variety of objects and hues.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere are two kinds of art out there: there\u2019s the art that few people can do, where the artist was born with a gift or developed a skill throughout their life, and then there\u2019s the art that we all can do; it\u2019s universal,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI want this to show people we don\u2019t have to live with this pollution when there are things we can do about it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>I want this to show people we don\u2019t have to live with this pollution when there are things we can do about it.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>In his studio, shelves overflow with the discarded items he has retrieved, sorted by material and color, and stashed away to be made into something new.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alvarez creates the artwork by arranging the 3D objects on a background and gluing scraps of found paper over them; in many of the works, he adds paint.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/BUILDING-OUR-YEAR_S-DRAGON-DAY-A-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Alvaro Alvarez as a student working on the dragon for Dragon Day wearing a blue coat, tan gloves, and sunglasses.\" class=\"wp-image-62727\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/BUILDING-OUR-YEAR_S-DRAGON-DAY-A-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/BUILDING-OUR-YEAR_S-DRAGON-DAY-A-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/BUILDING-OUR-YEAR_S-DRAGON-DAY-A-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/BUILDING-OUR-YEAR_S-DRAGON-DAY-A-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/BUILDING-OUR-YEAR_S-DRAGON-DAY-A-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/BUILDING-OUR-YEAR_S-DRAGON-DAY-A-608x342.jpg 608w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/BUILDING-OUR-YEAR_S-DRAGON-DAY-A-304x171.jpg 304w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/BUILDING-OUR-YEAR_S-DRAGON-DAY-A-152x85.jpg 152w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/BUILDING-OUR-YEAR_S-DRAGON-DAY-A-1184x666.jpg 1184w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/BUILDING-OUR-YEAR_S-DRAGON-DAY-A-592x333.jpg 592w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/BUILDING-OUR-YEAR_S-DRAGON-DAY-A-296x166.jpg 296w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/BUILDING-OUR-YEAR_S-DRAGON-DAY-A-1264x711.jpg 1264w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/BUILDING-OUR-YEAR_S-DRAGON-DAY-A-632x356.jpg 632w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/BUILDING-OUR-YEAR_S-DRAGON-DAY-A-316x178.jpg 316w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/BUILDING-OUR-YEAR_S-DRAGON-DAY-A-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/BUILDING-OUR-YEAR_S-DRAGON-DAY-A-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/BUILDING-OUR-YEAR_S-DRAGON-DAY-A-100x56.jpg 100w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/BUILDING-OUR-YEAR_S-DRAGON-DAY-A.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Building the Dragon Day beast his freshman year.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe paper unifies everything, because it makes it all the same color, and then I can focus on the topography,\u201d he says. \u201cYou become stripped away from what the object used to be and just see what it is now.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After majoring in architecture in AAP, Alvarez moved to NYC, where his projects included heading up design and construction of the interiors for the 88-story residential tower at <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.15hudsonyards.com\/\">15 Hudson Yards<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p> You become stripped away from what the object used to be and just see what it is now.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>As part of his job, he\u2019d collaborate with artists when sourcing pieces for interiors, and often toured their studios.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt was so cool to see they were making a living out of being artists, because I always had this idea that being an artist meant struggling,\u201d recalls Alvarez, who grew up with a love of drawing buildings. \u201cConventional architecture helped me get closer to art.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">An &#8216;Architectural Artist&#8217;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"680\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/AA-A23-01_Full-A-1024x680.jpg\" alt=\"A drawing that has abstract blue and red details of different lengths and thicknesses around two white circles with less details next to each other.\" class=\"wp-image-62731\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/AA-A23-01_Full-A-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/AA-A23-01_Full-A-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/AA-A23-01_Full-A-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/AA-A23-01_Full-A-1536x1020.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/AA-A23-01_Full-A-1264x840.jpg 1264w, 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