Oscar Alvarado

Oscar Alvarado

Artisan - Constructions/Collage - Craftsperson - Mosaics Artist - Sculptor - Visual Arts - Steel and concrete artist

oscar@oscartist.com

Website: http://oscartist.com/

 210-862-1293

   1001 ROOSEVELT AVE., San Antonio, TX, 78210

Oscar Alvarado Biography

I am a mosaic tile artist and concrete sculptor. I have created art, evolving from found-object electric assemblage sculptures in the late 1980’s to large-scale sculptures covered with thousands of mosaic pieces of tile and glass now in the 2020’s. I have designed and constructed murals, sculptures, benches, bollards, and enhanced the surfaces of columns, walls and floors with mosaics in my signature Gaudi-inspired style.

I am a 9th generation Texan based in San Antonio, Texas. After graduating from UTSA in 1985, I moved to Los Angeles and succeeded in the computer business.  Since 1989, when I left the corporate world, I have been self employed and involved in the arts.  I am one of the founders of First Friday Art Walk in San Antonio (1994) and have continued to be active in the arts community with a home and studio in the Southtown area of San Antonio.

I have over 30 public art pieces in San Antonio, and I also have created other public art in Texas including: Fort Worth, Corpus Christi, and Plano, cumulatively valued at over a million and a half dollars and weighing over eighty tons.  Each of the many public art installations that I have created were designed specifically for the site with form, function, and imagery that is related to the surrounding built environment with historic and cultural influences reflected in the design.  In addition, my work has been installed in homes in several states across the USA.

I have entered into a new phase of my artistic career using all of the skills and techniques that I have applied for public art to create fine art. I now have the life experience and mastery of techniques to create without a commission and I own my studio filled with equipment and materials.

As I grow as an artist I intend to continue creating larger pieces in more public places. I look forward to the continually unfolding challenge of creating context-appropriate work that both serves a purpose and satisfies a vision. I plan to create some pieces that are representational, some that are functional, and some that are just art.

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