“By day, Bergés Alvarez coordinates the inner workings of a radiology clinical affiliate program. But beneath the “dark night sky” he dreams in poetic stanzas. Deep in his heart is a yearning to reflect and grow and come to understand the greater meanings of our everyday lives.”
Long Island Pulse Magazine, www.lipulse.com
Long Island Pulse Magazine, www.lipulse.com
Single Shot Show
Mixed media in Photography with Bergés Alvarez
Mixed media is a phenomena that so far defines the development of visual art in 21 century, and photography plays integral role in this process. We have discussed this progression with Bergés Alvarez - a great mixed media artists, whose work includes photography as part of the process. Bergés works are landscapes created by manipulating recycled materials in three dimensional installations, which then are converted into paintings. In our discussion we touched the question of progression of art, discussed Mr. Alvarez unique technique and the unusual background in photography, which contributed to establishing Bergés' process - his training in radiology.
Will be aired on Monday, January 14th, 2019 5 P.M. MNN Lifestyle Channel (Channel 2) www.mnn.org On Manhattan TV: RCN : Channel 83 FiOS : Channel 34 Spectrum: Channel 56 & 1996
Will be aired on Monday, January 14th, 2019 5 P.M. MNN Lifestyle Channel (Channel 2) www.mnn.org On Manhattan TV: RCN : Channel 83 FiOS : Channel 34 Spectrum: Channel 56 & 1996
"Art vs. Plastic An artist in Long Island is changing the way we look at trash!"
by Yennifer Martinez Columbia University Graduate Journalist
vimeo.com/270073962
Columbia University Journalist Program video interview by Yennifer Martinez nycitylens.com
Columbia University Journalist Program video interview by Yennifer Martinez nycitylens.com
Newsday
December 15, 2017 1:51 PM
By Donna Kutt Nahas, Special to Newsday
Bellmore resident Berges Alvarez an X-Ray Technician, creates seascapes and landscapes from recycled materials such as plastic bags and aluminum foil Photo Credit: Daniel Goodrich
Artist uses trash to create landscapes, seascapes
Bergés Alvarez’s artwork has been shown in several exhibitions, and garnered awards
Alvarez, an X-ray technician, said: "I am surprised as anyone that I can produce these beautiful seascapes and landscapes out of recycled materials." Photo Credit: Daniel Goodrich
By Donna Kutt Nahas Special to Newsday December 15, 2017 1:51 PM
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Bergés Alvarez’s motto seems to be that one man’s trash is another man’s art. When the artist, who lives in Bellmore and Aquebogue, creates abstract seascapes and landscapes, he doesn’t use oil, watercolor or acrylic paints. Instead, the 59-year-old grandfather turns plastic bags, aluminum foil and frayed packing materials destined for town landfills into treasures.
“The world keeps buying and throwing away; this is a throwaway society,” said Alvarez, an X-ray technician whose given name is Michael Bergés (Alvarez is his mother’s maiden name). “I am surprised as anyone that I can produce these beautiful seascapes and landscapes out of recycled materials.”
Armed with a camera and trash, the self-taught artist has created dozens of award-winning, one-of-a-kind works that have garnered the attention of East End and Manhattan galleries, libraries and museums, surprising art aficionados with his uncommon artistic techniques. Some of those are on display at the Romany Kramoris Gallery in Sag Harbor through Jan. 14.
Bergés Alvarez takes a close look at the art he's creating. Photo Credit: Daniel Goodrich
THE URGE TO CREATE
As a child, Alvarez, a native of the Dominican Republic, had a flair for all things creative. As an adult, though, he pushed aside his passion for art, instead focusing on a radiography career and raising a family. But after more than two decades, he could no longer ignore the urge to create.
By 2006, Alvarez had become an artist by accident. He saw beauty in the way light reflected off a tinted plastic pouch his wife, Roseann, 56, was about to throw away.
“I just started to look at it and saw the way the light bounced off of it,” Alvarez recalled in his home art studio as he rummaged through an oversized tote bag of reclaimed trash, including Bubble Wrap, thermal liners, reflective filters and weathered lime-green tissue paper. “I thought I could possibly put the elements together and produce something. I layered and folded the pieces and arranged them into a collage in front of my studio window, with thesunlight reflecting off the shiny surfaces, zoomed in with my camera and took pictures.”
After snapping several dozen photos of the recycled materials from different angles, he was surprised by what he saw in his viewfinder: a sweeping landscape with green pastures and a rocky shoreline. “The only way I could capture it is by taking a photo of it,” he said. “I can’t say I want to make a particular landscape, it just happens.”
Since the art is largely a result of happenstance, he explains, each piece is one-of-a-kind and cannot be reproduced.
“If you turn the foil this way, you have a beautiful sunset; you never know what you are going to get,” said Alvarez, who admitted some layering techniques work better than others.
He then sends the photo to a printer who “sprays” the image onto canvas in acrylic paint. Finishing touches include defining images on the canvas with pastel pencils. The result, he says, looks like an acrylic painting.
Mary Cantone, owner and director of The William Ris Gallery in Jamesport, which showcased Alvarez’s mixed- media artwork in its “Earth Day” exhibit earlier this year, agrees. “Alvarez’s vision, photographic technique and usage of light result in painterly images,” Cantone said. “Bottom line, his work is beautiful and mirrors seascapes and landscapes.”
Art aficionados also are intrigued by the innovative process by which Alvarez creates his works. This was never more apparent than when the respected Salmagundi Art Club, which counted master stained-glass artist Louis Comfort Tiffany as a member, admitted Alvarez into its fine-arts center in Manhattan. Roger Rossi, a member of the center’s art committee, and now also Alvarez’s mentor, said he and other admissions committee members “scratched their heads at first” when trying to determine the artist’s technique. “Then we agreed this works for us. He is in our photography category, and we are happy to have him,” Rossi said. “He knows how to mold elements and make collages and photographs (them) with different light to make different impressions. He has a calm and pleasing look to his work.”
Patrons of the arts and art connoisseurs alike say Alvarez’s work conveys peace and tranquility that transports the viewer to a mountaintop or seacoast. “I like the seascapes, because I love the ocean and the waves,” his wife said. “It makes me feel happy inside when I look at it.”
MIXING MEDICINE AND ART
In Alvarez’s early work, he explored the relationship between medical technology and art by repurposing discarded X-rays. In one case, he placed an X-ray of a phantom skull, a plastic and resin structure similar to a human skull that is used to train X-ray technicians, over a transparency on which he had drawn trees and a full moon with pastel pencils. He then taped both items to a windowpane so the sunlight would shine through. He titled the piece “Thought,” a “combination of the mind and soul in deep thought. It is tranquil, peaceful, mesmerizing and subtle, as are most of our innermost feelings,” Alvarez explained.
It was the melding of medicine and art in Alvarez’s work that caught the eye of the graphic design team at the Albuquerque-based American Society of Radiologic Technologists. Always on the lookout for cover art, they were thrilled when Alvarez’s avant-garde work landed in their inboxes. The organization’s bimonthly journal, Radiologic Technologist, accepted a half-dozen of Alvarez’s pieces and plans to publish two more in the society’s other publication, Radiation Therapist. “It’s intriguing how he made his pieces come together with light, color and movement,” said Myron King, the organization’s graphic design manager. “They have an ethereal feel to them.”
Each year, Alvarez adds more exhibits to his portfolio, including Guild Hall Museum in East Hampton, several East End and Manhattan galleries and libraries, such as the Floyd Memorial Library in Greenport and the Shanghai Art Fair in Shanghai, China, where he exhibited as an emerging international artist.
His work has garnered awards for his favorite piece, a seascape titled “Crossing the Hudson at Dawn,” from the Salmagundi Art Club, Nassau Community College Firehouse Plaza Art Gallery and the Nassau County Emergency Management’s superstorm Sandy exhibits.
In September, Alvarez was one of only six finalists selected by the Long Island Arts Alliance, a Brookville-based nonprofit arts and culture group, for its Hispanic Heritage Month art exhibit at Bloomingdale’s Furniture Gallery at Roosevelt Field. “The [exhibit’s] jury thought his process was innovative and beautiful,” said Theresa Statz-Smith, the executive director. “If you start to look at the process, it’s very unique, especially when you understand what he does.”
But transforming trash into art isn’t easy, and the path from conception to completion isn’t always smooth. It can take Alvarez up to two months to complete a piece, and he admits the creative process can be challenging. “It can be frustrating — to produce the proper image, you have to have the proper angle,” he said. “It’s very tedious work, and you have to have a lot of patience.”
And once a piece is completed, he questions whether the work is finished. “I ask myself: ‘Is this done or should I add more to it?’ ” he said. “I see little imperfections, and it’s maddening.”
Yet the urge to create draws him back to his studio every day. “I’m always pulled to create my next piece,” he said. “I know there is a bigger and better piece ahead. And that keeps me going.”
ON EXHIBIT
The Small Artworks Holiday Invitational features many of Michael Bergés works
WHEN | WHERE Through Jan. 14 at the Romany Kramoris Gallery, 41 Main St., Sag Harbor
INFO Free; call 631-725-2499, kramorisgallery.com
Bergés Alvarez’s artwork has been shown in several exhibitions, and garnered awards
Alvarez, an X-ray technician, said: "I am surprised as anyone that I can produce these beautiful seascapes and landscapes out of recycled materials." Photo Credit: Daniel Goodrich
By Donna Kutt Nahas Special to Newsday December 15, 2017 1:51 PM
SEE COMMENTS SHARE
Bergés Alvarez’s motto seems to be that one man’s trash is another man’s art. When the artist, who lives in Bellmore and Aquebogue, creates abstract seascapes and landscapes, he doesn’t use oil, watercolor or acrylic paints. Instead, the 59-year-old grandfather turns plastic bags, aluminum foil and frayed packing materials destined for town landfills into treasures.
“The world keeps buying and throwing away; this is a throwaway society,” said Alvarez, an X-ray technician whose given name is Michael Bergés (Alvarez is his mother’s maiden name). “I am surprised as anyone that I can produce these beautiful seascapes and landscapes out of recycled materials.”
Armed with a camera and trash, the self-taught artist has created dozens of award-winning, one-of-a-kind works that have garnered the attention of East End and Manhattan galleries, libraries and museums, surprising art aficionados with his uncommon artistic techniques. Some of those are on display at the Romany Kramoris Gallery in Sag Harbor through Jan. 14.
Bergés Alvarez takes a close look at the art he's creating. Photo Credit: Daniel Goodrich
THE URGE TO CREATE
As a child, Alvarez, a native of the Dominican Republic, had a flair for all things creative. As an adult, though, he pushed aside his passion for art, instead focusing on a radiography career and raising a family. But after more than two decades, he could no longer ignore the urge to create.
By 2006, Alvarez had become an artist by accident. He saw beauty in the way light reflected off a tinted plastic pouch his wife, Roseann, 56, was about to throw away.
“I just started to look at it and saw the way the light bounced off of it,” Alvarez recalled in his home art studio as he rummaged through an oversized tote bag of reclaimed trash, including Bubble Wrap, thermal liners, reflective filters and weathered lime-green tissue paper. “I thought I could possibly put the elements together and produce something. I layered and folded the pieces and arranged them into a collage in front of my studio window, with thesunlight reflecting off the shiny surfaces, zoomed in with my camera and took pictures.”
After snapping several dozen photos of the recycled materials from different angles, he was surprised by what he saw in his viewfinder: a sweeping landscape with green pastures and a rocky shoreline. “The only way I could capture it is by taking a photo of it,” he said. “I can’t say I want to make a particular landscape, it just happens.”
Since the art is largely a result of happenstance, he explains, each piece is one-of-a-kind and cannot be reproduced.
“If you turn the foil this way, you have a beautiful sunset; you never know what you are going to get,” said Alvarez, who admitted some layering techniques work better than others.
He then sends the photo to a printer who “sprays” the image onto canvas in acrylic paint. Finishing touches include defining images on the canvas with pastel pencils. The result, he says, looks like an acrylic painting.
Mary Cantone, owner and director of The William Ris Gallery in Jamesport, which showcased Alvarez’s mixed- media artwork in its “Earth Day” exhibit earlier this year, agrees. “Alvarez’s vision, photographic technique and usage of light result in painterly images,” Cantone said. “Bottom line, his work is beautiful and mirrors seascapes and landscapes.”
Art aficionados also are intrigued by the innovative process by which Alvarez creates his works. This was never more apparent than when the respected Salmagundi Art Club, which counted master stained-glass artist Louis Comfort Tiffany as a member, admitted Alvarez into its fine-arts center in Manhattan. Roger Rossi, a member of the center’s art committee, and now also Alvarez’s mentor, said he and other admissions committee members “scratched their heads at first” when trying to determine the artist’s technique. “Then we agreed this works for us. He is in our photography category, and we are happy to have him,” Rossi said. “He knows how to mold elements and make collages and photographs (them) with different light to make different impressions. He has a calm and pleasing look to his work.”
Patrons of the arts and art connoisseurs alike say Alvarez’s work conveys peace and tranquility that transports the viewer to a mountaintop or seacoast. “I like the seascapes, because I love the ocean and the waves,” his wife said. “It makes me feel happy inside when I look at it.”
MIXING MEDICINE AND ART
In Alvarez’s early work, he explored the relationship between medical technology and art by repurposing discarded X-rays. In one case, he placed an X-ray of a phantom skull, a plastic and resin structure similar to a human skull that is used to train X-ray technicians, over a transparency on which he had drawn trees and a full moon with pastel pencils. He then taped both items to a windowpane so the sunlight would shine through. He titled the piece “Thought,” a “combination of the mind and soul in deep thought. It is tranquil, peaceful, mesmerizing and subtle, as are most of our innermost feelings,” Alvarez explained.
It was the melding of medicine and art in Alvarez’s work that caught the eye of the graphic design team at the Albuquerque-based American Society of Radiologic Technologists. Always on the lookout for cover art, they were thrilled when Alvarez’s avant-garde work landed in their inboxes. The organization’s bimonthly journal, Radiologic Technologist, accepted a half-dozen of Alvarez’s pieces and plans to publish two more in the society’s other publication, Radiation Therapist. “It’s intriguing how he made his pieces come together with light, color and movement,” said Myron King, the organization’s graphic design manager. “They have an ethereal feel to them.”
Each year, Alvarez adds more exhibits to his portfolio, including Guild Hall Museum in East Hampton, several East End and Manhattan galleries and libraries, such as the Floyd Memorial Library in Greenport and the Shanghai Art Fair in Shanghai, China, where he exhibited as an emerging international artist.
His work has garnered awards for his favorite piece, a seascape titled “Crossing the Hudson at Dawn,” from the Salmagundi Art Club, Nassau Community College Firehouse Plaza Art Gallery and the Nassau County Emergency Management’s superstorm Sandy exhibits.
In September, Alvarez was one of only six finalists selected by the Long Island Arts Alliance, a Brookville-based nonprofit arts and culture group, for its Hispanic Heritage Month art exhibit at Bloomingdale’s Furniture Gallery at Roosevelt Field. “The [exhibit’s] jury thought his process was innovative and beautiful,” said Theresa Statz-Smith, the executive director. “If you start to look at the process, it’s very unique, especially when you understand what he does.”
But transforming trash into art isn’t easy, and the path from conception to completion isn’t always smooth. It can take Alvarez up to two months to complete a piece, and he admits the creative process can be challenging. “It can be frustrating — to produce the proper image, you have to have the proper angle,” he said. “It’s very tedious work, and you have to have a lot of patience.”
And once a piece is completed, he questions whether the work is finished. “I ask myself: ‘Is this done or should I add more to it?’ ” he said. “I see little imperfections, and it’s maddening.”
Yet the urge to create draws him back to his studio every day. “I’m always pulled to create my next piece,” he said. “I know there is a bigger and better piece ahead. And that keeps me going.”
ON EXHIBIT
The Small Artworks Holiday Invitational features many of Michael Bergés works
WHEN | WHERE Through Jan. 14 at the Romany Kramoris Gallery, 41 Main St., Sag Harbor
INFO Free; call 631-725-2499, kramorisgallery.com
"Alvarez, a Bellmore resident, has had a brush with success in turning trash into pieces of art." Donna Nahas Newsday
Photo Credit: Daniel Goodrich
“DECISIVE MOMENTS” JULY 2016 WATER MILL MUSEUM Group Exhibit
June 2016 East End Photographer Group Art Exhibit...in East Hampton
Spring Exhibition 2016Ashawagh Hall
780 Springs-Fireplace Road
East Hampton, NY
Opening Reception: Saturday June 4th 5 – 8 PM
Show runs from Sat. June 4th through Sunday June 12th 2016
Gallery hours: Sat. 12 am to 5 PM / Sun. 1 to 5 PM Mon – Fri. 1 PM to 5 PM
Music by “Job Potter & Friends” June 4th at 5:30 PMInfo: ashawagh-hall.org
780 Springs-Fireplace Road
East Hampton, NY
Opening Reception: Saturday June 4th 5 – 8 PM
Show runs from Sat. June 4th through Sunday June 12th 2016
Gallery hours: Sat. 12 am to 5 PM / Sun. 1 to 5 PM Mon – Fri. 1 PM to 5 PM
Music by “Job Potter & Friends” June 4th at 5:30 PMInfo: ashawagh-hall.org
East End Galleries Scene – Openings & Events Through June 12, 2016June 1, 2016 by Hamptons Art Hub Staff ART RECEPTIONS, East End Events, EVENTS, EXHIBITIONS, GALLERIES, Galleries Scene, HAMPTONS, Hamptons & East End, Happening NowThe Hamptons and East End gallery scene is in full swing. Exhibitions open in East Hampton, Southampton, Greenport, Quogue and Water Mill. Don't miss the extensive photography exhibition by the East End Photographers Group at Ashawagh Hall opening with live music on June 4. Read on to discover new exhibitions, receptions and events in the galleries of The Hamptons and the East End through June 12, 2016.
Saturday, June 4, 2016ASHAWAGH HALL - "East End Photographers Group Spring Exhibition" has an Opening Reception on Saturday, June 4, 2016 from 5 to 8 p.m. Live music by Job Potter & Friends takes place at 5:30 p.m. The Exhibition remains on view through June 12, 2016. The show will feature traditional, digital and alternative photographic processes. Ashawagh Hall is located at 780 Springs-Fireplace Road, East Hampton, NY 11937. www.eastendphotogroup.org.
Saturday, June 4, 2016ASHAWAGH HALL - "East End Photographers Group Spring Exhibition" has an Opening Reception on Saturday, June 4, 2016 from 5 to 8 p.m. Live music by Job Potter & Friends takes place at 5:30 p.m. The Exhibition remains on view through June 12, 2016. The show will feature traditional, digital and alternative photographic processes. Ashawagh Hall is located at 780 Springs-Fireplace Road, East Hampton, NY 11937. www.eastendphotogroup.org.
The Art Scene 06.02.16Local Art News
By Mark Segal | June 2, 2016 - 3:14pm
By Mark Segal | June 2, 2016 - 3:14pm
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Berges Alvarez’s work demonstrates a profound concern for our extraordinary planet, particularly our shared “soundless landscapes” of oceans, open skies and mountains. Allegorically he conveys a beautiful frailty that reminds us of the wonders we all hold to share and protect.
http://kramorisgallery.com/berges-alvarez/
http://kramorisgallery.com/berges-alvarez/
Ready, Set, Go!
6 New Artists Kickoff Our Season
April 14 – May 5, 2016
Romany Kramoris Gallery is pleased to present a Group Art Show,
April 14 thru May 5, 2016, with a reception on Saturday, April 16, 4-5:30 PM. Participating artists include Lianne Alcon, Casey Chalem Anderson, Jennifer Levine, Berges Alvarez,
Sherry Pollack Walker, and Martha McAleer.
View Show Review
The Art Scene 04.14.16 Local Art News April 14, 2016
Group Show at Kramoris
An exhibition of work by six artists will open today at the Romany Kramoris Gallery in Sag Harbor and run through May 5. A reception will happen Saturday afternoon from 4 to 5:30.
While all the artists paint more or less representationally, there is considerable variation to their approaches. Berges Alvarez’s mixed-media works use filters, light, plastic, cameras, and rejected film to create stylized landscapes. Casey Chalem Anderson’s oil paintings capture the serenity of the local landscape. Lianne Alcon’s expressionistic canvases are loosely painted.
Martha McAleer’s mixed-media works are built up from acrylic paint and plaster to render the landscape with vibrant colors. Sherry Pollack Walker represents body-builders, weightlifters, and boxers in pastel and graphite. Jennifer Levine’s style is more playful and primitive, with echoes of Klee and Chagall.
An exhibition of work by six artists will open today at the Romany Kramoris Gallery in Sag Harbor and run through May 5. A reception will happen Saturday afternoon from 4 to 5:30.
While all the artists paint more or less representationally, there is considerable variation to their approaches. Berges Alvarez’s mixed-media works use filters, light, plastic, cameras, and rejected film to create stylized landscapes. Casey Chalem Anderson’s oil paintings capture the serenity of the local landscape. Lianne Alcon’s expressionistic canvases are loosely painted.
Martha McAleer’s mixed-media works are built up from acrylic paint and plaster to render the landscape with vibrant colors. Sherry Pollack Walker represents body-builders, weightlifters, and boxers in pastel and graphite. Jennifer Levine’s style is more playful and primitive, with echoes of Klee and Chagall.
"A New Light -Spring Awakening " Opening March 19th
Hosted by Studio 5404 Artspace with live music and artwork
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"A New Light -Spring Awakening " Opening March 19th
Submissions accepted now through February 29th Hosted by Studio 5404 Artspace with live music and artwork http://goo.gl/My2P11 We at Studio5404artspace are accepting innovative original artwork in all mediums including songwriters and poets. Live original music; Art will be accepted based on strength of work, subject matter, and originality. We're looking for innovative enthusiastic artists to share their work. For portfolio reviews, please contact Lori Horowitz at Studio5404artspace@gmail.com Always an open call for art work for potential shows for the upcoming year. "Studio 5404,” an artists’ space and non-profit organization. Our mission is to bring the cultural arts to the south shore of Long Island, showing quality cutting edge work created by under represented and emerging artists. We want to engage the community and with its support create a thriving artists’ space to share and explore artistic expression. Studio 5404, Art Space's photo. |
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Photos courtesy of Artist Dennis Bontempo thank you Dennis!
"Trumpet Vine" at the SCNY Annual Sylvia Maria Glesmann Members’ Floral Exhibit Mar 21-April 1 2016
"Hampton Dunes" Mixed Media accepted into the Salmagundi Club NY Landscape Exhibit
Feburary 2016
Feburary 2016
Salmagundi Club
2015 SCNY Thumb-Box Show
SOLD!
2015 Berges Alvarez-35-"December Dawn"
-Photograph on Canvas-9x12x2
"A New Light -Spring Awakening " Opening March 19th
STUDIO 5404 ART SPACE PRESENTS
“What Lies Beneath” – The Spirit of Art
Created through emotional, spiritual, and structural inspiration.
Opening Reception Saturday, October 24, 2015
“What Lies Beneath” – The Spirit of Art
Created through emotional, spiritual, and structural inspiration.
Opening Reception Saturday, October 24, 2015
Studio 5404 Art Space
will host an opening reception
“What Lies Beneath-The Spirit of Art” Saturday, October 24, 2015, 5-8:00 pm. The show, which runs through December 7th, 2015, will feature new works by 22 emerging and up-and-coming local Long Island and area artists including:
Andrea Davide, Mark Strodl, Holly Gordon, Lance Corey, Linda Louis, Mary Guariglia, Carole Amodeo, Lauren Skelly, Beth Heit, Willie Mae Brown, Jade Lam, Linda Beutelschies, Liliana Hecker, Chris Ann Ambery, Candice Licalzi, Holly Black, Amy Bisagni, Michelle Posner, Stelios Stylious, Robyn Bellospirito, Jaynes Johnes, Lois Walker and Berges Alvarez.
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PETRie Inventory London E Magazine Artist Interview August 2015 New York-based artist, Bergés Alvarez, has married together two unexpected worlds – radiography and art – to create captivating and intriguing images that open up a part of the human existence often left sheltered and hidden from view. In his X-ray artwork, the inside of our bodies provide a thought-provoking space for debate on modern society. https://readymag.com/PetrieEMagazine/333694/bergesalvarez/ |
The Salmagundi Club Certificate of Merit 2014
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Awarded Certificate of Merit last night at the SCNY Thumb-Box Exhibit
for "Hudson Crossing at Dawn"
The Salmagundi Club 106th Annual Thumb-Box Exhibition Certificate of Merit for Outstanding Work
December 4, 2014
for "Hudson Crossing at Dawn"
The Salmagundi Club 106th Annual Thumb-Box Exhibition Certificate of Merit for Outstanding Work
December 4, 2014
"Eternal Sea" 2014 Berges Alvarez
Art Avowal
Engaging Reflective Artwork by a new and emerging artist:
Berges Alvarez
November 2014
https://medium.com/@bergesalvarez/art-avowal135fd9e7020
"Sunrise Over Harbor" 2014 Auctioned to benefit
Long Island Arts Alliance and Arts Alive LI- to a Patron of the Arts
Radiographic Portraits : BERGES ALVAREZ
http://www.bimbamboolife.co.uk/x-ray-portraitsberges-alvarez/
Are you always on the lookout for interesting people who have a unique way of seeing art, so whilst surfing the net last week I came across the works of Long Island, New York artist Berges Alvarez, Not only is he a poet who is working on his 3rd chapbook but he’s also a Radiologic Technologist who works within a radiology organization overseeing their inner workings.
He’s managed to create portraits by utilizing radio-logical rejected x-ray films. The way he does this is by controlling phantoms and grey and black filters, not only does he create interesting shadows, he gives each x-ray its own personal identity giving them faces, hair and bodies I've never seen this done before it makes you wonder if the patient’s actually resemble their x-rays. Take a look at more of his work on his website http://www.bergesalvarez.com/
LONG ISLAND ARTISTS SHOWCASE THEIR WORK FOR 2014 HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH
Pictured (left to right) (top row): David Kirschenbaum, Manager of Public Relations, Bloomingdale’s; Theresa Statz-Smith, Executive Director, Long Island Arts Alliance; Luis Lopez, Immediate Past President of the Long Island Hispanic Chamber of Commerce; Louis Vasquez, President, Long Island Hispanic Chamber of Commerce.
Pictured on the Bottom Row (left to right): Berges Alvarez, Anahi DeCaneo, Naomi Bonilla Diracles, Carlos Velez, Victoria Febrer, Freddie Lopez, Samantha Hernandez, Jessica Valentin, and Juliana Bedoya. Photo Credit: Arts Alive LI.
Pictured on the Bottom Row (left to right): Berges Alvarez, Anahi DeCaneo, Naomi Bonilla Diracles, Carlos Velez, Victoria Febrer, Freddie Lopez, Samantha Hernandez, Jessica Valentin, and Juliana Bedoya. Photo Credit: Arts Alive LI.
(Long Island, NY) The annual Arts Alive LI “Arts Month,” sponsored by the Long Island Arts Alliance (LIAA) and Bethpage Federal Credit Union is a month-long celebration of cultural events that take place across Long Island. Running through October 31, 2014, 40 remarkable venues will host over 100 events, including a special Hispanic Heritage Month Exhibition running through October 26 at Bloomingdale’s Furniture Gallery at the Roosevelt Field Mall. Sponsored by the Long Island Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and the LIAA, 12 Hispanic Long Island resident artists, will each have their artwork on display, many pieces for sale, throughout the gallery. An artists’ reception to kick-off the exhibition recently took place at the Bloomingdale’s Furniture Gallery.
Hispanic Heritage Month EXHIBITION
You're invited!
"Frozen Morn" Berges Alvarez
Arts Alive LI October 2014 Art Exhibit
Bloomingdale's, Long Island Arts Alliance, and Long Island Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
are pleased to invite you to a collaborative art exhibition to celebrate
September's National Hispanic Heritage Month, a prelude to the celebration of Arts Alive LI October Arts Month!
Join us for an evening celebrating the art, food, music and culture of the Long Island Hispanic American community.
THURSDAY, September 18 6 - 8 pm
ARTISTS' RECEPTION
Bloomingdale's Furniture Gallery at the Roosevelt Field Mall 630 Old Country Road Garden City, NY 11530
12 Hispanic American Artists Exhibiting
SEPTEMBER 10 - OCTOBER 26
Artists:
Berges Alvarez, Juliana Bedoya, Naomi Bonilla Diracles, Hector Cordova, Anahi DeCanio, Victoria Febrer, Samantha Hernandez, Freddy Lopez, Erika Palumbo, Paul Rodriguez, Jessica Valentin, Carlos Velez
Please respond to 516-224-8440 or rsvp@artsaliveli.org
10% of the sales from your total purchases at Bloomingdale's Furniture Gallery during this event will be donated to
Long Island Arts Alliance.
You're invited!
"Frozen Morn" Berges Alvarez
Arts Alive LI October 2014 Art Exhibit
Bloomingdale's, Long Island Arts Alliance, and Long Island Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
are pleased to invite you to a collaborative art exhibition to celebrate
September's National Hispanic Heritage Month, a prelude to the celebration of Arts Alive LI October Arts Month!
Join us for an evening celebrating the art, food, music and culture of the Long Island Hispanic American community.
THURSDAY, September 18 6 - 8 pm
ARTISTS' RECEPTION
Bloomingdale's Furniture Gallery at the Roosevelt Field Mall 630 Old Country Road Garden City, NY 11530
12 Hispanic American Artists Exhibiting
SEPTEMBER 10 - OCTOBER 26
Artists:
Berges Alvarez, Juliana Bedoya, Naomi Bonilla Diracles, Hector Cordova, Anahi DeCanio, Victoria Febrer, Samantha Hernandez, Freddy Lopez, Erika Palumbo, Paul Rodriguez, Jessica Valentin, Carlos Velez
Please respond to 516-224-8440 or rsvp@artsaliveli.org
10% of the sales from your total purchases at Bloomingdale's Furniture Gallery during this event will be donated to
Long Island Arts Alliance.
The Arts
Art Beat: ‘East End Images’ on display at Floyd Memorial Library
by The Suffolk Times |09/06/2014 5:00 AM
The East End Photographers Group will present an exhibit of “East End Images” from Sept. 6 to Oct. 12 at Floyd Memorial Library in Greenport. The show, featuring traditional, digital and alternative photographic processes, celebrates the “vistas, seascapes, farmlands and abstract images of the South and North forks,” a press release says.
A reception is set for Sunday, Sept. 7, from 2 to 4 p.m.
Participating photographers are Berges Alvarez, Michele Dragonetti, Scott Farrell, Alex Ferrone, Gerry Giliberti, Pamela Greinke, George Mallis, Michael McLaughlin, Dave Nadal, Ron Nicoletta, Jim Sabiston, Jim Slezak and Mary Trentalange.
A reception is set for Sunday, Sept. 7, from 2 to 4 p.m.
Participating photographers are Berges Alvarez, Michele Dragonetti, Scott Farrell, Alex Ferrone, Gerry Giliberti, Pamela Greinke, George Mallis, Michael McLaughlin, Dave Nadal, Ron Nicoletta, Jim Sabiston, Jim Slezak and Mary Trentalange.
The East End Photographers Group Presents “East End Images”
Sept. 6th to Oct 12th, 2014Opening Reception:Sunday, September 7, from 2 to 4 p.m.Floyd Memorial Library, 539 First Street, Greenport, NY
Sept. 6th to Oct 12th, 2014Opening Reception:Sunday, September 7, from 2 to 4 p.m.Floyd Memorial Library, 539 First Street, Greenport, NY
Artist Member of The Salmagundi Club 2014
The Salmagundi Club originated in 1871 as a sketch class in Johnathan Scott Hartley's studio and purchased this mid-nineteenth century brownstone house in 1917 as its second home. It was cited in 1957 for its architectural distinction by the Society of Architectural Historians and the Municipal Art Society.Originally formed as the Salmagundi Sketch Club in 1871, the Club adopted its present name a hundred years ago after Washington Irving published his potpourri of wit and wisdom called "The Salmagundi Papers". The name also serves as the club dining room's famous "Salmagundi Stew".
The Club fosters an atmosphere of conviviality that encourages discussions on art and other topics and leads to lasting friendships among both artists members and patrons. While members are mainly residents of the Tri-State area, Salmagundian's are to be found throughout the Unites States and Canada, as well as such faraway places as London, Amsterdam and Lisbon.
Through the years the Club has been the singular gathering place for such great artists as Childe Hassam, William Merrit Chase, Howard Pyle, N.C. Wyeth, Louis Comfort Tiffany, Ogden Pleisner and many others. Honorary members have included such luminaries as Sir Winston Churchill, Buckminister Fuller, Paul Cadmus, Al Hirschfeld, Thomas Hoving and Schuyler Chapin.
The Club fosters an atmosphere of conviviality that encourages discussions on art and other topics and leads to lasting friendships among both artists members and patrons. While members are mainly residents of the Tri-State area, Salmagundian's are to be found throughout the Unites States and Canada, as well as such faraway places as London, Amsterdam and Lisbon.
Through the years the Club has been the singular gathering place for such great artists as Childe Hassam, William Merrit Chase, Howard Pyle, N.C. Wyeth, Louis Comfort Tiffany, Ogden Pleisner and many others. Honorary members have included such luminaries as Sir Winston Churchill, Buckminister Fuller, Paul Cadmus, Al Hirschfeld, Thomas Hoving and Schuyler Chapin.
Long Island Arts Alliance, Long Island Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and Bloomingdale’s
Long Island Arts Alliance, the Long Island Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and Bloomingdale’s are pleased to announce a collaborative art exhibition to celebrate September’s National Hispanic Heritage Month and as a lead into the Arts Alive LI October Arts Month celebration.
Arts Alive LI is presented by the Long Island Arts Alliance and Bethpage Federal Credit Union with additional support from Long Island Community Foundation and Empire State Development’s Division of Tourism/I LOVE NEW YORK, through Governor Andrew M. Cuomo’s Regional Economic Development Council initiative.
Selected artists will have their work featured in the Bloomingdale’s Furniture Gallery at the Roosevelt Field Mall from September 10th through October 26th. One finalist will be chosen as the featured artist on the ArtsAliveli.org website during September and October.
This opportunity is open to Long Island based artists of Hispanic heritage. Works can range in style from realism to abstract expressionism and may include landscapes, seascapes and other styles of traditional and contemporary art. Work must be presented in two-dimensional media including painting, drawing, and photography. All work must be framed and ready to hang securely on a wall and though there are few size restrictions, no work can be larger than 10′ x 10′. Approximately 10 – 15 artists’ work will be chosen for display.
Arts Alive LI is presented by the Long Island Arts Alliance and Bethpage Federal Credit Union with additional support from Long Island Community Foundation and Empire State Development’s Division of Tourism/I LOVE NEW YORK, through Governor Andrew M. Cuomo’s Regional Economic Development Council initiative.
Selected artists will have their work featured in the Bloomingdale’s Furniture Gallery at the Roosevelt Field Mall from September 10th through October 26th. One finalist will be chosen as the featured artist on the ArtsAliveli.org website during September and October.
This opportunity is open to Long Island based artists of Hispanic heritage. Works can range in style from realism to abstract expressionism and may include landscapes, seascapes and other styles of traditional and contemporary art. Work must be presented in two-dimensional media including painting, drawing, and photography. All work must be framed and ready to hang securely on a wall and though there are few size restrictions, no work can be larger than 10′ x 10′. Approximately 10 – 15 artists’ work will be chosen for display.
Artist Member of the East End Photographers Group 2014
The East End Photographers Group EEPG is an incorporated non-profit organization whose mission is to promote photography and the visual arts and do it in a community setting. It encourages photographic artists to exhibit new work at each show and gives support and a forum to new artists who are just beginning to exhibit their work, realize their personal vision and embrace the photographic process–which the EEPG believes is the most important aspect of attempting to create photographic art.
The East End Photographers Group is the longest exhibiting arts organization at Ashawagh Hall with the exception of the Springs Improvement Society, who hosts their member’s show and the Annual Invitational art exhibit.
The East End Photographers Group is the longest exhibiting arts organization at Ashawagh Hall with the exception of the Springs Improvement Society, who hosts their member’s show and the Annual Invitational art exhibit.
Hamptons Art Hub
June 23, 2014 by Sage Cotignola
"Berges Alvarez's work demonstrates a profound concern for our extraordinary planet, particularly our shared "soundless landscapes" of oceans, open skies, mountains, and plants. With metaphor and imagery he portrays a beautiful frailty that reminds us of the wonders we hold to protect in this astonishing world. This gripping body of work speaks out softly about our contemporary technological environment and presents images in their natural balance, remote and long ago lost, surprising splendors of mysteries only found in faraway lands. Time and again his social work reflects a natural world order that allows present-day to show in subtle ways and in doing so, constructs communication between the plastic recycled modern world we've created and the delicate yet silently present, natural consciousness around us. Abundant, dramatic with color and sometimes in silent melancholy Berges Alvarez's symbolic practicality of the use of recycled man-made materials to create these beautiful land and seascape photographs always fascinates and involves the beauty found within frayed edges and torn materials used to produce them. Materials that seem to have been forever forgotten in our modern day throwaway society. These digital photographs on cotton canvas are a bold, warm body of work that seeks to create a dynamic exchange between our connection to the natural lost paradise and our contemporary, technologically changing times."
June 23, 2014 by Sage Cotignola
"Berges Alvarez's work demonstrates a profound concern for our extraordinary planet, particularly our shared "soundless landscapes" of oceans, open skies, mountains, and plants. With metaphor and imagery he portrays a beautiful frailty that reminds us of the wonders we hold to protect in this astonishing world. This gripping body of work speaks out softly about our contemporary technological environment and presents images in their natural balance, remote and long ago lost, surprising splendors of mysteries only found in faraway lands. Time and again his social work reflects a natural world order that allows present-day to show in subtle ways and in doing so, constructs communication between the plastic recycled modern world we've created and the delicate yet silently present, natural consciousness around us. Abundant, dramatic with color and sometimes in silent melancholy Berges Alvarez's symbolic practicality of the use of recycled man-made materials to create these beautiful land and seascape photographs always fascinates and involves the beauty found within frayed edges and torn materials used to produce them. Materials that seem to have been forever forgotten in our modern day throwaway society. These digital photographs on cotton canvas are a bold, warm body of work that seeks to create a dynamic exchange between our connection to the natural lost paradise and our contemporary, technologically changing times."
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Participating in a Group Art Show to benefit the Greenport, NY Skate-Park
Save the Date July 19th 2014 at KB Martin Studios, Greenport, NY Skateboards designed by over 40 Artists and presented at KB Martin Studios for Auction and Sale See you there |
July 3, 2014 By Cynthia Paulis
Rain poured down outside as artists made waves inside a Massapequa art studio.
Lori Horowitz, artist and owner of Studio 5404, hosted many locals at the opening night of the new exhibition running until July 18.
“The show is called Making Waves and it is a water based summer show,” she said. “We are showcasing nine different artists all with water themes in their work. We have some installation pieces, some paintings, a lot of photography and mostly people who are recent graduates, younger artists this time, and Long Island artists.”
Massapequa artist Amanda Hawthorne displayed her piece called “Engulfed“. "It represents overwhelming emotions using the ocean as the subject. It is a watercolor. I like to use watercolor as my medium because of the transparency and organic nature of it and I like the layer and movement the water color gives. A lot of times when you paint a watercolor painting you don’t know what it is going to look like until it dries.”
Artist Bess Rappel displayed an unusual piece called “Mikvah,” which is about rebirth and renewal.
“Everyone goes through life changes and ‘Mikvah’ is a ritual bath that Jewish people do,” she said. “It is basically about life changing and going with the flow and being ok with your life changes.”
Meanwhile, Berges Alvarez had several landscape and seascape pieces that are photographs on a canvas. “I produced these images using recycled material using different filters, plastics that reflect through the layers of material,” said Alvarez. “This is a re-purposing of actual materials from our throwaway society. What I do is capture the beauty in these thrown away materials.”
Rain poured down outside as artists made waves inside a Massapequa art studio.
Lori Horowitz, artist and owner of Studio 5404, hosted many locals at the opening night of the new exhibition running until July 18.
“The show is called Making Waves and it is a water based summer show,” she said. “We are showcasing nine different artists all with water themes in their work. We have some installation pieces, some paintings, a lot of photography and mostly people who are recent graduates, younger artists this time, and Long Island artists.”
Massapequa artist Amanda Hawthorne displayed her piece called “Engulfed“. "It represents overwhelming emotions using the ocean as the subject. It is a watercolor. I like to use watercolor as my medium because of the transparency and organic nature of it and I like the layer and movement the water color gives. A lot of times when you paint a watercolor painting you don’t know what it is going to look like until it dries.”
Artist Bess Rappel displayed an unusual piece called “Mikvah,” which is about rebirth and renewal.
“Everyone goes through life changes and ‘Mikvah’ is a ritual bath that Jewish people do,” she said. “It is basically about life changing and going with the flow and being ok with your life changes.”
Meanwhile, Berges Alvarez had several landscape and seascape pieces that are photographs on a canvas. “I produced these images using recycled material using different filters, plastics that reflect through the layers of material,” said Alvarez. “This is a re-purposing of actual materials from our throwaway society. What I do is capture the beauty in these thrown away materials.”
Sun Glow at Water's Edge 2014
Berges Alvarez’s sweeping photographic art is produced by his conscientiously constructing small impressionistic country sides, seascapes and abstracts utilizing recycled man-made materials. These photo grams of conjured lost worlds are brought to existence with colored lights, reflective plastics, filters and films that bend, capture and mold reflections into wondrous created atmospheres.
Alvarez has a unique style of appearance that reminds of traditional detailed painting landscapes and in doing so he represents a carry-over of the landscape tradition with progression of the traditional process utilizing very contemporary methods.
Alvarez's staged panoramas are set apart by a quite peaceful yet dynamic eternal tenderness, timeless and vulnerable. He utilizes a blending of reality and make-believe, of a long lost paradise that we somehow remember still secretly kept in torn discarded materials and the frayed edges of our changing culture. The allegorical individuality he realizes comes from the process and manipulating methods to produce the desired effect. A stable, truthful reality is constructed and created out of simple illusions made of plastic and paper such as are found in our thrown away materials that still hold our fascination and conjure our imaginations.
Alvarez has a unique style of appearance that reminds of traditional detailed painting landscapes and in doing so he represents a carry-over of the landscape tradition with progression of the traditional process utilizing very contemporary methods.
Alvarez's staged panoramas are set apart by a quite peaceful yet dynamic eternal tenderness, timeless and vulnerable. He utilizes a blending of reality and make-believe, of a long lost paradise that we somehow remember still secretly kept in torn discarded materials and the frayed edges of our changing culture. The allegorical individuality he realizes comes from the process and manipulating methods to produce the desired effect. A stable, truthful reality is constructed and created out of simple illusions made of plastic and paper such as are found in our thrown away materials that still hold our fascination and conjure our imaginations.
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Lori Horowitz
"Making Waves"Spring into summer 2014 on June 13th for a fabulous night of water imagery by 9 talented artists. An eclectic mix of drawings, paintings and sculpture. Original acoustic jazz folk fusion by Sam and Zoe. Enjoy wine tasting supplied by Vine Wine Cellar and Bar |
Nammos in Southampton
2014 Summer Art Series-Group Show
presenting two local Long Island Artists
Berges Alvarez
Charles Wildbank
Each complimenting artwork is a beautiful exhibit of "2014 Hampton's Summer" Ocean, Sky Seascapes of Golden Waves, Surf, Sand and Fun in the Sun.
Safely Beneath 2014
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GUILD HALL 2014 ARTIST MEMBERS Exhibition
May 03, 2014 4-6 PM Guild Hall Art Museum 158 Main Street East Hampton Village, NY The Guild Hall Artist Members Show is the oldest non-juried museum exhibition on Long Island. Awards Juror Robert Storr is Professor of Painting and Dean of the School of Art at Yale University http://www.guildhall.org/museum-2/artist-members-show/ |
ON THE COVER
“Arch 2014” is the fourth cover by Bergés Alvarez “This is a beautiful representation of light refracted, altered, and filtered,” he says of the photograph, which features a radiograph of a phantom skull. “Light was slightly captured at the bottom of this image and reflected back in such a manner as to produce this wondrous effect…” |
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Honorable Mention Award
presented to "Shanghai Masquerade" by juried exhibit at
Firehouse Plaza Art Gallery
Nassau Community College
One Education Drive
Garden City, NY 11530-6793
516.572.0619
Location: CCB Building,
Plaza Level, Room 140
Two artworks chosen to Exhibit from over 300 entries across U.S. and Europe...
Have been honored to be among 12 other chosen artists to participate in the art exhibit "Speak Memory", juried by Lester Burg, Senior Manager for the MTA Arts for Transit and Urban Design and Lynn Rozzi FPAG Gallery Art Director. The art exhibit is hosted by the Nassau Community College Art Department. Firehouse Plaza Art is a beautiful gallery space please stop by and visit or check out their website:
https://www.ncc.edu/programsandcourses/academic_departments/art/firehouse_plaza_art_gallery/
https://www.ncc.edu/programsandcourses/academic_departments/art/firehouse_plaza_art_gallery/
Firehouse Plaza Art Gallery
Nassau Community College
One Education Drive
Garden City, NY 11530-6793
516.572.0619
Nassau Community College
One Education Drive
Garden City, NY 11530-6793
516.572.0619
Orbs 2014 "On the Cover" American Society of Radiologic Technology Journal
Jan/Feb 2014 volume issue
ON THE COVER
RADIOLOGIC TECHNOLOGY
“Orbs 2014” is the third cover by
Bergés Alvarez, MD, R.T.(R)(T)(QM), New York.
“This image represents our
passageways,” he says. “We arise
from our blue-brown earth into
a light, fluid existence that we float
in all our lives. Softly cradled in
snow-globe orbs and channeled by
our spirit guides, we again resurface
as enlightened creatures....”
RADIOLOGIC TECHNOLOGY
“Orbs 2014” is the third cover by
Bergés Alvarez, MD, R.T.(R)(T)(QM), New York.
“This image represents our
passageways,” he says. “We arise
from our blue-brown earth into
a light, fluid existence that we float
in all our lives. Softly cradled in
snow-globe orbs and channeled by
our spirit guides, we again resurface
as enlightened creatures....”
A Jain Gallery 34th Anniversary Show January 2014
A Jain Gallery Cordially invites you to an opening reception January 10th 5:30–7:30 PM
Artists Presented in
Celebrating our 34th Anniversary Exhibition
BERGES ALVAREZ
DICK ANTHONY
YUJI ASHIKAWA SUDIPTA CHOUDHURY IRENE CHRISTENSEN ANN GRANDIN YING HU
FADILJA CUNMULJAJ KAJOSEVIC SUSAN LANDISE
SUSAN MARX SAI MORIKAWA
NAO NAKAMURA KAZUO NISHIMURA FERNANDO POMALAZA SARAH T POWERS ELLING REITAN
NICOL RODRIGUEZ EKATHERINA S ROBERT A SCHAEFER JR MATT TIMO LIDA VAN BERS RICHARD VAUX
24 West 57th Street New York, NY 10019 Tel: 212.969.9660
www.ajaingallery.com
Artists Presented in
Celebrating our 34th Anniversary Exhibition
BERGES ALVAREZ
DICK ANTHONY
YUJI ASHIKAWA SUDIPTA CHOUDHURY IRENE CHRISTENSEN ANN GRANDIN YING HU
FADILJA CUNMULJAJ KAJOSEVIC SUSAN LANDISE
SUSAN MARX SAI MORIKAWA
NAO NAKAMURA KAZUO NISHIMURA FERNANDO POMALAZA SARAH T POWERS ELLING REITAN
NICOL RODRIGUEZ EKATHERINA S ROBERT A SCHAEFER JR MATT TIMO LIDA VAN BERS RICHARD VAUX
24 West 57th Street New York, NY 10019 Tel: 212.969.9660
www.ajaingallery.com
Bergès Alvarez was represented by A. Jain Marunouchi Gallery at
the Emerging International Artists Group Exhibition at the
Shanghai Art Fair 2013
This is a Carnival assembling galleries from all over the world, to enjoy the participation of more than 120 galleries, Thousands of artworks will be jointly presented. Believe that all consumers would gradually feel the joy and happiness of art and slowly fall in love again.
the Emerging International Artists Group Exhibition at the
Shanghai Art Fair 2013
This is a Carnival assembling galleries from all over the world, to enjoy the participation of more than 120 galleries, Thousands of artworks will be jointly presented. Believe that all consumers would gradually feel the joy and happiness of art and slowly fall in love again.
"Reflections 2014" is the second cover digital photograph by Berges Alvarez, from NY. When creating his work Alvarez finds beauty in simple everyday objects and experiences. "My inspiration to create comes from everything around me, from the beautiful anatomical radiographic images I produce daily, to the warm sunlight that reflects off everything".
"On The Cover" ASRT Nov-Dec 2013 Issue
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“In his poetry of longing Bergés Alvarez journeys through dense landscapes of the heart. His expressionist visions are driven by primal human needs and entanglements that pulse and grasp, beat and flow in passionate rhythm.”
J. & J. Digby, Feral Press,2012 www.pp-pub.com
You are cordially invited to attend an Opening Reception on
Tuesday October 31, 2013 from 5:30 - 7:30 PM Featuring
Bergès Alvarez, Sudipta Choudhury,
Suzanne Donazetti, Sarah T Powers,
Kariyappa Hanchinamani,
Vladimir Shestakov
Exhibition Dates: October 29-November 23,2013
A Jain Marunouchi Gallery
24 West 57th Street, NY, NY 10019
www.jaingallery.com, email: jainmar@aol.com
Tuesday October 31, 2013 from 5:30 - 7:30 PM Featuring
Bergès Alvarez, Sudipta Choudhury,
Suzanne Donazetti, Sarah T Powers,
Kariyappa Hanchinamani,
Vladimir Shestakov
Exhibition Dates: October 29-November 23,2013
A Jain Marunouchi Gallery
24 West 57th Street, NY, NY 10019
www.jaingallery.com, email: jainmar@aol.com
“By day, Bergés Alvarez oversees many of the inner workings of a radiology organization. But beneath the “dark night sky” he dreams in poetic stanzas. Deep in his heart is a yearning to reflect and grow and come to understand the greater meanings of our everyday lives.”
Long Island Pulse Magazine Publisher and Editor 2011, www.lipulse.com
Long Island Pulse Magazine Publisher and Editor 2011, www.lipulse.com
"Now Know 2013" this piece was entered into the 2013 Super Storm Sandy Art Competition and will be on tour and exhibiting throughout Nassau County. It was first presented at Grumman Studios Gallery in Bethpage, New York where the competition was held.
Next Stop is Long Beach City Hall and then Long Beach Recreational Center as the Exhibit travels and is showcased in many different galleries and government buildings throughout the county.
Certificate of Recognition
Participated in the Nassau County Open Art Competition October 29, 2013 capturing Nassau County's response to Super Storm Sandy sponsored by County Executive Edward Mangano and Lawrence and Susan Kadish. Congratulations on your achievement!
Participated in the Nassau County Open Art Competition October 29, 2013 capturing Nassau County's response to Super Storm Sandy sponsored by County Executive Edward Mangano and Lawrence and Susan Kadish. Congratulations on your achievement!
Introducing Bergés Alvarez's latest chapbook Present is a Gradual Sadness to the Day. Flutter Press through Lulu Publishers 16 pgs, 10 poems "Flutter Press discovers poetic talent, well-seasoned or novice. They are a micro poetry press that utilizes print on demand technology to publish one-of-a-kind sophisticated, beautiful chapbooks. It is all about free verse poems that explore human emotions, experiences, foreign travel/cultures, dreams, and relationships with undercurrents of surrealism". http://flutterpress2009.blogspot.com/p/about-flutter-press.html
"In his poetry of longing Bergés Alvarez journeys through dense landscapes of the heart. His expressionist visions are driven by primal human needs and entanglements that pulse and grasp, beat and flow in passionate rhythm." - J. & J. Digby, The Feral Press
"In his poetry of longing Bergés Alvarez journeys through dense landscapes of the heart. His expressionist visions are driven by primal human needs and entanglements that pulse and grasp, beat and flow in passionate rhythm." - J. & J. Digby, The Feral Press
"When a slight electrical current is added and strikes the film - as seen within the x-ray tube - magic happens!" Berges Alvarez
In the Journal of the American Society of Radiologic Technologists 2013. www.asrt.org
"Dreaming of the Dark Night Skies" photos-Lynn Spinnato words-Berges Alvarez 2011
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“In Closely Listen, Bergés Alvarez proves that he has mastered the poet’s tools of trade. His is a unique voice, he has a lightness of touch, and a certain a Taoist wisdom. When reading his poetry, it is best to sit back and taste the words, say them aloud, and let a poem such as Most Moons resonate; the poem makes the sound of a spoon on a crystal glass, spare and elegant. The title poem urges you to “stir your words, close my eyes, and hold my breath”. Do this, and in the resulting quiet, the reader will hear a rare song, the voice of Bergés Alvarez in Closely Listen. “
Kristin Roedell, Poet 2013, http://cicadas-sing.ucoz.com
Kristin Roedell, Poet 2013, http://cicadas-sing.ucoz.com
The Scanner Magazine September 2013
"Gradually 2014" is the first cover by
Bergès Alvarez. " I do not have
formal training or an art history major,
but in medicine and science I have found
a true art form that I can call my own".
Berges uses light, filters and reflective
surfaces such as x-ray films to create his images.
www.asrt.org
Bergès Alvarez is a poet and artist deeply influenced by science. He works in the artistic imaging and technologically visual world of Radiology. His poetry has appeared in Long Island Pulse and Great South Bay Magazine.
Within the Rain (Chapbook published in March 2011), 8 ½”' x 7" five poems by
Bergès Alvarez with cover and 6 illustrations by Linda Vi Vona.
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The Great South Bay Mag.com
South Bay Poetry Moon Holds by Bergés Alvarez Silent moon held up so gently quietly floats, fades ever so slightly. Beyond the silvery clouds of darkness. Among the very stars is seized, Whose shine at times may seem to echo From other suns, than from our very own. What eternal knowledge must you hold? Events of cosmos that have come and gone To stand their appointed witness, oh so quietly. Upon your tattered surface All the heaven’s secrets have been kept Safely within, that no other sun can ever reflect. A simple silent, dusty moon remains, no other one will do. Nestled, nightly guarded, and hung upon its place, for us to follow. Sometimes halved, quartered, even shaved, but still always Contained fully behind its shine. The moon holds all our attractions, An eternal nightfall, watchful eye, anointed from above. To timelessly conduct, the staggering ebb tides, that bind us. |
Earth and Moon 2010
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Bergés Alvarez contributed the poem entitled "Closely Listen"
Closely Listen
Bergés Alvarez Fall 2012
Feel the tenor, tongue
press quietly under, confidently trace
lip’s evenly placed inflections.
Search silently held intonations
of your vocal language.
Stir your words, close my eyes and
hold my breath.
Closely near to slightly listen,
taste your richly chosen words.
Lured softly to feel passage of air drawn through
your whispered inhalations.
Recognize rhythmic mantras, scholarly hymns
found within your singular resonating resolve.
In-between the silence of our unspoken:
as within the layered quietness pooled in your soul,
all is infinitely understood.
Bergés Alvarez contributed the poem entitled "Closely Listen"
Closely Listen
Bergés Alvarez Fall 2012
Feel the tenor, tongue
press quietly under, confidently trace
lip’s evenly placed inflections.
Search silently held intonations
of your vocal language.
Stir your words, close my eyes and
hold my breath.
Closely near to slightly listen,
taste your richly chosen words.
Lured softly to feel passage of air drawn through
your whispered inhalations.
Recognize rhythmic mantras, scholarly hymns
found within your singular resonating resolve.
In-between the silence of our unspoken:
as within the layered quietness pooled in your soul,
all is infinitely understood.
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All Artwork and Poetry protected by The Copyright Act and its provisions there under ©Bergés Alvarez.