Boid, 2010, bronze, 20x10x22 cm
(8 x 4 x 9 in) ed. of 5
Ziggy, 2013, resin, spray paint, 36x15x15 cm,
(14x6x6 in) edition of 3
Schmoo, 2014, ceramic, 23x13x13 cm (9x5x5 inches)
private collection, London
Plank, 2013, painted resin peint,
128x64x28 cm (50x25x11 inches) ed. of 2, resin and bronze
A perturbing mixture of tenderness and irony permeates D’Alvia’s work, in which a minimalist gesture and a narrative approach converge, producing unusual, yet seductive sculptures and drawings. The synthesis of appearing and hiding gives place to paradoxical works: abstract and animal bodies are veiled, so that their identities can only be guessed and their dark comedy begins.
D’Alvia won the Rome Prize in 2012. He has had numerous solo and group exhibitions internationally including American Academy in Rome, Italy and The Rhode Island School of Design Museum in Providence, Rhode Island and at Gleichapel, Paris France. His works are present in private collections internationally.
BORN
1965
Sleepy Hollow, NY, United States of America
Lives and works in New York City and West Cornwall, CT.
Solo Exhibitions
2017 Outdoor Sculpture, Jef Bailey Gallery, Hudson, NY
Endless, Nathalie Karg Gallery, New York, NY
Endless, Regina Rex, New York, NY
2014 Ceci n’est pas une caisse, Gleichapel, Paris, France
2013 Mulherin+Pollard, Cyclops, New York, NY
2011 Operaunica, Rome, Italy
2009 Galerie Van Der Stegen, Cryhappy, Paris, France
2008 Derek Eller Gallery, Sculpture, New York, NY
2007 g-module, Natura Artis Magistra, Paris, France
2006 Derek Eller Gallery, Project Room, New York, NY
1998 Jessica Fredericks Gallery, Statuary, New York, NY
Group Exhibitions
2014
Mars Milano, Agnese Guido/Carl D’Alvia/Filippo LaVaccara, Milan, Italy.
Kunstraum t27, Upward Postive Leaders, (curated by Laura Santamaria), Berlin, Germany.
2013
Castelluccio di Pienza, The Naturalists, (curated by Peter Benson Miller), Chianciano Terme (Siena).
American Academy in Rome, The Idea of Realism, (curated by Christian Caliandro and Carl D’Alvia), Rome, Italy.
2012
Katharine Mulherin Contemporary Art Projects, Tropic of Capricorn, Toronto, Canada.
Mulherin+Pollard Gallery, Makin It Natural, New York, N.Y.
2011
Goldstein Galleries at Goodhood, I Pity Inanimate Objects, (curated by Russell Maurice),
London, England.
2010
The Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Collision, (curated by Jackie Saccocio), Providence, R.I. The Wassaic Project, Bestiary, (curated by Sally Morgan, Liz Parks and Sally Zunino), Wassaic, N.Y.
Foley Gallery, Townie, (curated by Carl D?Alvia and Michael Foley), New York, N.Y.
Judi Rotenberg Gallery, Netherworld, (curated by Kathleen O’Hara and Beth Kantrowitz), Boston, MA.
2009
Wunderkammer, Titled/Untitled, (curated by Alberto Dambruoso Micol Di Veroli), Rome, Italy.
Morgan Lehman Gallery, Strangers In A Strange Land, Lakeville, CT.
Massimo Carasi Arte Contemporanea/The Flat, Collettiva/Group Show.
2008
Katherine Mulherin Contemporary Art Projects, Sensible, Toronto, Canada.
Massimo Carasi Arte Contemporanea/The Flat, Gulliver In Wonderland, Milan, Italy.
Gallerie d’Arte Contemporanea di Palazzo Ducale, Love, (curated by
Paolo Donini and Daniela Del Moro), Pavullo nel Frignano (Modena), Italy.
Sunday Gallery, Tenderly, New York, N.Y.
g–module, g-salon : Exposition de Groupe, Paris, France.
2007
Massimo Carasi Arte Contemporanea/The Flat, Disarticulated Speech, Milan, Italy.
Gering and Lopez Gallery, POPcentric, (curated by Michael Bevilacqua and Sandra Gering),
New York, N.Y.
2006
John Connelly Presents, Kamp 48 Let’s Go Kamping!!, New York, N.Y.
Angell Gallery, New York Style, (curated by David Hunt), Toronto, Canada.
Deborah Colton Gallery, The Hedonistic Imperative, Houston, TX.
2005
Yerba Buena Art Center, Zine Unbound, San Francisco, California.
Biagiotti Progetto Arte, Stars and Stripes, Florence, Italy.
Jack the Pelican Presents, The Hedonistic Imperative, Brooklyn, N.Y.
2004
Feature Inc., Itsy Bitsy Spider, New York, N.Y.
Claire Oliver Fine Art, The RISD Biennial, (curated by Shamim Momin), New York, N.Y.
Clifford/Smith Gallery, Speechless, Boston, MA.
Galerie Michael Neff, Sculpture Now, Frankfurt Main, Germany.
2003 Feature Inc., Group Sculpture Show, New York, N.Y.
Space 101, The Burnt Orange Heresy, (curated by David Hunt), Brooklyn, N.Y.
Lump Gallery/Projects, Lumpenedlyness, (curated by Hudson), Raleigh, N.C.
2001
Derek Eller Gallery, Being There , New York, N.Y.
Here, Smile , New York, N.Y.
2000
White Columns, Wine, Women & Wheels, (curated by Paul Ha), New York, N.Y.
1999
Baumgartner Galleries Inc., Loaf, (curated by Steve DiBenedetto and Manfred Baumgartner), New York, N.Y.
1996
Lauren Wittels Gallery, Carl D’Alvia and Judith Eisler, New York, N.Y.
Curt Marcus Gallery, The Baseball Show, New York, N.Y.
Grants & Awards
2012-13 The Rome Prize, Henry W. and Marian T. Mitchell Fellowship,
American Academy in Rome, Rome, Italy.
2009 Civitella Ranieri Foundation, Umbertide (Umbria), Italy.
Education
1987 Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, R.I., BFA Sculpture.
1987 European Honors Program, Rhode Island School of Design, Rome, Italy.
Bibliography
2018
Wicked Local, De Cordova Sculpture Park and Museum Announces “Biennial Artists”, 2018
2017
Hyperallergic, John Yau, Hair and Mushrooms, Gnarly Paint and Smooth Pours, 2017
New York Magazine, Jerry Saltz, To Do: January 25-February 8, 2017
Bomb Magazine, Laurie Simmons, Carl D’Alvia, 2017Hyperallergic, Stephen Maine, What Lies Beneath: Carl D’Alvia’s Buried Meanings, 2017
Wall Street International, Endless, 2017
2014
“Carl D’Alvia, Ceci n’est pas une caisse”, Artshebdo/media, June.
2013
Bloomberg, Katya Kazakina, Vixens for $190,000, Phallic Owl, Dazzling Grid: Hot Art, 2013
Mario DeCandia, “Cinque Mostre”, Le Nuove Visioni A Stelle E Strriscie, 24-30 January , Trova Rome (La Repubblica), p.63.
2011
Santa Nastro, “Generation Hippie Arte”, Maxim (Italia), July, anno 14, n. 6/7, p.47.
2010
Cate McQuaid, “Playing With Forms, Faces, and Figures”, The Boston Globe, Jan.20, 2010.
Manuela Alessandra Filippi, “Titolo, Non Titiolo?”, Arte, January 2010, p.57.
2009
Santa Nastro, “Carl D’Alvia Asuka Ohsawa”, Espoarte, Anno IX, No.56, p.137.
2008
“D’Alvia/Del Rosario/Matyek/Khete, The Flat-Massimo Carasi, Milano”, Arte e Critica, Feb., No.53.
2007
“POPcentric”, Time Out New York, issue 623, Sept.6-12, 2007.
“Super Furry Animals”, Lodown Magazine, May-June, No. 56, p.22.
2006
“Unambiguous”, Artworld Digest, p.5 Schulze, Troy.
“Better Living through Silicone”, Houston Press (vol.18, no.4, 2006), p.29.
2004
“Stars & Stripes”, Flash Art, June-July, p.139.
“Finding fascination in blots, splats, bubbles and shimmer”, The Boston Globe, May 14, Living/Arts.
2001
“Being There”, The New York Times, July 13, Art Guide, p.32.
2000
“Loaf”, The New Yorker, “Goings on About Town/ Art”, December 27 & January 3, p.22.
1999
“Loaf” Time Out, December 16 – 30, p.121.
1998
Moody, Tom. “Carl D’Alvia at Jessica Fredericks”, Artforum, December, p.132.
Newhall, Edith. “Fall Art Preview”, New York Magazine, September 14, p.127.
1996
Servetar, Stuart. “Carl D’Alvia/Judith Eisler”, New York Press, March.
Glueck, Grace. “The Baseball Show”, The New York Times, July 26, p.C23.
1994
Levin, Kim. “S.I.B. Swelling Itching Brain”, The Village Voice, July 3, p.134.