Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago 2025 Art Auction | Hosted by Sotheby's
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago 2025 Art Auction | Hosted by Sotheby's
Candida Alvarez
Night Shade
Estimate
20,000 - 25,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Candida Alvarez
b. 1955
Night Shade
Executed in 2019.
Acrylic on linen
24 × 20 in. (61 × 50.8 cm)
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Courtesy of the artist and Monique Meloche Gallery
Candida Alvarez (b. 1955, Brooklyn, NY; lives in Chicago, IL, and Baroda, MI) makes vibrant abstract paintings that blend figuration, cultural memory, and color into complex compositions. Pulling from her personal narratives and surroundings, Alvarez crafts a dynamic visual language through her layered works. A longtime Chicagoan, the artist has lived in the city since 1998 and is a professor emeritus at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago following twenty-five years of teaching. In 2022, Alvarez’s work was included in the MCA exhibition Forecast Form: Art in the Caribbean Diaspora, 1990s–Today. Alvarez
is the subject of the major survey exhibition Circle, Point, Hoop at El Museo del Barrio, New York, opening April 2025. Other recent solo exhibitions include Monira Foundation, Chicago, and the Chicago Cultural Center. Alvarez has received various accolades, including the Trellis Art Fund Award, American Academy of Arts and Letters Award, and a Joan Mitchell Foundation Painters and Sculptors Grant. Her work is also in the MCA Collection.