Bayo Alvaro’s work—evocative of strange, alien flora—recall Karen Barad’s descriptions of a “queer performativity” of nature. In this conception of the natural world, nothing is ever exclusively male or female, animate and inanimate; nor is it simply good or evil. Rather, there is endless potential for change and intra-action. Bayo Alvaro's work appear laced together in symbiosis, reflecting the ways in which living beings continuously tend towards and transform one another.
Bayo Álvaro utilizes mechanisms of representation and corporeality reflecting the ways in which fluxes of energy inside materials cinflluence one another. The use of his own body, through interactions, based on organic processes is vital for the investigation. His work focuses mainly on the fields of video, performance and sculpture. However, in a multidisciplinary practice, Bayo Álvaro allows himself to approach installation to discuss how identities and experiences interact.
Bayo Alvaro (b. 1992, MEX) received a BFA from the Institut de Beaux-Arts de Toulouse, and subsequently received an MFA from the École Superièure de Beaux-Art de Paris Cergy.
Bayo Alvaro's work has appeared in several exhibitions in France, Morocco, Canada, Spain, Greece, Canada, USA and Mexico. More recently, Álvaro presented an individual exhibition ¡Suéltame! at Deli Gallery, Mexico City. A two person show with Lily Baker at Naranjo, Mexico City. In 2022 Bayo Alvaro presented two solo shows “GOON” at El Arenero and “In the garden where we are dogs” at GAM. He presents in 2021 “Jungle Gym”, an exhibition together with Yeni Mao at Guadalajara 90210 and “Bayo Alvaro”, an individual exhibition composed of sculptures based on bodily interactions in Denfert Jardin, Paris. In 2019 he presented the solo shows “If our bodies were...” and “How to poach an egg” at ENSAPC, France. He has exhibited in Mexico City at Salón Silicón with “MHMMM!” and “Artistic Validation Space - EVA3” at Casa Tonalá.
Solo Shows
2023
Honey with Lily Baker
Naranjo, Mexico City, Mexico
¡Suéltame!
Deli Gallery, Mexico City, Mexico
2022
GOON
El Arenero, Mexico City, Mexico
El jardín donde somos perros
GAM, Mexico City, Mexico
2021
Jungle Gym with Yeni Mao
Guadalajara 90210, Jalisco, Mexico
Obra en Cerámica with Alejandra Venegas
Siete y Medio, Mexico City, Mexico
2020
bayo alvaro
Jardin Denfert, Paris, France
2019
How to Pouch an Egg.
ENSAPC, Cergy, France
If our bodies were...
ENSAPC, Cergy, France
2018
Espacio de Validación Artística EVA 3
Casa Tonalá, Mexico City, Mexico
MHMMM!
Salón Silicón, Mexico City, Mexico
Selected Group Shows
FONCA
Los Pinos, Mexico City, Mexico
El Aliento de los Materiales
Museo de Cultura de Leon, Leon, Mexico.
Strange Fire - ESTUDIO CROMA
Space 52, Athens, Greece
Visa Projects Vol 2.
Beverly, NYC, US
De grote Kermiekshow
Outsiderland, Amsterdam, NL
Yacimientos
Guadalajara 90210, Mexico City, Mexico
2 Lives
NMV Espacio, Barcelona, Spain
En Cautiverio, Camaleones - SOPORTE
CROMA, Mexico City, Mexico
Roots
BIG PARADISE, NY, USA
Khial Nkhel - Art Program
Khial Nkhel, Marrakesh, Morroco
Courage! NEAR Infrared
Rinomina, Paris, France
Grants
2022
JC Escultura
Fonca, Mexico City, Mexico.
Residencies
2023
Residencia Ceramica de 4A
Galeria A4, Tlahuelilpan, Mexico.
2020
Khial Nkhel - Art Program
Khial Nkhel, Marrakesh, Morroco
2018
Le Local Associatif
L.A. Arles, France