Hovhannisyan, Gagik (Diana Yesenia Alvarado Abstracts)

 1. Fenlason, Grace, et al. “Diana Yesenia Alvarado's Sculptures Depict the Sounds, Smells, People, and Colors of Her Neighborhood.” Amadeus, 8 Oct. 2021, http://amadeusmag.com/blog/diana-yesenia-alvarado-clay-sculptures/. 

In this article, Diana Yesenia Alvarado is being interviewed, a South California Chicanx artist who hasn’t got much recognition yet.  Raised in South East and the East Side of Los Angeles she had interest in art all through her life,but only got to stick to it after getting into California State University, Long Beach.  When she was younger she was interested in drawing, painting, photography, etc., but later she started working with clay and fell in love with it.  She mostly creates figures from childhood cartoons and figures that most of the Chicanx community would find familiar and relate with.  She prefers clay figures over the other sorts of art because it allows her to create 3 Dimensional figures and go through a different processor in the making of each piece.

2. Ceramics Now. “Clay Pop: Curated by Alia Williams at Jeffrey Deitch, New York.” Ceramics Now, 12 Oct. 2021, https://www.ceramicsnow.org/2021/10/12/clay-pop-curated-by-alia-williams-at-jeffrey-deitch-new-york/. 

This article talks about the art exhibition called Clay Pop.  The exhibition is curated by Alia Williams at Jeffrey Deitch, in New York.  It is taking place from September 10 – October 30, 2021.  It is a collection of around 40 young and not so famous international clay artists.  The exhibition is put up to share the art and the struggles of the minorities.  The majority of the artists are close with each other and acquainted with each other's work.  They all presented and represented their traditions and cultures with those clay figures.  One of the first names of the artist list is the Chicanx artist Diana Yesenia Alvarado.

3. Diana Yesenia Alvarado | Biography - Mutualart.com. https://www.mutualart.com/Artist/Diana-Yesenia-Alvarado/B96A96552C2E95D8/Biography. 

In this web page we can find some information about Diana Yesenia Alvarado’s career as an artist.  She was born and based in 1992 in East Los Angeles.  The biography shows that she started actively participating in exhibitions from 2018 to present.  In around 3 years she managed to participate in 10 exhibitions.  Some of those exhibitions were all around the United States, but it is also noticeable that she even elevated to the international level and had some exhibitions outside the country.  2021 was one busy year for her.  She participated in 5  exhibitions, two of which were in New York, one was in Los Angeles, one in the Spanish capital of Madrid, and one in Stockholm, Sweden.