Rosa Alvarez

Rosa M. Alv

Rosa M. Alvarez-Castellano
310.402.4625
Email: cariocatu@aol.com

BRIEF BIOGRAPHY

Since early childhood, I have been intrigued with the world of art.  At approximately twelve
years of age, I began to write poetry.  Poetry, for me, was a way of expressing my ideas and
emotions.  Later on, I discovered a certain fascination for “Haute Couture,” including fashion
photography.  Some of my favorite fashion photographers are:  Scavullo, Richard Avedon &
William Klein.  That is more or less the way I began to incorporate photography with pain-
ting and discovered “Collage.”  Gradually, my enchantment and attraction for “Modern
Art” influenced and settled within me.  Afterwards, I discovered “Abstract.”  The “Abstract”
World presented me with an enormous field of freedom and expression.  The following 
painters were and will always be of great inspiration:  Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dali, 
Henri Matisse, Howard Hodgkin, Willem de Kooning, Mark Rothko and Jackson Pollock.

EDUCATION

The American College, London/Los Angeles, CA – College of Arts and Crafts, San Francisco,
CA – Santa Monica College, Santa Monica, CA – I.D.E. Caracas, Venezuela.

EXHIBITIONS

SUR, West Hollywood, CA – En Sushi, Santa Monica, CA – Source Film Studio, Los Angeles,
CA – Art front, Los Angeles, CA –Le Petit Gallery, Los Angeles, CA – Farmani Gallery, 
Los Angeles, CA – Mothers helping Mothers (Fund Raiser) Sarasota, FL – Turning Points
(Fund Raiser) Palmetto, FL – First Annual Florida Flavor, Sarasota Art Center, FL –
Selah Freedom (Fund Raiser) Sarasota, FL – Susan G. Komen – Key to the Cure, 
Saks Fifth Avenue, Sarasota, FL & Wearable Art Shop, Sarasota, FL 

TELEVISION/COMMISSIONS

“O” Music Video/BET, Los Angeles, CA – Michael L. Pearl, M.D. Los Angeles, CA
David Simmons, Squire, Los Angeles, CA – Leonard Manfred Productions, Los Angeles, CA
Source Film Studios, Los Angeles, CA – Community of Angels, Los Angeles, CA –
Frank Gehry Sphere Art Project, Los Angeles, CA – GENART Heineken Hispanic Mural
Program, New York.