Claudia Alvarez lives and works in New York City. She attended the University of California, Davis (BA 1999) and California College of Arts, San Francisco (MFA 2003). Her work has been exhibited in the United States, Europe, Canada, and Mexico. Recent solo exhibitions include Acercate, Centro Nacional de las Artes, Mexico City, Mexico, Girls with Guns, Scott White Contemporary Art, California, Falling, Museum of Nebraska Art, Nebraska, Silencio de Agua, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Yucatan, Merida, Mexico, American Heroes, Blue Leaf Gallery, Dublin, Ireland, Cosas de un Niño, El Museo Latino, Nebraska, History of Immigration, Metropolitan Community College, Nebraska. Selected group shows include Better Half, Better Twelfth: Women Artists in the Collection, Sheldon Museum of Art, Lincoln, NE, Separation Anxiety, Wignall Museum of Contemporary Art, Chaffey College, Rancho Cucamonga, California,Vida Breve, National Museum of Mexican Art, Chicago, Illinois. Grants include Art Matters Foundation, New York, The McKnight Foundation, Artist Residence, Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Artist Residence, SOMA, Mexico City, Mexico, and the Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, Nebraska. Her work has appeared in New American Paintings, The Irish Times, Art Pulse, NY Arts Magazine, Review Magazine, Ceramic Art and Perception, and Confrontational Ceramics.