Andrius Alvarez-Backus
Born in Warwick, NY, 1999. Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.
EDUCATION
2025
MFA, Columbia University School of the Arts, New York
2023
BFA, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, New York
SOLO AND TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2026
I Want to Know, I Need to Know, Eli Klein Gallery, New York
2025
Ordinary Permanence, MAMA Projects, New York
Some Dissemblance Required, Chelsea Walls, New York
2023
Desastre!, Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg, MA
How to Inherit a Hazard, The Cooper Union, New York
2022
Haptic Register, Ben Blaustein, Brooklyn, NY
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025
Expressive Bodies, The Liu Shiming Art Foundation, New York
Fault Lines, The Blanc, New York
Class of 2025 Thesis Exhibition, Wallach Art Gallery, New York
The Unruly Dance of Form, Fragment Gallery, New York
Blood as Thick as Water, Plato Gallery, New York
2024
A Triptych in Jazz, Jerome L. Greene Science Center, New York
Container, A Space Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Currents, SK Gallery, New York
VOLUME, Black Brick Project, Brooklyn, NY
Class of 2025 First Year MFA Exhibition, Wallach Art Gallery, New York
Suite No. 1, Fundación Maceta, Mexico City
2022
86th Regional Exhibition of Art & Craft, Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg, MA
They/He/She, Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition, Brooklyn, NY
2019
Outside the Lines, Post Office Gallery, North Truro, MA
2018
Next Up!, Page Waterman Gallery, Wellesley, MA
2014
Westford Regional Art Event, Westford, MA
2013
78th Regional Exhibition of Art and Craft, Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg, MA
AWARDS, RESIDENCIES, FELLOWSHIPS
2025
Artist in Residence, Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, NY
The Nicholas Dahl Visiting Artist, Provincetown Art Association & Museum, Provincetown, MA
2024
The D’Arcy Hayman Scholarship, Columbia University, New York
The Quinta Carolina Scholarship, Columbia University, New York
The Visual Arts Intraschool Scholarship, Columbia University, New York
The Dean’s Travel Grant, Columbia University, New York
The Marcy L. Wachtel Scholarship, Columbia University, New York
The Visual Arts Program Scholarship, Columbia University, New York
2023
The Provost Fund Scholarship, Columbia University, New York
The Richard Lewis Bloch Memorial Prize, The Cooper Union, New York
Master of Fine Arts Program Scholarship, Columbia University, New York
The Cooper Union Half Tuition Scholarship, The Cooper Union, New York
The Cooper Union Innovator’s Scholarship, The Cooper Union, New York
2022
The Martin A. Rothenberg Travel Fellowship, The Cooper Union, New York
The TDC Scholarship, Type Directors Club, New York
First Prize, Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg, MA
2021
The Cooper Union Half Tuition Scholarship, The Cooper Union, New York
The Cooper Union Innovator’s Scholarship, The Cooper Union, New York
2020
Essay Award for Second Year Core Curriculum, The Cooper Union, New York
Diversity Fellow, The Adirondack Experience, Blue Mountain Lake, NY
2019
The Cooper Union Half Tuition Scholarship, The Cooper Union, New York
The Cooper Union Innovator’s Scholarship, The Cooper Union, New York
2018
The Cooper Union Half Tuition Scholarship, The Cooper Union, New York
The Cooper Union Innovator’s Scholarship, The Cooper Union, New York
COLLECTIONS
Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg, MA
PUBLICATIONS
2021
Expert Contributor: Beyond Diversity by Jennifer Brown and Rohit Bhargava
2019
Contributing Editor: How to Be an Inclusive Leader by Jennifer Brown