Unfortunately, Alves did not think to tape this to a wall.
Interdisciplinary artist, designer, culture enthusiast and educator
Brian Alves is an interdisciplinary artist, designer, cultural enthusiast, and educator whose work explores the intersections of idea and form, earnestness and whimsy. A 1995 graduate of the Intermedia and Video Art department at the University of Iowa, he studied under Professor Hans Breder and a dynamic cohort of creative peers. His practice remains grounded in the synthesis and cross-pollination of disciplines, a hallmark of contemporary creative thought.
Over the past three decades, Alves has worked as an educator, installation artist, graphic designer, art director, museum technician, and gallery curator. Notably, his experiences studying with Nike Davies in Osogbo, Nigeria, and with Allan Kaprow, a pioneer of the “Happening”, have influenced his understanding of process and the elasticity of form.
A self-described “creative wanderer,” Alves allows ideas to dictate media, often working at the intersection of art and design. His projects engage psychology, metaphor, and social inquiry to disrupt, reconstruct, or redefine cultural, emotional, and institutional identities; what he calls “authoritative systems of knowledge.”
As both artist and curator, Alves seeks to build connections among artists, spaces, and communities. He is currently an Associate Professor at Salem State University on the North Shore of Massachusetts.