Alva Mooses

Statement

Alva's art practice draws from her ongoing research surrounding socio-political histories and colonized landscapes. She works across sculpture, paper casting, and printmaking. In her work she uses geological materials such as volcanic stones, rammed earth, clay, and cast concrete that make reference to lost or potential typographies and topographies, conveying strata of bodies in transformation. Through her work, she reflects on notions of belonging and mestizaje in American society.

Bio

Alva Mooses is an artist and educator based in New York City. She received her BFA from The Cooper Union and her MFA from Yale University. She has exhibited her work in the U.S., Latin America, and Europe, and has completed fellowships and residencies at Socrates Sculpture Park, The University of Chicago, Tou Trykk in Stavanger, Norway, and Casa Wabi, in Oaxaca, Mexico, The Center for Book Arts, among others. She teaches Sculpture and Drawing at The Cooper Union School of Art and Hunter College.