Sydney born artist Marley Alvarez creates mixed-media artworks that combine digital imagery, text, line drawings and painting. She has been creating art since age four, often reusing household items. Alvarez's travels and experiences shaped her perspective, shown through the language, color and scenes in her works. Her self-taught process unifies nostalgia and current issues through amalgamations of mediums. Alvarez's pieces aim to connect viewers to their inner child through bright colors, textures and personal themes.

1. NEW SERIES State Of The Art 22'
Getting to know Sydney born Artist.
Marley Alvarez
Born 1997 Sydney, Australia
Sydney born, Byron Bay based artist Marley Alvarez practices mixed-media art
which undulates between digital imagery, text, line drawing and painting. Whilst
exploring each discipline separately, Marley’s work marries each element together
to create an ethereal type world full of colour, shape and psychological texture.
Archival images see Alvarez putting paint to canvas from as young as four years
old. Often appropriating and repurposing household items that otherwise would
have become landfill, saw Alvarez embracing an abstract approach which — she
felt — was ignored by the likes of the common eye. Her transition from childhood
to adulthood was filled with travel and a lust for human connection all around the
world. These pivotal years shaped Alvarez’s perspective of self and other worldly
topics which is demonstrated throughout the language, colour and scene setting
of her works.From concept to creation, Marley unites nostalgia with topicality
through amalgamations of mediums such as text, imagery and paint.

2. Something to take note is the self taught processes and disciplines that Alvarez
has acquired since her time in Byron Bay. The fluidity within her mixed media
collages show great displays of composition whilst keeping the viewer
connected to their inner child with bright pigments, thick raw strokes, text and
ethereal line drawings.
Alvarez’s endearing dedication to the importance of understanding the inner
child in us all, is present throughout all her works. Using scenes and settings
that we can each connect and relate to forms an intimate trust between artist
and viewer. This immersive process takes you on Marley’s own personal journey
of growth, understanding, and coming back to the inner child; arriving at visual
mini-memoirs to ones-self.
Marley Alvarez continues to reside in Byron Bay, where you can find her in her
studio.
Written by Mon Barton
Show @ Rainbow Studios. April 7th, Darlinghurst, SYD
Launching soon.. www.marleyalvarez.com
I acknowledge and pay respect to the Arakwal people of the Bundjalung Nation on
whose land on which I reside and practice. I pay my respects to Elders past, present
& emerging, and recognise that sovereignty was never ceded in Australia. This always
was, always will be, Aboriginal land.