2020

>>El amor y el duelo en tiempos del coronavirus_By Gema Alava_FronteraD, 2020

2019

>>Quieres pisarme o amedentrarme, adelante, atrevete y te hago una obra de arte con ello_By Gema Alava_Fronterad, 2019

Gema Alava, author at the Book Fair Feria del Retiro, Madrid, 2019

>>The Light of Robert Ryman_by Gema Alava_ENGLISH, 2019

>>La luz de Robert Ryman_by Gema Alava_SPANISH, 2019

Gema Alava releases a second edition of her book Tell Me the Truth/Dime la verdad, edited by Club de Ostras, 2019

>>La revolucion de Greta Thunberg versus la sexta extincion masiva de la tierra_By Gema Alava, Fronterad, 2019

Seminar by Gema Alava “Walking Among Hexagons” Milan, Italy, 2019

2018

>>Gema Alava at the Creative Time Summit, “Transparencies of Anxieties” at The Perez Art Museum, Miami, 2018_ENGLISH

>>Gema Alava: Reconocimiento honori’fico a su trayectoria, 2018_SPANISH

>>Gema Alava receives an Honorary  Recognition for her trajectory at the II World Summit of the Arts for Peace and Life, 2018_ENGLISH

Gema Alava’s digital plattform and blog HEXAGONS is founded

>>RE:Configurations, Group Show at The Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art, New York, 2018

>>Gema Alava: HEXAGONS, Solo Show at MAUS CONTEMPORARY, 2018_SPANISH

>>Gema Alava: HEXAGONS, Solo Show at MAUS CONTEMPORARY, 2018_ENGLISH

2017

>>Caixaforum, Inspirational Talks with Gema Alava, Watch video, 2017

>>Gema Alava on the radio. Interview. Lilith en las tablas. Listen to the interview>>2017_SPANISH

>>TRUST ME: el papel de la confianza en un mundo quebrado_ by Lisa Khon, 2017_SPANISH

>>Gema Alava’s Solo Show “Observational Awareness” at Robert Henry Contemporary, New York City, 2017_ENGLISH

>>Review of Alava’s Solo Show “Observational Awareness” by Jonathan Goodman, ARTEFUSE, 2017_ENGLISH

>>Art Beyond Sight Exhibition at Industry City Review ed by Anthony Ptak, 2017_ENGLISH

>>Exhibition DIS, Dedalus Foundation catalog, 2017_ENGLISH

Gema Alava at the Ruderman Inclusion Summit, Boston, 2017

Gema Alava at the 3er Salon de Arte Iberoamericano at Cultural Center Pedro Azabache, Peru, 2017

>>Gema Alava at Caixaforum, “Tomandole el pulso al futuro”,  Barcelona, Spain, 2017_SPANISH

>>Gema Alava at Caixaforum, “Priorities for the society of the future,” Barcelona, Spain, 2017_ENGLISH

2016

>>Gema Álava at MARBELLA ARTFAIR with TWIN GALLERY. July 29th – August 3rd, Marbella, Spain

>>Gema Álava: selected for the 2016 Immigrant Mentoring Program: SOCIAL PRACTICE. by THE NEW YORK FOUNDATIONS FOR THE ARTS. July 2016

>>Gema Álava at the DISABILITY PRIDE FESTIVAL “Festival of Fun and Fraternity,” Madison Square Park, New York City. Booth #31. Invited by ART BEYOND SIGHT and the MAJOR’s OFFICE FOR PEOPLE WITH DISSABILITIES. 10 July, 2016

>>Article / Gema Álava: El arte como construccion Social y Educativa, XTRart, 8 July 2016

Gema Alava en el Festival Internacional Al Sur del Sur, Quito, Ecuador.

Gema Alava “Dame un Museo para perderme y una obra para encontrarme” Museo de la Ciudad, Quito, Ecuador, 2017

Gema Álava presents the performance and lecture entitled “Relational Art” at the Pratt Institute with the participation of artists Alison Knowles and Jessica Higgins. March 2016

Article / Gema Álava explora el arte relacional en Nueva York. XTRArt, Feb. 2nd, 2016

Gema Álava: “Inspiring Audiences.” Presentation at the Neurology Grand Rounds 2016, SUNY, New York City.

Gema Álava: Selected by the CREATIVE CENTER’S INSTITUTE for the Creative Aging Training at UNIVERSITY SETTLEMENT, New York City. March 2016

Gema Álava: Relational Art at SUNY, in collaboration with neurologist Herman Moreno, New York City, February 2016

2015

Exhibition at the Spanish National Research Council, CSIC, Madrid. Álava’s installation HEXAGONS, Madrid. October 2015

Gema Álava’s work TRUST ME reviewed in SFAQ and NYAQ magazines. September 2015

John Rapko dedicates a seminar to Gema Alava’s work at the Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia. August 2015. Access to video of the lecture in English>>

El Corte de Pelo del Peluquero, Essay by Gema Álava, published in the book Moda y Cine, Editorial Pigmalión. Presentation at the Museo del Traje, Madrid, 2015

Hexagons by Gema Álava reviewed by XTRART, 2015

2014

Alava’s essay “Trust Me: Museo ofrece dinero a una artista por su silencio” published in Frontera D. (Front page). December 2014

Alava’s Essay “Tell Me o cómo perder el miedo en un museo” published in Fronterad Antology: “Quinto Aniversario de la Revista Frontera”. pp. 298-306. 1st Edition, November 2014

Gema Alava: 2014 Juror for La Caixa Fellowship Postgraduate Studies ( Europe & The United States 2015-2016)

Tina Mariane Krogh Madsen reviews TRUST ME: E/S. Month of Performance Art – Berlin. 2014. English

Raegan Truax reviews TRUST ME: E/S. Month of Performance Art – Berlin. 2014. English

GEMA ALAVA collaborates with ATD 4th World at the United Nations Headquartes, New York City, on the occasion of the International Day of the Eradication of Extreme Poverty, October 17th, 2014

“Tell Me a Lie” (2007) on the cover of Robert Walker book “Poverty and Shame” published by OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, 2014

Artists Talks: Gema Alava at PRATT INSTITUTE invited by art critic and poet Jonathan Goodman, 2014

“Find My Future” (2012) at the 10th anniversary exhibition of AiOP Art Fair, New York City. September 2014

GEMA ALAVA at the Cultural Initiative “Entorno Conde Duque” with TWIN GALLERY. Madrid, Spain. September 2014

“Tell Me the Truth 2008-2013” at the New York University Library; the San Francisco Art Institute Library, and CITYLIGHTS bookstore.

TWIN GALLERY presents the photograph series “Tell Me the Truth” and the drawing series “Silences” at PINTA, LONDON. June 2014.

SOLO EXHIBITION by Gema Alava at AC Institute, Chelsea, New York City. English. Spanish

TELL ME y SILENCIOS de Gema Alava en el AC INSTITUTE de Nueva York, 2014 

GEMA ALAVA at the Month of Performance Art 4th Edition, Berlin, Germany.
MAY, 2014

Poet LUIS H. FRANCIA discusses with curator MIDORI YAMAMURA the sound composition The Oracle: Tell Me a Secret (2010) by composer JOSUE MORENO and artist GEMA ALAVA. New York City.

Art historian STEPHANIE JEANJEAN will discuss her essay “Private and Public Politics of Truth,” which is included in Alava’s book “Tell Me the Truth 2008-2013” On this occasion the notebook from Alava’s project “Tell Me” will be shared with the public for the first time. New York City.
THURSDAY APRIL 3, 2014, 6PM. Please RSVP.

GEMA ALAVA’s essay “El corte de pelo del Verdugo” included in the book “La moda en el cine” by David Felipe Arranz, Pigmalion Edypo Editorial. Premiere in Madrid, Spain,
APRIL 2014

GEMA ALAVA’s text “Tell Me” published in Centerpoint Now

BOOK LAUNCH at INSTITUTO CERVANTES, New York City.
February 10, 2014

2013

TODAS LAS VERDADES. Gema Álava presenta Dime la Verdad en Twin Gallery
Por E. Vasconcelos. El Mundo. Cultura 10/29/2013

GEMA ALAVA SIGUE TENSANDO CON SUTILEZA EL ALAMBRE SOBRE EL QUE AVANZA EN LA OSCURIDAD.
Por Alfonso Armada, ABC, October 25, 2013.

To Eradicate Poverty, Utilize ´Thread of Conversations,´ Says UN Artist
Inside the United Nations: MediaGoblal News 10/23/2013

First Solo Show of Gema Alava in her home-country Spain on the occasion of her project-publication TELL ME THE TRUTH 2008-2013, at TWIN GALLERY

Primera exposición individual de Gema Alava en España con ocasión de su proyecto-publicación DIME LA VERDAD 2008-2013, en TWIN GALLERYPresentation of the Publication by Gema Alava TELL ME THE TRUTH 2008-2013 at TWIN GALLERY

Presentation of NETS at the United Nations on the occasion of the International Day of the Eradication of Poverty. October 17th, 2013

“TELL ME by Gema Alava: Intimate conversations lead by an artist inside the Museum of Modern Art,” Centerpoint Now, Spring 2013

ARTICLE. “Obras de Arte escondidas en Madrid” by Mario Suarez. El País, March 13, 2013

EXHIBITION. FIND US by Gema Álava at Utopic Gallery, Madrid, Spain. March, 2013

ARTIST TALK: Gema Alava at the SCHOOL OF VISUAL ARTS, New York City. February 26, 2013

WORKSHOP by Gema Alava at La Casa del Lector: “¿Mensajes Públicos o Privados? MATADERO, Madrid, February 16, 2013

ARTICLE. “Las Razones Equivocadas” by Agustín Alonso. El Gentifricador. RTVE.es. January 24, 2013

ARTICLE. “El Hilo de Ariadna” by Diego Mayoral, Esfera Crítica, January 15, 2013

ARTIST TALK: Gema Alava at PRATT INSTITUTE, New York City. January 13, 2013

2012

GALLERY CONVERSATION by Gema Alava at MoMA, THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART: “Contemporary Galleries: 1980-Now.” New York, December 14, 2012, 1:30PM

ESSAY “NEW YORK: AFTER SANDY” by Gema Alava. Photos by Arne Svenson, Chris Cobb and Gema Alava. Fronterad, November 19, 2012
>> SPANISH (WITH IMAGES)
>> ENGLISH (ONLY TEXT)

PRESENCE:NET by Gema Alava & Josue Moreno at TWIN GALLERY, Madrid. October 2012

EXHIBITION: “INTERVENTIONS” Curated by Isidro Blasco, Philadelphia. October 2012

GEMA ALAVA STUDIO IN ESTAMPA, Matadero Madrid. October 2012

CONFERENCE by Gema Alava. UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCTICA. Escuela Superior de Arquitectura. Madrid, October 19, 2012

EXHIBITION: EL HILO DE ARIADNA curated by Francisco Jarauta. La Casa del Lector. Matadero, Madrid. October 17, 2012

ART PROJECT by Gema Alava at the UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS with the Occasion of the International Day of the Eradication of Poverty. ECOSOC Chamber, North Lawn Building, UN. October 17, 2012

FIND MY FUTURE by Gema Alava at the Art In Odd Places Festival, New York City. October 2012

BILINGUAL READING BY Gema Alava at the METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, New York. September 2012

GEMA ALAVA is appointed CULTURAL ADVISER of THE WORLD COUNCIL OF PEOPLES FOR THE UNITED NATIONS (WCPUN)

EXHIBITION EL HILO DE ARIADNA, featuring artwork by Gema Álava, Theo Angelopoulos, Eugeni Bonet, Jorge Luis Borges, Constant, Julio Cortázar, Rosó Cusó, Daniel García Andújar, Adolph Gottlieb, Ramon Llull, Josué Moreno, Robert Morris, Antoni Muntadas, Jaume Plensa, Santiago Ramón y Cajal, Charles Sandison, Robert Smithson e Imogen Stidworthy.
Curated by Francisco Jarauta. Casa del Lector, Madrid, Spain. October 2012 – March 27, 2013

PERFORMANCE by Gema Alava selected for the Art Festival in New York City: Art in Odd Places: Model. OCTOBER 5-15, 2012.

GEMA ALAVA’s Project TRUST ME: TELL ME A SECRET takes place during MAY 2012 in an Art Fair in New York City.
READ ARTICLE
LEER ARTICULO

TELEVISION. Gema Álava/Jessica Higgins. SWITCH, Intermedia Television. Experimental Art and Perfromance Television. MAY 2012.

LECTURE “Conversations with Artists: Gema Alava.” Suny Rockland Community College, New York. May 4, 2012

Tell Me the Truth: Tension No. 4 at The Bronx Museum 40th Gala 2012. New York City. March 2012

Performance Here and There by Gema Alava REVIEWED by David Pierce of Surface Design Journal. “New York Fiber in the 21st Century at the Lehman College Art Gallery.” Jan. 2012

INTERVIEW RADIO 3, Gema Alava en Contenedores de Arte, Programa Siglo XXI, RTVE. Jan. 2012
ESCUCHAR/LISTEN TO: Minutos/Minutes 40-46 of the program

2011

Art Project FIND US by Gema Alava REVIEWED by Anna Grau. Publicado en/ Published in Cuarto Poder. Dec 2011.

INTERVIEW to Gema Alava by Victoria Arrivas. Publicado en/Published in Plataforma de Arte Contemporaneo. Nov. 2011

VIDEO por/by Manu Marpel on “The Oracle: Tell Me a Secret” an interactive visual and sound installation by Gema Alava and Josue Moreno premiered at the Art Fair ESTAMPA, Madrid. Oct. 2011
VER/WATCH VIDEO

Installation “The Oracle: Tell Me a Secret” by Gema Alava and Josue Moreno REVIEWED by Vicky Arrivas. Publicado en/Published in Plataforma de Arte Contemporaneo.

ARTÍCULO por/by Carol Lopez. Publicado en On Madrid/ EL PAIS. Oct. 2011
>>LEER: “Conectado: Gema Alava”

ARTÍCULO por/by Gema Álava. Publicado en FronteraD. Sept. 2011
>>LEER: “TELL ME o cómo perder el miedo dentro de un museo”

ARTÍCULO por/by ANNA GRAU para ABC. May 2011
>>LEER: “Gema Álava: Me fascina la gente que cree que no entiende de arte”

OPEN CALL by Gema Alava via Utopic Gallery to participate in FIND US 2012

Gema Alava INTERVIEWED by Felipe Arranz. Programa cultural El Marcapáginas, Radio Inter. July 15, 2011

TRUST ME at the UNITED NATIONS Headquarters in New York City on the occasion of the release of the 2011 edition of Centerpoint Now, a publication of the World Council of Peoples for the United Nations. June 9, 2011.

Gema Alava expone la instalacion “Here and There” en la Lehman College Art Gallery de Nueva York.

Gema Alava nominated for USA Projects

Gema Alava is nominated for and awarded a 2011 PETER S. REED FELLOWSHIP

ROUNDTABLE “Fiber Arts in the XXI Century” at the Lehman College Art Gallery, New York. Moderated by Margaret Cusack. Participants: Gema Alava, Michael Cummings, and Arlé Sklar-Weinstein. April 28, 2011

2010

TELEVISION SEGMENT ON TRUST ME. INTERVIEW. NY1 NOTICIAS. Oct 2010
>> WATCH
>> Transcript in English

TELEVISION SEGMENT. TRUST ME BY GEMA ALAVA. NCI NOTICIAS. Nov 2010
>> WATCH
>> Transcript in English

TRUST ME IN MANIFESTA 8, THE EUROPEAN BIENNIAL OF CONTEMPORARY ART. 2010
>> REVIEW by Nieves Soriano, Nov 2010
>> English translation
>>TEXT by Gema Alava published by
Riksutställningar Swedish Travelling Exhibitions. Dec 2010
English translation
>>EUROPA PRESS, 2010

INTERVIEW to Gema Alava by Iberarte/ENTREVISTA Oct 2010

ARTICLE “GEMA ALAVA: BRAVE NEW WORLD”BY JONATHAN GOODMAN. PUBLISHED BY FRONTERAD, 2010.
LEER “GEMA ALAVA: UN MUNDO ATREVIDO” (with images) 
READ “GEMA ALAVA: BRAVE NEW WORLD” (without images)

TELEVISION SEGMENT ON GEMA ALAVA. INTERVIEW. TVE 2010.

>> WATCH
>> Read English Transcript
>> Read Spanish Transcript

PRESENTATION OF ART PROJECT TRUST ME ON OCTOBER 15, 2010, 6PM at the CERVANTES INSTITUTE, NEW YORK, NY. Participants of TRUST ME will be present.

PREMIERE OF PERFORMANCE AND INSTALLATION “CIRCLE OF HEARTS” AT THE ART HAPPENING AND BENEFIT EVENT FOR LOTUS HOUSE HOSTED AT THE MARGULIES COLLECTION AT THE WAREHOUSE, MIAMI, FLORIDA. OCTOBER 2010. http://www.margulieswarehouse.com
>> TELEVISION. PLUM TV
>> ARTICLE. The Miami Herald
>> ARTICLE. The Miami Times

SOLO SHOW. “GEMA ALAVA: TELL ME THE TRUTH.” NEW YORK CITY. UPCOMING FALL 2010

TRUST ME, An Art Project by Gema Alava documented by Jason Schmidt with the participation of Ellen Fisher, Mayrav Fisher, Jonathan Goodman, Jessica Higgins, Erika Kawalek, Erika Knerr, Alison Knowles, Ferran Martin, J. Morrison, Gordon Sasaki and J. G. Zimmerman,
TOOK PLACE ON MAY 14, 2010, AT TWO ART MUSEUMS IN NEW YORK CITY.
http://wiki.artistorganizedart.org/index.php/Talk:TRUST_ME_by_GEMA_ALAVA

TRUST ME’s OPEN CALL, April 14, 2010
http://wiki.artistorganizedart.org/index.php/TRUST_ME_by_GEMA_ALAVA

2009

REVIEW by EDUARDO LAPORTE
“El Impacto de lo Perecedero,” December 19 2009

>>SPANISH
>>ENGLISH

REVIEW by NIEVES SORIANO
“Gema Alava. Find Me,” November 2009

>>SPANISH
>>ENGLISH

UVU VIDEO BROADCAST NEWS of “Circle of Hope” at HOPE BLOSSOMS BENEFIT EVENT AND ART HAPPENING at THE MARGULIES COLLECTION AT THE WAREHOUSE, October 2009

>>VIDEO
>>ARTICLE

REVIEW by SUSANNA PERLOV
“Gema Alava Tells us the Truth,” October, 2009

PRESENTATION OF FIND ME at CUE ART FOUNDATION, October 2009

>>IMAGES AND PARTIAL TRANSCRIPT:
>>PRESS RELEASE with video and bios of participant artists

MEGA TV BROADCAST NEWS. “TELL ME A STORY I, II, III” curated by Anahi Rubin under her project “Nine Moons” at UNITED NATIONS, New York, on December 10th, International Day for Human Rights

>>NEWS
>>ARTICLE

ROUNDTABLE “Creative Survival Skills” at CUE ART FOUNDATION, October 2009
With Gema Alava, Colleen Asper, Jennifer Dudley, Pablo Helguera, Paddy Johnson, Paul Laster, Trong Nguyen, Christina Ray, and Joshua Selman

PRESENTATION OF FIND ME at CUE ART FOUNDATION, NEW YORK, NY. THURSDAY OCTOBER 8, 2009, FROM 6 TO 8PM
FIND ME is an Art Project by Gema Alava with the participation of artists Lars Chellberg, Barabara Holub, Ester Partegas, Paul Kos, Arne Svenson, Robert Ryman, Merrill Wagner, Lawrence Weiner and Maria Yoon

>> FIND ME PRESS RELEASE
>> FIND ME VIDEO
>> CUE ART FOUNDATION

THE MARGULIES COLLECTION AT THE WAREHOUSE, MIAMI, FLORIDA. October 2009
PRESENTATION OF INSTALLATION CIRCLE OF HOPE. LOTUS HOUSE WOMEN SHELTER BENEFIT: HOPE BLOSSOMS – AN ART HAPPENING IN NINE PARTS

SOLO SHOW “TENSIONS” AT MUMFORD FINE ARTS, LONDON, ENGLAND. 2009
OCTOBER 14-NOVEMBER 15

SOLO SHOW “GEMA ALAVA” AT SUNY COLLEGE, NEW YORK, 2009
SEPTEMBER 15-OCTOBER 15 2009

2008

INTERVIEW BY EDUARDO LAPORTE, Winter 2008-09
ENTREVISTA POR EDUARDO LAPORTE, Invierno 2008-09

INTERVIEW BY GUILLERMO PESCADOR, Fall 2008
ENTREVISTA POR GUILLERMO PESCADOR, Otono 2008

FALL 2008. OPENING SEPTEMBER 23, 2008
CURATED BY ELVIS FUENTES AND PACO CANO
CERVANTES INSTITUTE,
NEW YORK, NY
www.cervantes.org

REVIEW BY TED MOONEY, April 2008

HITM BROADCAST NEWS, April 2008iThe Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art