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Group Exhibition. Alava in the AEIVA Permanent Collection

Álava's black ink drawings are now part of the AEIVA's Permanent Collection, and the exhibition: "𝗜𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁: 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗔𝗰𝗾𝘂𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗔𝗘𝗜𝗩𝗔’𝘀 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻." On view at AEIVA through December 12, 2026, at the Abroms-Engel Institute for the Visual Arts, UAB. --- Featuring work by 17 artists acquired over the past three years—this exhibition reflects AEIVA’s focus on contemporary art . The assembled works are particularly attuned to the poetics of the everyday. Looking to the interplay between memory and material, reality and imagination, they offer textured reflections on the warp and weft of contemporary life. Artists: Gema Álava, Kathryn Andrews, Pinky/MM Bass, Katherine Bernhardt, Jennifer Coates, Sue de Beer, Susan Fitzsimmons, Paul Kremer, Mokha Laget, Futoshi Miyagi, Celestia Morgan, Robert Rauschenberg, Manjari Sharma, Nancy Shaver, Susanna Starr, Jacqueline Surdell, and Ana Pérez Ventura

TRUST ME in Bogotá

Gema Álava performs TRUST ME in Bogotá, Colombia, on Sunday April 12th, 2026. Documented by Jennys Obando. Participants include artists and instructors of Kundalini Yoga. The project will be presented by Álava at Dartmouth College in the Fall 2026 under the seminar "Art that Resonates."

Private Art Tours in New York City / Art Conversations with Gema Álava

Art Conversations with Gema Álava

Talking about Hexagons and Positive Thoughts

Graduate Center, Cuny, New York

Gema Álava escribe sobre lo máximo y lo mínimo

Gema Álava escribe sobre lo máximo y lo mínimo

Hexagons Global

Hexagons Global

Gema Álava interviewed by writer John Hemmingway

John Hemingway interviews Gema Álava

Gema Alava’s work in John Rapko’s book

Gema Alava's work in John Rapko's book

Book presentation in Cuzco, Peru

Gema Alava presents at International Council of Archives

Gema Alava is selected to present her work at the International Council of Archives

Solo Show "Dime la Versas 2008-2024"

RNE interviews Gema Alava

RNE interviews Gema Alava

Hexagons Global

Hexagons Global

Gema Alava at the International Summit of Archives in the Andes

Gema Alava at the International Summit of Archives in the Andes

Gema Alava publishes in FronteraD

Gema Álava publishes in FronteraD

Hexagons Global Texts and installations in Egypt (El Cairo, Mount Sinai Peninsula)

Especial Gema Alava por Mas de Arte

How to Find Inspiration. Alison Knowles, Jessica Higgins, Clara Joy converse with Gema Alava.

Gema Alava directs Workshop in Madrid

Workshop From Fluxus to Resonance Art

Hexagons is presented on the International Day of Museums, ICOM Ecuador

Gema Alava in conversation with MAAC Museum

For the first time, Alava's book is presented st a Museum endorsed by the Director of MAAC

Hexagons Global

Hexagons at MAAC Museum

Gema Alava presents Hexagins at MAAC Museum

Writing workshop Gema Alava and Cristen Hemingway Jaynes

Gema Alava writes about her mentors

Video Book Presentation in Bogota

Video Gema Alava Presents Book in Bogota

Interview to Gema Alava by Reemplazo

Reemplazo interviews Gema Alava

Gema Alava in conversation with Garabato

Gema Alava Studio at Disability Unite Festival

ICOM Prague

Gema Alava at FILBO, Bogota

Gema Alava's book is presented at the International Book Fair in Bogota

Hexagons Global

Text and Hexagons

2022

Book Presentation

INTERVIEWING GEMA ALAVA

By Bilisa Bokoko, tv

INSTALLATIONS 2021

Gema Alava Studio, New York

Contenidos Digitales

Caixaforum Barcelona, "People who Inspire" with Gema Alava

HEXAGONS GLOBAL BLOG

Texts and Hexagons in San Juan (Puerto Rico), Seattle, Colorado, Mexico City, Cancun, San Diego and San Francisco

CÓMO PERDER EL MIEDO INTERVIEW SERIES. Video #1

Video "What Not to Be Afraid of" with Sociologist Juan Agullo', Brasil

BOOK PRESENTATION IN MEXICO CITY with Andres Lhima

Cafe Freims, Mexico City

BOOK PRESENTATION IN MADRID with Miguel Cereceda

Cafe Manuela, Madrid, Spain

CÓMO PERDER EL MIEDO INTERVIEW SERIES. Video #2

Video "What to Not be Afraid of" with Tatiana Beca Osborne

INTERVIEW TO GEMA ALAVA by C de Cultura (Spanish)

Mexico City, Mexico

INTERVIEW TO GEMA ALAVA by Ambitious Women Series (English)

English / Interview with Gema Alava

SITE SPECIFIC INSTALLATION

Included in Zaouis Collection featured in Architectural Digest and Paris Design

TELL ME THE TRUTH, LIMITED EDITION BOOK

Included in the Centro de Documentacion of the Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Leon, MUSAC

EL AMOR Y EL DUELO EN TIEMPOS DE CORONAVIRUS

Article published in Frontera D

GEMA ALAVA READS FROM HOME in coronavirus times

In collaboration with YOYORAMA Magazine

BOOK PRESENTATION IN LONDON with Alfonso Armada

Instituto Cervantes, London, England (Via Zoom)

HEXAGONS GLOBAL BLOG

Texts and Hexagons in Paris

BOOK READINGS Videos

During the Pandemia Alava reads her book from home

CÓMO PERDER EL MIEDO EN UN MUSEO

Book Published by El Ojo de la Cultura Hispanoamericana

ARTIST BOOKS Group Exhibition

Aferro Gallery, New Jersey

INSPIRING AUDIENCES LECTURE SERIES

London, New York, Madrid, Quito, Berlin

HEXAGONS Presentation

Lincoln Center, Library Auditorium

INSPIRING AUDIENCES

Milan, Italy

LA REVOLUCION DE GRETA

Article published in Frontera D

CONSTELLATIONS: PAINTINGS

Paintings based on the molecular structure of a Queen Bee pheromone

MAP DRAWINGS Published in Cristen Hemingway Jayne’s book

Book presentation, London

FIRMA DE LIBRO

Feria del Libro de Madrid

MOON Installation

Architectural Digest

HEXAGONS GLOBAL BLOG

Texts and Hexagons in London, Madrid, Barcelona, New York, Trinidad&Tobago, St. Marteen-Kingdom of the Netherlands

BOOK RELEASE TELL ME THE TRUTH Special Edition

Feria del Libro del Retiro, Madrid

SILENCIOS & TENSIONS Drawings

Salon Internacional Iberoamericano, Group Exhibition,Trujillo, Peru

PERDER EL MIEDO EN UN MUSEO Essay

Museo Nacional de Ecuador, Cumbre Andina de Museos, ICOM

TROJAN HORSE Presentation

Creative Time Summit, “Transparencies of Anxieties”, The Perez Art Museum, Miami

HEXAGONS: CONSTELLATIONS Solo Exhibition

Maus Contemporary, Alabama

SILENCES Drawings, Group Exhibition

II International Summit Vida Ecuador, Casa de la Cultura, Quito

DAME UN MUSEO PARA PERDERME Workshop

Museo del Hombre, Quito

TRUST ME video, Group Exhibition

The Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art, New York

HEXAGONS GLOBAL PLATFORM

Foundation of Hexagons Global. Quito, Rome, Naples, Quebec, Madrid, Aruba

HEXAGONS Installation

Group Show DIS, New York City

HEXAGON at Ruderman Inclusion Summit

Boston

TENSIONS Drawings, Group Exhibition

III Salon de Arte Iberoamericano, Peru

GEMA ALAVA Solo Exhibition

Robert Henry Contemporary, New York City

TRUST ME Presentation

Museo Guayasamin, Quito, Ecuador

INSPIRING AUDIENCES Symposium Art and Disability Institute, New York City

Art Beyond Sight, Dedalus Foundation, New York City

TRUST ME Photographs

DIS Group Exhibition, New York City

INSPIRING AUDIENCES

Universidad PUCE, Quito, Ecuador

GEMA ALAVA TALK

Caixaforum, Barcelona

TELL ME THE TRUTH, Photographs

Group Show, Maus Contemporary, Alabama, USA

GEMA ALAVA STUDIO @ DISABILITY FESTIVAL

Madison Square Park, invited by the MAJOR’s OFFICE FOR PEOPLE WITH DISSABILITIES, New York

SOCIAL PRACTICE Presentation

New York Foundation for the Arts

RELATIONAL ART Presentation

With artists Alison Knowles and Jessica Higgins, Pratt Institute, New York

INSPIRING AUDIENCES Interactive workshop

Interactive Workshop, Pratt Institute, New York

DIME LA VERDAD Photographs

Art Fair Marbella, Spain

INSPIRING AUDIENCES Interactive workshops

Festival Internacional de Arte, Ecuador

MUSEO PARA PERDERSE

Museum of the City, Quito, Ecuador

DRAWINGS

Included in the Collection of Universidad Complutense de Madrid

Interview with Gema Alava

El Marcapaginas con David Arranz, Madrid

TRUST ME

Included in Jason Schmidt project "Artists"

HEXAGONS installation

Headquarters CSIC, Madrid

EL CORTE DE PELO DEL VERDUGO Article

Essay published and book presentation, Museo del Traje, Madrid

TRUST ME Lecture by Philosopher John Rapko on Gema Alava

Universidad de los Andes, Bogota, Colombia

DRAWING SECRETS Relational Art + Drawings

Lisboa & Azores (Portugal)

TELL ME THE TRUTH & SILENCIOS

Photographs + Drawings PINTA ART FAIR/Twin Gallery London, England

TRUST ME: TRUST US Interactive Performance

United Nations Headquarters New York City

TELL ME A SECRET Seminar

Casa del Lector, Madrid

GEMA ALAVA & ILYA NOE Interactive Conversation

Month of Performance Art Berlin, Germany

TELL ME A SECRET with Josué Moreno

Participatory Conversation + Sound composition AC Institute New York City

TELL ME & SILENCES Individual Exhibition

Installation/Drawings AC Institute, New York City

TELL ME THE TRUTH 2008-2013

Book Presentation Instituto Cervantes, New York

TRUST ME: E/R Art project with Ilya Noé

Month of Performance Art Berlin, Germany

THE ORACLE: TELL ME A SECRET

Visual and Sound Interactive Installation La Casa del Lector, Matadero, Madrid

SILENCIOS 2008-2012

Gema Alava Studio New York City

NETS Installation and Performance

United Nations Headquarters New York

THE BROKEN THREAD Installation

International textile Show Art Factory, Paterson, NJ

TELL ME THE TRUTH 2008-2013

Publication. Art Project Twin Gallery, Madrid

TELL ME THE TRUTH

Individual Exhibition. Photography Twin Gallery, Madrid

TRUST ME: TELL ME A SECRET

At a major contemporary art fair New York, NY

CYCLE Performance with Jessica Higgins

SWITCH, Intermedia Television, New York City

FIND MY FUTURE Interactive Performance

AiOP, Art in Odd Places Festival, New York City

FRAME:NET Ephemeral Installation

INTERVENTIONS, curated by Isidro Blasco Philadelphia

TELL ME A STORY: Video Projection

O+ Art Festival Kigston, New York

PRESENCE:NET Interactive Visual and Sound Installation

Sound In, Estampa, Madrid

CIRCLE OF HOPE

Collective Installation. United Nations Headquarters, New York City

TRUST ME Presentation

United Nations Headquarters New York

FIND US Action

City of Madrid and Utopic Gallery Madrid

HERE AND THERE Performance

Lehman College Art Gallery New York

HERE AND THERE Installation

Lehman College Art Gallery New York

THE ORACLE: TELL ME A SECRET Visual and sound interactive installation

ESTAMPA, Sound In Madrid

TELL ME A STORY I, II, III Installations

Solo Show The Malcom X & Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial, Educational and Cultural Center New York, NY

TRUST ME 1019 Photography

Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, NY

TELL ME A STORY III

Space 57 New York, NY

TELL THE TRUTH Solo Exhibition

Solo Show John Jay College Gallery The University of New York, NY

TRUST ME: NEW LIFE Performance

Manifesta 8 The European Biennial of Contemporary Art Murcia, Spain

TRUST ME PRESENTATION IN NEW YORK

Instituto Cervantes New York, NY

TRUST ME Art Project

At two Major Art Museums New York, NY

TELL ME A LIE Installation

Cervantes Institute, New York

TENSIONS Drawings

Mumford Fine Arts, London

TELL ME A STORY I, II, III

United Nations, New York, NY

TELL ME Art Project

In a Major Art Museum New York, NY

FIND ME Art Project NY & SF

New York City and Tenderloin District of San Francisco. CUE Art Foundation, New York

FIND ME PRESENTATION IN NEW YORK

Cue Art Foundation, New York

CIRCLE OF HOPE Installation

Margulies Collection at the Warehouse

NETS

The Bolles School, Jacksonville, Florida

FOUR NAILS Drawings

Graphite on paper

TELL ME THE TRUTH Photography

Messineo Art Projects - Wyman Contemporary, New York, NY

SPANISH FANS Installations

New York, NY

WHITE FANS Installations

FORM: Art & Design Art Fair, London

SMALL WHITE FANS Installations

RED DOT: Art Fair, New York, NY

WHITE NET AND BLACK NET Installations

The Bolles School, Florida

UNVEILED Installation

Victory Hall--Center for Contemporary Art, Jersey City, NJ

LIST OF THINGS TO FORGET Installation

Aferro Gallery, Newark, New Jersey

TU DEDO EN MI ESPALDA Performance & Photographs

Thread and pins on board

BROKEN NET Installation & Performance

Aferro Gallery, New Jersey

AFERRO NET Installation

Aferro Gallery, New Jersey

TELL ME A LIE Installation

Sacco Gallery, Miami, Florida

ALMOST THERE Installation

The Jersey City Museum, Jersey City, NJ

ÓVALO Installation

C-Wow Gallery, Jersey City, NJ

STUDIES Installation

Centro Juan Carlos I, New York University, NY

SILENCE 75 Drawings

Centro Juan Carlos I, New York University, NY

TELL ME A STORY Installation

Private Collection, NYC.FORM art and design art fair, Miami, Sacco Gallery

HAY ROPA TENDIDA Installation

Centro Juan Carlos I, New York University, NY

PARED Mixed media drawing

The Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, New York

STRUGGLING Installation

Aljira Center for Contemporary Art, New Jersey

Tightrope Walkers

Lance Fung Gallery, Bronx Museum of the Arts New York

FE’S PATTERNS Installation

The Queens Museum of Art, Queens, NY

PENDULUM Installation

Lance Fung Gallery, New York, NY

THE SILENCE OF THE SIRENS Installation

Lance Fung Gallery, New York, NY

LAND OF NO ONE Solo Show

Lance Fung Gallery, New York, NY