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Luis Alvarez Roure
Born, 1976
Education
The Art Students League of New York
The City University of New York, M.A. 2003
Honors
Living Master, The Art Renewal Center Organization
Honorary Life member, The Arts Students League of New York
Museum & Public Collections
Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, Washington, DC
Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
The Federal Reserve System, Washington, DC
University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
Collection of GM SECTEC Corporate, Guaynabo PR
Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, Santurce, PR
Financial Group, Hong Kong and Macao
Palacio Santa Catalina (La Fortaleza), San Juan, PR
Collection of Bertita and Guillermo Martínez
University of Houston Law Center, Houston, TX
The Players, New York, NY
Museu Europeu d’Art Modern, Barcelona, Spain
The Steinway Hall, New York. NY
Warren County Courthouse, Warren PA
The New Community Corporation, Newark, NJ
Art Fairs
2026 Artexpo New York. Pier 36, New York, NY
Solo Exhibitions
2021 Luis Alvarez Roure: Music and Muse. Stone Sparrow, New York, NY
2016 “Praesentare”. Contemporary Art Galleries-UConn, Stamford, CT
2015 The Unfinished Portrait. “alla prima” portraits. Crary Art Gallery, Warren, PA
2014 Luis Alvarez Roure: Contemporary Realism. The Delaplaine Visual Arts Education Center, Frederick, MD
Selected Group Exhibitions
2025 New Salem Museum Painting Competition’ Finalists Exhibition. New Salem, MA
2024 SCNY 3rd Annual Hartley Invitational. Salmagundi Club, New York, NY
2023 Titania’s Ball. Era Contemporary, Philadelphia, PA
2023 SCNY 139th Annual Members Exhibition. Salmagundi Club, New York, NY
2023 SCNY 2nd Annual Hartley Invitational. Salmagundi Club, New York, NY
2022 Lineage: generations of Realism. Salmagundi Club, New York, NY
2022 The 24th International Portrait Competition by The Portrait Society of America. The Grand Hyatt Atlanta-Buckhead Hotel, Atlanta, GA
2022 New York Figurative Exhibition. Salmagundi Club, New York, NY
2021 The Outwin 2019: American Portraiture Today. Kemper Art Museum, St. Louis, MO
2021 Illumination: The New Pre-Raphaelites. Era Contemporary, Philadelphia, PA
2021 Urban Portrait. Stone Sparrow, New York, NY
2021 Beautiful Things. Stone Sparrow, New York, NY
2020 The Outwin 2019: American Portraiture Today. Group exhibition. The Michele and Donald D’Amour Museum of Fine Arts of the Springfield Museums, Springfield, MA
2020 Persistence of Time. Stone Sparrow, New York, NY
2020 50 Under 5K. Stone Sparrow, New York, NY
2020 Contemporary Narratives. Stone Sparrow, New York, NY
2019 Recent Acquisitions. Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery, Washington, DC
2019 The Outwin 2019: American Portraiture Today. Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery, Washington, DC
2019 One Self. See.Me group exhibition. Digital display. ChaShaMa Gallery at One World Trade Center, New York, NY
2019 Small Gems. Waterhouse Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
2018 34th Anniversary/Great American Figurative exhibition. Waterhouse Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
2016 Cándido: The Last Legendary Music Journey. City College Center For The Arts. Aaron Davis Hall Art Gallery, New York, NY
2014 Small Works hosted by The Art Students League of New York. Manhattan Borough President’s Office, New York, NY
2014 Face First. A competitive international collection of works exploring the theme of the human face. Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2013 Figuratively Seeing. Two-man exhibition. Paintings exploring the expressive nature of the body and portraiture by Luis Alvarez Roure and James Russell May. Crary Art Gallery, Warren, PA
2012 2nd Annual Teaching Studios Plein Air Competition. Sagamore Hill, Oyster Bay, NY
2012 Faces of Winter. UCONN, Stamford, CT
2011 Untold Narratives. GE Cultural Art Gallery, Fairfield, CT
Selected Awards
2025 First Place, 75th Artavita International Art Contest
2023 Honorable Mention. Artists Magazine 39th Annual Art Competition
2022 Draper Grand Prize & People’s Choice Award, 24th International Portrait Competition. The Portrait Society of America
2022 Finalist, Raymar Traditional Art Award of the Beautiful Bizarre Magazine
2022 Vanessa Rothe Award, SCNY New York Figurative Exhibition
2020 People’s Choice Award, The Guide Artists. Best of The Guide Artists Magazine of 2020
2019 Finalist, Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition
2019 Certificate of Achievement and Honorable Mention, Fifth International Figure Painting Competition. NTDTelevision
2019 Finalist, One Self. See.Me Exhibitions
2019 Finalist, 14th International Art Renewal Center Salon Competition; Figurative Category
2018 Select Fifty, 20th International Portrait Competition. Portrait Society of America
2017 Select Fifty, 19th International Portrait Competition. Portrait Society of America
2015 Finalist, Figurativas 2015
2012 Third Place Winner at the Connecticut Society of Portrait Artist’s juried competition
2012 Finalist, Second Teaching Studios of Art; Plein Air Competition
2011 Finalist, American Artist Magazine Cover Competition; Drawing Magazine
Publications
2026 Resident Magazine. Three Must-See Artists at Artexpo New York: Barry E. Jackson, Caridad Sola Perez, and Luis Alvarez Roure Featured at the 49th Annual World’s Original Fine Art Marketplace
2026 Art Business News. Meet the Artist: Luis Alvarez Roure
2026 Album Cover. Sierra: Sonatas 13-14. Estudios Trascendentales. IBS Classical.
2026 American Art Collector. Forward Thinking: Redwood Art Group's Artexpo New York is the premier global art fair. Written by Alyssa M. Tidwell. Issue 246, p. 80
2024 Develan retrato al óleo del gobernador Pierluisi en La Fortaleza. La obra fue realizada por el artista puertorriqueño Luis Álvarez Roure. Redacción, El Vocero de Puerto Rico
2024 The Undraped Artist (Podcast): Luis Alvarez Roure Undraped. Interview by Jeff Hein
2024 Princeton University. History and Sense of Place: Portrait of Celebrated Actor and Director José Ferrer, Class of 1933, Unveiled at Princeton. Written by Jamie Saxon
2024 3rd Annual Hartley Invitational Catalog. Produced and Published by Salmagundi Club Inc. p. 31
2024 Album Cover. Philip Glass Solo. Philip Glass performs beloved works for piano, from his home studio and personal piano, on an intimate new record
2023 Realism Today. The Virtuosities of Luis Alvarez Roure. Written by Laura Vailati
2023 American Art Collector. Unveiling/Luis Alvarez Roure: Portrait of Felix Oduyemi. Written by Kimberly Azzarito. Issue 213. p. 32
2023 Artists Magazine. 39th Annual Art Competition Prize Winners. Edited by Holly Davis. Vol 40 no.1. p. 41
2022 THE BENNETT-SCHMIDT LECTURES ON THE HIGHER AIM OF ART: LUIS ALVAREZ ROURE: “A CONVERSATION” (Podcast). Interview by Dan Thompson
2022 The Players Hall of Fame Honorees Catalog
2022 International Artist Magazine. “And The Winner Is”. Written by Christine Egnosky. Issue 147. P. 34
2022 The Guide Artists. Masterpieces Volume 1. Luis Alvarez Roure. First Edition. p. 151-154
2022 American Art Collector. Paths of Perseverance. Written by Christine Egnosky. Issue 202. p. 56-61
2022 Shengxinyu Art. “Masquerade” won the Draper Prize. The Highest Award in the American Portraiture Competition. Written by Zhang Hongbin. (Published in Chinese Language)
2022 The Art of the Portrait Journal Vol. XXIV. Sharing Experiences. Written by Christine Egnosky. Second Quarter. Issue 94. p. 16-17
2022 Sixteenth International ARC Salon/International Realism/Catalogue Raisonnè, p. 78 & 139
2021 Realism Today. 13 Provocative Self-Portraits. Written by Cherie Dawn Haas
2021 Visión Global (Podcast): Cómo vive un artista el negocio del arte en EEUU. Interview by Bisila Bokoko
2021 Fifteenth International ARC Salon/International Realism/Catalogue Raisonnè, p. 100
2021 El Vocero Newspaper. “Boricua en Colección Permanente en el Smithsonian”. Written by Jorge Rodriguez
2021 Been Magazine. Cover image. Issue 4
2021 Fine Art Connoisseur. Events Preview. Luis Alvarez Roure: Music and Muse. Volume 18, Issue 3. p. 127
2021 El Adoquín Times Newspaper. “El Pintor Puertorriqueño Luis Alvarez Roure”. Written by Natalia Sofía Gulick de Torres
2020 The Guide Artists. Best of The Guide Artists Magazine of 2020. People’s Choice Awards. Issue 40. p. 119
2020 The Guide Artists. “Luis Alvarez Roure” Written by Denisa Prochazka. Issue 39. p. 16-27
2020 American Art Collector. “Collector’s Focus: The Art of the Nude”. Issue 181. p. 62
2020 Desde el Arte (Podcast) (Ep.13). Interview by Abimael Acosta
2020 American Art Collector. “Luis Alvarez Roure: Figure Obsession”. Issue 176. p. 78-79
2019 Fourteenth International ARC Salon Competition Catalogue Raisonnè, p. 99
2019 The Season 11 (Mea-S11) Manifest Exhibition Annual Season 11, p. 58
2019 Vanity Fair. Michelle Obama, Hillary Clinton, and more Toast the National Portrait Gallery’s Latest Inductees. Written by Dan Adler
2019 The Outwin 2019 Catalog. p. 2, p. 38
2019 Google Arts & Culture. Hidden Wounds
2019 Los Angeles Times (online edition) Audrey Hepburn, Morgan Freeman, and more round out National Portrait Gallery additions. Written by Christi Carras
2019 NTD Television Fifth International Figure Painting Competition Catalog. p. 106, p. 111
2019 Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery “What's On” September/November edition
2018 Fine Art Connoisseur. “Luis Alvarez Roure: Composing in Paint” Written by Peter Trippi. November/December issue, p. 80-83
2018 NBC News morning segment: Visiones: Portrait Painter Luis Alvarez Roure. Television Interview by Lynda Baquero
2016 Downbeat Magazine. Afro Cuban Legend Candido Honored with Vibrant Concert in NYC. Written by Russ Musto
2016 Fine Art Connoisseur. “Great Art Nationwide” Written by Peter Trippi. Fall Issue, p. 82
2016 MEAM. Fundació de les Arts i els Artistes Collections. Contemporary Art XXI Century. p. 452
2016 El Nuevo Día Newspaper. “Boricua se destaca por su talento en el arte”. Written by Gloria Ruiz Kuilan
2015 The Frederick News-Post. The Art of Portraiture Coming to the Delaplaine. Written by Arlene Caridis
2014 Cover of the book “Piano Lessons With Claudio Arrau” by Victoria von Arx, Oxford University Press
2011 American Artist Drawing Magazine. Written by Austin Williams. Spring 2011, p. 30
2011 Eight International ARC Salon Competition Catalogue Raisonnè, p. 70
For Publications Weblinks visit: https://www.alvarezroure.com/press/media
Workshops and Demonstrations
2024 Luis Alvarez Roure: Workshop & Life Painting Demonstration. The Rochester Art Club, Rochester, NY
2024 The Art of the Portrait Conference. Face-Off painting demonstration. Strengthening Drawing Skills workshop. Grand Hyatt Hotel, Atlanta, GA
2023 Realism Live. Painting Demonstration
2019 Drawing & Oil Painting Workshop and Life painting demonstration. Understanding Tone & Value Through Old Masters. The Delaplaine Visual Arts Education Center, Frederick, MD
2018 Oil Painting Workshop and life painting demonstration. Painting The Portrait From Life. The Delaplaine Visual Arts Education Center, Frederick, MD
2017 Oil Painting Workshop and life painting demonstration. Painting The Portrait From Life. The Delaplaine Visual Arts Education Center, Frederick, MD
2015 Oil Painting Workshop and life painting demonstration. The Delaplaine Visual Arts Education Center, Frederick, MD
2015 Workshop on "alla prima" technique and life painting demonstration. Crary Art Gallery Museum, Warren, PA
2014 Weekend Workshop in “alla prima” portraiture and life painting demonstration. The Delaplaine Visual Arts Education Center, Frederick, MD
2013 Alla prima Painting demonstration. Crary Art Gallery, Warren, PA
Jury Member
2026 From Life: Portrait Painting Competition. The Art Students League of New York
2024 Members Fall Exhibition. Rochester Arts Club
2024 International Titian Portrait Painting & Sculpture Competition