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José Ignacio Alvarado was born in Caracas, Venezuela in 1951. He is an architect, husband and the father of 6 children. During his illustrious 30 year career, he has been a professor at Los Andes University, a columnist at the Los Andes press and is the author of the book “Architecture for All” (Arquitectura para todos) published in 1984. However his main characteristic has always been his social character. This social character combined with a strong desire to understand his surroundings, has led him to work on numerous projects which benefit society.
These projects have benefited institutions that take care of children with Down Syndrome and helped to rehabilitate impoverished neighborhoods. He has also has an environmental conscience having taken part in Ecological Projects, at Zoo’s and Botanical Parks. In 1993 he founded the company “CIGA Arquitectos”, with his wife, Dianora Briceño de Alvarado to create unique and decorative furniture pieces. As part of “CIGA Arquitectos” Jose Ignacio hand forges iron and experiments with color to create fascinating and unique pieces of work that correspond to his own conception of art.
In José Ignacio Alvarado’s most recent stage as a designer, uses sculpture as a free and sublime way to express himself as an artist. He creates his sculptures out of a metal ribbon incorporating the space around the sculpture into the piece. The dance of the ribbon in the air creates a flowing figure which when combined with color creates a spiritual pleasure for those who look upon it.
Statement from the Artist
"Throughout my career as an architect I satisfied people´s need for functionality. However through life I have come to understand that mankind also needs to feel spiritual satisfaction and that cannot be left to luck alone, it has to be searched for. This search is the focus of my work...
I use the metal ribbon, the color and the insinuating shapes, I avail myself of a freedom of expression that experience and age have given me to arouse spectator’s spiritual pleasure."
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