Jimena Velarde-Alvarez  
⟢ b. 2001, Lima, Peru






Rooted in quiet inquiry, Jimena’s work reflects on the tension between permanence and impermanence. Her practice moves through themes of memory, time, connection, and the inner landscape, tracing echoes of lived experience. Through layered surfaces and shifting forms, she evokes an awareness of the self in the transient nature of reality. She invites the viewer into a state of reflection—attuned to the invisible currents that move beneath the surface of consciousness and memory.


Themes: Transience, presence, longing, permanence, impermanence, distance, time, reflection, cycles, symbolism,  symmetry


She received a BFA in Painting from Rhode Island School of Design

Based in Brooklyn, NY





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EducationRhode Island School of Design
BFA Painting (honors)
2024



Selected Exhibitions

2026A Lover’s Discourse
Kaleidoscope
curated by Jonah Romm
Brooklyn, NY (forthcoming)

2025White Columns Benefit Auction Exhibition
White Columns
New York, NY

2024Beyond Boundaries
Artsinsquare
(online)

BYOB
Memorial Hall Gallery
Providence, RI

Senior Exhibition
Woods-Gerry Gallery
Providence, RI

Chipwitch
Memorial Hall Gallery
co-curated by Rafe DiDomenico & Billie Wynn
Providence, RI

2023Safe in my Garden
Gelman Gallery, RISD Museum
co-curated by Lizzy Finn, Jimena Velarde-Alvarez, 
Camille Zacky & Nina Hong
Providence, RI


2022In the Limelight
Memorial Hall Gallery
curated by Rah Gerg
Providence RI

2021Feminized
Gelman Gallery, RISD Museum
co-curated by Breslin Bell & Mariana Ramos Ortiz
Providence RI

2019IB Arts Collective
Markham College
Lima, Peru



ExperienceGallery Assistant
Margot Samel
New York, NY
2024—Present

Digital Design
Von Rudebeck Art Advisory
New York, NY
2025

Studio Assistant
Rafael Domenech
Yonkers, NY
2024

Curator
Safe in my Garden
Gelman Gallery, RISD Museum
co-curated by Lizzy Finn, Jimena Velarde-Alvarez,
Camille Zacky  & Nina Hong
Providence, RI
2023

Studio Assistant
Elizabeth Glaessner
Brooklyn, NY
2023







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