Alvarado's practice bridges visual art and sound to create works that explore the possibilities and nuances of abstraction. She began making her free-hanging works in 2010, as portable sets for the band
Natural Information Society, an experimental ensemble of traditional and electronic instruments. Her two-sided works float between categories—they are at once paintings, screens and tapestries that create airy partitions, delineating pathways, evoking both theatrical and ceremonial uses. Alvarado's hand-painted compositions consist of sequences that suggest foundational real-world materials: bricks, religious icons, single-celled organisms, the organic systems covering the natural information of life—things of which history and culture are formed. Alvarado's works recall a number of traditions, among them Mexican textiles and European and American Modernist painting, however they build on those sources to become something of their own. == Exhibitions and performances ==