Anthony Almendárez

Anthony Almendarez is an artist and composer working with sound, improvisation, performance, video, photo, and writing. His work challenges the hierarchy between audio and visual stimuli, undermining their respective stereotypes in relation to how we interpret and internalize our surroundings, by exploring modes of storytelling that confront audiences with the nuanced, layered, and complex realities of how we construct identity. Almendárez’s work has been presented nationally and internationally including at CIRCA, London, UK; Seen:Sound Visual/Music, Melbourne, Australia; ECHOFLUXX 19, Prague, Czech Republic; Conservatoire Maurice Ravel, Paris, France; Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY; Experimental Sound Studio, Chicago, IL; Miami New Media Festival; Artpace, San Antonio; Aurora Picture Show; Blaffer Art Museum; Alabama Song; Nameless Sound, and Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX. He is the recipient of artist grants from YES Contemporary and the City of Houston through the Houston Arts Alliance. Writing on his work has been featured in publications including Moving Image Art London, The Invisible Archive Journal, Voyage Houston, and Glasstire. Born and raised in Los Angeles, Almendarez is currently based in Houston where he is an Administrative Coordinator and Artist Facilitator for Nameless Sound, and Musical Director for TEATRX. He received his BA in Music Education from California State University, Dominguez Hills; MA in Music Theory and Composition from Marshall University; and the MFA in Music/Sound from Bard College.