Born in the city of Maldonado (Uruguay), on September 6, 1965.

In 1986 he began his training in drawing and painting at the Municipal School of Plastic and Visual Arts, where he was taught by Master Carlos Tonelli, a disciple of Luis Solari and Edgardo Ribeiro.

After leaving the Plastic Arts School, he continued working as a self-taught artist for several years and until he was sure of his work, he did not carry out any exhibition. There were many years of rehearsals, learning, trips to museums, and destructuring of the rigidity left by the School.

Parallel to plastic arts, he studied Business Administration, and worked in the family business, "Cuadrería y venta de láminas de arte", directing the art section. During the years 1995 to 2001, she traveled to Artexpo New York (USA). He continued in the family business where they opened an exhibition hall in which he is in charge of the curatorship.  He organized exhibitions of Carlos Tonelli, Manolo Lima, Wilson Amaral, Edgardo Ribeiro, Miguel Battegazzore, Ferreira Santos, Marta Nieves and several local artists.

He made exhibitions to Blanca Minelli, a native of the area, who to this day is a great friend, was a student of Gurvich and Augusto Torres, and through Blanca he met Edgardo Ribeiro, who also gave him a lot of encouragement. Ribeiro insisted that she show him what she was doing, until one day she took courage and brought him some cardboards, and with a strong voice and raised index finger said: "you have conditions, if you don't paint you will be a bitter old man", words that remained engraved in his memory forever. He still has the painting that Ribeiro gave him when he made an exhibition in his living room. They kept in touch and from time to time I took him samples of his painting.

In 2012 he moved his studio to the second floor of the shop where he has a large space to work, allowing himself to do so in larger formats as well, which is a new challenge.  For Alvira art is movement, it never stops and you never get there, because getting there is stopping, you allow yourself to be investigating and trying out techniques without being pigeonholed into anything, you let everything flow and you allow yourself to be influenced by the emotions and experiences of the moment.

Exhibitions:

2007- Collective Exhibition - "100 years of Punta del Este" Mazzoni Museum (Maldonado, Uruguay).
2007- Participates in the contest "60th anniversary of ISUSA" in Montevideo, being selected (Uruguay).
2007- Collective Exhibition, "60th anniversary of ISUSA" - "Paseo al Mercado" Gallery (Montevideo, Uruguay).
2009- Individual Exhibition "Museo Regional Francisco Mazzoni" (Maldonado, Uruguay).
2009- First Prize "2º Salón de Pintura Junta Departamental de Maldonado" (Uruguay).
2009- Collective Exhibition at the "Cabildo de Montevideo" organized by APEU (Uruguay).
2010- Collective Exhibition "Expo-Punta Arte", Punta del Este (Maldonado, Uruguay).
2010- Collective Exhibition "Tambo Lapataia", Punta Ballena (Maldonado, Uruguay).
2010- Participates in "Live Art", "La Vista", Espacio Torreón Punta del Este (Maldonado, Uruguay).
2010- Collective Exhibition "Uruguayan Painters", Alvira Art Gallery (Maldonado, Uruguay).
2010-Participate in "Urban Art Street 20", Punta del Este (Maldonado, Uruguay).2010- Solo exhibition Alarte Espacio de Artes Plásticas (Montevideo, Uruguay).
2011- Collective Exhibition "Artists of Maldonado", Alvira Art Gallery (Maldonado, Uruguay).
2011- Collective exhibition Herrería Machango, San Carlos (Maldonado, Uruguay).
2011- Collective exhibition "Recent works" Mazzoni Museum (Maldonado, Uruguay).
2011- Collective exhibition "Homage to Master Carlos Tonelli" Casa de la Cultura, Maldonado (Uruguay).
2011- Collective exhibition "Plastic and Visual Artists", Alarte (Montevideo, Uruguay).
2011- Collective exhibition - Pro culture project: "Maldonado is..."(Uruguay).
2011- Group Exhibition - Alvira Art Gallery - Maldonado (Uruguay).
2012- Group Exhibition - Expo Punta Arte - Punta del Este (Uruguay).
2012- Group exhibition (MERCOSUR Artists) Forte Architect Project (Brazil), Punta del Este (Maldonado, Uruguay).
2012- Collective exhibition (MERCOSUR Artists) Forte Architect Project (Brazil), Maldonado (Uruguay).
2012- Collective Exhibition Pro culture Project: "Maldonado is..."   Piriápolis, (Maldonado, Uruguay).
2012- Individual exhibition Municipality of Punta del Este (Maldonado, Uruguay).
2012- Collective Exhibition "Herrería Machango", San Carlos (Maldonado, Uruguay).
2012- Collective Exhibition (MERCOSUR Artists) Project Arq. Forte (Brazil) Punta del Este Maldonado, Uruguay).
2012- Collective exhibition with the presentation of the book "Art and Culture of Maldonado (Uruguay).
2012- Collective exhibition "Circolo Italiano di Maldonado" (Maldonado, Uruguay).
2012- Collective exhibition "Artists at School" (Maldonado, Uruguay).
2012- Collective exhibition "Expo'28" at Alvira Art Gallery (Maldonado, Uruguay).
2012- Collective exhibition "Uruguayan Painting" at "Gurvich Museum" (Montevideo, Uruguay).
2013- Individual exhibition "Municipality of Punta del Este" (Punta del Este, Uruguay).
2013- Collective exhibition "Artists from Maldonado" at "La Liga" (Punta del Este, Uruguay).
2013- Collective exhibition "Local Artists" in the League of Punta del Este (Uruguay).
2013- Collective Exhibition "Latin American Artists", Palacio Legislativo Annex (Montevideo, Uruguay).
2013- Collective Exhibition "250 years of the city of San Carlos", Machango Gallery, San Carlos (Uruguay).
2013- Participates in the National Painting Contest (ISUSA 2013), being selected and exhibited in Montevideo (Uruguay).
2013- Collective exhibition Summer 2013/14 Machango Gallery, San Carlos (Maldonado, Uruguay).
2014- Opens his new Atelier and permanent exhibition "Andrés Alvira Atelier" (Maldonado, Uruguay).
2014- Collective exhibition Punta Ballena Art, Punta Ballena (Maldonado, Uruguay).
2014- Collective exhibition "Ombúes" Mazzoni Museum (Maldonado, Uruguay).
2014- Collective exhibition at Machango Gallery, Art Space, San Carlos (Maldonado, Uruguay).
2014- Individual exhibition "Works 2013/2014" at his atelier (Maldonado, Uruguay).
2014- Solo Exhibition "Landscapes" at "Miguel Ángel" AMEC Gallery (Maldonado, Uruguay).
2014 "Latin American Painting" at the University of the Republic UBA, Buenos Aires (Argentina).