Alvaro Tarragó is a self-taught social expressionist artist whose inspiration emanates from his international living experiences in various countries around the world.

Tarragó looks at society from a critical perspective that rejects the preconceived notions of socio-political reality and the naturalistic rendering of light and form. He often combines the visual and the literary arts to achieve a view beyond the margins. The force, colors and balance of his work is reminiscent of the Post impressionists and Expressionists of the past.

Tarragó has exhibited, among others, in group and solo shows at the Portland 5 Centers for the Arts (Portland), Maude Kerns Arts Center (Eugene), Oregon Society of Artists (Portland), Angst Gallery (Vancouver), the Broadway Commerce Center (Eugene), East Creative Collection (Portland), Centro de Arte Faro Cabo Mayor (Santander, Spain), Galeria CM (Guadalajara, Mexico), Castillo Faro (Castro Urdiales, Spain), Princeton University (Princeton, N.J.), and Maria Curie University (Lublin, Poland),

His art is part of private collections in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Guatemala, Germany, France, and Spain.

Member of the Oregon Society of Artists, IdealPDX and the Asian Art Council of the Portland Art Museum.