Hi there! Thanks for stopping by my website!
I’m Alexandra, an expressive abstract artist based in Sydney/Eora. I paint intuitively with acrylics and a variety of mixed media. My process is energetic and playful, using colour, texture and bold marks to create drama and movement in my work. When I’m not painting or looking after my kids, you’ll find me dancing like a groupie side of stage at Hot Dub Time Machine (our family business) or watching my favourite TV murder mysteries.
In addition to working as a visual artist (and mum to two young kids), my first love is performance. I am a professionally trained actor, having completed an Advanced Diploma in Acting for Screen and Stage. I have performed on stage in Australia and Edinburgh, appearing in theatre, at fringe festivals and the odd TV commercial. I am truly addicted to the irreverent process of creativity. Much like rehearsing a play or improvising on stage, painting requires me to be in the moment. And it's a wonderful feeling!
Beginning her self-taught painting practise in 2017, Alexandra works full-time as an artist. Her artworks are currently exhibited around Australia via The Moree Gallery (NSW), Purple Noon Gallery in Sydney and Fenton and Fenton in Melbourne. Since 2018 she has been a finalist in several Australian art awards including the John Villiers Outback Art Prize 2022, Fisher's Ghost Art Prize in 2020 and 2021, Federation Art Prize 2021, the Greenway Art Prize 2019 and 2020, Kangaroo Valley Art Prize 2020, Kennedy Art Prize 2019.
Recently, Alexandra was awarded the Fifty Squared Painting Prize at Brunswick St Gallery (VIC) in 2022, the Two Dimensional Art Award at the Federation Art Prize 2021 (NSW), selected as a finalist in the inaugural National Emerging Artist Awards 2021 and won the Greenway Art Prize Local Artist Award in 2019. Her work is held in private collections both nationally and internationally.
To view my original artworks please visit the Collect Art page above. For more information about purchasing a work please get in touch via the contact page or join my VIP Collector list.
All website photo credits by the talented Bree Bain Photography
ART AWARDS + EXHIBITIONS
AWARDS
2023 Highly Commended, BAMM Art Awards, Moree, NSW
2022 Winner Fifty Squared Painting Prize, Brunswick St Gallery, VIC
2022 Finalist, Lethbridge Landscape Prize, Brisbane QLD
2022 Finalist, John Villiers Outback Art Prize, Winton QLD
2021 Finalist, National Emerging Artist Prize, Sydney NSW
2021 Winner 2D Painting Award, Federation Art Prize, Corowa NSW
2021 Finalist, Open, Fisher’s Ghost Art Prize, Campbeltown NSW
2020 Finalist, Greenway Art Prize, Sydney NSW
2020 Finalist, Fisher’s Ghost Art Prize, Campbeltown NSW
2020 Finalist, Kangaroo Valley Art Prize NSW
2019 Winner, Greenway Local Artist Prize, Sydney NSW
2019 Finalist, Kennedy Art Prize, Adelaide SA
2019 Finalist, Hunters Hill Art Prize, Sydney NSW
2018 Finalist, 9 x 5 Landscape Prize, Sydney NSW
2018 Finalist, Hornsby Art Prize, Hornsby NSW
2018 Finalist, Little Things Art Prize, Sydney NSW
2018 Finalist, Hunters Hill Art Prize, Sydney NSW
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022 Flooded: Wood for the Trees, The Corner Gallery, Sydney NSW
2020 Gum Trees and Hot Concrete, The Wellington Gallery, Sydney NSW
2019 Out There, Gallery 371, Sydney NSW
2018 Land of Dreams, Art Gallery on Darling, Sydney NSW
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 Onward, Art Gallery on Darling, Balmain, Sydney
2024 Primordial Landscapes, Whitewall Art Projects Gallery, Berrima, NSW
2023 Ode to Pink, The Corner Store Gallery, Orange, NSW
2023 Blend, Balmain Watch House, Sydney
2023 An Artist’s Landscape, The Moree Gallery, NSW
2022 Femme Group Show, Balmain Watch House, Balmain NSW
2022 Paired, Side Gallery, Brisbane QLD
2022 New Ground, Art Gallery on Darling, Balmain NSW
2022 Infinite Space, The Moree Gallery NSW
2022 Small Wonders, Online show curated by Mia Oatley
2021 Into Abstraction, Purple Noon Gallery, Sydney NSW
2021 Spring Exhibition, Fenton and Fenton, Melbourne VIC
2021 Fertile Ground, Online Exhibition, Art Gallery on Darling, Balmain NSW
2021 Ravel, Twenty Twenty Six Gallery, Sydney NSW
2021 Beyond the Garden Gate, The Moree Gallery, Moree NSW
2020 Idlewild, The Side Gallery, Brisbane QLD
2020 Home, The Corner Store Gallery, Orange NSW
2020 Abstract, The Corner Store Gallery, Orange NSW
2020 A Timeless Moment, The Moree Gallery NSW
2020 Tiny Art Show, Purple Noon Gallery, Sydney NSW
2019 Colour is Key, Fern Street Gallery, Gerringong NSW
2019 Landscape, The Corner Store Gallery, Orange NSW
2019 Betwixt and Between, Purple Noon Gallery, Sydney NSW
EDUCATION
2004 Bachelor of Arts (Design, Literature), Charles Sturt University
2007 Advanced Diploma Acting, Actors College of Theatre and Television