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alejandrasieder
Phone: +61 0424 835 635
EDUCATION
2014 – current Bachelor of Psychology, International University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
2016 Art Therapy Course, Drawing, Painting and Self-Exploration, Udemy, Sydney
1998 Art Therapy Course, Within the Current of the Human Gestalt Psychology,
ArsMandala, Caracas, Venezuela
1992 – 1994 Color and Light with Josue Arocha, Caracas, Venezuela
1991 – 1995 Diploma of Graphic Design at Hans Neumann Design Institute, Caracas, Venezuela
1991 – 1995 Mixed media and Technique with Josu Calvo, Caracas, Venezuela
1991 – 1995 Drawing with Marcela Navea, Caracas, Venezuela
1991 – 1995 Photography with Ricardo Ferreira, Caracas, Venezuela
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2017 Tell me I am still here, Gaffa Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2017 Parallax, Art Fair, London, UK
2014 Peace in Silence, Artista Gallery, Oslo, Norway
2010 Words, Lindvedske Gallery, Arendal, Norway
2009 Be a woman, Hove Galleri, Arendal, Norway
2008 Resurrection, Lindvedske Gallery, Arendal, Norway
2008 Opening, Kulturfabrikken, Arendal, Norway
2004 Internal Spring, Espacio Artepolis, Madrid, Spain
2004 Soul Vibration 2, Exquisitio Gallery, Madrid, Spain
2003 Soul Vibration, Mambo Gallery, Madrid, Spain
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2017 Summer Small Art, Royal Opera Arcade Gallery, ROA, London, UK
2017 Artist of Mosman 2088, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2016 What a Home Means to You, Warringah Creative Space, Sydney, Australia
1995 Portraits 3, Expographic 95, Caracas, Venezuela
1994 Faces and Feelings, Institute of Design Hans Neumann, Caracas, Venezuela
1994 Portraits 2, Expographic 94, Caracas, Venezuela
1993 Death Nature, Institute of Design Hans Neumann, Caracas, Venezuela
1993 Portraits, Expographic 93, Caracas, Venezuela
PRESS
2017 “Mujer, tú me inspiras!” (Woman, you inspire me!) T.V. SBS Spanish Interview, Australia.
2017 “Art as a healing mechanism”, radio interview. SBS Spanish, Australia.
2004 TV and radio interview, Telemadrid, Amalgama Space. Latinamerican Artist, Madrid, Spain
ART PRIZES
2018 Shaping thoughts into physical manifestations, Contemporary Art Awards, Finalist, Brisbane Australia
2017 Melting Snow, Contemporary Art Awards, Finalist. Sydney Australia
2016 Thirty by Thirty, Finalist. Colour Trap Gallery, Sydney
1996 Latin-American Indigenous Faces, Ministry of the Environment, Third prize. Caracas, Venezuela
GALLERY AFFILIATIONS
Bluethumb
Saatchiart
RESIDENCIES
Bushwick South Art Residency, Sydney, Australia
WORKSHOPS
2011 – 2012 Mandala Art Therapy, Instructor, Bjørnsletta, Arendal, Norway
2001 – 2003 Mandala Art Therapy, Instructor, ArsMandala, Caracas, Venezuela
COLLECTIONS AND COMISSIONS
Private collection, The Rocks, NSW, Australia.
Private collection, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Painting Commission, “Mujer, tú me inspiras!” (Woman, you inspire me!) T.V. SBS Spanish, Australia.
Private collection, Tazmania, New Zeland.
Private collection, London, UK.
LAB Spa, Neutral Bay, NSW, Australia.
Painting Commission, “Mujer, tú me inspiras!” (Woman, you inspire me!) T.V. SBS Spanish, Australia.
Private collection, Mosman, NSW, Australia.
Private collection, Dee Why, NSW, Australia.
Private collection, Freshwater, NSW, Australia.
Private collection, Arendal, Norway.
Private collection, Oslo, Norway.
Private collection, Stavanger, Norway.
Private collection, Miami, USA.
Private collection, Madrid, Spain.
Private collection, Arendal, Norway.
Private collector, Caracas, Venezuela.
Public collection, El Refugio de Cristal, Madrid, Spain.
Commissioned work, Rialto Theater, Madrid, Spain.
Bio
Alejandra is a Venezuelan-Spanish contemporary painter, who has been developing her artist’s skills since she was 15 years old. She studied Graphic Design and Art and she graduated with class honors from the Miguel Neumann Design Institute in Venezuela. She has participated in several solo and group exhibitions in Spain, Norway, Venezuela, England and Australia.
Alejandra is more than a talented artist. She is well known for her ability to magically combine different art styles and media into works of fine art of exquisite beauty. All her artwork is an exploration of consciousness and mental processes. Each work demonstrates a different operation of the mind.
Alejandra’s work stands out due to three essential features: Color, Spirituality and Symbolism. All of them created with the purpose to invite the spectator to recognize themselves in the images and be open to the possibility of moving beyond resisting discomfort to a place of surrender.
Alejandra is currently residing in Sydney. After one year since she arrived from Norway with her family, she was selected as a finalist in the Contemporary Art Prize 2017. She was also selected to exhibit her work at the collective exhibition Artists of Mosman 2088 at the Mosman Art Gallery this year.
Her work is in private collections in Spain, Venezuela, Argentina, Norway, Australia, U.S.A. and England.