Announcement
My sincere thanks for the honor of being one of 24 artists receiving a 2025 Career Opportunity Program grant award from the Oregon Arts Commission and The Ford Family Foundation for career development projects.
Because of this generous inclusion, I will be exhibiting my painting in the 2025 Florence Biennale in Florence, Italy. It will be the 15th edition of this international competition for arts and design. The exhibit will be at the Fortezza da Basso | 18 - 26 October 2025.
The Biennale: https://www.florencebiennale.org/en/
Biennale (Instagram): https://www.instagram.com/florencebiennale/?hl=it
OAS/FFF announcement: https://www.oregon.gov/biz/aboutus/artscommission/news/Pages/24_Oregon_artists_receive_Career_Opportunity_Program_grant_awards.aspx
ALXSw
Painter (minimalism, abstract)
Photographer (photojournalism, abstract)
Zen Calligrapher (shodo)
Writer (research to haiku)
WEBSITES
PAINTING
https://alxsw-art.webnode.page
PHOTOGRAPHY
https://alxswphotography.webnode.com
DAILY MOTION VIDEOS
https://www.dailymotion.com/artClown
Contact: issaj@duck.com
above: photo sampler
right: : "Murmutations" ink & graphite drawing
VITAE:
ALXSw is a professional creative:
Painter (minimalism, abstract)
Photographer (photojournalism, abstract)
Zen Calligrapher (shodo)
Writer (research to haiku)
Awards: President's Award at the 2009 Biennale de'l Arte Contemponarea,
Florence, Italy, 2009/ listed in the W's (west) at: www.florencebiennale.org/en/artisti-premiati-2009;
Kellicutt International Photography Exhibit, 3rd Place, 2013/
(https://kellicutt.org/Show/2013/AwardRecipients);
Carmel
Art and Film Festival, CA People's Choice, (2009).
Ongoing painting series "Solastalgia" "Canoe"
EDUCATION: minor in Art// M.S. in Criminal Justice// M.S. in Professional & Technical Communications?// Permaculture Design Consultant Certificate(organic agriculture & landscaping)
Painting ExhibitsJuly2024 Group Exhibit, Chessman Gallery, LC Cultural Center, Lincoln City, OR//Jan2024 Indigo Group Show, Hoffman Art Center, Manzanita, OR //June2023 Art on The Edge/Chessman Gallery, Lincoln City Cultural Center//Sept22 OR Soc Artists Gallery (OSA), PDX // Aug22 Hoffman Art Center, Manzanita,OR // 2008 NYC with E32, Linda Griggs, Curator // Gallery Aferro, NJ, Emma Cox, Curator // Exhibitions West, Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay, OR // 2012-2007 numerous ad hoc art events central OR // 2007-9 Bend Modern, Bend Independent Contemporary Art (BICA) Bend, OR
PHOTOGRAPHY
https://alxswphotography.webnode.com
EXHIBITS: Blue Sky Gallery, PDX, OR (Sept2022) // see.me Digital Exhibit, NYC, (August 2013) // Kallicott International Photography Exhibit, SFran, CA, August (https://kellicutt.org/Shows/2013/AwardRecipients), 3rd place // Carmel Art and Film Festival, CA (2009 People's Choice, Participant in 2010) // Nominee for BW Spider Award (years 2011, 2012) for architectural & still life photography // Featured in the 2010 Spring edition of ARTWORKS magazine.
WRITING & PHOTOGRAPHY - P U B L I C A T I O N S & P R O J E C T S
2022 "The Unraveling of A Pollinator Sanctuary" permaculturenews.org (AU) & permacultureEducation.org (US)
2022 Glam Gardening, (essay) permacultureeducation.org (US)
2022 "PFAS: Forever Is A Long Time", Tillamook County Master Gardeners Assoc./OSU
2021 MEME development for permacultureEducation.org - Permaculture Principles
2021 Article: "Weeds & Invasives:Towards a Neutral Perspective" permacultureeducation.org
2021 Article: "Mullein, Friend to All" published in Small Farm Journal Fall Edition,
reprint: PermacultureNews AU 2021 and permaculture education.org
2012 Hunting photo from my thesis reportage published in AZ Wildviews magazine
2008 Textbook cover for "Waiting for the Outs", NAU, AZ
2008 Umpqua NF: Synopsis of The Rattle Fire
2007 Textbook cover for Second Edition: Exploring Differences, NAU,AZ
2006 Photo published in Crime, Media, and Culture, Fall issue, UK
2005 Nonfiction short in The Strange Fruit, Seattle, June 2005
2005 River Postcard series for Lewis and Clark Festivities, MT
2004 Brochure layout for AZ Game and Fish
2001 Photo essay on Martial Arts, York U, Toronto, Les Cashiers de la Femme
2000 First Place Award for Photo Essay, NAU Graduate Exposition
1999 Book Cover for Exploring Differences, First Edition
1994 Mile High Poetry Society publication "Aganippe" (poetry)