Websites
painting & shodo
https://alxsw-art.webnode.page
photography website: https://alxswphotography.webnode.com
DAILY MOTION VIDEOS
https://www.dailymotion.com/artClown
Contact: alxs-art@protonmail.com
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"
EXHIBITS
Painting Exhibits July2024 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//ongoing2023 Beachstone Gallery, Lincoln City OR//Sept22 OR Soc Artists Gallery (OSA), PDX // Aug22 Hoffman Art Center, Manzanita,OR // May 2022 Featured at PACG, Lincoln City,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
EDUCATION
I studied Fine Arts & Bio sciences at several universities culminating in a minor in Art with a B.S. in Criminal Justice. Completed M.S. in Professional & Technical Communications
(visual and written) and a M.S. in Criminal Justice. Recently, completed a Permaculture Design Consultant Certificate for organic agriculture and landscaping.
STATEMENT
ALXSw is my tradename for decades. It allows for the initial de-gendering of my work by the viewer. I create art between Expressionism and Minimalism (AbEx) often relying on the use of negative space and strong color.
My favorite mediums vary: traditional oil paints, sumi ink (ultra-black), gouache, shodo-salting techniques, happenstance. In painting and photography, my focus is energy and mood through color and composition, rather than realist depiction.
In photography, I seek to capture the usualserendipity or whim, often situated in the West (northwest or southwest). My favorite photography is black and white.
Ongoing series include: "The Canoe Series" and "Solastalgia". I believe art does not have to be "happy and pretty", but that it's primary goal is truth and authenticity in any expression.
Art is my home at so many levels.
PHOTOGRAPHY
photography website: 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)