Thank you. My gratitude for a  2022 grant from the Artist Resilience Program, administered by the Oregon Arts Commission in partnership with Oregon Community Foundation and the James F. and Marion Miller Foundation

I am a minimalist painter, photographer, writer. Creative Freelancer. ALXSw is my tradename. I studied fine art and biological sciences at several universities, completing a M.S. in Visual Communications, & previously a M.S. in Criminal Justice (focus - anthro & ethnography).  Art in some form has always been my core home.

EDUCATION  Fine Arts & Bio sciences at several universities, M.S.Visual Comms , M.S.Criminal Justice

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PAINTING 

President's Award at the 2009 Biennale de'l Arte Contemponarea, Florence, Italy, 2009/ listed in the W's (west) at their website: www.florencebiennale.org/en/artists-2009/

Exhibits  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 in NJ, Emma Cox, Curator // Exhibitions West, Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay, OR // numerous ad hoc art events // 2007-9 Bend Modern, Bend Independent Contemporary Art (BICA) Bend, OR

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.
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


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