Biennale2025 - Florence, Italy

I am grateful to the Oregon Arts Commission and The Ford Family Foundation for a 2025 Career Opportunity Program grant. Because of this generous award, I exhibited at the 2025 Biennale2025 in Florence, Italy, the 15th edition of this international competition for arts and design. The exhibit was located at the Fortezza da Basso, 18 - 26 October 2025.

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

Former Participation and Award President's Award at the 2009 Biennale de'l Arte Contemponarea, Florence, Italy, 2009/www.florencebiennale.org/en/artisti-premiati-2009; listed in the W's (west)& under "President's Awards list (Alexis West)

Above:  studies exhibited in Italy: Casper / Birds Die Quietly Alone (from the Solastalgia series) / In Better Times / The Lake in Winter.