Alexandra Eldridge

biography

Alexandra Edridge, born of artist parents received her BA in Art and literature at Ohio University. She has continued her education at Cambridge University, England, Santa Reparata Graphic Workshop in Florence, Italy, Penland College, and most recently The Photographer’s Formulary in Montana. She co-founded an establishment for the arts, Golgonooza, based upon the philosophies of William Blake.She has had over 40 solo shows, and has participated in many group shows throughout the U.S. as well as many international exhibitions. She has exhibited in Paris, London, Belgrade, Ljubljana, New York, California, and Santa Fe.Alexandra has been commissioned to paint murals in the Place de Vosges, Paris, and her work has been used for the cover of eight books of poetry. Travelling, as an important part of her inspiration has led her to artist’s residencies on the Island of Elba, Italy, and the Valparaiso Foundation in Almeria, Spain.
Art News, Art LTD, Art On Paper, New American Painting, and One Hundred Painter’s of the Southwest are just a few of the publications Alexandra has been featured in. Her work can be found in the collections of William Hurt, Steve Buscemi, and Edie Falco, along with many other prestigious collections.
Curriculum vitae

EDUCATION

2004 The Photographers Formulary, Daguerreotype Workshop Montana
1995 Santa Fe Institute of Fine Art, Master Class with Elizabeth Murray
Santa Fe, New Mexico
1992 Santa Reparata Graphic Workshop Florence, Italy
1987 The Finishing School Great Neck, New York
1986 Penland College Penland, North Carolina
1985-86 Apprenticeship with Printmaker Mary Manusos Athens, Ohio
1970 Cambridge University Cambridge, England
Ohio University, BA Athens, Ohio

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2011 NuArt Gallery “The Art of Wandering”, Santa Fe, NM
2010 Chisholm Gallery “Alexandra Eldridge: Beyond the Corners of the Known World”, Lenox, MA
Victoria Price Fine Art and Design “We Are Here So Lightly, Santa Fe, NM
2008 Julie Baker Fine Art, “Entrance into Plentitude” Nevada City, CA
Chaos Gallery, “Man Has No Body Distinct From His Soul” Belgrade, Serbia
2007 Weber Fine Art, “Light Came Running After Me” Scarsdale, NY
Victoria Price Art & Design, “Domains of Intimacy” Santa Fe, NM
2006 Julie Baker Fine Art, “Tell Me Something Astonishing” Nevada City, CA
2005 George Billis Gallery LA, “And This I Have Dreamed” Los Angeles, CA
Lee Weber Fine Art, “We are Hardly Ever at Home” Scarsdale, NY
2004 Julie Baker Fine Art, “Grant me Beauty” Grass Valley, CA
Turner Carroll Gallery, “Love Each Other or Perish” Santa Fe, NM
2003 Lee Weber Fine Art, “New Work” Scarsdale, NY
2002 Julie Baker Fine Art, “My Private Dream Life” Grass Valley, CA
Turner Carroll Gallery, “I Said to My Soul Be Still” Santa Fe, NM

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2012 Diehl Gallery, Jackson, WY
WeDo Gallery , Bangkok, Thailand
2011 SKUC Gallery “City Of Women” Ljlublana, Slovenia
2010 Julie Baker Fine Art “Group Exhibition”, Nevada City, CA
Davidson Galleries “Winter Exhibition”, Seattle, WA
St. Pancras Church Crypt “ Lingering Whispers” London, England
2007 Garson Fine Art, “New Works” New York, NY
Salon Margraff, “Creamy Goodness” Santa Fe, NM
Aidan Savoy Gallery, “Clear Blue Sky” New York, NY
Harwood Art Center, “In Search of Visual Lyricism” Albuquerque, NM
2006 Telluride Gallery of Fine Art, “Gallery Artists” Telluride, CO
Studio Rasa, “Braided Lives” Berkeley, CA
2005 John Stevenson Gallery, “New Art: Redefining the Photograph” New York, NY
2004 Tucson Museum of Art, “What’s Love Got to Do With It?” Tucson, AZ



RESIDENCIES

2012 Whittier College, LA, Artist in Residence, The Center for the Collaboration Among the Arts
2001 Valparaiso Foundation Almeria, Spain
2000 Hermitage of Santa Caterina, Artist Residency Isola d’Elbe, Italy
1999 Place des Vosges Paris, France
Villa Roccazia St. Tropez, France
The Photographers Formulary, Daguerreotype Workshop Montana Santa Fe Institute of Fine Art
Master Class with Elizabeth Murray Santa Fe
New Mexico Santa Reparata Graphic Workshop Florence, Italy
The Finishing School Great Neck, New York Penland College Penland, North Carolina

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
THE Magazine, 2012, International Spotlight
Art Ltd., 2011
Husk Magazine, 2011
The Pandorian, 2011
Santa Fe Downtown, 2010
Grad, Serbia, 2008
Art Fama, Serbia, March 2008
Art Papers, November/December 2007
One Hundred Artists of the Southwest, 2006
THE Magazine, April 2006
Art Contemporaries, Fall 2004
Trend Magazine, Winter/Spring 2004
ART News, September 2002
New American Paintings, No. 18, November 1998
THE Magazine, November 1998

SELECTED COLLECTIONS

Cartier Strauss Collection, London, UK
SBB-Cable Network of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia
Chaos Gallery, Belgrade, Serbia
Sally Bingham, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Claude & Katherine Blanklette, El Paso, Texas
Steve Buscemi & Jo Andres, New York, New York
Paul & Elissa Cahn, St. Louis, Missouri
Peter & Charron Denker, Dallas, Texas
Steve Dunn, Los Angeles, California
Michael & Leslie Engl, Sun Valley, Idaho
Edie Falco, New York, New York
Jose Gonzales, Mexico City, Mexico
Helen & Brian Heekin, Cincinnati, Ohio
William Hurt, New York, New York
Alexander & Bettina Millikin, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Mary Riebold, New York, New York
Denise Roberge, Palm Desert, California
Jean Rouff, Paris, France
J. McDonald Williams, Dallas, Texas
Mark Zaplin, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Jean Rouff, Paris, France

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