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Trained traditionally and influenced by the great works of western figurative art (especially portraiture) she uses a personal vocabulary that favors gestural marks and a use of color that is instinctive but rooted in naturalism.
Her subjects are drawn from her everyday visual experiences and from the reworking of personal memories. A family picture, a photograph of a stranger taken in a public space, or a quick sketch can become starting points for a painting. The process varies depending on the technique used. Alessi enjoys using very fast and unforgiving techniques like watercolor or monotype, but she also enjoys the slow stratification and transformation of the image that happens with oil painting on canvas.
Alessi was born in Rome, Italy, where she received her BFA from Accademia di Belle Arti. She had several solo and group shows in Italy. In NY she studied at the Art Students League and at Parsons School of Design. She currently lives and works in Brooklyn.
CV
2015
Matrice Blu,
Prince Street Gallery, NY
2012
White Journal,
Museo Chiostro del Bramante Caffetteria, Roma
2010
Burning and drowning,
Galleria L’Acquario, Roma
Text by Stefano Elena
2008
Io non sono qui
Galleria Monty and Co., Roma
Text by Simone Vricella
Studio 1 INTRO
Associazione culturale InArt, Roma
GROUP SHOWS:
2014
5 on the Surface
Prince Street Gallery, NY
2013
Tre Artiste
Monty and Co., Roma
NURTURE ART benefit, NY
2009
SGUARDI
H MODE. TIMING
Ass. culturale InArt, Roma
Text by Francesca Profili
La stanza dei sogni
Bloomsbury Auction, Roma
2008
LESS IS MORE
piccoli formati di Alessi, Di Bernardini, Scaccia
Ass. culturale InArt, Roma
SCANNING
un’esplorazione a puntate della pittura figurativa romana
Studio Soligo, Roma
Text by Stefano Elena
EDUCATION:
2004-2008
Accademia Belle Arti di Roma
(cum laude)
2000-2004
Parsons School of Design, NY
fine arts certificate
Art Students League, NY
International students scholarship
painting and drawing