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Alexandra Motiu
I am a printmaker and illustrator with a fine art background, working primarily with relief techniques such as linocut and wood engraving, as well as etching and monotype. My work is detailed, surreal, and often rooted in storytelling, drawing on myth, portraiture, and social history. I build complex, layered compositions that develop through the particularities of printmaking process itself, guided by the medium. I aim to make hauntingly beautiful work that will stay with the viewer for a long time.
I see printmaking as a form of resistance today: slow, deliberate, and grounded in care and craft. It connects me with the long history of print as a trade, and helps me reflect on how work, and the rights of workers, have evolved and continue to evolve today. I am passionate about sharing and preserving the knowledge of this craft in its entirety.
Artist Details
Location: Hove, UK
Number of years carving: 5
Specialty or Style: Linocut and woodcut relief prints
Favorite Flexcut Tools: micro palm set, but really all, and the slipstrop of course
Special Recognition
After completing a BA (Hons) Fine Art Critical Practice at Brighton, and an MA Illustration from Camberwell College, UAL, Alexandra's notable projects are illustrated stories from the Bishopsgate Archive, the illustrated poetry book Effigies by Ricardo Reveron Blanco, and a commission of exclusive prints for Fabrica Gallery in Brighton. Her work has been featured in international exhibitions over the past three years throughout Europe and the US, and is permanently at IO Gallery in Brighton & Greenwich Printmakers in London. She shares online the process of making original prints which she is passionate about preserving.
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