Alejandra Abad

Venezuela, Colorado | mixed media

September - November 2021

“My art practice is an extension of my values. Art & ethics are good friends.” Alejandra Abad was born in Venezuela and partially raised in Florida. She is an interdisciplinary artist with a penchant for dense, fantastical landscapes through abstraction and light. Her style is informed by her studies in Architecture at Florida Atlantic University and in Film, Video, and New Media at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where she received her BFA. In 2018 she received a fellowship at CU Boulder, in Spring of 2021 she will have earned an MFA in Interdisciplinary Media Arts Practices. Currently she is part of the 2020-2021 Engaged Arts and Humanities Graduate Student Scholars cohort at CU Boulder. 

Her recent projects feature conceptual and collaborative pieces that work to break down the barriers between artist and audience. She creates honest and symbolic narratives in a visual language that depicts fragmentation, mythology, and folklore that reflect her identity and values. Her installations use analog and digital processes – including painting, animation, sculpture, audio, projection, etc. – to make immersive environments that investigate wellness, community, equity, empathy and imagined futures.

Opening: October 7, 2021
Exhibition dates: October 7 - 15, 2021

PlatteForum: 2700 Arapahoe St. Denver, CO 80205

ArtMoves Podcast Episode 5: Collective Futures with Alejandra Abad