Alexandra Karamallis

Overgrown

Collage

Regular price $ 1,850.00 SOLD Sale

Size

22 x 30 inches | Original Work

Frame

Unframed

White

Black

Natural

Mount

N/A

Floated

DESCRIPTION

Watercolor, gouache and collage on paper | 2018

The artist Alexandra Karamallis was inspired by the symbolism of Persian gardens, and the ways we use walls to curate space. With layers of collage, gouache and watercolor, the artist recreates moments in a garden, working her reflections into the scenery. These works explore how tranquility offers us stability and how walls might be the very thing we need to overcome.

DIMENSIONS

22 x 30 inches

FRAMED DIMENSIONS

Floated: 26 x 34 x 1.25 inches

AUTHENTICATION

Signed by the artist.

The work comes with a Certification of Authenticity signed by the Co-Founder of Tappan

"In this piece, the garden is overgrown, night is beginning to fall, and the two women, while sitting side by side and seemingly equal, are having very different experiences. The wall next to them serves as a source of safety for the woman on the left, but for the woman on the right, it feels restrictive and limiting."

Karamallis works primarily in gouache and watercolor with elements of collage, but has recently begun to explore the realm of oil painting.

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The artist Alexandra Karamallis is inspired by the symbolism of Persian gardens, and the way we build walls to make space for our emotions. With layers of collage, gouache and watercolor, the artist recreates moments in a garden, working her reflections into the scenery: how tranquility offers us stability; how walls might be the very thing we need to overcome.

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About Alexandra Karamallis

Alexandra Karamallis is a New York-based artist and textile designer who earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Textiles from Rhode Island School of Design in 2010. After working in the fashion/textile industry for several years, she felt an intense longing to make paintings. She works primarily in gouache and watercolor with elements of collage, but has recently begun to explore the realm of oil painting.

Alexandra’s Iranian heritage is a central theme of her work. Identifying as a member of the Baha’i Faith - an oppressed minority in Iran - and having grown up in the States, she has never been able to travel to Iran. The longing for connection to her heritage and the birthplace of her Faith, Karamallis’s work is deeply informed by visual themes in Persian culture as well as deeper issues such as the oppression of women, expression, and minority faiths within the context of oppressive authoritarian regimes. Alexandra travels to Cape Town annually and has been captivated by the beauty of the land, vegetation, people and rich culture. She aims to draw attention to beauty in diversity, with particular emphasis on marginalized cultures through the depiction of gardens, the juxtaposition of nature and architecture, and intimate depictions of the rural landscape. She strives to make art that is at once thought provoking and joyful.

CV

Rhode Island School of Design
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Textile Design. Graduated with honors.

EXHIBITIONS

2017, PAIRIDAEZA, Voorkamer Gallery, Chandler House, Cape Town, South Africa

2016, SEWING PARADISE, UCT I rma Stern Museum, Rosebank, South Africa

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2016, Brouhaha!, GRIN, Providence, RI

2015, Framework, Arsenal Center for the Arts, Watertown, MA

2015, MassArt Annual Auction, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA

2015, 30 Under 30 (juried by Cherie Clinton and Marie Craig, Co-directors of Fountain Street Fine Art, Framingham, MA), Arsenal Center for the Arts, Watertown, MA

2014, TEEM, GRIN, Providence, RI

2014, Scene by South Boston, Boston Convention and Exhibition Center, Boston, MA

2014, SWELL, GRIN, Providence, RI

2013, Hundreds Show, Lincoln Arts Project, Waltham, MA

2013, HOME, GRIN, Providence, RI

2011, DONE, Bakalar Gallery, Boston, MA

2011, Ladies First, 303 Hancock Gallery, Dorchester, MA

2011, Chain Letter, Samson Project, Boston, MA

2010, All Female Show, RANT gallery, Chicopee, MA

2009, Feminism Gallery, Crackatorium, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA

2009, Poems We Didn't Write, Blue Guitar Gallery, Easthampton, MA