Alejandra Sieder
Sydney, NSW
Venezuelan - Spanish - Australian artist currently living and working in Sydney.
MessageEDUCATION
1991 – 1995 Diploma of Graphic Design at Hans Neumann Design Institute, Caracas, Venezuela
1998 – 1999 Art Therapy Course, Within the Current of the Human Gestalt Psychology, ArsMandala, Caracas, Venezuela
1992 – 1994 Color and Light with Josue Arocha, Caracas, Venezuela
1991 – 1995 Mixed media and Technique with Josu Calvo, Caracas, Venezuela
1991 – 1995 Drawing with Marcela Navea, Caracas, Venezuela
1991 – 1995 Photography with Ricardo Ferreira, Caracas, Venezuela
ART PRIZES
2025 ‘OMNIA’ Art Prize, Finalist, Melbourne, Australia
2025 ‘Lethbridge 20000’ Art Prize, Finalist Salon des Refusés, Brisbane, Australia
2023 ‘Lethbridge 20000’ Art Prize, Finalist Salon des Refusés, Brisbane, Australia
2022 ‘Lethbridge 20000’ Art Prize, Finalist Salon des Refusés, Brisbane, Australia
2022 ‘Lethbridge Landscape’ Art Prize, Finalist Salon des Refusés, Brisbane, Australia
2021 ‘Bluethumb Art Prize 2021’, Art Prize, Finalist, Australia
2021 ‘Lethbridge 20000’, Art Prize, Finalist, Brisbane, Australia
2019 ‘Noriko Xin’, Contemporary Art Awards, Finalist, Brisbane, Australia
2018 ‘Shaping Thoughts Into Physical Manifestations’, Contemporary Art Awards, Finalist, Brisban,e Australia
2017 ‘Melting Snow’, Contemporary Art Awards, Finalist. Sydney Australia
2016 ‘Thirty by Thirty’, Finalist. Colour Trap Gallery, Sydney
1996 ‘Latin-American Indigenous Faces’, Ministry of the Environment, Third prize. Caracas, Venezuela
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025 Affordable Art Fair, Austin, USA
2025 Affordable Art Fair, Berlin, Germany
2024 Affordable Art Fair, Melbourne, Australia
2024 Affordable Art Fair Brisbane, Australia
2024 Affordable Art Fair Sydney, NSW Australia
2024 Affordable Art Fair, Hong Kong
2023 Edinburgh Art Fair, Scotland
2023 Affordable Art Fair, Singapore
2023 Affordable Art Fair, Melbourne, Australia
2023 ‘Julio’, La Zona Gallery, Madrid, Spain
2022 ‘Outlined’, ARX Gallery, London, UK
2022 ‘Art IN MIND & CONTEMPORARY PAINTING’, Brick Lane Gallery, London, UK
2021 The Other Art Fair, Sydney, Australia
2021 ‘Aarwun Salon 21’, Aarwun Gallery, Group Exhibition, Canberra, Australia
2021 ‘Lethbridge Gallery Art Prize’, Lethbridge Gallery, Group Exhibition, Brisbane, Australia
2021 ‘Shapes and Shadows’, Crackpot Gallery, Group Exhibition, Sydney, Australia
2021 ‘Untitled 2021’, Traffic Jam Galleries, Group Exhibition, Sydney, Australia
2021 ‘Lockdown Showdown’, Gaffa Gallery, Group Exhibition, Sydney, Australia
2020 ‘Untitled 2020’ Traffic Jam Galleries, Group Exhibition, Sydney, Australia
2020 ‘Northern Perspectives’, Gallery Lane Cove, Sydney, Australia
2020 ‘Opening’, Azur Galeria, Madrid, Spain
2020 ‘Inktrospection’ The Wellington Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2019 The Other Art Fair, Sydney, Australia
2019 ‘Colours of NSW’, Parliament of NSW, Sydney, Australia
2019 ‘Artist of Mosman 2088’, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2018 Mosman Art Society, Fred Hutley Hall, North Sydney Council, Australia
2018 ‘Artist of Mosman 2088’, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2017 ‘Parallax Art Fair’, London, UK
2017 ‘Summer Small Art’, Royal Opera Arcade Gallery, ROA, London, UK
2017 ‘Artist of Mosman 2088’, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2017 ‘What a Home Means to You’, Curl Curl Creative Space, Sydney, Australia
2016 ‘What a Home Means to You’, Curl Curl Creative Space, Sydney, Australia
1995 ‘Portraits 3’, Expographic 95, Caracas, Venezuela
1994 ‘Faces and Feelings’, Institute of Design Hans Neumann, Caracas, Venezuela
1994 ‘Portraits 2’, Expographic 94, Caracas, Venezuela
1993 ‘Death Nature’, Institute of Design Hans Neumann, Caracas, Venezuela
1993 ‘Portraits’, Expographic 93, Caracas, Venezuela
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022 ‘The Perception Of Movement And Colour’, Curl Curl Creative Space, Sydney, Australia
2020 Bay Window Studio, Solo Exhibition, Oyster Bay, Sydney, Australia
2017 Tell me I am still here, Gaffa Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2014 Peace in Silence, Artista Gallery, Oslo, Norway
2010 Words, Lindvedske Gallery, Arendal, Norway
2009 Be a woman, Hove Galleri, Arendal, Norway
2008 Resurrection, Lindvedske Gallery, Arendal, Norway
2008 Opening, Kulturfabrikken, Arendal, Norway
2004 Internal Spring, Espacio Artepolis, Madrid, Spain
2004 Soul Vibration 2, Exquisitio Gallery, Madrid, Spain
2003 Soul Vibration, Mambo Gallery, Madrid, Spain
PRESS
2024 “How This Artist’s Illusionary Paintings Reflect the Realities of Our Emotions”. Interview with Paige Simianer. Artwork Archive.
2022 “Meet The Others: Alejandra Sieder & Celia Fernandez” — The Power of Collaboration. Written by Maya Santana
2021 “Exploring the Landscape Through Abstract Art — on Sydney’s Northern Beaches. During the Time of COVID”. Written by Emma-Kate Wilson
2021 “Vanderlove Letter”. The Cover: Alejandra Sieder. Written by Alexandre Amacker. Geneva, Switzerland
2020 “Reader Reflections: Looking Ahead” Essay, Art Almanac, 5 November, Sydney, Australia
2017 “Mujer, tú me inspiras!” (Woman, you inspire me!) T.V. SBS Spanish Interview, Australia
Statement
"Listening to what the universe tells me gives me the opportunity to understand the flow of transcendence."
Optimal mental health is nonexistent. The chaos of life is the result of a variety of mental shifts — processes triggered by intrusive thoughts. The paintings that make up my body of work are an exploration of the relationship between the conscious and the subconscious. Both the mediums and dimensions of each piece change depending on the density or immensity of the mental process being portrayed.
Each work in this series represents a range of intense emotions. Some are darker, like the suffocating sensation of a panic attack, and others are lighter, like the feeling of hope and fulfilment. Since childhood, I have been drawn to analysing the nuances of human behaviour. Later in life, through my studies in psychology, I realised that people are often unable to reflect upon and identify the intrusive thoughts that fill their psyche, thus preventing them from seeking the help they so deeply need.
This dark void can be experienced by many as a place of despair. However, my paintings express that there is light within the darkness.
Alejandra Sieder.
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