Alejandra was born in Oaxaca in 1977. She partook in the 1997 intensive painting course given by Master Roger Von Gunten, in the Rufino Tamayo Visual Arts Workshop, Oaxaca. She has presented her work in both private and collective shows in the United States, Spain, Costa Rica, and in the Mexican states of Guanajuato, Baja California, Jalisco, Mexico City, Chihuahua, and Nuevo León, amongst others. The idea of artwork being unfinished with forward spiral in its creative nature eloquently responds to the style of this painter. Her exploration is self-taught: her technical repertory includes oil, acrylic, collage and graphic art. In her work she recognizes the influences of the Austrian symbolist, Gustav Klimt; the Swiss Paul Klee; the Spaniards Miquel Barceló and Manuel Valdés Blasco, also known as Manolo Valdés; and the Briton, Lucian Freud.
LOT: 1 ALEJANDRA VILLEGAS (Oaxaca, Mexico) Night Citadel / Ciudadela nocturna Oil on canvas 36” x 21.5” (91 x 54.6 cms)
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