Vikky Alexander
| Vikky Alexander | |
|---|---|
| Born |
January 30, 1959 Victoria, British Columbia |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Education | Nova Scotia College of Art and Design |
| Known for | installation, photography, drawing, collage |
| Notable work | Autumn/Spring, 1997 |
| Movement | Vancouver School |
| Awards | Royal Canadian Academy, Canada Council for the Arts |
Vikky Alexander (born January 30, 1959) is a Canadian contemporary artist based in Vancouver, British Columbia. She has exhibited internationally since 1981. Working across mediums she is a leading practitioner in the field of photo-conceptualism and is well known as an installation artist who uses photography, drawing, and collage. She is one of Canada's most acclaimed contemporary artists and has been recognized in Japan, Korea, Europe, New Zealand and the United States. Her work includes mirrors, photographic landscape murals, postcards collected on her travels, and her own photography and video.
Vikky Alexander was born in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada and is a graduate of the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design. Alexander received her bachelor of fine arts in 1979 from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in Halfax. She is known for her large scale photo-mural installations and multimedia works that combine photography with sculptural objects. These works foreground a strong interest in the history of architecture, the fields of design and fashion supported by the production of drawing and collage. Alexander's use of modernist architecture and industrial design have explored issues of artifice and representation. Her early work informed the movement of Appropriation art in the early 1980s for which she is historically recognized as the youngest innovator of the tendency alongside Richard Prince, Louise Lawler, Barbara Kruger and Sherrie Levine. Alexander's more recent body of work uses collage and digital transfer technology onto printed canvas. Since 1992 Alexander has been professor of photography in the Visual Arts Department at the University of Victoria in Canada.
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