Alexandra Karakashian (b. 1988, Johannesburg) is a South African artist based in Cape Town whose practice is a investigation of exile, migration, and ecological precarity. Drawing from her own personal and family history, her work gives form to the complex emotional and political states of displacement and the loss of land.
Process and materiality are central to Karakashian's work. She is renowned for her use of unconventional and symbolic materials, primarily used engine oil and salt, as a medium for her large-scale, abstract painting and installations. These materials directly engage in ecological discussions, referencing the threatening instability of our environment, the unethical seizing of dwindling natural resources on the African continent, and the subtle processes of collapse. Through these visceral, often monochromatic landscapes, she explores notions of individual and collective mourning, creating powerful lamentations for those who have been "unhomed."
Her work has been exhibited globally and is held in significant public and private collections, including the Iziko South African National Gallery, the Spier Collection, and the Luciano Benetton Collection.
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Alexandra Karakashian (b. 1988, Johannesburg) is a South African artist based in Cape Town whose practice is a investigation of exile, migration, and ecological precarity. Drawing from her own personal and family history, her work gives form to the complex emotional and political states of displacement and the loss of land.
Process and materiality are central to Karakashian's work. She is renowned for her use of unconventional and symbolic materials, primarily used engine oil and salt, as a medium for her large-scale, abstract painting and installations. These materials directly engage in ecological discussions, referencing the threatening instability of our environment, the unethical seizing of dwindling natural resources on the African continent, and the subtle processes of collapse. Through these visceral, often monochromatic landscapes, she explores notions of individual and collective mourning, creating powerful lamentations for those who have been "unhomed."
Her work has been exhibited globally and is held in significant public and private collections, including the Iziko South African National Gallery, the Spier Collection, and the Luciano Benetton Collection.
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