Alejandra Laviada

Alejandra Laviada (Mexico City, 1980) completed her BFA in Painting at the Rhode Island School of Design and her MFA in Photography from the School of Visual Arts in New York. She currently lives in Paris.

Laviada started her career in photography, before expanding her practice onto other mediums. She often uses ordinary or discarded objects as raw material, which she then transforms into sculptural works. Her multidisciplinary practice moves from the concrete toward the abstract, and includes photography, painting, sculpture, ceramic and video. Laviada's work rises from the intersections between these different mediums, constantly pushing the boundaries and definitions of each one. Her photographic work explores photography's relationship to sculpture, reflecting on the ways in which it can redefine the very meaning and materiality of sculpture.

Laviada has received numerous awards including Photo España's Descubrimientos Prize, the Photography Biennial in Mexico, and the FONCA Young Creators grant. Her work has been exhibited widely and is in the permanent collection of the Jumex Museum, the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, the Centro de la Imagen in Mexico, as well as several private collections.