About Alexa Karabin
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Education
2009 - 2011
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2005 - 2009
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Awards
2023
First Place in Category at the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts Fair
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Event: Gilded Nature A Solo Exhibition by Alexa Karabin
Dates: Oct. 1, 2023 - Oct. 31, 2023
When I was a child I approached nature with wonder and amazement. The symmetry, color, and fractals found in the natural world captivated my mind constantly. My earliest memories are playing in my grandmother’s garden, never wondering what compelled her to convert every inch of her back yard into growing plants, buzzing with pollinators. This experience opened up my mind to the beauty of nature.
These pieces are meant to honor nature and express our connection and place in it. They are created using a variety of methods using handmade paints and handmade paper made out of pigment from various material like my grandmother’s crushed antique jewelry, pigments from the earth, broken glass, and other material I have collected over the years. The sparkle represents the child’s perspective, while the broken jewelry and glass represent nature’s fragility.
Event: Photosynthesis II Exhibition
Dates: Sept. 1, 2023 - Nov. 30, 2023
"The artwork of these seventeen participants was created to be compelling reminders that we are all elementally tied to the world around us and that it is our responsibility for its continued existence," said Linda Rzoska, curator. "In this exhibition, we hope to shine a spotlight on a worldview that awakens mindfulness and communicates to its viewers their right to experience the presence of their twenty-billion-year-old universe of which our planet is a tiny, tiny speck of dust."
Participants in the exhibition: Lorrie Grainger Abdo, Melody Allen, Susan Badger, Justin Bernhardt, Maryellen Hains, Anna Z ILL, Alexa Karabin, Elizabeth Kerlikowske, Helen Kleczynski, Honore Lee, Dave Middleton, Lynn Pattison, Linda Rzoska, Nichole Riley, Joe Smigiel, Vicki Van Ameyden, and Randy Walker.
The artists exhibiting work in Photosynthesis II are based in Southwest Michigan and many are WMU alumni, including curator Linda Rzoska who in 1976 received her degree in painting from WMU.
Biography
When I was a child I approached nature with wonder and amazement. The symmetry, color, and fractals found in the natural world captivated my mind constantly. My earliest memories are playing in my grandmother’s garden, never wondering what compelled her to convert every inch of her back yard into growing plants, buzzing with pollinators. This experience opened up my mind to the beauty of nature.
These pieces are meant to honor nature and express our connection and place in it. They are created using a variety of methods using handmade paints and handmade paper made out of pigment from various material like my grandmother’s crushed antique jewelry, pigments from the earth, broken glass, and other material I have collected over the years. The sparkle represents the child’s perspective, while the broken jewelry and glass represent nature’s fragility.
Biography
I am a mixed-media artist, painter, and printmaker. I received my Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) and Master of Fine Arts (MFA) from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where I studied Printmaking and Painting. I currently live on a 10 acre, former Christmas Tree farm in Kalamazoo, Michigan, that has become a source of inspiration. My artworks explore themes of natural history, historical occurrence, memory, and cycles.