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s h o r t version

ALXSw studied painting and photography at several universities including Goddard College, VT; WOSC, Monmouth, OR. She is a master’s graduate of NAU, AZ (2002) and U of MT (2005).

She was one of US artists at the 2009 Biennale de’l Arte Contemponarea, Florence, Italy, 2009. She recived a President's Award. Other current exhibits include the juried b/w photography exhibit at Carmel Art and Film Festival, CA (2009, 2010). She was a featured photographer in ARTWORKS, Spring 2010 issue. Her photograph "Southside" from her Water Tower Series, was nominated for a B/W Spider Award in the architecture category. She won several awards in the American Art Awards in photography and minimalist painting categories in 2009, 2011. She is currently working on a series of large works mixed media paintings, a photoseries of Arizona, and new zen calligraphy works. ( 2011)

ALXSw is a freelance creative and also works in the federal Incident Management System in Information. She is also a professional writer and a student of multimedia (private study) . West’s painting was formerly represented by Bend Independent Contemporary Art (BICA). ALXSw is a registered tradename.

one circle /
oil/ mixed media three panels, 48 x 24 '

a n o t h e r version

I studied 2D art at a number of universities/colleges and completed my Masters in Communication Arts recently. During completion of my Masters in Criminal Justice (earlier), I chose ethnographic projects for my master's projects. I am fascinated with ethnography as a blend of my passions for writing, sociology, and photography.

Publishings include photo in Crime, Media, and Culture (UK-photography); photo and text in Les Cashiers de la Femme, Toronto U, (Toronto, CA-); various photojournalism gigs and cover illustration in The Source Weekly, OR ); non-fiction short story for The Strange Fruit, (Seattle, WA); poetry in Bloodroot Journal.

As a painter, i work large format, abstract paintings. I create in series, taking a vision into several incarnations and visual studies. My exhibit page shows the current shows i've participated in locally. Frankly, I do not think of myself as a regional artist because I travel and have lived in so many places. I might limit my localized
investment as "predominately a Western US" artist.

As a photographer, both still imagery and video work is ongoing. I tend to record the abstract. I've been photographing since I was given my first Kodak as a kid. I still prefer SLR's and 100 ASA film, but use a digital camera since the local lab closed. It's all good...and having purchased the Nikon D700, I would have to say its not just all good, the D700 is way into fantastic.

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e d u c a t i o n
m.s. professional and technical communications, m-tech, mt (4.0) (2005)
m.s. criminal justice, nau, az (2002) cum laude
b.s. criminal justice, nau, az (2000) w/honors
b.a. fine arts, goddard college, vt (1988)

a r e a(s) of specialization
painting, photography, writing, conflict resolution, ethnography/documentary

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