Alek O.

In her practice, Alek O. blends the common notion of the readymade with craft, embroidery and other traditional art-making forms. On the verge between transformation and conservation, she strips the objects’ common visual aspects and replaces them with geometric abstraction. Reversing the perspective of design, Alek O. favors re-creation over creation and deconstruction over construction.

Her work has been exhibited widely at institutional level, notably at Fondazione Nicola Trussardi, Milan; the National Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art, Rome; The Courtauld Institute of Art, Sommerset House; Nomas Foundation, Rome; Fondazione Zegna, Trivero; 16th Quadriennale d’Arte, Rome, Palazzo delle Esposizioni; Triennale di Milano, Milan.